Firsts

Wow, it's been a while since I've posted! We've been busy with moving, settling in, and starting school. Here are a few of the firsts we've experienced in the last month.

We had our first vacation without children! Mike and I have only once left our boys for less than 24 hours. After a summer apart, we were so excited to spend three days in Park City. Another first on this trip...our first massages! We could definitely get used to that.


We made our first visit to Thanksgiving Point! We've never really lived near cousins and it's been fun to get together for outings like this. All of my boys are loving their cousins and ask daily if we can play with them! Our first time celebrating grandma C.'s birthday! Actually, she was in our home taking care of us when I was on bed rest with Tanner and Reid two years ago. But this time we didn't make her mow the lawn, clean the house, do laundry, or anything of the sort! I made dinner and a cake, Adam made a pie, and we had a great time together.

Our first trip to the Provo River! It was fun to play in the river, throw rocks, and splash.

Andrew started his first day of preschool and he's loving it! He goes twice a week for an hour and a half, but he loves being with other kids and learning different things. We found a great preschool with an excellent teacher that we're excited about. Don't you love that intense smile?!And, our big big daddy started his first day of school! I was too tired to get out of bed when he left, so this picture is at the end of the day. We are so excited for Mike to start this program and know he will be very successful, that's his style!

One last first...we found out that we're having our first GIRL! We can hardly believe it! I've felt like we're having a girl all along, but it's still weird to think that we're going to have a girl in our family, we just know boys. We are so excited!!!

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Lots of other things have happened, but I won't bore you with details of the last month. I will say, however, that Provo has come alive! Classes started yesterday and it's been fun to see all the students arrive. I always loved pulling into Provo in the fall! There is such excitement and energy in this town. Students pull up in cars packed with all their precious belongings, everyone is meeting new friends, people are always out running, couples are flirting, and football is about to begin (yes, we bought tickets!). It's a different experience with three children and one on the way, but I still love it! Mike thinks it's "mass mayhem," but he's just an old grad student who lives in "Husband Heaven" -aka: the Tanner building! Ha!

We're back to the blogging world, so there will be more excitement to come!