A rite of passage...

On Wednesday, September 22nd, James lost his first tooth! It had been loose for about a month and then Wednesday night while he was brushing his teeth it popped out! Woo woo!

Molly's Turn

It was finally Molly's turn to get a hair cut...

Before...

During (I have never seen her sit so still, she never sits this still for me!)...


After...

Her princess hair-do...

Happy Birthday James!

I can't believe James is 5!!

James's favorite present was the football uniform from Uncle Shane. Go Raiders!

...Wanna Ride Bikes?

James's Adventure...

James missed entering Kindergarten by 10 days. In Utah, you have to be 5 before school starts in order to enter Kindergarten. So James is attending Adventure Preschool this year.

It's a preschool that a lady in my parent's neighborhood is running out of her home. She's been doing it for 25 years and so far James has loved every day of school! He wears specific colors for color days and bring a show-and-tell. He always wants to know if its a "school day"...

James on his orientation day doing his fire power pose...

James's first day of preschool...he still has half his sandwich in his mouth...

Long Island Sound

Steve wasn't a total hermit while working on the house. He did manage to get out and draw a bit. Here is a remake of a picture he did in green of a view of the Long Island Sound. All of his landscapes are done on location.

House Update...

Steve has been busy in Connecticut. Our house has gotten a HUGE make-over. I'm just sad I'm not there to enjoy it.

Steve replaced the flooring and repainted the upstairs bathroom (Yeah! no more purple bathroom!)....

...replaced all the light fixtures...

...replaced the counter and the flooring in the downstairs bathroom (yes, we had a downstairs bathroom...it was being used for other purposes...)

...replaced the flooring in the downstairs hall...

And the whole house got a new paint job.

Steve did most of this work by himself, but also had the help of two wonderful people...Thank you Mark and Destry!

Thank you sweetie for all your hard work, it really shows!

Now it's time to come home...

Nothing New to Report...

Well, nothing really exciting has been happening these past couple of weeks....

...The kids are just as cute as can be...well, I think so...

...James has come to the conclusion that if he sleeps ON TOP of the covers, then he won't have to make his bed in the morning...

...James got a haircut from a "real" haircut place, Cookie Cutters...

...He likes wearing it spikey...

...We attended a Harvest Festival in Holladay where the kids got to make visors and foam glasses. James painted his glasses so he could have "night vision"...

...James also got his face painted like Iron Man...

...I've been wearing my hair straight because the curls don't curl so well in the dry heat...

Some Connecticut news: Steve is almost done giving the Lakeside home a make-over....yeah! We are so anxious to see him! Maybe next time I'll have some pics of all his hard work...(hint hint!)