Oakley's first day of PreSchool

Oakley has been excited to go to school for a long time and this year he finally gets to go. I signed him up for preschool at one of the elementary schools down the street from us. It's a little rough getting him up in the morning, but when he comes home he's always happy and is excited to tell me how school was. Every day when we drop him off and get back in the car Tyson always asks for Oakley. He misses his big brother, but some day he'll get to go too.

 

 

 Oak wanted to show off his Ironman backpack.

At first he was the only boy in his class, but now there is another one which he is super excited about. He always tells me how much fun they have playing together.

I took a picture on the second day too. He looks a lot more tired, and he insisted on having his collar up so he could "feel" it. What a kid.

Anniversary

For our Anniversary this year we did some major power dating. I didn't get pictures of everything, but we were pretty busy.

First we went to dinner at Carver's Steakhouse. It was delicious!

Then Wes drove literally around the valley and finally we ended up at Anniversary Inn. We stayed in the Phantom of the Opera Suite. It was beautiful but I'm mad I didn't think to take a picture. We got ice cream from Baskin Robbins that night because we forgot that they had cheesecake in the fridge for us. So double desserts, yum!

The next morning we slept in (yay, no kids!) and then went bowling at Fat Cats. I of course beat Wes both games, but he did have a broken thumb.

Then we had lunch at the Pizza Factory. I love their salad bar and pizza. Mmmm!

Then it was off to Trafalga where we played the Pirates video game that Oakley loves. It's a lot easier with just Wes and I, so we beat the game. We even got a high score and are 48th place. Haha!

Then we went to Seven Peaks. We got there right as it opened and there was nobody there. We pretty much had our pick of slides. It was fun to just go down the slides and not worry about the kids. We were worn out after three hours so we headed home. We stopped at Popeyes for dinner to see what all the fuss was about. It's just chicken, I prefer KFC more.

So we pretty much hit every hot date spot on the map thanks to Wes. It was all up to him and he did a great job.

Downtown with cousins

Our lives have gotten pretty busy lately so it's hard to find time to get together with friends, but we got to play downtown with Kayla and Parker for Kayla's birthday. She wanted to go to the dino place, so we did. They have a great kids area at the City Creek food court. Then we walked through temple square to the Church history museum and played in the kids area there. These are two awesome FREE activities if you ever need anything fun to do.

 

 

 

 

 

AVP in SLC

This summer we had a once in a lifetime opportunity to watch the AVP (pro beach volleyball) right in our own backyard. They hauled in sand and made an awesome venue at Liberty Park. Wes and I bought courtside seats, and we got our money's worth, that's for sure. We got to see Kerri Walsh play one of our own Utah teams in the first round, and we got to be in that fun volleyball atmosphere for a whole three days. Wes said it was the best weekend of his life. I agree, it was pretty amazing.

Hauling in the sand a few days before the event.

Enjoying the sun on the first day. Can you tell by our faces we were super excited?

Kerri Walsh and Whitney Pavlik warming up before their first match against our Utah team, Brenda Whicker and Arial Salvo.

It was so much fun to walk around and watch some great volleyball, and to be right there next to these athletes who you see on tv and are just normal people. It was also like a big reunion for all the volleyball peeps. I saw so many of my old teammates and friends there.

We made sure we were there bright and early on the last day so that we could get front row seats, and I think we got the best ones in the house. We were right behind the servers and they would come talk to us between plays and joke with us. It was pretty amazing.

The stadium was packed for the finals. They were fun to watch.



After both of the finals were finished they had the champions sign the game balls and they threw them out into the stands. I ended up catching one. Good thing I am huge and obnoxiously loud.