At the start of the summer I signed up Claire, Drew and Ellie for swim lessons with a friend of mine, Teri Jolley. She is an amazing instructor and my kids have really progressed. Claire is already a decent swimmer. She mostly worked on her strokes and some survival techniques (treading, dead man float, etc.). …
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Fathers and Sons
Our ward had its annual Fathers and Sons camp out last weekend. Every time I go camping with the scouts, Drew wants to come along. “This one probably isn’t good for little dudes, buddy,” is my typical response. So Drew was super excited to get to come along this time. Starting about two weeks before …
Pomp and Circumstance
Drew has officially graduated from his first year of preschool. I have never participated in the “Joy School” type of preschool before. There were four of us and we took turns teaching two days each month. It was an interesting challenge with four rambunctious little boys, but in the end we made it through with …
Thanksgiving Point
This past week me, Drew and Ellie met up with Rachel and her kids and G’ma Jan and went to the Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving Point. Due to my hectic schedule it wasn’t perfect timing for me and honestly I wasn’t really thrilled to be going. However, it turned out to be a near perfect …
Drew and his Dinosaurs
Drew has had a real obsession with dinosaurs. He plays with them ALL the time. I’ve noticed his favorite thing to do is take each dinosaur out of his bin and set them up in a row. It will sometimes take an hour to do this (he has a lot of dinos). He patiently sets …
Bum cheeks for breakfast!
I woke up this morning to find Drew eating his cereal like this (You may need to click and enlarge the photo): I got a good chuckle out of it. I asked him why he was eating breakfast in the nude. He looked at me like I was dumb and said, “When I went potty …
Drew turns 4!
Drew had his 4th birthday party yesterday. Anyone who knows little Drew knows he LOVES dinosaurs. They are the first toy he plays with when he wakes up and the last toy he plays with when he goes to bed. So it came as no surprise when he wanted a dinosaur birthday party. Thanks to …