Field Trip

Eli had his first field trip this year. They went to the splash park
 that is not far from the school.

 It was really hot. The kids had a blast. 

Happy 7th Birthday!

My little guy is 7!!!!! Can't believe how fast

 time flies.  This last year has been a adventure.

 We moved and  changed schools 

and he is loving it. He has met

 some new fun friends.

 I can't seem to get this kid 

to come in the house for more than 10 minutes. 

He loves being outside  getting dirty. He had a f

un birthday. He went to school and then

 came home to a new trampoline. 

We had some friends and family over for 

cake and ice cream.

First Day of 1st Grade!

 I can't believe my little man is in 1st Grade! He was excited

 and nervous to be starting a new school.  He  is the 

bravest kid I know. I would have been so scared to go to

 a new school not knowing anyone. The night before school

 I was trying to get him to pick out his clothes. I asked him

 what he wanted to wear, he looked at me and says, "duh! Clothes!" 

I forget that boys just don't really care about there clothes.

 All he cared about was his cool new bright orange shoes

 he can run fast in.  He woke up on the first day like it 

was Christmas. I walked him into his classroom and he

 just wanted mom to leave. This year he will be seeing me a lot

. With his new Diabetes diagnosis, I will be having lunch with

 him everyday. I am sure he is gonna get sick of me. 

Summer Fun :)

 I feel like summer has just flown by. These are just a few random 

pics from this summer. We had so much going on that I hardly

 took any pics this summer. We went to the Discovery Center

at the Gateway. They only thing Eli liked there was

 pretending to be on the news. 

We got out of the hospital a day early so we went to Heber

 to go on a train ride. When we got there they were closed. So 

we took some pics on the trains. Looks like we will

 have to go back soon!

 Eli and his new best friend! Eli got a dog 

when we moved and he just loves this puppy. 

)

One eventful summer...

Eli was taken by ambulance to Primary Children's Hospital  on July 26,2012. He had seen his doctor that day and his sugar levels were very high. He was then diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes.  We spent 4 days at Primary Children's learning all that we could to manage it. It broke my heart to see him sick. I could not stop crying for the first day. We were all in complete shock that he could have diabetes. We have no family history. We went to classes for 3 days to learn all we could. I used to be so afraid of needles, but not anymore! It was the hardest thing to have your child be sick and have to get multiple shots all day long. I am so thankful they have great medicine to help these kids. With medicine they live a normal life. It's just a huge lifestyle change. He has been such a brave little guy. He hasn't been scared to get his shots. Some volunteers at the hospital gave him a bear to practice giving shots on. He had such a hard time staying in that hospital room. He wanted to run and play. Primary Children's had lots of fun stuff to do. He had a play station in his room he could play and down the hall was a huge craft room for the kids to make stuff. 

 Walking around the hospital getting ready to go home!

Coach Pitch 2012

 Eli had such a fun this year playing baseball!

He is finally really getting into it and learning lots.

 Some of his friends from school were on his team

 this year and it made it really fun for him. 

Kindergarten Program/Graduation

 Eli had his kindergarten program. I can't believe how fast this year 
has went. 

 He has made some great friends had school. His favorite part of 

this year was going to the aquarium on a field trip and riding the bus

. He has learned so much this year. I think the most exciting thing to 

look forward to all year was getting a report card.  He couldn't wait 

to get a report card to get paid for his A's! Let's just say he made a lot 

of money this year. It has been fun to see him save up for things

 he wants.  He has defiantly learned about girls having crushes on 

him this year. He thinks they are disgusting. 

Hopefully, he stays like that for awhile! 

Easter 2012

This year we went camping with Aaron's family.

Eli and Aaron had a blast! Mom couldn't

wait to go home to a warm bed!

The kids had a blast with this rocket. They colored

eggs and rolled (threw) them down the rocks.

We never did that as kids.

It is fun to do other families traditions.

Don't know this man! Don't know where he

came from . He wandered into our camp

one day. Think we will keep him ;)

Just life....

Eli lost his front tooth! He looks like a pirate.
I know it's not breaking
news in most households when children
lose a tooth, but
we are boring people. So any news is NEWS!

It's finally warm enough to do our daily walks again!
Eli was so happy to go visit the horses up by our house.
He is such a little cowboy (without a horse.)
Guess we should call him a wanta be cowboy!
:)