Summer Break is here again....

We recently used some of our summer funds to buy a pool for the kids to play in this summer.

This has made our house very popular. Both boys seem to really love having friends over and i get to keep a very close eye out for my cuties. MUHAHAH my master plan is working MUHAHAHHA

Dallon of course Love's Girls and will go out of his way to spend time with them. He is seen here with the only girl in the pool. Gotta love a boy with priorities.

Dallon can be seen here learning how to breath under water. Or at least he thinks he is breathing under water I call it holding my breath. I just hope he doesn't actually try to suck air under there.

Obviousely he survived for this shot. Taken yet again with the Cutie patootie.
Dax just had to ham it up with his cherry face.

Dallon can be seen here retreating from the depths of cold.

Have a CinnFull Day!!

Days of School

Day's Of School Gone by....

As will happen school has ended for my little men.
I am amazed at how fast this time has passed.

Seems only yesterday I was in tears after

leaving them at school for the first time.

Hoovering close by just to make sure they were okay.

Now they are ending this year and my worries have

dissipated in the winds of time.

I have found a new more

confident boys who have learned friendship and

much more in there 2007/2008 school year.

Our Photo Journal

Dax's School experience 2007/2008

This Year Dax Was in 1st Grade. Mrs. Call was his Teacher.

She was a dedicated teacher for 2 years at Spectrum.

2008/2009 will find her absent from our hall's.

I know she will be missed dearly

One of Dax's Favorite people this year was Mrs. Sue.

She always had a great smile and seemed to

really love being with the kids at Spectrum.

Things Dax learned this year

1.Playing with friends relieves stress

2.Too Boogie takes your whole body

4.Keep trying you just might succeed.

5.Swinging a ball is more fun than it looks

Dallon's Kindergarten Year

This year Dallon was in Mrs. Booth's Class.

She was a wonderful teacher for him to get his first years.

She was patient and loving always telling us how wonderful Dallon was to have around.

Dallon really seemed to thrive in her class. I am thankful he had such a positive experience and i am sure next years teacher will have big shoes to fill.

Dallon's Accomplishment's

This year Dallon Was awarded Student of the month for his class.

He was very proud of this achievement.

As you can tell he felt the need to Ham

it up for the camera, showing that wonderful personality that is Dallon

Graduation

On June 2ND Dallon officially Graduated Kindergarten.
He had a winning smile the whole time. I think he could have floated through the air during the graduation ceremony

Here he is our little 1st grader... Sniff Sniff.

Things Dallon learned this year.

1.6:30 is ungodly.

2.Making friends is fun

3. saying you dont have homework

when you do get's you in trouble.

4. Always smiling makes you a lot of friends

Coconut.....

Why is it that the things i love the most hate me!!!

I love coconut a love coconut milk fresh from, the fresh coconut.
So of course i have to develop breathing and hives from this wonder full fruit at age 30 after years of an addiction to this wonder of nature.

The little girl in me can not seem to resist i know its bad but some how i think well maybe this time, i can finally have a reprieve from this horrible reaction. i will eat this and nothing will happen. Stupid, absolutely. Silly, yup.

Yet i find myself doing this over and over again. maybe some day i will be able to resist this forbidden fruit until then I will keep my Benadryl close by.

Time with my husband.

Tuesday was my 8th anniversary of marrying the man I love.

Yes he is generally like having a 3rd son laying around but all those quirks are part of what i like about him . I am still truly grateful I was able to see this diamond of a man who was in front of me even if i did not always see him.


For me this anniversary was so different than any of the others we spent together. Normally we would argue over where to go or spend so much time trying to arrange babysitting and at the end of the day I would leave the day feeling disappointed.

I guess I am a romantic since really what I am generally disappointed in is that no flowers were given and he doesn't plan ahead well enough that we could do anything fabulous. Of course ending the night in each others arms saying sweet nothing the whole time. I should just face facts he is just not a romantic guy, he hold no jealousy and yet I know he loves me in everything he doesn't say. Still I can not seem but to help feeling disappointed most of the time when he does no gestures of love like flowers. I am working on this since I know that's who he is and I married him so I need to get over it!!!

