School, Pets and Summer!!!

Hey! Wow, this summer has flown by! It has been a great one! Andrew started Kindergarten last week....what an adventure (for me) he seems to be just fine. I love that he likes it, he even said his teacher is pretty. He is such a great kid! Carson is now walking and is as crazy and adorable as ever! Brooklyn is about to start preschool and is my little busy body princess. Today has been a day where I have reflected a lot on my beautiful blessings. Too many to count! However a Father in Heaven who watches over us, healthy and happy kids, an amazing husband, and wonderful family and friends who unconditionally love and support us......those are a few that top my list! Anyway, on to the pictures!

Andrew on the first day of school in his classroom.
New pets! So I was in favor for something a bit more exciting that the kids could play with. Dad won and now we have fish. However I kindof like them. They are Dalmation fish. Andrews is named Oreo, and we wanted Brookies to be Cookies 'n Cream but she calls it "Cookies, Ice Cream , Snow Cone fish."
Bath tub fun! We were at Grandma and Grandpa Boise's house (Kev's parents) and the kids decided to rev up the bubble bath by turning the jets on! It looked so fun I wanted to join them.
Good thing bubbles make this a censored picture!
Kids at the Melaleuca Picnic! Is is pretty much a full sized Carnival for the kids and a ton of fun!
My beautiful sister Heather, Brooklyn and her daughter Analiese. We look forward to their visit every summer! Heather had a princess tea party for the girls while we were camping, all the big boys were trying to get in on it too! They liked the little plates a cups :).
Brooke, Andrew and cousin Ally at Rigby lake, one of our favorite summer pass times.
Carson. Enough said.
Carson with the monkeys at the Zoo, not sure who was enjoying it more.
I hope everyone is doing well!

Summer Fun & Kev turns 30!!!

Although summer around here has gotten off to a slow start, we have enjoyed it! When we bought our house 41/2 years ago I remember watching all of the little neighbor kids play up and down the street, almost like one of those fantasy neighborhoods you dream about with the white picket fence. Anyway, I have loved that my kids are finally old enough to join in! However, Brooklyn is quite generous with giving away all of our Popsicles and treats so we are getting quite the little posse! Well, it has happened....Kevin hit the big 30! Funny actually, now any shortcomings or forgetfulness is blamed on his old age :). I threw a surprise party for him, it turned out great! The kids and I are so blessed to have him!

I had this cake made for Kev. It included most of his fav things: BSU, Dodgers, Pepsi, Golf and Melaleuca!

His employees had this cake for him on his birthday.... priceless!

So....for months Andrew has begged to have daddy and grandpa's haircut. I told him its the other way around...they would like to have his hair :). So for 2 days he got his wish (this is as short as I would go on top).
Nothing quite like a bare bum to welcome in summer!

My handsome little brother Mason...well, I should say "younger" brother, and Carson! We have loved having Mason go to Hillcrest and be so close by! He is a starter on the football team and is awesome, Go Knights!!!Cuties! Brooklyn with cousin Ally at the splash park, aren't cousins great!

Clowning around with friends! These guys have all been best buds since they were about 1! The Larsen twins, Ally, Brooklyn, Andrew and the Blanchard twins!

Happy summer to you all!!!

CELEBRATE!!!

What an exciting month April has been! We had Easter and then celebrated all three kids birthdays (twice)! I am almost coming down with "no more party" withdrawals. For Andrew and Brookies birthday party I made Superhero capes with masks for the kids. They all got to pick their own colors and customize them, lots of work but fun! Kevin set up a Superhero training camp for them which consisted of them shooting the Dinosaur that was eating a baby and throwing bombs at the bad guy (my beauty school mannequin). It was hilarious, he even showed up with his own cape. I love that guy! Anyway, we have had a ton of fun and we truly are lucky to have our 3 amazing babies (does a 5 year old still count as a baby?)!

Opening Superhero capes (I didn't get great picts).

Brookie opening presents....well, really everyone else opened her presents but she is still happy!

Kids opening a John Deer tractor.... we got it off Craigs list, what a hit! We can hardly get them off it! Andrew thinks Brookie is a CRAZY driver though, Kevin just said "she's a girl, they are all like that."


Birthday boy! We let Carson loose on his cake, it was so fun! I should be used to that by now but he is the only baby that has preformed for us! When Andrew turned one he kicked his cake and cried because there was frosting on his foot! :)
What a DELICIOUS baby!
This is just a fun picture, we were in Utah and took them to a Dino museum. Andrew loved it but the most exciting thing Brookie found was a "rolly-polly". She also wasn't convinced that this Dino wasn't going to come alive and eat her.
Well, we love you all!!!

It's about time....

Wow, it's been forever since I have updated! I have some random pictures, mainly Christmas and such. What a good year '08 was! We are excited for all that is to come in '09, so far we have been blessed. Our greatest blessing have come in the form of our family and friends. So to you....thank you, and we love you!

Truly adorable. Carson just after he learned to sit up.

This is my favorite, Carson's first swim suit experience in Yellowstone. He loved the water!

