a little glimpse of summer

Is it really July??? Wow how the summer flies when your a kid and when your a mommy! We have kept our days busy with morning cartoons, staying cool, lots and lots of popsicles, hunting down lemonade stands, swim and tennis lessons, weekend getaways, running around the neighborhood with friends, eating junk food, doing yard work, boredom and laziness, trips to the library and making family memories.

our first swim of the season in St George over Memorial Day weekendWalking the Farmington trail with our cousins, Brady and Olivia and Aunt Christina,

Aunt Nicole and Grandma Noakes 4th of July

Our BFFs, Parke and Preslee BlaserJames, moving all around and SO close to crawling

{cousins}

James is 7 months old. He is cuddly, smooshy, soft, yummy, slobbery, happy, calm and perfect. Can't they stay like this forever? He has recently learned how to sit up and is getting his first tooth. He loves to laugh and loves his big sis and bro. He loves to be naked and gets so excited for his baths. He is starting to get in a bunch of blond fuzzy hair and also has amazing eyelashes like Cohen (why my boys to get the good lashes?) Needless to say we luv him!

Cohen is 3 years old (looks 5) and is wild, hyper, social, emotional, helpless, loving, cuddly and prone to accident. Lately we have had several bloody noses, bumps and bruises of all kinds, bug bites the size of golf balls and some strange allergic reactions (eyes swollen shut, hives everywhere). He loves his dad and wants to be just like him. He loves cars...still and loves to play with friends. Not a shy bone in this kids body. He is also obsessed with sugar and has already earned his first silver tooth! He challenges me everyday but gives the best hugs and looks so cute when he is asleep. {love his eyelashes, not the binki}

Halle is six years old and full of life. She is dramatic, emotional, creative, bossy, excited, smart and confident. In the last few months Halle has lost 3 teeth (one knocked out by Cohen), learned to ride a two wheel bike (and will not get off the bike), passed kindergarten and can make eggos by herself:) She has recently been involved in the singing group called "my kind of music" and sings weekly with them. She loves to sing and be on stage. Her favorite movies are musicals like "Mama Mia" and "Hair Spray" (don't judge me) and she can belt most of the Taylor Swift CD and Les Miserable. Here are some pictures of her recent performance (and yes it was a pajama party).

Today it is rainy and cold and 30 degrees below average for this time of year. The kids are antsy, mama has a head cold and James is as happy as can be. There are a million things I want to do and just cant. No time with 3 kids bored inside. In the last 24 hours we have gone swimming (indoors), played hard at MCdees, visited grandma, made 2 trips to redbox and snuggled in front of the fireplace...I am ready for the sun. Please.

Kindergarten Opera!

Halle has the cutest kindergarten teacher who goes through all the trouble to let the kids put on their own Opera performance each year. During the school year the kids come up with all their own words and characters and then Mrs Yardley has in composed into a musical. The kids then spend a day painting their own scenery and another day making their costumes and then wallahh...you have an Opera. May I present, "Deep in the Jungle"The performance was seriously so cute that Chad took about 50 pictures and I wanted to post them all... unfortunately due to my slow computer this is all I could muster. Halle was a little mermaid...But there were also peacocks...butterflies...cheatas....a royal family....and zebrasNotice the cute set!Darling