She Stands! Well kindof...

Shalise is learning to stand up now. She can't stand by herself but she is holding herself up next to furniture for short periods of time. She seems so big when I see her doing this! I can't believe how fast she has grown! Here are some pictures:

Little Buddies

Marcus and Shalise are the cutest little buddies. Marcus loves to sit right next to her and play with her and read books. And he's such a good sport about her pulling and grabbing him. (Ya Carson, not so much...) You'll see a picture below of Shalise even chewing on Marcus's ear and he just thought it was the funniest thing ever!

4Wheeling In Mona

A friend from Jake's work invited us to go 4wheeling by his home down in Mona. It was a really pretty canyon and we had a lot of fun! The kids love to go riding and it was fun to be able to go as a family.

Here is a picture of Marcus after we got home, looks like he had a LONG fun day cuz he was pretty worn out when we got home!

Carson AKA future CarJacker

If you've ever seen Carson's toys at my house, you would notice that most of them are broken. He loves to take apart his toys whether they come apart or not. So he has this really little motorized 4wheeler that he broke a while back, he pulled the handles off completely so the start button is longer there. So it hasn't worked for quite a while. Well yesterday I was sitting at my computer when I heard his 4wheeler turn on. I was a little confused because it's totally broken and doesn't turn on anymore. So I go to look at Carson and he's sitting on it with the two wires hitting them together so it will start! I thought for sure Jake showed him how to do that, but he didn't, apparently Carson figured it out all on his own. So I don't know if I should be impressed or a little nervous that I may have a future carjacker on my hands! Here is a short video of him showing me his skills:

She Sits!

Shalise has been sitting on her own for a week or two now and it's so nice to be able to put her on the floor to play with toys! Of course we do have the occasional "push" from Marcus but the boys have been pretty good about leaving her alone and letting her play. Here is a picture of her with her two little cousins (Sidney & Avery). She had so much fun sitting and playing next to them at Heather's house on Labor Day! It is so fun having them all be so close in age, what cute girls! :)

First Day of Joy School

A group of ladies and I in my ward are doing Joy School for the kids for Preschool this year. Carson was SO excited to start today. He kept asking when the kids were coming over. I am teaching first and took some pictures of the kids at their first class today. I think they are going to do really well, they all did great today! It was a lot of fun and I am really excited for Carson to get to do this with his little friends.

And I have to give big thanks to my husband for all his help getting ready, especially the cool little shaped carpet mats he cut out for me, they were great to have! He is so supportive and such a great to help to me, I couldn't have been ready today without him! :)

I also want to thank my neighbor Amy for watching Marcus for me. It would certainly have been a different experience had he been there "helping" me. Thank you!!