Swimming....

Oliver's kindergarten teacher Merrilee teaches swim lessons with her DIL Jodee during the Summer. Oliver's a pretty good swimmer, but he still wanted to have lessons with her. So I signed him and Simon up. It was so fun. Everyday had a theme. Here's a couple I actually remembered to take pictures for.

Crazy Swimsuit Day!

Oliver turned his and Simon's suits inside out . Simon got red, blue and green dots in his hair...

...while Oliver got a more subtle pony tail mo-hawk.

On Duck day, I couldn't get a picture of Simon with a duck because I was in the pool with him for the first week. So this is his picture after.

Here's Oliver with the duck though. There were 3 ducklings swimming around the pool with the kids. They absolutely loved it. Not sure how the ducks felt.
Some of the other favorite days were: Turtle visit (actual Turtle swimming in the pool), penny dive, and game day. It was so much fun I'll be signing them up next Summer too. Thanks Merrilee and Jodee for a great start to the Summer!

Birthday and Temple visit...

May 15th Oliver's 6th Birthday!

I decided the day before Oliver's birthday to actually plan something. So I called two of his classmates mothers and then two neighbor boys to see if they could come over after school.

I had them bring swim suits and towels and them we did Slip-n-slide and swimming for the next two hours. After that I had them come in so we could make basketball jerseys. I just got a pack of wife beaters and fabric markers so they could draw on their own. It was hilarious because the numbers they put on them were," 300, 1007, 100,000, and 24." I loved it.

The boys loved it too because they all put them on immediately and wore them for the rest of the party.

After that, they each made their own pizzas. I just got the grands buttermilk biscuits, had them each pat one down and put tomato sauce and toppings on it. Yummy!

Oliver told me after they all went home around 7:30 that it was his best birthday EVER! Nice, because it was also the cheapest. We did BounceU last year for his fifth and that was way expensive. Plus he doesn't even remember it. This one he still talks about.

We ended the day with a trip to Cold Stone Creamery

The next morning he had a temple trip with the primary kids. Oliver loves to go to the temple and learn ab0ut Jesus. He always asks if we can go there so he can see the Christus.

He wanted me to take a picture of him there too.

Here's all the kids that came in front of the Christus. Oliver's on the left. Love that kid!

I tried to get a nice picture of the temple with just Oliver, but I was in a hurry and didn't get it centered and then other people walked into it. Still not too bad considering I took this with my camera phone.

You can never be too SAFE!

Life suit...CHECK!


Goggles, tube and floaties....CHECK, CHECK, CHECK!


Hope you all have a SAFE Memorial Day!!

I'm here...

I've been such a slacker lately it's awful. It's not that I didn't have anything to blog about, I just didn't have the time. Before I knew it there was WAAY to much to blog about and then I got discouraged. So I'm gonna try and blog them, not all of them right now but in the near future.
I'll start with:
May 6th Voices Award Ceremony

Oliver's class of 26 students wrote a book titled "If My Dad Was President" and entered it in a writing contest. Out of the 800 school that participated, Oliver's class got 1st place for their grade! It was the cutest book.

His class got to go to an awards ceremony along with all the other winners. Only one person got to go up and accept the award for their class thought and it was MY Oliver.

What a cutie! He was so excited to do it he got ready a whole hour before we were supposed to leave. Love that kid!

Here's his amazing teacher that came up with the book Idea. I just love her and all the fun things Oliver got to do this year because he was in her class.

Oliver loves her too!

Happy Anniversary Jarr-bear!

In Honor of Mine and Jarred's 9 year wedding anniversary, I thought I would share 9 of my favorite pictures of that day. Enjoy:)

#1. Our announcement. Ok so I know this wasn't the wedding day, but I still liked the picture. The lady messed up the announcement wording and spelled Willcox wrong, but people got the point. This was tree in my home town park that I used to climb on a regular basis.


#2. Look at my vail and train! Seriously, beautiful!


#3. My married Siblings all making out at the Temple. Nothings better than when you can makeout in front of relatives and no one can say anything because you're married and taking pictures.


#4. Jarred and Amy Ann. I don't know what I would have done had Jarred's brother Jonathan not married her. The three of us got so close while he was gone on his mission.


#5. My roommates. Oh, how I freakin' loved these girls! We were all SO different, but it just worked.


#6. Jarred and his mom Diane. What a woman! She has such a sense of humor and this picture shows it.


#7. Our hands. Who doesn't love a wedding ring hand picture? I remember how I couldn't wait to take this picture with my bouquet.


#8. Us. I can't believe how young we look here. I love how my vail kind of makes it look all fantasy-like.


#9. My Jarr-bear. He's still the most handsome man in the world to me. I just love those moments when you can fall in love with your spouse all over again with just a simple glance.

Happy anniversary Jarred, I love you! Can't wait to see what the next 9 years brings!

Three things I learned this week.

1. I might be able to enjoy running.
2. I now have curly hair.
3. I don't need a microwave.

Last week...

Last Thursday I made a trip BY MYSELF,out to the west Valley. Avondale to be exact. Those of you who know me are shocked I'm sure. Why did I venture so far from home you ask? Well one of my old roommates, and dear friend Chelle lives out there and does hair. I had seen her a couple weeks before and we talked hair. So I set an appointment so she could cut mine. I'm not the best at keeping up with my hair, as most hair dressers will tell you, so I thought we could do each other's.

So what do you think? I love it! We took of about 6 inches and believe me, it really needed it. The only thing is that it's curly now which makes flat ironing a necessity.

I guess it's just a shorter version of what I already had, which I like. Growing it out it will be super easy. Maybe I'll actually start getting regular haircuts. Then I'll be able to see Chelle and her adorable kids more often. Thanks Chelle, you're the best!!