I had a couple of nephews born this summer and here's Nikki with one of her new cousins, Wesley, who was born at the end of July. I don't remember the exact day. She's been really wanting me to have another baby so this will have to do for now.
The first weekend in August we took a trip down to Utah to visit my brother and his family and my mom, grandma, and Hansen family. Here's Nikki and her cousin looking fancy at Walmart.
This is where my boys got to sleep, on their cousin Gideon's bed. They thought it was pretty fun. They had a space blanket and an Incredible Hulk blanket.
Use the force Jack! Or in this case, the Kinect. We found a game even he could play!
The boys playing games in the hallway and making a nice mess too.
My Hansen cousins made a cousin Olympics in the backyard at Grandma Marsha's. Here they are lined up with name tags and even a torch, which Gideon had held during the opening parade march around the yard. It was a great idea and lots of fun for the kids! They did some tossing games, running & jumping games, and obstacle courses.
Had to show at least one of the events, the standing long jump. That's a pretty good leap there Gideon!
The very same night that we came home from Utah (Aug 6th) Garrett lost his first tooth! The funny thing was that I didn't even know he had a loose tooth! It was bed time and he was laying on the couch and tells me "my tooth fell out" and it fell on the ground in the front room, but we found it and the Tooth Fairy made a visit the next night (after he could show his friends his tooth).
We got a good groupon deal online and went to a new glow in the dark mini golf place with Chris and Tamara and Katelynn. It was fun! Of course you can't see us glowing because the flash was on but if you go be sure to wear white or some color that will glow with black lights!
Nikki all ready for her first day of 3rd grade!
Garrett's first official day of Kindergarten! Unfortunately he had a bad toothache this day so he didn't want to smile.
They have free breakfast at the schools so I went in with the kids on Garrett's first day. His toothache also caused him to not want to eat hardly anything and later he threw up. But after I came around lunch time and helped him get food in his stomach he felt better. We took him home to change his shirt but then were able to take him back. He loves school and wishes he could go every day! Nikki was the same way when she was in Kindergarten.
Garrett's first homeowork assignment, which he was so excited to do. His first parent and me project as well.
The cause of Garrett's toothache turned out to be an abscess from a decayed tooth. So this is his first visit to the dentist office where he got that tooth pulled by his uncle Casey. We later found out that he has a lot more problems going on in there that we're going to have to get taken care of as well. Yikes! Feeling bad for not getting him in sooner!
So we decided to get Jack's teeth cleaned and checked too while we were there. He was so zoned into the tv show he was watching on the ceiling that he barely noticed anyone doing anything to his teeth. Luckily no problems with his teeth and he did great!
Yesterday my neighbor friend and I rearranged my front room after she and her hubby helped clean the carpet with the cleaner they rented for doing their house the day before. I really like this arrangement! It helps separate the front room from the kitchen area and makes it feel more cozy. And I just didn't like the way we had it before, especially where we had the green couch.
And here's another view of it. But it's even better in person so I just need visitors now ;) Maybe some day I'll get a nice little rug for the middle area but for now I like it! (oops, forgot to fix the pillow on the couch before taking the picture)
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