Joshua's Pre-School Graduation

Joshua graduated from pre-school this week (yeah and sniff, sniff). For the past 2 and a half years he has attended Ms. Angela's Pre-school and loved it! Ms. Angela is a certified teacher who runs a pre-school out of her home. Josh adored her and we did too. She has a wonderful school program and he learned everything he needs for Kindergarten. The "ceremony" was lovely. The sugar saturated party afteward was fun too. Josh was thrilled that I let him eat two, count them two, cupcakes. Hey, we were celebrating a big milestone! Joshua starts the big K on July 23rd. I can't believe it, they truly do grow up too fast.

Happy Fourth of July!

The kids and Abby spent a nice Fourth up in Flagstaff at John's parents house. John had to travel to So Cal ={. The fireworks were canceled due to very hot weather for Flagstaff (upper 90's) but the kids played outside anyway. To us, 95 degrees is nice weather! Here are some of the pics.

Summertime!

Summer is in full swing here in the Valley of the Sun. Alita is now 6 weeks old. She is growing beautifully and happily. She weighs about 10 pounds now and is 22 inches long! Her hair seems to be red or strawberry blond at this point. Which Mom thinks is sooooooo cool and Dad feels sympathy for her (why do redheads hate their INCREDIBLE, UNIQUE, WONDERFUL red hair?). She is smiling and starting to make cute baby noises and gurgles. Jesse and Joshua have been enjoying the pool as much if not more than last summer. Jesse goes to a wonderful summer program 4 days a week for kiddos with autism and other special needs. Joshua continues at his pre-school 3 days a week and goes to gymnastics camp on Mondays. Due to the extreme heat here the boys have been catching up on kids movies and reading a lot. It's only June and at times Jess and Josh are already exhibiting cabin fever! Needless to say we swim as much as we can. The boys continue to be great with their sister and (despite how much she cries) still adore her!

Happy Father's Day!

We had a nice Father's Day. The boys gave John presents that they made at school. Alita's gave Daddy two presents, 1) smiling at him for the first time and 2) taking a nap with John on the couch. Abby made a pancake breakfast for everyone and then we went to Barnes and Noble so Dad could pick out some new books. We ended the day enjoying homeade pork chimichangas and spending time as a family. Hopefully John felt how much we appreciate and love him. Enjoy the pictures!

American Idol Boy

Here is Joshua's version of the song, "Life is a Highway"

"I got a highway (Life is a highway)
I got it my way (I want to drive it)
with my mom (all night long)"

New Alita photos

Some new shots of baby Al....

Hiking with grandpa

So this is a little late, but dad and I took the boys out in the desert back in April and I had some photos I wanted to post, but did not get it done right away. So here they are...

Jesse quote

Alita started crying this morning as we finished breakfast...
Jesse, "Have no fear baby."

Alita update

Everyone has started. After 2 other kids I should be used to this by now, but I do not know who she looks like. I think she looks more like this guy than either Abby or I.

Happy Birthday Alita!

Alita was born yesterday 5/4/07. She weighs 8 lbs 4 oz is 20 inches long and has hair. Abby and Alita are doing great and should be headed home sometime on Monday.