Park Playdate

We had a playdate with Rozlyn and Morgan today to celebrate Rozlyn's birthday.  We had lots of fun exploring a park we'd never been to before.

It's Nerf or Nothing....Nerf!

Carter was playing with his Nerf gun this afternoon and kept saying, "It's Nerf or nothing...Nerf!"  Then he'd go around and shoot his gun.  Like father, like son!  :)

Happy Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving at Mimi and Pa's (Ben's parents).  My Aunt Sharon and our neighbor, Charlie also joined us.  We had a very nice and relaxing day!

Our annual Thanksgiving family picture....

Carter with his Mimi and Pa....

Carter with his Great Aunt Sharon....

 My two crazy boys....

Mmmm.....pumpkin pie!

2009 Thanksgiving

2010 Thanksgiving

Mommy's Little Baker

Today Carter and I spent the afternoon baking cookies.  Carter loves helping me in the kitchen....and he especially loves licking the bowl when we're finished mixing the cookie dough. :)

Engagement Pictures!

Ben and I got engaged on Mother's Day of 2010.  Last weekend we finally got around to having our engagement pictures taken.

Our favorites....

 

We can't believe how fast time is flying by....in 3 months we'll be saying, I DO!!!!

Visiting the Animals

Today we visited the Adobe Mountain Animal Reserve.  We had a lot of fun, even though it was raining some of the time :)

Some of the animals we saw....

 

Carter posing with the animal....he sure loves his animals :)

Anthem Tree Lighting

We went to the annual tree lighting in Anthem tonight.  The tree was 112 feet tall and was absolutely beautiful!

Our Visit to the Whitetanks

When I picked Carter up from preschool today, his teachers let me know he was the Super Star of the class today!  When I asked what that meant they said he listened, followed directions and was such a good boy all day!  When we got to the truck Carter also let me know he was line leader....he loves being the line leader!

I told him I had a special surprise for him since he was so good at school today....a trip to the Whitetanks!  He loves hiking up the waterfall trail, so I thought this was a perfect end to such a great day at school!

Our first stop....the playground!

I have an idea....

Let's go for a hike...

Scenery along the way...

The waterfall....

Carter was very upset by this...

He couldn't believe someone would write on a rock.

After some 'exploring' Carter found this rock that he thought looked like a dinosaur footprint....I have to say....it does look like a dinosaur footprint!

Proof that it was a GOOD day!!!

Carter Writes His Name on.....EVERYTHING!!!

Carter has been writing his name on EVERY piece of paper he finds!  We're so proud of him!  It was a challenge to get Carter to write his name or any of the letters before he started preschool, but now he's so proud of knowing the letters and their sounds!

Preschool Pictures

We got Carter's preschool pictures back last week....they turned out so cute!

Carter LOVES Writing the Letter G

Carter came up to me today and showed me this piece of paper....

I was amazed...I didn't even know he knew how to write the letter G!  When I asked him if he knew what letter he wrote he said, "It's the letter G".  Then he sounded it out.....I'm so proud of him!!!!

Carter's 5 Years and 1 Month Today

I wasn't sure how much longer I was going to do the monthly pictures and updates.  I thought for a while that I'd stop once he turned 5. 

Today was a long day...I took Carter to school.  Then met my mom at the hospital, we had a 'care meeting' with all the people working on Keith's case.  Since we were at the hospital most of the day visiting with Keith, I asked Martha to pick Carter up from school (since she had the day off).  I didn't pick him up from her until dinner time.  So, needless to say, it was a long day and all day I kept thinking there was something I was forgetting to do.  Once we got home I remembered....I forgot to take his monthly picture.  So, here they are...

Carter is such a little ham lately...you can definitely tell his Mommy takes LOTS of pictures of him :)