Tanner's b-day party

Tanner celebrated turning 6 at the Kamas Pool with a few friends. Luckily Uncle Ryan came to help with the party. So between Paul and Ryan in the pool and myself watching from the side (I was not about to get to water at 7 months pregnant) everything went smoothly.

The slide was the hit of the party. Even Mckay loved going down it - alone! Ryan was at the bottom to save him from the fall. Its amazing what younger kids love because everyone else is doing it. Mckay watches his brothers and want to do exactly what they do.

Here are our birthday party goers! Tanner just said a funny thing tonight as I was tucking him in bed.

Mom: I can't believe you are almost 6 years old!

Tanner: I can, I mean I really look like I'm 7 anyways because I'm such a big boy.

(This comment comes after Tanner played soccer yesterday for the first time this season had scored 2 goals in the first 2 minutes of the game. He looksso much bigger than the rest of the kids. Paul had to finally tell Tanner to give the other kids a chance to kick the ball. . . go Tanner!

Riding Bikes

Bikes have been the excitement at our house lately. Tanner just got a new one for his birthday (his Daddy let him have it early) and Bryson just bought a new bike yesterday. The three boys have been on many bike rides together and have done some exploring above our house. In fact, Bryson woke up at 5:30 this morning and couldn't go back to sleep because he was so excited to ride his new bike.

Paul and I didn't want to be left out of all the fun, so after years of going back and forth on whether or not we should get a bike trailer/ jogging stroller, be made the plunge. If any of you are in the market, we found a great deal at Costco. This stroller was only $150 and converts in just a minute to a bike trailer. It fits two kids and has all the bells and whistles we wanted.

Paul decided to take us on a fun bike trail by Park City (Karen ran her marathon there) and go on a bike ride. We had so much fun! The boys had a blast! Paul got to pull McKay and I was surprised that I could even keep up in my condition. Needless to say, I wasn't able to sit again for days after the ride, but it was worth it. Garrett told us "thank you" about 100 times that day. I love getting out and doing stuff like that with the boys, now if I could just like camping. . .

St. Patty's Day

It use to be, when I was in school, St. Patrick's Day meant you wore a green shirt. Or if you were daring, you may try to hide your green somewhere so if someone pinched you, you could pinch them back.
Well, at least for my boys, March 17th is green day and which ever class can wear the most green gets some sort of prize. Of course that means a CONTEST and therefore, it is taken very seriously at our house. Bryson got into it the most this year. With multiple shirts, underwear, hats, and a tie in green, I think we counted 9 items in green. Needless to say, his class won. This child does not lack confidence. I took the boys to school that morning and I wondered if Bryson would be a little nervous to get out of the car in his stunning outfit. But just the opposite. He was very proud of his new look and strutted out onto the playgrould excited to show his new stuff.

Mommy, "I'm ready to go!"

I have found that as a mother I have eaten my words many times. Before I had children (and even when I had only one or two boys) I would say "I'd never let my child go out in public like that!" But now with 4 boys and one on the way, I have really relaxed on this issue.
The other day. I was busily getting things done around the house while all the boys were at school except for McKay. I told him to hurry and get ready because we were going to go the store in just a minute. He was already dressed, but needed to get his shoes on still.
He went back to his room for a few minutes and then came out wearing something completely different. McKay was so proud of himself and said, "Mommy, I'm ready to go!" He was wearing pajama shorts, which he refers to as his basketball shorts, an undershirt, and his lovely red Santa socks. Oh, and look and those adorable Thomas the train shoes put on the wrong feet. The shoes are yet another item that I have had to eat my words on. I have always been completely against character clothing and shoes.
Well, all I can say is that it must be true about what they say about the younger siblings in the family. They get away with things (and get things) that their older siblings never could. The funny thing is, I think McKay looks rather cute in his outfit.