On the first day of Kindergarten, Jayden made a friend named Julia. Julia told him that they would be best friends forever, but I am not so sure she meant it. Each day when I pick him up he tells me that Julia was there but didn't want to play with him. He thinks "she is just tricking me, though." We learn the fickleness of women so early.

Grace is definitely our music girl. She loves to clap and dance. She tries to jump up and down and even does a twirl. I see ballet lessons in our future!

On our walk home from school yesterday, Jayden was riding his scooter and wiped out coming down the hill. He later told me, "Mom, I am sorry to say that I cannot go swimming today."

Bowling with our playgroup

Check out the kids' scoreboard! Gabriel (Gab on the screen) is only 3 years old. His brother, Colin (Coli) is almost 2 years old! It was so amazing to watch these kids play.

Here are some of the kids: Braydon (with the orange ball) and Brenden Owen (both boys are in yellow) and their mom Kelly are some of the first people we met at our church.

These are the Rocha's. Gabriel, Haley and Colin. I am sure I have mentioned our friends Thomas and Tiffany Rocha to many of you. These are their 3 sweet kids (not to mention some heck of a bowlers).

Here Jayden tried it... Our friends, Gretchen and her little boy, Nathaniel are next. Then below, I was constantly pulling Grace off the lane. Walking is such a great milestone, but not so much when your bowling!

That's Life

This was the answer my husband gave me when I told him that I was going to have to post our vacation pictures and Grace's birthday/dedication out of order. He said, "That's life. It is out of order." We hope you enjoy them anyway.


On the way to Colorado. Jayden slept great in the car. Gracie, not so much. I think she averaged about a 30 minute nap maybe 2 times a day. The rest of the time, she was not happy and let us know it.

This was taken about 10 minutes outside of San Diego. You can see that everyone is still happy and excited to be on our way.

Grace was trying to get comfortable...

Nana and Gracie at the hotel in Grand Junction, Colorado having breakfast.

With some cousins of some sort, I think they are 3rd cousins when they are children of your cousins - but what do I know? (Don't comment on that, please.)

These are some pictures of the train station in Grand Junction, Colorado where Adam's grandfather worked. It's always nice when your kids are actually excited about seeing the things that are important to you. Jayden loved it.

Some side notes about Jayden's haircut...

When he first got home from the barber he looks at himself in the mirror and says, "I look like Nimish!" Nimish is the dark haired, dark skinned Indian boy who lives directly behind us. He and Jayden are buddy's, but look nothing alike.
Last night, as he was winding down from the day, Jayden tries to play with his hair. He whines, "Oh, no! I can't have it shorter now!" We laughed and tried to remind him of a time when Mommy got carried away with the clippers and he ended up with a buzz cut. That night he cried too, but said, "My hair is broken!"

FIRST DAY of KINDERGARTEN!

Well, at the crack of dawn this morning (OK, it was 8am) we began our role as parents of a school age child. There were moments of sadness, but overall excitement as we begin the days of, "Time to go to bed, it is a school night," and, "No, you can't just watch this movie until it is over because school starts in 15 min!"
This is a picture of Jayden so excited to leave the house this morning. He had his Spiderman backpack, his Batman lunchsack, his new clothes and shoes, and even sported a new hairdo... What do you think, Nana??

Beyond these walls he not only is welcomed to Kindergarten but to new friends, new teachers and a new school. Jayden is in a morning Kindergarten/First Grade Multiage Class - which we are so excited about. I think it will be a really good experience. His teacher is Mrs. Klauda (Cloud-a).

This one is for Gamma... I am pretty sure we had pictures taken each year either waiting in a school line or just before we left for school.

Jayden just had to take a picture of us...

And there he goes... in the line up.

Just Like a Man

After a trip to the Home Depot tonight, Adam and Jayden were opening the box to the 8 piece power tool set that was purchased for Vturf. Jayden exclaims, "Oh my goodness, my heart is pounding!" And later, "I have never seen this before in my life!"

Grace and Her Bottle

There was a picture taken of me when I was a baby that I was reminded of when I saw Grace on the floor with her bottle yesterday. Can you see (in the pictures below) that she is playing with her hair?

Vacation Bible School 2006 - SonTreasure Island

The kids were asked to dress up as Pirate's on one of the days. Jayden wanted to be Captain Jack Sparrow. Complete with the eye make-up. mustache and the "little thing" under his bottom lip. He looked great!

This was crazy hair day. I have wanted to be able to brush and style his hair for years. This was the only legitimate chance I have had. I have heard that in Kindergarten they have a crazy hair day as well. I can't wait!

Jayden had a blast at VBS and asks me almost everyday when the next one is. This week he hosted his own VBS at our house, just for a day. Adam and I love how creative he is and how persistent he was in wanting to do this. The day he thought of it we heard about "his plan" all day long. I was a bit worried he was going to be really disappointed when we didn't really go through with it. But Adam (like the good dad he is) suggested we invite Gabriel and Colin Rocha (friends from church) instead of the whole neighborhood and mommy agreed to that. He decorated his room (OK, Daddy did most of it), we had snacks, a movie and played games. He even made postcard invitations for the 2 boys and had a prize for them to take home. He had a great time telling everyone what to do. I can honestly say it was a success and we had fun for the few hours they were here. When the were leaving Jayden told them to come back tomorrow and for the next 10 days, cause that is how long it was going to run! yikes!

Beach Night & Pudding

Sorry, no pictures of us at the beach tonight where we had a picnic with our small group... just something funny Jayden said.
A very nice looking lady came up to me and asked me if this was my son, pointing to Jayden who was eating a pudding cup. I answered, yes... a little hesitant, not really wanting to claim him until I found out why she wanted to know.
She then said, he's so cute!
I, of course, know this already and once again completely claimed him as my own flesh and blood.
She then said, I was walking down the steps and he accidentally bumped into me and got pudding on my bag. I just looked at him and then wiped the pudding off with my finger and licked it. (She was with a group of people who were drinking wine all night, she didn't look like the type to do that sober...)
Instead of saying sorry, he said, I know. It's good, huh?