Monsoon Season

Of course, my son(that's the 12 year old not the 4 year old one) decided the back yard made the best slip-n-slide. My new camera picks up the rain well enough to create a blur across the pics.

Preschool Survivor

Liam's preschool year ended with a picnic. All of his friends were there. He loves preschool so much we've already had a hard time explaining the summer vacation concept. But time will fly and he'll be back to the Bumblebee classroom in the Fall.

Last class day with Miss Amanda, teacher's aide, and Jade.


Liam with Sammi on the far left and Jade in the middle. Not a day went by that I didn't hear something about Sammi and Jade.


Liam also loves his buddy Max. He and Max share a love for monkeys and ringing the bell in class.


Miss Jen was Liam's speech pathologist/miracle worker. We can't sing her praises loud enough.


Miss Jill is his amazing teacher. Liam didn't want his pic taken as it meant we were about to leave the park.


Liam also has a great time with Miss Janie. She is a teacher's assistant in the classroom who happens to be a speech therapist. She also takes care of the car pool lanes and keeps the parents from crashing into the buses or each other. Liam, like Eva. is a social butterfly. All the kids ran up to play with Liam when he arrived to the picnic. Thankfully, a few will attend his elementary school when it's time to go there.

Rain, Rain Go Away

Rain couldn't stop our ward's annual Memorial Day picnic. The kids didn't mind getting wet. Eva and Liam trooped through the puddles in rain boots. The Young Men in the ward played football during downpours. Thankfully, everyone had eaten by the time the rain started so people could leave early if they wanted. I'm glad the lady in charge decided to do pulled pork sandwiches instead of grilling burgers. The rest of the day was spent napping and watching old Farscape episodes.





Colin is the blur in the orange shirt behind the quarterback!

Go Faster: The Training of a St. Louis Driver



Liam has become a back seat driver. Our daily journey to preschool has become a driving lesson for him. He was very concerned about all the stopping until I explained that the light was red, I had to stop or a police man would give me a ticket which would mean less money for his McDonald's cheeseburgers. Now in addition to when and where to turn, he lets me know that the light is now green and I need to step on it. He also tells me to "honk horn" when a slow driver or "crazy dude" is in front of us. Where does he get this stuff? :-)

A week ago his class talked about stop lights and made these cute stoplights. When Liam came to the car, I thought I would give him a quiz on the meaning of each light.
"What does the red mean?"
"Stop"
"And the yellow?"
"Go faster"
"And green" (Barely being able to keep from laughing)
"GO!!!"
Indeed, where does he get this stuff?

Mother's Day Birthdays

Today was our sweet, little Liam's birthday. And what does our little monkey deserve on this day? A monkey cake, of course. I made it while he was in bed last night.


He bounced out of bed and found a pirate ship waiting for him. He skipped breakfast just to play with it. I think it was a good choice.



One of Liam's request(demands) had us wearing birthday hats. EVERYONE had to wear them.


Andrew made french toast for all of us this morning. Eva has been showering me with cards and gifts all week. Colin and Adria helped with the kids during sacrament. I have some great kids and think I will take a nap.

***Did you notice the chocolate on Liam's face before he had cake? Such a cheeky monkey.

Spring Music

Eva and Adria performed in the spring piano recital. Eva was nervous as she's only been playing a few months. She did a great job.


In our opinion, Adria deserved Best in Show.




The only way to keep Liam quiet was by giving him an IPod.