Last day of preschool

Today was Ethan's last day of preschool. Time really flies - I remember his first day as if it were yesterday. He has really matured this year, learned a lot, made best friends and is only just beginning the next chapter of many more school years to come.

Father's day!

Jared with the boys after being on call for 30 hours. What a guy! When Jared walked in the boys bombarded him with cards and gifts and talked his ear off. After Jared rested for a few hours we had a nice dinner, watched Mary Poppins and played some baseball around the house. I am so grateful on a daily basis for the father Jared is to the boys and amazing husband he is to me. We love our daddy!

Preschool Party

This morning Tanner and I went to Ethan's preschool party. We had breakfast, the kids sang several super cute songs, we made picture frames and bookmarks with the kids and finished the morning off with the kids receiving their preschool certificate. Ethan also received another certificate for reading over 4,000 minutes this year. Our little boy is growing up!

Preschool open house

Tonight we went to Ethan's preschool open house. It was neat to see several journals they worked on throughout the year and to see the improvement in his writing skills and art work. It's been fun watching Ethan grow over the year and mature. We will miss Nestle and Mrs. Glucksman!

Ethan's first camp out

This weekend Ethan and Papa went to Papa's Fathers and Sons campout. It was Ethan's first time camping and he had a great time. We were glad he got to go with Papa and have this experience since Jared had to work and couldn't take him. They left Friday evening and got back Saturday afternoon. Dad said Ethan was the first to sleep at 9:30pm and was the last one up at 7am.  Ethan got to shoot a rifle for the first time, play tug of war, and explore the great outdoors with Papa. Papa said Ethan liked to go for a piggy back ride and pretend like Papa was his horse. Dad is a good sport! This is just the first of many more fathers and sons to come!

Ethan

Ethan: Mom, if I feel like I'm in danger should I pray or take three deep breaths?
Me: You should pray.
Ethan: Well, what about three deep breaths?
Me: Both are a good idea but pray first.

In church we talked about prayer and how we can always talk to Heavenly Father in any situation. The other day Ethan told me his preschool teacher told the class if they get upset they should stop and think about it and take three deep breaths. I guess both of these things were on his mind. I thought it was a cute question.

In other news we got into Emelita Elementary for the Fall! This is such a huge blessing as we were the first person drawn in the lottery. We have some friends that attend Emelita so it's a good option for us since our local elementary school is not. It was the first of many lotteries/schools that will be doing a drawing with our name in it. School this year gets out June 19th and starts early on August 14th. LA also has Kindergarten go all day instead of half days like we did growing up. It will be a long day though I know Ethan will be fine. I will probably have a harder time having him gone for so long than he will. He is really growing up!

Pleasant Evenings

The summer heat has started though the evenings are still pleasant. The boys love riding their bikes, visiting the neighbors' animals and playing with the girls next door most days. Tonight we lost track of time and didn't even know it was bedtime and the boys were as dirty as could be with no dinner. We love the extra light in the evenings.

We have been swimming often at some friends' pools to keep cool. I think we will be doing that a lot this summer! This evening we took our first trip of many to Yogurtland which is always a nice treat on a warm day.