My housekeeper

He works for cookies, candy and tomatoes!

Seriously he switched the laundry for me with no help from me!

And he is a pretty good cook too!

1st day of his 2nd week of Preschool

So I couldn't for the life of me find our camera to take a picture of Matthew on his 1st day of the 1st week of preschool! Bummer! But here are some pictures from the second week!


I couldn't get him to just stand and smile he had to keep shouting, "Preschool!"


One of his many works of art.

And Matthew just being Matthew! I think that he likes preschool. Everyday when I pick him up and ask him how it went he says, "Sorry Mom I can't tell you!" Sometimes I can get him to tell me bits of pieces but he still wants to go every time so I take that as he likes it!

On the first day we were driving to drop him off and I was asking him if he was excited. He told me that the last time he didn't make any friends (the previous week there was an open house and he got to meet his teacher and classmates). My heart just about broke. I felt so bad for him and I felt really guilty leaving him there. But we talked about how to make friends by asking other kids to play. He thought about it and said, "Mom there was this one boy and he wasn't sharing. I am not going to ask him to be my friend!" He seems to be doing better and says that he plays with the other kids. I didn't think that it would be this hard to drop him off and walk away! I am not look forward to Kindergarten!

Here is our other crazy boy. He refuses to use any utensils but one morning he insisted on using a fork to eat his toast! Silly kid!

And here is what has been keeping Nate and I busy late at night! We canned about 40 jars of peaches! Whew! Now we have some pears, tomatoes, and some jam. I guess I know what we will be doing while watching conference!

Matthew's Joke

Matthew just told me a joke, "What is the oven doing in the fridge? It's in the butter!" And then he started cracking up laughing! Having a 4-year-old is fun, even if I don't get his jokes!

Kitchen Floor

I think he is a little tired!

Update

I am really bad at blogging lately! So here are some updates of what we have been up to:

In July we went to a Ahlstrom family reunion (Nate's side) in Morgan UT. It was totally beautiful up there!

Pretty, green mountains!

They had a portable audio system up there and of course Matthew was "helping" ok so he was just asking 20 questions of why and how everything worked! Poor Uncle Bruce!

Sweatshirts in July!!

Then in August we made another quick trip to Disneyland! This time Aunt Michelle and Aunt Carrie came along!

Aunt Michelle and Brayden

Aunt Carrie and Brayden (getting ice cream all over Aunt Carrie, this is how you know he loves you!)

Waiting in a long line at the end of a long, hot, muggy day. But this new ride was totally worth it! It was a Toy Story 4D ride where you get to play arcade games. Totally fun and worth the 40 minute wait! (That was about the longest line we stood in, not too bad for August at Disneyland!)

The whole crew with our favorite character, Lightening McQueen!

I think we are getting a little spoiled with our trips to Disneyland (adults included!). Gotta live it up now come April our passes expire and I think it will be time for a different, less expensive trip :)

Now we are back to normal everyday life! Matthew grows like a weed and is almost out of PJs. I had some coupons to Kohls so we went looking for PJs. Matthew loves Star Wars right now, so he insisted on getting these:

They only had 3 pairs left and the smallest pair was a size 8! He is growing like a weed but not that fast, these drown him. But he doesn't care and I am a cheap person and have a hard time paying 15 bucks for PJs so at least he will really get our moneys worth out of these for as long as he will be able to wear these!

This morning Matthew woke up at about 6 and I was tired so I laid back down for a "few minutes" when I got up again I found Matthew with make-up all over his face. When I asked him about it he told me that it was ok it was just girl stuff! He also ate a chocolate cupcake for breakfast! He is getting sneaky. Last night we were playing outside and he told me that he needed some water so I told him to go and get some. 15 minutes later I followed him inside to find him eating a chocolate cupcake, I started laughing and said "nice water break Matthew!" But he did get one out for me and for Brayden too. He figures that if he gets enough to share then it makes everything ok! One more story: I feel asleep again and woke up to find Matthew watching TV with my sewing basket in front of him. He had unloaded everything out of it. Pins and needles all over the floor and he had cut up all of my elastic into very small pieces. Oh and he had cut himself with the scissors. Yes, multiple violations of things he knows he should not be doing! I was pretty upset, hence there is no picture of this. So I sent him to timeout and then told him that he couldn't watch TV or play on my computer for the rest of the day. He then remembered that Star Wars was going to be on TV that night and he was crushed. He is getting pretty addicted to Star Wars, can you tell? Anyway, life is never dull and I am starting to worry about having 3 boys in the house, this could get pretty crazy!

Christmas in July and Wedding

So I bought some train tracks for Matthew for his birthday back in April but we ended up going to Disneyland. So I was going to try to save them for Christmas but Matthew found them and well that was the end of that. So once he finished his job chart we let him have it. Actually it has worked out great, since it has been so hot here he needed a new toy to play with! And he has been very entertained and not wanting to watch TV all day. I think this might become a new tradition, Christmas in July!

This past weekend Nate and I were able to go over to California for one of my really good friends from college's wedding. It was in Laguna Beach and it was beautiful. My wonderful sister came down from Utah to stay with the boys so we could go! It was wonderful!

The wedding wasn't until 6pm on Sunday so we went to Sacrament meeting and then went to walk around the Newport Beach temple. It is a really pretty temple.

The wedding was on a little cliff overlooking the ocean and the sun was setting. It was just so gorgeous!

Me, Tamara(the beautiful bride) and Dianna. It is hard to believe that we graduated from ASU 6 years ago! Time flys!

Lately I have been pretty tired from pregnancy, the heat and my back has been really hurting. So I tend to fall asleep rather quickly if I sit down or lay down with the heating pack on my back. The other day I was reading to the boys and then they started playing with their toys and the next thing I knew I was asleep on the couch. Nate came home and Matthew went downstairs and told him that he was cleaning up the toys upstairs (yeah right) but that he had to be quiet. Nate said, "Oh is Brayden asleep?" and Matthew said, "No, Mom is!" Oops! Anyway, so my poor kids have to fend for themselves sometimes, mostly just Matthew. So the other day I was resting my back and I totally feel asleep and I woke up and found Matthew on the couch like this! That is Nate's camping flashlight on his head and a movie was on!

3 down 2 to go...

until Nate gets his basketball team!

It is a little hard to tell but it really is a boy, he left no doubt for us!


Here is a profile picture. It is fun to see the ultrasound and see his little hands and feet, it is always amazing!

And of course the alien shot!

This little boy is scheduled to make his grand apperance December 10th 2009!