Growing Up

My boys are growing up so fast! Josh started preschool this fall and loves it. He was so excited for his first day - he could hardly hold still for a picture. He has been looking forward to preschool for at least a year, though he was put out that he wasn't riding a bus and mom had to drive him!

Of course Aiden had to have a "Josh's first day of preschool" picture too! I think Aiden is enjoying Josh being at preschool as much as Josh is enjoying going to preschool. He tends to follow me around the whole time reminding me that all of my attention should be his.

One afternoon Josh told me he wanted to go outside while Aiden was taking his nap. I took Josh to the window and showed him it was raining and he replied "Then let's put on my rain boots." Simple enough, right? We got him dressed in pseudo rain gear and he played in the rain for at least 30 min.

Josh was really nervous to ride his bike for a long time but has become really good at it. He is such a big kid that the 12" bike looks nearly miniature but there was no way he was going to be brave enough to ride a bigger bike to learn.

Aiden is obsessed with shoes. He often brings me his shoes to put on him....because he knows he has to have shoes on to go outside. He is also pretty good and knowing whos shoes belong to who and helping that person "find" their shoes. One day I came into the kitchen and found this.....he had put on Josh's old tennis shoes and was pleased as could be. Look at that adorable smile!

I can't believe how fast Josh and Aiden are growing up! It's really fun to watch them grow and accomplish new things. I love you boys!!

Anniversary Weekend

A few years ago Brandon suprised me for our anniversary and took me to a Josh Groban concert. Well, my sister called and told me Josh Groban was coming back to SLC and wondered if we wanted tickets. The concert conveniently fell on the weekend of our anniversary again! Since Brandon's parents were coming to Utah for a missionary talk we had a babysitter for the boys the night of the concert and they got to come play with us for the rest of the weekend.

We headed out to the Hogle Zoo to see the dinosaurs they had on display. They were aweseome - huge and very real looking. Josh got nervous at first because the dinosaurs moved (Brandon had to hold him still for the picture).

Aiden just looks plain nervous!

Josh and I posed for a picture by the waterfall....we had to smile quickly because we were getting pretty wet.

And here is a random picture from our concert. Josh Groban is a great singer but also a really good entertainer. It was a great concert! Happy 7th anniversary Brandon! I love you!

The Fire Station

Josh has been impressed by firefighters for some time (he was a firefighter last Halloween). Brandon and I have tossed around the idea of calling a fire station to see if we could visit with our family. Well, Brandon has a coworker who is a volunteer fire fighter and he made all of Josh's dreams come true. We told Josh where we were going to visit and he asked Brandon one night at bedtime, "Dad, what does it take to be a fire fighter?" He was about to find out.

When we first arrived Josh got to sit in the fire truck and he was SO excited (little did he know that he would be going for a ride in it later).

Brandon's coworker (also named Brandon) let Josh try on his hat. Also very cool, right?!...and WAY heavier than you would think.

Once he had the hat on he might as well put on the rest of the gear! What a cute firefighter.

Aiden really wanted to try on the helmet too....it was so heavy that I had to support most of the weight with my hand. Seriously - can this kid get any cuter!?

Brandon J. took us around the station and showed us all of the fire trucks, explaining what the different ones were used for. He then asked Josh if he wanted to go for a ride in the fire truck. This was his mid-ride expression. Do you think he liked it?

Here are all of the boys after the ride. We all had a really good time touring the fire station and going for a ride in the fire truck. It was fun and educational for all of us!