We love Burrtec Waste!

So! I sent the pictures of Ben dressed up like a trash truck greeting our awesome Garbage Man, Nacho, to Burrtec letting them know how awesome he was and how Ben looks up to him. This company has been nothing but amazing to Ben! After my email, Nacho came by our house and let Ben sit in the cab of the Trash Truck! Today, Nacho and his supervisor came to our house to present Ben with Burrtec goodies! Ben was a little overwhelmed, but has not stopped talking about it since they left!

Don't forget to thank your Garbage man! They do a great service for us! :)

Trash Truck Costume!

All Ben wanted to be for Halloween this year was a trash truck. Papa came through for him with flying colors! He made the costume AND went down to Burrtec and got "official" stickers and an official hat for Ben!

We met the trash man on garbage day. He was just as excited as Ben was! :)

Growth Charts

My kids are growing like weeds! My food bill alone has double; not to mention the clothes and shoes they are both going through!

One of my fondest memories from my childhood is my dad getting out the cereal box and lining my brothers and I up in the doorway to the pantry. That growth chart still hangs in my parents' house (even though this is house number 8 from that original pantry door frame!). Tyson and I have started a similar tradition with our kids. We line them up , take out a cereal box and chart their growth along our pantry door frame. I hope their memories will be just as fond as mine.


We measured our kids again this past Sunday. They seemed to have flip-flopped. Ben has been growing by inches (many inches) each time we measure him. Now it's Sarah's turn to sprout up that fast.

First Day of School!

Because I was feeling quite sentimental this morning, here is Sarah's picture from her preschool days. This is her "red" 3 year old class. Ben is also in the "red" 3 year old class, too! (although different preschools).

Ben was so excited to have a "first day" just like his big sister! He was ready for preschool. In the car he told me, just drop me off mom and say "bye" in the car.

First Day of School 2010

4th Grade!

Wow!

Sarah's First Swim Meet!

We are SO proud of Sarah and her first swim meet! She did awesome! She swam the 100M Backstroke and the 100M IM - and she swam great in both!

Proud Swimmer:

100M Backstroke

100M Backstroke

Get Ready, Grandpa, I am coming for you.....

Sarah has been the swimming queen this summer! She has improved so much in just the 6 short weeks she has been on the swim team! She was moved up to level 2 after a month! Those practices are much more intense.
Sarah challenged my dad to a swim competition when we visit them in Arkansas.
My money is on Sarah!

4th of July

We had an awesome, low-key 4th of July at home. We hung out in the back yard, kids played in the sprinklers & slip-n-slide, grilled dinner, and played with sparklers. At the end of the evening, we even built an outdoor fire - it was that cold tonight!!

This morning, Tyson watched the Shot Put finals for the Pre-Fontaine Classic Invitational online. Ben watched it with him and both of them were mesmerized by the throwing.
Here, Tyson is having a proud dad moment as he shares his shot put with Ben. Ben could NOT pick it up!

Ben's Trash Truck Birthday!

Since we will be in Arkansas for Ben's official birthday, we decided to have a small party to celebrate Ben and Daddy's birthday (since they are less than a month apart!).

I am pretty darn proud of Ben's trash truck cake:

Happy 9th Birthday, Sarah!

Update!!!

It's been too long since I last posted!! We have been busy having fun and living life!
Here are a few things we have been up to in the last month:

Ben received a Lightning McQueen glove and ball from the Easter Bunny. Daddy LOVES having a boy to play ball with now! :)

Friday night S'mores: A couple of weeks ago we decided to light a fire in our outdoor fireplace and make smores for the kids - FUN! Sarah was amazed that we could have smores when we weren't camping!

Mommy and Daddy look-alikes:

Sarah's guitar recital:
I will post the video soon!

Ben and his "boys":

Mother's day!

Sarah entered the Yucaipa Iris Festival's garden show and won first place for her poppies and rosemary entry!!!