First Day of Preschool!!!

Nates first day of preschool!! Where does the time go? I swear just yesterday we were wishing we could even have a baby. Now we have 2 and Nate is going to preschool. Nate was so excited to go to school today. He picked out his shirt and we went shopping for the perfect back pack. If any of you know Nate you know this is the perfect back pack. Kevin asked Nate if he wanted this one or a different one and Nate said "Dad if you see something with Mario Kart Wii on it you should always buy it". So we did :)

Here is Nate and his first day of school shirt. He picked this one because it has lots of 2's on it. Kevin took him to breakfast and he was super giggly. He thought everything dad said was super funny. I think he was just really excited for school. When I dropped him off I went in with him and he had no cares in the world. There were 2 other boys already there and they were off. He was so excited to be there I couldn't even be sad. I just said bye Nate can I have a hug and he said nope love you mom:)
This was his favorite game at the preschool carnival Miss Alby had for her new kids a few weeks ago. This got Nate pumped up for the first day.
Here is Nate with Miss Alby in his classroom. I think it's so cute the way they are looking at each other in this picture. I think Nate is going to have an awesome year. We shall soon see. Happy first day of school everyone!

Flaming Gorge!!

We went to Flaming Gorge last month and Nate got to meet Smokey the Bear!!! He was the only kid that got to have his picture taken with him. We learned about good fire and bad fire. Topher will be glad to know that Nathan now knows that your arm being on fire is bad and candles on a birthday cake is good fire.
We had so much fun hanging out and going out on the boat. Unfortunately I never had my camera at the actual lake and I'm not that good at remembering to take pictures anyway. Here are some of the cute boys playing in Luke's FJ. There was only one little drama when one of them decided it was a good idea to spray Bear spray in the others eyes. The area was evacuated quickly and all was good once the bear spray cleared.
Here is my messy little Beans. He did really good camping but he sure was dirty. Oh well he's still cute.
This was the cage we set up for the kids to play in and it worked really well for a little while. Ben really only liked it if the other kids would stay in there with him.
Here is a pre-skit picture of the Super Mario Bros. featuring blue toe tog.
Everyone here was enjoying the skits!! Thanks again for inviting us Hardys we have a great time every year!!!.

Mario Bros.

Here is the long awaited Super Mario Bros. skit that Nate Jake and Daine did for our family reunion. It's wicked awesome. Enjoy!!

The cutest load of laundry I've ever seen!!!

Wouldn't we all like to do laundry more if this is what came out the other side!!

Ben's first birthday!!

WOW time flies when your having fun!! Ben is 1!!! Ben is such a funny little thing. He loves to pound on things and carry around spoons or drum sticks and hit things with them. The other day Nate was yelling"Ben stop that you are hurting me" I said to Nate " He's just a baby he's not hurting you" I turned around to see what was happening and Ben was whacking Nate over and over with a drum stick with the biggest smile on his face.

We had Ben's party at my sister's house early because Kevin was going out of town. It was great!!! Heather made both of the cakes :) Yes ben had 2 cakes for his first birthday. The one is a sandbox cake and the other an octopus cake. Kevin even helped decorate them.


This face he's making in this picture is what Kevin and Nate do when they are concentrating. It's so funny that all 3 of them do it.
Ben loved eating his own cake. He thought he was so big. He has 5 teeth now so I guess he is getting big:)
More toys!!! Ben didn't really open any of his own presents but he sure had fun watching the other kids open them.
Yum cake. I'm so grateful for my little Benner Dennis. I don't know what I would do without this wild man.

Swim Lessons

Summer is here!!! This summer we put Nate in swimming lessons with a few of his cute friends from the ward. The lessons were everyday at 9:30 for 2 weeks. It was a little bit of a challenge getting out of the house everyday by that time but we made it. One day I did have to call Natalie to take Nate because my car wouldn't start but other than that it was great.

This was the best picture I had with all the kids in his class. Gracie, Macie, Scout, Eric and Nate. There was another little girl in his class but I didn't know her. The first day the pool was really cold and I don't think that helped Nate's excitement for the water. He kept saying "I want you mom" but his teacher(Mrs. Eggett) would have nothing to do with it. She is so great she doesn't care if the kids are screaming or crying she makes them all do whatever she asks at least once. They all love her for it.
Here is Scout and Nate doing kicks on their backs. Aren't they so cute.
Nate "swimming" with Mrs. Eggett. One of the days Mrs. Eggett noticed that Nate knew the difference between left and right and she said to him "Nathan you are such a smart boy you should come to my preschool" Nate just agreed. Then she said " I'm so glad you are in my swim class" nate's reply was "your welcome". He is such a funny little boy.



On Friday's all the kids got to pick their favorite thing to do. Nate tried to convince Mrs. Eggett that they needed to play Wii but then Mrs. Eggett changed it to favorite thing from swimming :) Two of the kids picked jumping off the diving board and that made 2 of the other kids very very very sad and Nate wasn't all that happy about it either. Then when it came around to Nate he picked that again and poor Eric and Gracie burst into tears and Nathan just said "I'll stay here" as he sat safely on the stairs.

I think overall Tator loved it and he way more confident in the water.

Father's Day

Today is Father's Day!! After our little mother's day happenings with Nate at church I was a little worried that Father's Day would be the same. Nope Nate went right up to the front and gave us a little wave and a thumbs up. He even tried to sing the words to the songs :) It was so cute (Kevin must be his favorite). Kevin is such a good dad and I'm so lucky to have him in my life. He is so good with the boys and he loves them so much. Happy Father's Day Sweets!!

Here are the questions and answers that Nate filled out in primary for Father's Day:

My Father is 3 years old.
My father likes to play wii with me.
The funniest thing I ever saw my dad do was splash in the water.
I like it when my dad plays Chuck E Cheese.
My dad's favorite food is noodles.
My dad is as strong as Mario.
If I could give my dad anything, I'd give him a flash light.
I think my dad would like to play lots of stuff.
My dad dislikes he hates knocking on peoples houses.
The thing I hear my dad say the most is Mario Sunshine.
My dad is smart! He even knows watch some shows.
When my dad wakes up he plays wii again.
I love my dad because he loves walmart.

These answers are almost the same as the ones he answered for mother's day. This kids loves loves loves Wii.