Soccer and the Y

Andrew started soccer this last week. He's had two games so far and seems to like it pretty well. He doesn't get the chance to kick the ball very much. The coach seems to like to keep him back with the defense around the goal, or actually playing goalie. I think he would prefer to be on offense, but oh well. I think he liked T-ball more.
We finished our first full week of school and yesterday we decided to hike Provo's Y. Neither Greg nor I had ever done it before. My brother Paul came with us and so kindly hauled up David in the backpack. There was no way I could have carried him. I was concentrating on one foot in front of the other and not passing out. It sure was a steep hike! But totally worth it. The view was beautiful. We got up there just at sunset. And a fun family memory, too.

First Day of School!

Andrew started school last week on the 19th. He is in first grade now and was so excited for school to start he practically yanked me out the door the first morning to get there. When we he got home that afternoon he said "That was Long!" Going from half day kindergarten to full day first grade was a big jump. But he was so excited, it was adorable. I have lots of friends and family members who say that sending their little one off to school for the first time is always hard and expect to shed some tears, etc etc. I honestly felt the opposite. I want him to go and make new friends, learn to be a good student, and have a good time. I have 2 more at home that I can now focus more time on. Especially my middle guy, Nathan. Being the middle child I sometimes feel he gets over looked. I'm always dealing with the baby and his needs and Andrew gets to do everything first being the oldest. I am really looking forward to having some more Nathan time. I think he needs it.
He'll start a little preschool in September for a couple mornings a week. I think he's felt left out and he is excited for his school starting soon. Now if only the summer heat would go away and we'd move into the Fall (my favorite time of year), life would just about be perfect.

a couple little nuggets of goodness for you...

oh the joys of being a home owner

Well. What an exciting week we've had. Last Sunday Greg hopped in the shower to get ready for work and I was one floor below him in the living room. As he was in the shower I kept hearing odd water noises that didn't belong to the shower. Like water inside the walls. I had my sister and her family visiting, plus her in-laws, plus my parents. We had a very full house. I happened to look up at the ceiling directly underneath the shower in the room below and noticed a small bubble in the plaster of the ceiling. I poked it and water started gushing out. Over the next half hour, the entire ceiling fell through due to water build up from the shower above. Apparently we had a massive shower leak and it was pooling in the ceiling of the floor below. So I called a plumber (on a Sunday!!) and he came right out and fixed the leak. But there was nothing he could do about all the water damage. So I called a neighbor and he came over and just started to laugh because the exact same thing happened at their house. He recommended an awesome contractor and they came right out, too. They hacked away the side wall and the rest of the ceiling. Then set up fans to dry the walls and tile above. We left that same Sunday and went to Idaho for a week long family reunion. We just got back today and the fans are still going. We had given them a house key to let themselves in to do some work. So the fans have been running on our electricity for a whole week and who knows when the work will start to put the house back together. Sometimes it's just easier being a renter, as I've come to find out. But I guess I wouldn't trade having my own gorgeous home. Despite it's faults. We are pretty sure our homeowner's insurance will pay for this. We hope.
Pictures are in reverse order and I'm too tired to go and change it. So start at the bottom and scroll up to get the full effect.