11 years ago today...

I'm so happy to be your bride! Happy Anniversary to my sweet hubby! I love our life and am so grateful to walk through it by your side. You are so patient and loving (not to mention hot!) and you help bring out the best in me because I want to be better when I'm around you. Watching you as a father every day has made me love you all the more. Among my greatest blessings are the children we have and I love being a family. You are a wonderful man - I am lucky to have you - and my fondest wish would be that our sons would turn out just like you!! I love you more each year and I love you so much more than you know.

baby carter at...preschool?!

Yes, it's true! The baby of the Watson family is off to preschool! I apologize in advance for the lack of good pictures of Carter-y. It is seriously impossible to take a good picture of a 3 yr. old. Too wiggly and too silly - his brother's have taught him to make faces for the camera! Here's Carter walking up to Ms. Mechelle's front door and is an example of a wiggly picture since he was so anxious to go inside! Ms. Mechelle was Dylan's preschool teacher and Carter is so excited that it is finally his turn! Such an easy transition when your teacher already knows your kids and your family.
Sorry for the poor quality but I'm hoping you can see his cute little smile. His favorite thing to play is with the tools or the kitchen
Carter and Ms. Mechelle - an example of a silly picture! But I love how he just climbs right in his teacher's lap already!! I love Mechelle and her preschool and I'm so excited for Carter to learn and try new things. And I'm not gonna lie - I'm a little excited about having 9 hours a week to myself! I've been busy already, cleaning out and organizing all the kids' rooms, the office, etc. I will miss him but we are both enjoying having the rest of the time to play together. I have so enjoyed having him home by himself while his brother's are at school - we've never had that kind of alone time before! I think he's also secretly enjoying having no one home to tell him what to do - well, except me, of course! I love my easy-going baby guy and can't believe how fast this day has come!

Hooray for School!

I still have tons of vacation stuff to post but I thought I'd put up my kids' first day of school first. We got back to Arizona in just in time for Meet the Teacher night and to grab school supplies. What a great summer vacation! The boys were so excited to start school and I was excited for them too, especially Dylan. He has been talking about kindergarten all summer. The morning went off without a hitch, except for Carter who didn't understand that his preschool didn't start until Wednesday and cried about it all morning. Patrick went to work a little late and was able to walk over with us.
A third grader! I can hardly believe it! I am excited for his first year of letter grades and hope he learns a lot - and has fun too!

Our kindergartner! He looks so grown-up in this picture!

Some of the neighborhood crew. We all walk over together - that's Chase and Conner in the middle. They are our good buddies. Jake is a little bummed he's not in class with Conner this year. They've been in the same class for 2 years. And Carter insisted on a backpack too.

Jake at his desk. His teacher is Mrs. Huemoeller and while I don't know her yet, she seems really organized and also really friendly and fun. Jake got a kick out of the fact that she said they were old enough to choose their own desks! Dylan posing with his big brother!

Dylan at his desk. He looks so pleased with himself! I missed him yesterday but it was hard to be too sad because he was so excited to go! He is so ready to be at kindergarten and I'm excited for him to learn lots of things this year. His teacher is Mrs. Hummel who was also Jake's kindergarten teacher. It is so awesome to have a teacher that already knows your family!

Dylan and his class attempting line-up at the bell. That's his neighbor and friend Meredith on his left. Look at all the cute little kids! Four classes of kindergarteners - wow!

The first day of school is so exciting! I can't believe that I have 2 kids in school all day and that Carter will be in preschool. Time goes by just way too fast! I know that they will have a great year and I'm just so excited for them.