This was pretty early on a Saturday, as you can tell. I love this one, this is the family's favorite past time. However this is why we are getting a King bed. So I won't get kicked out all of the time!

Christmas eve Santa visits (sometimes a bit tipsy) Kev's grandparents house, lots of fun though!

Christmas eve we had a food gift exchange. All of the kids, Jayce (nephew), Ally (niece), Andrew and Brooke were fighting/obsessing over the huge barrel of cheese balls.

The kids chose to leave Santa a Pepsi to drink while he ate his cookie. Good thing Santa has a lot in common with Daddy!

Pizza Theif...

So....apparently Carson is trying to help me lose all of the weight I gained with him. I was holding him and eating a piece of pizza the other day and this was the end result....I can just picture him saying "Mom, that is going to go straight to your hips, let me take care of it." :)

Carson is 7 months already and grabbing everything from anyone!

Hard to tell if he is enjoying it :), I do feed him I promise he is just blessed with Kevin's figure!

Happy Halloween!

So far this has been quite the Halloween week! We have worn our costumes everyday since Tuesday! Gymnastics, preschool, Melaleuca trick or treat & Boo at the Zoo...and now today. When I woke up this morning it took me a minute to realize today is actually Halloween. Fun times! So as you can tell I really love to do themes for Halloween. Our theme this year is:
"GO BRONCOS"!!!

At Kev's call center. They really get into Halloween...they did "Nemo's Submarine" and Kev was a Shark attack victim (notice his bite mark on his side).

These are the 4 Rex Managers babies, we all had kids within 10 months of eachother. They claim they all empathized with eachother having to deal with "Pregnant wife syndrome". Carson just got beat up by Tyson :).

Preschool Party! Brooke & Andrew of course are in blue. Spiderman & Batman are Katie (Liebels) twins.

So...I am proud to say that I MADE Carson's football costume. Really...the cutest football I have ever seen!

What a babe! Brooklyn keeps cheering and all she says is "Yeah Cheerleader. Go Cheerleader. Boise State Broncos!"

Scary football player, at the Zoo. He has a helmet but prefers to have "spikey football player hair" and the blue under his eyes.

Happy Halloween Everyone! Go BSU!

Kevin C. Sommer

So apparently I have been tagged to write all about my man!

1. Where did you meet? Well we went to the same high school but didn't really know eachother. I moved next door to him right before he left on his mission and I was on a date on my 16th b-day and my date said "Hey it's Kevin's b-day too, lets go say hi." So that was the first real meeting. 2 years later we both happened to be at the airport welcoming a missionary and that was all...

2. How long did you date before you were married? We hung out for about 3 months, dated for 4 months and engaged for 4 months.

3. How long have you been married? It was 7 years in August! 7 best of my life might I add :)

4. What does he do that surprises you? His gifts are always creative, he thinks of things I would never think of asking for but I always end up loving them. My favorite are the notes he leaves me on misc. pieces of paper. He is not a generic romantic, you can tell he really means it.

5. What is your favorite feature of his? Umm...everything! I love his eyes and his half smile. Really it's the whole package the scruffy faced hat backward look that I love!
6. What is your favorite quality of his? His ambition! When he gets his mind set on something there is no looking back. He also has amazing patients with our family (not customer service reps) I really learn a lot from him, and am so thankful that he is so forgiving of me all the time.

7. Does he have a Nickname for you? Angel

8. What is his favorite color? Um...the only thing I can think of is BSU/Dodger Blue

9. What is his Favorite food? Chips & Salsa or popcorn (he should be a professional popcorn critic)

10. What is his favorite sport? He loves to golf (when I let him), to ski and we play on a co-ed softball team. He LOVES to watch college football.

11. When and where was your first kiss? Bunkhouse #7 (Kevs apartment) Um...can't tell you in what room because it was BYU-I, and the Dean might take our diplomas back! :)

12. Favorite thing to do as a couple? We love weekend getaways! Our favorite is Vegas.
13. Do you have any Children? Three! Andrew (4), Brooklyn (3), & Carson (6 months)

14. Does he have a hidden talent? Well, he is a pilot. It's hidden because he never gets to go flying anymore....because of me. He is also amazing at creating games or distractions for the kids, not always mom aproved!

15. How old is he? 29 and gets hotter with age!

16. Who said I love you first? Um....I believe I said if you ever feel like you want to say the "L" word it's ok because I feel that way too. So of course then he said " I love you." So he totally said it first :)
17. What is his favorite type of music? Um...I still hear him sing Beastie Boys and he makes up raps for the kids out of '90's rap songs, some Spanish stuff but if I get in his car I have to change it from the butt rock station.

18. What do you admire most about him? Everything. Sounds dumb but I really feel like I found the most wonderful person for me. In our 7 years he has not even once yelled at me or said anything too harsh. I admire that he follows the right path and does what is right for our family without making a scene of it.

19. Do you think he will read this? Maybe, to see how dumb my answers are. :)

I tag: Julia, Nicole, Rachel, Amy and Mindy