Preston's Blog

 This picture turned out really blurry (I think I was trying to hold the dog still...), but I just wanted to show this beautiful trail very near our house where Preston and I go on a nature walk every Monday after we drop Sariah off at her school.  It is part of our weekly routine now, and he always remembers that it is Monday and time for our walk.  Here are some cute soccer pictures: I'm not sure what he was doing in this picture. Here he's writing words to fit the two main sounds of "oo".  We learned about two sets of twins (heads shaped like double O's)... one set loves to try new foods and always says, "ooh!" when they eat something.  The other set hates to try new foods and always says "oo" as in "this tastes like WOOD".  It was a super fun way to learn this, and he remembers it very well as a result. He loves playing this math game. Preston and Dallin the evening when Preston got his soccer trophy. ...

At the Pacific Ocean in August.  Buying soccer cleats for his first season playing soccer.  Of course Dallin had to take charge here since he's the one who knows about cleats. Our new house has a very small back yard (land is so expensive in the Pacific northwest), but that didn't stop the kids from setting up our trampoline. This is Preston's new room.  At first he thought he got the short end of the stick because Dallin and Sariah both have skylights in their rooms, and he doesn't.  But he was happier after James installed a ceiling fan for him.  It's a nice bedroom.  We got him this nice storage system from IKEA to hold all of his toys with many parts (marble runs, Legos, etc.)  He has the cleanest of all the bedrooms.  And his little bookshelf, which holds mainly Calvin and Hobbes--we must have at least eight volumes, and he's listened to all of them dozens of times over....