USU Child Lab

I was really nervous about sending Stockton to preschool.  I was worried about him being gone 4 days a week for 2 1/2 hours a time and how he would do.  He had never been away from me besides a little bit for church.  I was told he got into the USU child lab preschool (something you have to sign them up for as babies to get into) before I found out I was pregnant.  By the time I had to turn my paper work in I knew and I was SICK.  I was worried how I was going to be able to do this but I push ahead away.  Wow am I glad I did.  

He struggled at first.  They do a lot of stations for the first hour or so that they can come and go as they wanted to. This was prefect for him.  He had a hard time with the large group stuff but after a couple of weeks he did totally fine.  In fact he would ask everyday if he could go to preschool.  And be sad on the days he didn't have it.  Then I started seeing all the fun things he was doing there.  What a heaven sent preschool was! All afternoon while I was usually not feeling good he was learning and doing so many fun things I would have NEVER been able to do with him.  Especially being sick. He had his moment of something that was just for him and he loved it.  

The teachers loved him.  They loved how funny he is and all the things that he would say.  One day he got a little hurt and this sweet teacher kissed him better and let him go outside to calm down. He told her he didn't want to clean up toys so he wanted to stay outside until they were done.  Stinker.  He loved his journal.  I'm keeping that unless he finds it and does something with it.  It has all sorts of drawings in it mostly ghostbusters stuff.  His head teacher Camille told me whenever he is upset about something if they ask him about Disneyland he usually perks up.  He told him all about the haunted mansion, his favorite ride.  

They told me one of his favorite games was to be the person a the pretend store that worked the cash register.  He would really get into it.  Stock loves to pretend play and he plays well with other kids or by himself.  

On the day the pictures of the teachers were taken I was meeting with Camille about Stock.  A parent teacher conference she did with all the parents.  He had this silly darth vader hat on and I was laughing about it.  (we could see him behind the mirror but they couldn't see us) and she told me the day before he had it on ALL DAY.  He is so funny.  One teacher even told me not to tell anyone but Stock was her favorite.  =) Lets be honest she may have said that to all the parents but I'll pretend she just said it to me.  

 He insisted on wearing this tie to school one day. 

On the second to last day the class went to the willow park zoo and played at the park after.  I was so happy I felt well enough to at least meet them at the park with Brett.  Stockton loved it.  Even when it started to rain he didn't care.  He went right out into the rain and shouted "this is the best field trip ever!"

Left photo Stock painting (his favorite) at school. Right is Stock at his field trip in the rain.

I am SO HAPPY that they will let him go another semester.  They only let them go two semesters so he will be able to have one more.  It is a huge pain to drive him up there but after knowing how much he loved it and how much he got to do there it's so worth it.

First Family Fishing trip

I'll be honest. I don't go for the fishing.  I go to take pictures of my boys fishing.  They will always let me snap a photo with they are holding a fish they caught.  ALWAYS.  So I go.  And the location and the light did NOT disappoint! Not only that but all three boys (brett came but didn't fish) caught one.  So everyone left happy. 

Ty wouldn't take off his burger king hat we just got from dinner.  I actually love he left it on.  It must have been good luck because he caught the first fish.  

Stockton had never really caught a fish until this monster.  The time before when Bryan took him they almost got one and it got away just as they had it to the shore.  He told us he "was the fetching man!" and this was carpzilla.  

Then finally Blake caught something.  We were reeling him in to move him more by us and low and behold he had a fish on.  That happened later in the evening too but that one got away.  

Blake let me take this picture of him.  I sort of love it.  =)

Easter weekend

I'm lumping the end of our spring break in with Easter this time- Since we did some Easter stuff at my parents house.  We spent most of the week at home but did venture down south to my parents house for spring break.  We mostly hung out at their home but did go to chuckie cheese to let the boys play one morning.  We were the only ones there really and it had just opened so it was clean.  Not really my favorite place but my parents got enough tokens that my boys had a ball.  

 Part of Tyson's cub scout requirement is making a tool box and since my dad's profession pretty much my whole life is working for the boy scouts I thought he was a good person to do this with them.  That and he has a huge shop full of tools.  This was Blake helping him make it.  Love Blake's face in this one.

 We did a Easter Egg hunt with my brother and my kids.  The candy was hidden in the eggs and the boys had fun looking for them.  Above is my niece Kiya with her little nose pressed to the window waiting for her chance to come out and get her eggs.

 They had fun until I showed Stockton where a stash of eggs was and Ty and Blake feel apart.  Blake is off pouting in this picture because of that.

Two days later we had the Palmer candy hunt:

 More and more of Bryan's family is moving far away and a lot of the kids are getting older.  It makes me wonder how many more years she will do this since my kids will be the only little kids around in a few years.

 Blake and Luke being manly. 

 Here are the men fresh from priesthood session.  Joe went with them but was MIA for the picture.  I told my father in law it seems that I have supplied them with PLENTY of boys to keep the tradition going.  They go out somewhere nice to eat and then to the meeting.

Easter morning the boys got up and hurried off to find their baskets.  I must say the easter bunny did good this year.

 Brett loves his "georgie" he calls him. 

 

 Stockton loves his mineccraft squid

 Blake and Ty got little lego sets among the other goodies.  Blake a lord of the rings one and Ty a ninjago.

I love Easter.  Too bad it ends up being a lot of work.  

Easter

Why are my boys so hard to take photos of? Some are better then others for sure. Some days are better hen others!! We did our annual Easter photos with the boys. It was general conference weekend so I got the boys all dressed just for the photos and they were not very happy about that. 

Then I tried to get some photos of stock:

I usually get one of the, all together and one with me but conference had already started so I bagged it! Especially when they were all falling apart by then.