Friday, June 11, 2010

Elder Folsom!

What a great day! My cute little cousin(not so little anymore) Elder Johnny Folsom who was just like a little brother to me got home from his mission today. He served in the Guadalajara Mexico Mission. We were all so excited to be able to go to the airport and welcome him home. The kids love Johnny, but were being shy when they finally saw him. We made some cute little posters! I sure love this kid. It was great seeing him, although I felt bad for him because I'm sure that he was pretty overwhelmed. The English language was a bit confusing to him because it had been so long since he spoke it frequently.

Elder Folsoms cute little family!

Raging Waters!

Katelyn had a dance performance at 'Raging Waters' so we made a family outing of it. The kids had a blast with their friends and going on the slides. Although, I think the adults just may have had a little more fun then the kids this time.
They were having a splash contest so we made the guys enter (Jason, Shane and Steve) it, and they all got 2 free park passes so us girls (Kristina and I) thought why not, but I guess our splash wasn't quite as big as the guys because we just got free ice cream sandwiches. But hey it was worth the fun!

Me trying to make a big splash!



Kindergarten Graduation!

Our big girl is moving on to bigger and better things, and longer days of school next year. I don't know what I'm going to do without her around to help out. Katelyn and a few of her friends that were in her class this year.



Katelyn had the best teacher ever, Mrs. Wells was so much fun, the kids absolutely loved her!
They sang a few songs and performed for the parents, it was so cute and they did a great job.

Katelyn receiving her Kindergarten diploma from the school principal!


Preschool Program!

Henry is officially done with his first year of preschool. He loves Ms. Amy, she is the best teacher ever. He was so excited for us to come and watch him sing some cute little songs. He did a great job too. He participated really well, it was cute!
Getting his certificate from Ms. Amy

Wheeler Farm

We got to go to Wheeler Farm with Katelyns kindergarten class for their field trip. The kids all had so much fun seeing the horses, cows, pigs, sheep, goats, chickens, etc. These little pigglets were my favorite, they were so cute and tiny!
We even got to go on a hay ride around the farm!

Morgan was holding some food to feed the ducks with, it was cute watching her with it. She had a great day with all the animals!

Katelyns favorite thing about the whole field trip was probably the bus ride, who doesn't like a bus ride once in a while.


Bike time!

Jason asked Henry if he wanted him to take his training wheels off and he was so excited about it. I thought that it was a mistake because he is a lot younger than Katelyn was when she learned. Anyway, he was absolutely amazing at it. He needed a little help starting but he could turn and stop and was great at it. He was so proud of himself, as we were of him to!
A week later he wanted to ride Katelyns bike which is quite a bit bigger than his, so I let him and to my amazement he could do it. I couldn't believe it, what a crazy kid. I guess if you put your mind to something than it can be done!

Henrys 4th Birthday!

May 9th
Wow, 4 years ago doesn't seem that far away. It was such a busy time for us, as Jason was preparing to graduate from law school and I was preparing to have our second child. Well Henry couldn't have timed it more perfectly, he came right on his due date which also happened to be daddys first day of finals. Crazy!!!
Henry was my biggest baby so far, weighing in at 8lbs 10oz, but was probably the easiest delivery for some reason. Henry has always been such a joyful kid and wonderful sleeper. He always says to me, 'Mom, your the best mom I've never had!' He looks at me with those big blue eyes and just smiles, it breaks my heart! Katelyn was so excited to meet baby Henry at the hospital, and I love her hair in this picture(thanks to Emily Allred who had been watching her). Our little family was slowly growing, one at a time, which I preferred.
Henry came running into our room on his birthday yelling 'It's my Birthday!' He couldn't wait for this day to come. He ate a little breakfast in our bed and then ran downstairs to see all his presents from everyone. He was one happy Boy!

We went over to Grandma Tatros for dinner and then ate Henrys birthday cake with his cousins. He got to pick the cake out all by himself, so he chose a Dairy Queen Madagascar Cake. He wasn't too excited to share it with everyone, but he ended up caving in.

The kids love taking their turns and eating on the special plate, so we let Henry have his turn today!
Eating birthday cake and enjoying it quite well!


The Highlight of Henrys whole birthday came a few weeks later when we surprised him with a family outing to Heber for 'A Day Out With Thomas!' Instead of doing a birthday party, I couldn't pass this up because of his love and compassion for trains. I've never seen a boy who loves trains more than Henry, and you should've seen the look on his face when he saw Thomas. He was absolutely ecstatic, and had a terrific time. All the kids loved it and enjoyed themselves.
He even got to meet the conductor!
We had a great Memorial Day with the kids on Thomas the train!

The kids were loving the scenery and ride! They even saw some deer beside the train.

Of course we couldn't pass up seeing 'Sir Topham Hat!'