Birthday fun

Here are some pictures of how we spent Ben's birthday today:

Getting in




Playing


Squirt wars!




Notice the dog in the background. He wanted to play too.


Daniel was checking out the action


Mom and Daniel

Happy Birthday To Ben!

Today is Ben's 6th birthday. I can't believe how quickly 6 years has gone by. It's hard to believe that 6 years ago today we were holding our little baby boy for the first time. We love having him in our family. He's such a smart kid who loves doing nice things for others. For example, when I asked him what he wanted for his birthday, he said (after coloring books, candy, and a Transformer) that what he really wanted was to get something for our whole family and he asked me what we needed.

Here's a picture of Ben at 6 months. Wasn't he cute?



Here's Ben's last school picture.



And here are a couple pictures I took of Ben today on his birthday. He was a little busy playing the Wii, so they're a bit silly.

A little summer TV

Okay, so I admit it. I watch waaayy too much television. I like it because I can relax and not have to actually do anything. And it can be pretty darned entertaining. I tend not to be able to watch shows as they're on, so I love my dvr where I can watch them later. Whoever invented that thing is a genius. They need it for the radio though, since it throws me off and I think I should rewind to hear what they just said. Maybe that will be the next invention.

Typically in the past, summer television hasn't been all that great. Reruns and reality tv. Great. The last couple of years have actually had some good summer series shows going on, so I'm getting pretty excited about some old favorites of mine starting their new seasons. That fun all starts this week.

On Thursday, the second season of Burn Notice starts. When it first came out last year, I wasn't sure it would be one I would be interested in. Much to my delight and surprise, I really like this one. Ex-spy (he got burned, which is why he's no longer a spy) who does spy-like jobs for people who are in jams, all the while trying to figure out why he got burned and how he can clear his name. Action and humor. What can be better?



On Friday, the new season of Stargate Atlantis starts. This one I can see it or miss it and it's not a big deal, but I do like to watch it. Usually it's watched a few days or weeks after it's originally aired when I finally get to watching it on my dvr. Still entertaining though.



Next Friday, the new season of Psych starts. This one has me laughing out loud on a regular basis. It comes on right after Monk, for those who are Monk fans. I've never quite gotten into Monk, but it's pretty popular. If you're not familiar with Psych, it's about a guy who basically has a photographic memory and whose dad taught him how to be hyper-observant who pretends to be psychic to work with the police department. He named his psychic p.i. office "Psych."




On the 29th, the new episode of Eureka starts. I was up until after 11 watching last season's finale since they were actually showing it again on SciFi. This is another one that has me laughing out loud on a regular basis.



Have you noticed the shows I like are all on USA or on SciFi? Interesting. Whatever the channel though, I'd say I'm in summer TV heaven.

Swimming lessons again

Today was the first day of Level 1 swimming lessons for Ben and Preschool swimming lessons for Alex. They both seemed to have a really good time.

Ben says he likes this class better than his last one because there's just one girl and the rest are boys. He was basically the only boy in his last class because the boy who was in it wouldn't go in the water and his mom stopped trying to get him to.

Alex impressed me with the way he paid attention to his teacher and would volunteer to be the first to try things. He said his favorite thing was floating on his back. He's very excited to go again tomorrow.

Here are some pictures I took today:

This is Alex floating on his back:


Alex on the stairs at the beginning of his class:


Alex playing with the boats in class:


Ben is doing a glide/dive thing here:


This is Ben's class. He's on the left. Sorry, it's a bit dark (this is the one the flash was on with the camera.)

Tagged - A Closer Look

De tagged me, so here goes:
1. My kitchen sink


2. Inside my fridge


3. My favorite shoes


4. Inside my closet (you can't see all of it from this view, so sorry.


5. My laundry pile (today is laundry day)


6. What my kids are doing now





7. My favorite room (you'll notice I left the pantry door open...I love my pantry


8. My recent purchase (we went to the dollar store and stocked up)


9. A dream vacation - it's nothing big or too exotic or exciting. I just really want to be able to take my husband and kids to my mission areas.


10: A self-portrait. The one on top is from today, the one on bottom is so you can see what I look like when I leave my hair down



Okay, now I tag Lisa, Jill (do a new post, Jill!), and whoever else wants to do it. :)