Circus...

We went to the circus last week...good times. The kids have never been and Coulter and I haven't been since we were kids. It was fun watching the kids enjoy the show. Rylie's favorite part were all the "pretty ladies." She makes us laugh....She kept talking about how pretty their outfits were. Ethan's favorite part was the million dollar bag of cotton candy of course (it's ridiculous how much they charge for stuff at the circus but I promised him...).

Rylie was checking this clown's pockets for stuff...it was funny.

Ethan starting to get sugared up...

Soccer...

Ethan started soccer a couple weeks ago. He has never played before so we didn't know how it was going to go. I was worried that he would just want to look for bugs the whole time...The coach went over the basics and he went for it. It was pretty entertaining watching the boys...Only a few know what they are doing and they don't play positions at all. There is just a big mass of boys that runs up and down the field...good times

Labor Day...

Coulter took the kids hiking with his family on Labor Day morning. I worked the night before so I gave everyone a kiss goodbye and crawled into bed...They went hiking in Adam's canyon up to the waterfalls. Ethan and Rylie talked about it all day when they got home. They all seemed to have a good time. Coulter said that when Ethan was walking back down from the waterfalls he told Grandma Joelle that he was going to need to take a nap that day:). Both kids crawled into bed and took good naps when they got home...
I wasn't even there so I have no idea why she is crying but I thought it was funny (it always is when you aren't the one experiencing it).

First day of kindergarten and preschool...

Ethan started kindergarten last Monday and he loves it. I'm surprised that he is smiling in this picture because it was taken right before he went the first day. Ethan was not very excited about the whole "kindergarten" thing. He was worried that they were going to try to teach him something and that was not something he was interested in...He was happy when I picked him up after the first day and he hasn't fought us to go since...

This is Ethan's "why don't you love me mom and dad?" face. I almost cried when I left him the first day because he looked at me like I was betraying him...
Rylie's first day of preschool was today. Rylie was so excited about going and apparently she was good the first day:). I got to enjoy my first 2 hours of freedom! I didn't know what to do with myself...I'm going to live it up twice a week for the next four months til the baby comes...

Ultrasound...

So we had the ultrasound today...after the appointment I headed over to Kohls to tell my mom the good news. While I was there I had a pity party (just a small one) for myself knowing that I couldn't buy these... But I settled for these instead...I'm excited I promise...girl clothes are just more fun...

Yellowstone...

On Thursday we headed up to Island Park, ID (just outside of West Yellowstone) with my family. Every year my parents go with family friends and the past 2 years we have come along as well...It was good to see everyone and go to Yellowstone. It was so cold this year and it rained a few times. We still had a good time but it was nice to come home and sleep in our nice warm beds...

The Lloyds and Creagers...don't Matthew and Ethan look so happy?

Rylie with her new BFF's, Kiersten and Kelsey. Rylie followed them around the whole weekend. I can't believe I used to babysit these girls...

Kelsey made Rylie a "pretty crown" and taught her a bunch of new phrases...some appreciated some not so appreciated...

Poor Rylie...

We didn't see very many animals this year like the year before. This was the only animal the kids got to see close up. Aunt Kaitlin let Ethan and Rylie know that it was a moose...she was later corrected...

Meet our new pet: Fluffy. Daddy caught this for Ethan the last day we were up there. Ethan was ecstatic as you could imagine and he is still alive!

Bowling...

I took the kids bowling with my friend Janelle and her kids last week. Ethan and Rylie have never been but they had a lot of fun. For the most part Ethan, Rylie and Shaylee just did their own thing while we watched. It was nice...

Ethan thought the ball return was pretty much the coolest thing ever...

Rylie ended up winning...

July activities...

The kids started swim lessons again...This time at Layton Surf n Swim so we could embarrass Aunt Kaitlin. The kids are having fun and Rylie is actually listening so I don't have to get in the pool with her this time:)



Rylie laying out after a hard 30 minutes of preschool swim lessons...

On the 24th we went to my parents to go swimming, barbecue and do fireworks. Rylie enjoyed the pool...

The Creagers put on quite an exciting fireworks show...The Lloyds could hardly contain themselves...

Can you tell how excited they are? (you missed out Robby...)

Last night we went to the Bees game in Salt Lake. My company hooked us up with cheap tickets and fed us too. I invited my family to come along as well. It was pretty fun...the kids were a little bored at times (thank goodness for cotton candy) but the rest of us had fun.

We rode the frontrunner/trax there and back...the kids were pretty sugared up on the way home...it was a late but fun night.