Piano Recital

 Tonight we went to Lincoln and Palmer's piano recital.  I was a such a nervous wreck for them, but they were just calm and fine.

 ...and I think pretty excited. 

 Lincoln was first to get up and play his song.  I was worried that he had to be first, but apparently he was totally excited.  He got up in front of everyone and calmly told them his name and what he was going to play.  I was so proud!

 He then played his two songs perfectly in front of everyone.

 Seriously proud moment for me.

 Palmer then got up a few people later and confidently said his name and what he was going to play.

 Palmer usually practices his songs SO FAST!  I was so worried with him being nervous that he would go even faster.

 I was so amazed when he also played his song perfectly (including the timing).

 Thank goodness for the iPad, it kept McKay and Hunter busy.  The funniest thing was that every time McKay would do something he would yell "I won!"  It was so funny.

 I loved that Palmer put his arm around Lincoln for the group picture.

 All of the awesome pianists.

This is their awesome piano teacher.  She is so awesome (even when she found out that my boys robbed the refreshment table).  It was such a wonderful experience for us!!

Life Lately

 Well, I am having computer issues.  I can't get to any of my pictures, so I thought I would do a post on my Instagram pictures since that is a lot of what we have been doing lately.

For Memorial Day we went on a family bike ride. 

 We have loved riding our bikes together.  I am so glad that I finally got one, because it is one of my favorite things to do.

 These boys are awesome bike riders too.  The can ride pretty far and enjoy every moment of it.

 McKay enjoys where he gets to ride as well.

 Palmer got to participate in a talent show in his class.  He played a couple of songs that he has been working on for his piano recital (that is tomorrow night).  He had to go up on his knees so he could reach the keys.He did a great job.

 The boys all got to walk to 7-11 with their classes to celebrate getting their AR goals.

 Lincoln had his 1st grade program (coming soon...hopefully) and we celebrated later that week by taking them to Boston's (a restaurant that is currently Lincoln's favorite).

 Fried pickles are one of our favorite dishes around here.  I have got to learn to make them because I crave them all of the time (or maybe that would be a bad thing...)

 I went with Hunter on his Kindergarten Field Trip to a Fish Farm.

 They got to feed the fish and then actually catch one with a pole and take it home.  We totally fried it up and he ate every last piece. 

 The boys had field day at school and I volunteered.  It was a lot of fun.

 It is fun for me to see each of my boys with their groups of friends.

 Hunter is quite the lady's man and his "group" of friends includes quite a few girls.

 Hunter, McKay and I are used to being together by ourselves in the mornings.  With Hunter going to 1st grade next year we will not get to hang out as much just the 3 of us.  We went on a "last outing" together to lunch.

 And they talked me into getting these sunglasses.  I think we have already lost them...

 On the last day of school Hunter had his graduation program and Grandma and Grandpa Palmer came.

 We had our traditional end of school party (I really am going to post these things on their own when I figure out this computer issue).  The boys got new swimming suits and some summer things as is our tradition.

 I have wanted to learn to do a little more gourmet cooking forever.  My cousin's husband is a really good cook and has started some classes. 

 I was brave and tried this Brie en Croute after I had learned how to do it at one of these classes.  It is an appetizer and it so so good.

I missed the class on risotto and got brave one day and made this myself with the blog instructions.  It turned out so yummy!  Recipe here.

 This was my class last Saturday.  We learned to make homemade hamburger buns,  Havarti Stuffed Pesto Burgers, Baked Herb and Parmesan Fries with Lemon Garlic Aoli, and Strawberry Gazpacho.  It was amazing and I will be making it again soon!

 We have made many a Slurpee run this summer (in only a couple of weeks).  This was a family night we rode our bikes to get them.

 I am obsessed with cherries right now.  They are one of my favorite fruits and they are around in abundance right now.  Heaven.

 McKay and Hunter are two little buddies.  McKay has been wanting to do everything the big kids do this summer which has been a little hard on him when they go off to play at friends houses. 

 We got a few new things to make the summer a little more fun.  This is my favorite :)

 We introduced the boys to California Pizza Kitchen (my favorite!)  The boys (except McKay) have been there before, but it was when they were little and was somewhat of a nightmare.  This time it was better (a little anyway!)

 We went to see a magician one day last week and he was so good.  I think I was as interested as any of the kids.

 McKay loved it too.  I am loving that he is starting to be so aware of everything right now.

 He made this table "float".  Pretty cool.

 We are wrapping up baseball.  All we have left is a tournament on Tuesday are we are done.  Palmer and Lincoln have recently made competition soccer teams and Josh was just asked to coach them (so we put them on the same team so hopefully it won't be so crazy).  We are not sure what to expect with competition soccer, but ready for anything (hopefully).

 Josh and I went to a black tie gala for The Children's Center last Friday.  It was so fun to get dressed up.

 Last but not least, last Saturday Palmer went to scout camp.  He had a ball! He truly came home on cloud 9 (and with a pocket knife...we are figuring out that one.)

Life truly has been so wonderful and we are all happy.  This next week Josh and I are heading to Boston and are so excited!!

Get Air

 A few months ago my friend Kirsten asked me if I wanted to help with the Grand Re-Opening of the Get Air Trampoline Park in Kaysville.  Of course I said yes as I always love a good party, and not only that, my boys got to jump on the trampolines weekly as we planned everything. 

 It ended up being so fun and as you can see SPIDERMAN was there, so of course it was fun!

 McKay was completely mesmerized by the entire thing!

 Spiderman in the making

 There were so many fun things there and booths with balloons and popcorn...what more could you ask for?

 And can I tell you how much I love that my kids will go and get their faces painted and ask for an "A" for AGGIE to be painted on?  There was absolutely now prompting from mom or dad.  Very proud.

 A little Harry Potter is always good too.

 McKay was all over the place.  Joshs' company had a booth and McKay just ran around the booth checking EVERYTHING out.

Such a fun day!

End of School

I am DROWNING in pictures right now.  We have had the funnest and craziest last few weeks.  Both Palmer and Lincoln tried out for and made competition soccer teams last week and Josh has been asked to coach them.  I have a feeling the busyness will continue.  I will get some posts up soon, but until then...

For those of you who wanted to see what I did for my kids' classes, here are a few pictures.

 These are what I did for my boys' teachers.  We lucked out completely with great teachers and I hope they knew how much we loved them.  I just bought the beverage containers at IKEA and filled it up withe lemonade.  I made the little card in Photoshop. 

I gave each member of my boys' classes this little treat to take home and put in the freezer.  It is easy and my boys like to give something to everyone to say goodbye (or I like it, I forget which of us it is :)