Girls' Night Out, All-You-Can-Eat Pasta

Saturday night was girls' night at Olive Garden with Wendy, Carrera, Stacy, and Erin. We had a great time, laughed until our stomachs hurt (that could also be because we ate too much!) We had a great waitress who gave us about 5 times our shair of romano cheese, extra breadsticks to-go, took our picture, plus shared insider information with us about the Tirimisu dessert! Good Times! All the girls sent their chocolate mints home with me to give Oliver as they were concerned he never gets sweets. As you can see, he enjoyed them!

Girls' Night at Oliver Garden

Lunch with Aunt Jean

Today we got to have lunch with Lisa's great-aunt Jean (her mom's mom's sister) and her friend Nancy. She was in town for a 2 week tour of everything cool in Utah. We were so glad to see her - it was the first time she'd met Oliver and Avery. Nancy was also such a cutie and was really great at getting on Oliver's level. We had lunch at Biaggi's, then went to Discovery Gateway where Oliver showed them all the "real" attractions that Utah has to offer!

BBQ @ the Petersen's

We went to a BBQ at Preston and Nicole's house Sunday night, along with Courtney and Lainie and their darling baby Andi. Oliver had been looking forward to seeing his friends all week, and they all told "Guess what, chicken butt" jokes at the kid table and giggled their guts out. It was hilarious! We had wonderful steaks and all kinds of other food and caught up on the summer since we had not seen each other in months. Sorry there are no pics of the adults, but I figure the kids are what everyone wants to see, right?

Fun with Cousins

Oliver, Avery, and I got to spend the afternoon with Corbyn, one of my little nephews (he's not really that little anymore) today. We went to the park, went bug hunting in Grandma's backyard, and played all sorts of toys. Oliver loved it, and mimicked Corbyn all afternoon. I also was so lucky to have two big helpers for the day! It was great!

Framing the House

Our house is coming right along, with the main level framed out for the most part, and the second level starting to go on. It's so exciting to see all the wood out there - for the first time it actually resembles a house (sort of). The other day they used a crane to lift up the extra tall back wall. That part was very cool to watch! For any of you that go out to see it, be very careful - there are lots of places to fall, e.i. the stairwell.

Avery loves her Grandma!!

So we knew we had to get a picture of this or no one would believe us - Avery let Grandma Sharma hold her for about 15 minutes, and didn't even wimper! They played with the magnets on the fridge together, which is one of Avery's favorite past times. We are so proud of this little girl for being brave and starting friendships with people other than Mom!

Second 1st day of preschool

Ollie started his second year of preschool today, and this year his teacher is Miss Viki. Oliver's friend Ty is in his class, which he is really happy about. When Mom and Avery dropped Ollie off for preschool this morning, Avery got a pouty lip and started to cry a little upon leaving the preschool. I don't know if it was because she felt disincluded and wanted to stay herself, or if she was sad to leave her brother, or maybe both, but it was dang cute! Oliver did great! He colored a picture of a guy using his red and blue crayon, and happily announced that the red was "hot sauce," and the blue was "water." The picture of Oliver in this post is after preschool (he's holding up the magic mirror he made) because he was sad and didn't want Mom to take his picture while at preschool; what was he sad about you ask? That Mom didn't bring him something from the errands she ran during preschool...sometimes Moms can be so mean!