You are My Treasure

This week has been filled with beautiful weather, chores, lots of family time, and not nearly enough sleep.  Naptime and I really should never stop being friends. :)

David: He's a month old as of Tuesday! I can't believe how time is flying. He's still sleeping really well. He's a voracious eater, and seems to have grown overnight. He no longer fits in newborn clothes, but stayed in them 2 weeks longer than Caleb did, looks pretty dang cute 110% of the time. He loves to be loved on and will fall asleep on just about anyone so long as he's eaten recently enough, and “sings” as he sleeps making little humming sounds with each exhale. My favorite are the sleepy grins and giggles he gives us though. They're totally sporadic, which makes them that much sweeter.

Caleb: He's starting to talk more with each passing day. This week he started saying baby, and will copy almost any word we say now. I almost got him to say Granny once this week, and I'm almost 100% certain he said Grandad at one point. He can point to his chin, nose, ears, mouth, hair, arms, and legs are when you ask him and loves loves loves being read to. Friday night he got to skype a little bit with Grandma and Grandpa Boulton and when trying to say Grandpa, said “Papa” instead, which I thought was kind of cute since that's what his cousin Carl calls Grandpa Boulton. He's starting to outgrow his 18 mos clothes, is a little clumsy as he tries to get used to his longer legs, and loves shoes about as much as his Aunt Alyssa, which is pretty serious.

Byron: He was released as an elders quorum teacher and called as the ward scout master last Sunday, so Tuesday he went and met all of the boys and kind of got to know them a little bit. He's already been contacted by a brother in the ward about a service project for the troop to do in December, and we were glad to find I didn't get rid of his scout shirt and handbook in the move. He's been enjoying work and the cooler weather that's starting to settle, which makes his bike rides more enjoyable since he's not sweating profusely when he gets to work in the mornings. Thursday night he skipped soccer practice to help a family in our ward move, and Saturday his game was cancelled after the league found out they had accidentally booked games at fields that were being used for a different leagues championships. He's a little apprehensive about practices this week since the coach will be out of town and he'll be planning drills and such on his own for the boys to do. I think he'll do a great job though, and I'm proud he didn't just suggest canceling them.

Arielle: I've had a really fun week. Monday a friend of mine from church came over and helped me get some serious cleaning done. The house looks great and I'm so grateful to have a friend with so much energy to help me get things back in order. Tuesday morning I got to play tennis with my parents, and spent most of every day the rest of the week at their house. I did manage to take naps a couple afternoons, but am discouraged that Caleb still won't go down for naps unless I get him to fall asleep in the car first. Saturday I spent the day doing hair for Alyssa and Gabrielle since it was the night of homecoming (they went to the church dance. Yea for standards!) and they looked wonderful.

In General: Monday night we had a wonderfully fun FHE after soccer practice with my parents and siblings again. I got to do the lesson this time, and we enjoyed cookies and a fun game called “Kitty run to corner” where everyone but 1 person has a “corner” they're sitting at and the person who's it yells “kitty run to corner” and you have to run to a different corner while they try to get a seat. Who ever is left standing is “it” and you keep going until everyone is too tired to play. We were playing with cement tables and I was impressed we didn't end up with any injuries. I totally expected to crash into a table and end up with a bruise worth bragging about, but managed to avoid it. :) Friday night we went to dinner at CFA before skyping with Byron's parents, and Saturday evening we went to get a double stroller I found on craigslist so I could start taking the boys for walks during the day since carrying David in a carrier for long periods of time isn't all that comfortable. Today we had our home teacher over in the late afternoon before heading to a friends house for dinner. She was my visiting teacher when we were part of the Centerville ward, and loves having me around so she can hold my babies. They have a daughter that's a senior in high school, and 3 boys ages 11, 8, and 5 or 6. We had a great time talking with them and Caleb enjoyed getting to run around with the big boys.

Well, that's all the news I have for this week. I loved getting everyone's weekly emails and reading about what's going on in your parts of the world.

Love and hugs!

Byron decided to make 1 trip instead of 2 hahaha

Alyssa's hair after I spent the morning curling and styling it for homecoming

Lyss and her date <3
She managed to find 2 dresses on sale while she was shopping so she got them both
and my mom worked during the week to cut the one apart to make the other modest.  She did an awesome job :)

I got to do Gabrielle's hair as well :)

Beautiful princess

This is a new song from Bruno Mars that Alyssa and I love to dance to in the car when I'm driving her to work. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR-yt16rhxM