September Photos

Angela and David's Wedding

Our purpose for being in Las Vegas was to be at Brent's cousin Angela's wedding. Deacon was very grumpy the night of the wedding so we spent more time on the shuttle bus than most everyone else did, but we did manage to see the wedding and participate in the wedding night festivities (thanks to a babysitter). It was a great wedding and super fun weekend. Congrats Angela and David!!

Vegas Baby

For Carter's actual birthday it just so happened that we were in Las Vegas (can you think of a better place to celebrate a 4 year olds birthday?) so we made the most of it. We packed up all the presents and drove them down with us so he could open them on his birthday, then we went to breakfast and the Secret Garden at the Mirage where we got to see some dolphins, tigers and lions. After that the whole clan joined us at the Rainforest Cafe for lunch. It was a busy day, but Carter loved it and all of the presents kept him occupied for the rest of the trip which was a nice bonus for us. It is official, all of the Irving boys love Las Vegas.

Carter's Birthday Party #1

While we were home, Grandma Christensen threw Carter his very first birthday party. She invited some local kids and had a cake, goody bags, ice cream....everything! It was a lot of fun and Carter loved all of the attention....and the presents. Thanks Grandma C!

The second picture is my favorite. Carter is yelling at Brent and telling him that the present is for him and not daddy.

Puyallup Fair

Although our trip home was short, we did have time to do the Puyallup. We went on a Monday morning and it was a ton of fun. The fair wasn't crowded and everything was at a discounted price which was an added bonus. It was great because there were lots of rides for Carter to go on and lots of animals for Deacon to point at growl at. Even Brent got into the action with his walking on a water act. I don't know what that was called but it was pretty funny watching him.

King-O'byrne Wedding

We were lucky enough to be able to come home and go to our friend Sean's wedding. It was a beautiful wedding at a beautiful location with a beautiful bride. It was a lot of fun and a great way to end such a busy and fun summer.

Sympathy Post

This is what my living room looks like almost every night after the kids go to bed. The saddest thing about this picture is what you don't see, and that is that my bedroom, the kitchen, the toy room, Carter's room and sometimes Deacon's room looks the same way almost every night. So, after I make dinner and do the dishes I go around to all these rooms picking up toys and other random objects that the kids have scattered all over the house. One night after becoming particularly frustrated with this night time routine I tried to get some help or sympathy out of Brent and do you know what he said to me...."Well you are the one that HAD to have kids"...Really?

Family Pool Day

Brent declared a "Family Pool Day" a few weekends ago and this is part of our day. We actually ate outside (which we never do) and spent a few hours lounging in the pool. It was fun, but the funniest thing about it was how excited Carter was to call it a "Family Pool Day". He keeps asking when the next "Family Pool Day" will be.

Let's Build a Fort

Fort Building is "In" at our house these days. Here are a few pictures of the Fort the boys built the other night.

Preschool

Carter's highly anticipated first day of preschool finally arrived on August 24th!! We were all very excited and so far he loves it! His favorite part so far is snack time (which is a little ironic since we all know how well of an eater he is), but the lesson plans the teacher provides me the week before are coming in handy. I can already tell that these are going to be very necessary if I ever want to get some real information out of him when I ask "So what did you do today?"

Rawhide

Brent woke up with lots of ambition on Sunday and wanted to take the family to Rawhide in Chandler. Rawhide is a Wild West Town where they do shoot outs in the street, burro rides, cowboy games, gold panning, barbeque's, etc. I said "sure, that sounds like a good idea and I know that the boys will love it, but I don't think it opens until later...don't you think you should check the website to see what time it opens?" Brent says "Oh, we are good, they will be open by the time we get there." When we got into the car at 8:35am I looked in the Arizona Family Fun book that we had brought with us and noticed that it didn't open until 11:00am!!! We thought that was a problem, but we stopped at a casino on the way and had breakfast (our second of the day) and Brent played a few rounds of blackjack (he says he won $60, but I'm not sure I believe him). It was finally time almost 11:00am so we drove down the street to Rawhide and this is what we saw....an empty parking lot and a sign that they were only open from 6:00-9:00pm that night. We fell victim to summer hours, so we didn't end up going to Rawhide, but the day wasn't a total loss because we did finally make it to the zoo!!