Joshua the Artist

Our Joshua has never been all that interested in drawing or coloring,

but that has changed since going to kindergarten, and I am loving the 'artistic' results!

Yesterday he sat down and was drawing a bunch of people.

I asked him who he was drawing and he said his family.

Naturally, or maybe self-centeredly, (yep, it's a word....now!)

I assumed he would draw himself, Bryan, Grace, and me.

Well, I was wrong!

He drew his grandparents and then Uncle Todd (my brother), Aunt Elaine (his wife), and our cousin-to-be, Blob.

(At least that is what we are calling the baby until he is born and we find out his real name!)

Then he wanted me to label Todd, Elaine, and the baby so we could email it to them and they could see his masterpiece!

Personally,

My favorite part is how tiny the baby is,

but Elaine's hair is definitely a close second!

Adjusting....

Yes, we are adjusting to Joshua being in school.

In some ways I really love it:

We've met some new people,

I love that JBG loves school so much

and I love to see him learning and growing,

It is a lot easier to run errands with just one 'helper,'

and it certainly gets us all up and moving a lot earlier in the day!

But

We still really miss him when he's gone (for 7 whole hours!).

I was thinking about that and I decided that it's a good thing

and I hope I never stop missing him when he is away.

Anyway,

Grace and I have been having a grand ol' time at home.

We read a LOT of books, go to story time at the library,

and play multiple board/card games a day.

In fact, I hit my limit of games today.....

I don't think I can handle playing anymore, at least for a couple of days!

Candyland, Memory, Go Fish, Monopoly Jr., Disney Scene It.....you name it, we play it.

(Until Mom goes crazy, of course, and we have to put a freeze on all games!)

Other random happenings:

The kids have taken a liking to playing in my scrapbook room. It's quite funny because they don't just play in there, they use my tools and things for cars, airplanes, fences, roads, etc. for their little people. At least someone had been getting some use out of my things lately. :)

We built an awesome couch fort the other day.

The kids loved it.

They sat in it while we watched Meet the Robinsons, their favorite movie of late.

Soccer season has started!

This fall I bit the bullet and decided to coach Joshua's team.

So far it is going okay, I think, but it's pretty hard to tell until that first game, so I will let you know how I am doing for sure after Saturday. :)

We are the red DRAGONS!

Go Dragons!!!!

And you may have noticed that picture looked especially nice....

that's because Grandpa Guymon was in town for a couple of days, of course!

YAY!

We love when grandparents come for a visit.

Bryan and his brothers, bro-in-law, and dad met in Dallas for a quick boys weekend of watching the Texas Rangers v. Yankees and then they drove up to Norman, OK for an OU game. Quite the weekend!

Anyway, Grandpa stopped off for a couple of days before heading back to Utah.

We were so glad to have him here!

Grace was in heaven to have someone else around to read to her and play games with her, and Joshua loved having Grandpa come eat lunch with him at school!

Of course while he was in town we had to have a family photo shoot.

I'll put up some others once we get them cropped and everything,

but here is one of my favorites:

We were trying to capture the whole West Texas vibe....I think we got it!

Nothing like a train and some High School Football T-shirts to say West Texas. :)

Speaking of which, tonight is the Homecoming FB game.

Don't worry, I will take lots of pictures, it's quite the experience to see!

Good luck Harvesters.......you're going to need it! :)