Preschool, Already?

I know people say time seems to fly faster as we get older, and I never really grasped that idea until recently. Z is suddenly eight months old (need to do the photo shoot), Luke is a first grader, and Harry is starting his first year of preschool this fall.

A group of us are doing the co-op thing as moms and we needed to provide a picture, so here's the one I took of my little big man. He's grown up so much since Luke has been in school and I know in less than 16 short years we'll be taking his mission picture. Crazy.

Good Morning Sunshine

Baby Z is the happiest baby ever and we love him so so much. Morning is one of his happiest times of the day and his little fuzzy bedhead just makes me smile.

I Spy...

Been meaning to post this little gem for awhile. Jon sold my Nikon D40x to a friend of his and we upgraded to the awesome D90 - complete with HD video. Here's our very first video on the new camera. We play I spy all the time, but this was one of my faves. Also, free legwarmers to the first to identify the song in the background. We heart the 80's.

Routine - less

I thought that getting Super Luke in school would push us all toward a routine. Unfortunately all I can report four days into school is I am more tired, less organized, and more scattered than ever. Perhaps things will change when Harrison starts preschool and other fall activities begin.

I do keep waiting for that surge of energy to whip the house into shape, do a major weeding of the yard, and attack all those projects I have been putting off all summer - painting the garage, cleaning out the office, staining the front door, organizing the basement, among other countless things I keep meaning to get to. But sadly, that surge of energy is buried far beneath my exhausted exterior and good-intentioned attitude.

I do try to treat each day as a new beginning, however my list keeps growing and although I might check two or three things as done, I'm copying the same 43 things for each week that keep not getting attention. I had such a good routine - not perfect or even close - but a routine that worked for me with two kids. How did this sweet, giggly, happy, wonderful child completely annihilate that routine and I still have not recovered? Will it ever return or am I doomed to a never ending feeling of being buried deeper and deeper everyday?

Oh well, on to tomorrow. At least I can check off one thing done today - blog - check!

My FIRST Grader

Congratulations Graduate!

Grandma Kathy got her degree last week and we are all so proud. It's something she has always wanted to finish and it was fun to see her glow with the sense of accomplishment. As usual, lots more pictures to come, but I wanted to share this one quickly. It's my favorite from the day. Everyone looks so happy! Way to go Grandma! We love you!

I Just Love These Little Faces

Marathon Week

This week has been SO FUN - but I am exhausted! Here's a teeny tiny recap and a preview of many posts to come (if I ever get caught up):

Jon's Birthday - and Meri and Nate in town
Playdate with fun friends and a tiny little pooch
Karate
Zoo with Swog - wahoo!
Cute Hannah's Baptism pictures
Salt Lake Connect Pass Day 1 - Clark Planetarium, Lion House, Aquarium
Boating with Amy and Scott - and my first time wakeboarding
Salt Lake Connect Pass Day 2 - This is the Place, Discovery Gateway
Grandma F's BYU Graduation - and a tasty brunch
Ward activity - dinner hosted at our house
Relief Society Lesson - need to finish preparing
Jenny's garage sale next door - oops think I might have missed contributing my junk
BYU v. Dixie girls soccer game tomorrow night (Go Erin!)

I think that about sums it up. I'm going to bed.

Biz Cards

Just designed these for the little photog biz. I did a black with white version too, but I think I like the white more.

What I've Been Up To

Earlier this week, I got the opportunity to take pictures for one of Jon's friends who just had their first baby. Little Isabelle was WIDE awake the whole shoot and is already a cute little fiery redhead! She seemed so teeny tiny next to my 20 lbs of chunkiness Z. It's such a blessing to get to help people preserve memories.

Me and My Big Brother

I have ever so many posts to catch up for the summer....it was so much fun having my brother, Tom, and his family here for July. Tom and I have always been close, even though we're almost eight years apart in age. He's who got me into team sports when I was 12 and my parents were in London and I was forced to quit gymnastics for a month - thanks to mono.

With the lack of five hours of daily gym, I was bored stiff and Tom was in charge of us, so he found me a softball team to play on for the summer. The only one he could find said they needed a pitcher, so Tom said, "Great! That's exactly what position my little sister plays!" and he raced home that night to teach me how to pitch!

In high school, he worked hard to beat my dad's record of ten varsity letters, and earned 11. Seven years later, I bettered them with my 12! We've always had fun with sports and anything we could go do together and have a lot in common. Growing up, people would always tell me Tom and I were the male and female version of the same person. What do you think? Do we still look alike?

Don't Tell Him He Can't Sit

We've been working on our sitting since he's kinda moved passed it and wants to crawl. He's staring me down in this picture...just before he dove down and rolled over - a rare non-smile moment from the little Z.