So this time i went in trying to not expect anything.

This time we planned nothing!! We did nothing extraordinary spent very Lil money on the anniversary itself and we had a fabulous time!!! Strange how that works lol. I asked for very little and did not expect him to read my mind lol.

So here's what we did,

So the night before derrick asks me what I would like for our anniversary( my procrastinator last minute every time lol), so instead of gifts( saving for dax means I am being quite cheap on wants, needs fine, wants not so much) I asked him him to sluff work and just spend the day with me. I knew there was a chance he couldn't but that's all I really wanted!!

So the next morning he calls his boss and says I'm skipping work today I will just use a vacation day :) his boss was fabulous and said do what you need to do. ( he can be a pain but he can also be awesome!!!)

So we finished getting the kids ready for school. And drove dax off to school together ( Jenn carpools with us and takes Dallon to school daily such a good thing for us ) We spent about a half hour there delivering Avon orders and such. We went to Dee's ( in Bountiful) for breakfast and while there decided to talk about the garden we are planning this summer and what supplies we really need. Like wood,gating,lawn mower so were not always borrowing some one Else's . So we decided to got to the DI in bountiful since there the best for lawn care and we may be able to find pot's for flowers etc... Luckily we found a push mower ( we have to mow as part of our lease but had no mower or any supplies for that matter) Now I am sure if my husband had his way completely we would have a gas mower but the cost to run and maintaining a gas mower is a lot higher than a push mower. This mower was in excellent condition and will sever us nicely. So looked around some more and we found 3 pot's for plants. I also found some great educational books for dax and Dallon for the summer.

On the way home we remembered that spring clean up has started in the valley. Once a year you can throw out big things even washing machines, tree's construction items etc.. and the city will pick them up on your designated day. I swear most people plan there project's around this date, Well as they say some people's trash everyone Else's treasure. For us this hold very true, wood is very expensive as is a lot of things right now so for us this can be a savings bonanza!!

So we looked all over the valley trying hard to find wood, etc. BOY did we get lucky. By the time we were done. We found nice garden gates, lattice, a perfect frame for our garden, round wood steaks to help keep our dog from digging. We also found to our surprise connect able flooring it is dirty but can easily be cleaned off and our garage is a dirt floor do this will be very nice for us this should complete at least a good portion of the garage floor.We found enough wood that derrick can make the skate board ramps he has been wanting to make.

On the way home we stopped at 2 more DI's finding more educational books ( so the tutor has things to work on with him with out the extreme expense!! We also found a pair of work boots for DH.)

We then stopped for pizza for the kids since we had home made honey baby back ribs in the slow cooker waiting at home, I made Garlic Parmesan mashed potatoes when i got home and walla a nice meal with my spouse .

We finished unloading his work van and then showered and fell asleep in each others arms. Now to some this doesn't sound romantic but to be honest it was wonderful!!! I can not say I have enjoyed a day more in many years and I was alone all day with my husband. :) ( and despite what others thought no intimate time just a good cuddle and really good well earned sleep!!)

All told we spent $60.00 and we got a lot of needs taken care of and now have a wonderful memory to go with it.

Summer break is ......

So close you can almost smell it. I am both excited about this and a little bit in fear of this event. Where did this come from where has the year gone??

This year was different than previous years. With both my children in school all day I have had freedoms I have not experienced since my single days. I have liked having them gone but missed the sounds of a house full of children and all that entailed.

Now with this week Dallon's school is out for testing, which means Dallon will not have any school this week and will be out till Tuesday.

With these days off he has exactly 5 full days of school left with 2 half days thrown in for good measure.

I find with him being home, the noises not as endearing as i once did and the million questions asked a a bit over whelming. I love him yet those super whys are on my very last nerve already.

I hope i can survive this thing we call summer break with out breaking my sanity.