Pre-School

Justin started Pre-school on August 16, (I know, I'm a little late posting). I was sooo nervous for him and I was worrying about all the little things, however I put on a pretty good face, so that he wouldn't be nervous. He did great walked right into his class room without even saying goodbye, I made him come back to give Josh and I a love, he turned right back around and went in with No problems. Mom was WAY more nervous then he was! We went to the other door to watch for a minute. Justin walked to where the other kids were grabbed a book and sat down to read, and we left. I was so anxious to pick him up, to find out how his day was, when he got in the car I asked a bunch of questions and all got out of him were ya's and uh-hu's. I asked him if he made friends and he said "ya mom, but sorry I don't know their names." I told him it was ok and that he'd learn them. I finally learned the names of the kids in his class by asking him who got their name on the board that day. I've learned that Justins little friend Cristian, who he sits with at lunch at plays with almost every day at recess, is Spanish speaking only. Its neat to think that they can play and not have a problem because they speak different languages. Anyways, he is doing great in school, his teacher says that she will start teaching him and a hand ful of other kids how to read in January. I cant believe my little boy is growing up so fast! We are so proud of him and we love him so much!

All ready for his first day of school!

Mom having a hard time letting go.
You can see that he is getting a little more nervous here, but he didn't show it. This is right outside of his classroom.

He looks a little upset in this picture because he saw me before his teacher did and took off running towards our car, she had to run and grab him, and he pointed to me and told her. So this is her, I'm sure, lecturing him not to run off.

We decided to make a tradition to take the kids to whatever restaurant they want to go to, Justin wanted McDonalds. PS Notice the UFO/ astronaut toys in the background.

PBR

We decided to go to the PBR in Roswell last month, and we had SO much fun, we will definatley go again!!

Justin in his New cowboy hat (which he loves and wears often) I just noticed that he does this cheese face in a lot of pictures!

Addi in her cute lil girlie cowgirl hat! I love this smile!

The fam minus one...I was taking the pictures, but I really was there!

One of the Bull riders, I did get a short video too, but for whatever reason I can't download it!

Justin's Birthday

Justin turned 4!

A tidbit about Justin

Justin Brooks Olson born July 18th 2006 at 4:56 pm

He weighed 6lbs 3oz and was 19 1/2 in long

He was a fantastic first baby, very easy going!

He LOVES dinosaurs... he knows so much about them!

He is very smart and absorbs knowledge like a sponge

He just started Pre school on Monday and he is really liking it!

Right now he is enfatuated with Mario Brothers on the Wii

His Favorite color is orange and his second favorite color is green (he always has to trow that in)

His favorite person is his cousin Corbyn, however he is and always has been a mamas boy!

He is such a sweet boy and we are so Blessed to have him in our family!

We love you so much Bud!

Justin 1st Birthday

Justin's 2nd Birthday


3rd Birthday...

and 4th Birthday, such a Cheese!

He Loves dinosaurs

This is such a Justin moment, I love it! (Freckleton photography)


His Birthday cake

It was really fun to listen to the entire family singing Happy Birthday to him, I wish I would of got it on video!

Justin, Rowen, and Kaden eating Birthday cake

It was SO hard to try and keep the kids back so that we could take pictures, we would get them back and they would slowly migrate back right in front of him, Pretty funny!

Justin got lots of good stuff for his birthday: Toy Story toys, Dino decorations for his room, a learning computer, a soccer set, and much more!

...clothes?! Boring!



We opened some gifts at Grandma and Grandpas and some at home!

legos
WE Love you Justin!!

The Olson Family Reunion

A heads up this is a really long post with lots of writing and lots of pictures. Josh's family has a Family reunion every 2 years, the last reunion was in Toas NM, and this year we decided to have here in good ol' Roswell NM, this way Great Grandma was able to attend. Out of 27 people in the family, 25 were there, not bad I would say! Anyways we had a lot of fun together, on Friday we all went up to Ruidoso and rode go karts and bumper boats, then we went to a place called The Flying J.... no all you Utah/ Idaho people not the gas station!! The Flying J is a western place, you can ride a horse, practice shooting a gun, look for gold, and shop in all the "town stores". They also put on a little gun show, and after words we eat dinner, which was BBQ chicken, baked beans with of course green chiles in them, biscuts, baked potato, and cake, pretty good, while you eat they have a small band that plays older western songs. We all enjoyed ourselves. Then on Saturday we all went up to Bottomless lakes, which is salt water, and swam for a few hours, went home had a BBQ of our own, and since it was Justins Birthday we opened presents and had cake (pictures to come in another post). Our next Family Reunion will be in 2012, and we are still trying to decide where it will be!

Justin driving his own go-kart on the kiddie track. He did pretty good until it started raining, he put his head down trying not to get wet and...

Crashed into the cones!

Best seats in the house!

We had just been to the bumper boats a month ago so knew that we needed extra clothes for this, but we were the only ones that knew this!

Rowan, Josh , Justin in one boat, Uncle Jeff and Gracie in the other, and the back of Ians head in the front.

They were soaked!

Justin in his dry clothes with Rowan and Hannah

Kason, Great Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Doug and Grandma watching the Bumper Boats

The Flying J

Justin had fun but was so not happy that Addi was in the front so out of the several pictures that I took of them these are the best 2. Addi loved it however, she was smiling the whole time!

The Sheriff trying to talk to these 2 wanted men into surrendering, didn't end well! :)

One table of the family eating dinner

Our little Family

Bottomless Lakes

Addi waiting to play in the water!

Justin waiting

Some of the Family playing in the water

Uncle Jeff and Benjamin

Mandy, Hannah and Gracie soaking up the sun!

Justin and Gracie

Addi Floating

Yummmm, Sandy feet!

Aunt Tina and Addi



Justin finally getting comfortable in the water

Such a good dad/uncle, he was the only adult in the water with all these kids for a long time, Uncle Jeff soon followed!

We all had so much fun and it was so good to see everyone! Can't wait til next time!

Idaho part 2

While in Idaho Falls spending time with my mom, we celebrated the 4th of July. Idaho Falls has a fantastic firework show that I love to go see, and they also have a parade that morning. So between the parade, our family BBQ, and the firework show, and then our own little firework show, it was a long day and the kids were exhausted! But we had a great time!

Addi bundled at the parade. It was a little chilly to start, but warmed up quickly!

Justin and Corbyn patiently waiting for the floats

2 of my sisters, Ashli and Candice

oh, my goodness, it's a picture of Josh and I together! We have very few of these now that we have kids! :)

Addi all decked out in her patriotic colors!

I couldn't get Justin to take off his jacket, but he too was also patriotic.

Us before the fireworks started.

Addi wasn't too sure about the fireworks... she was very intrigued, but also scared. She would go back and forth between Josh and I, and would bury her head into our chests, but then she would turn to watch until there was a loud one. She finally gave up and fell asleep. Justin just sat with us watching, but right before it ended, he asked me if he could go to sleep, and when I asked him uh oh are you tired? He said no it's just LOUD! I told him that I would cover his ears. He watched for a few minutes like that... then fell asleep.

We also got to go to Heise, a swimming pool that I grew up going to, so I wanted to take my kids there. We had a picnic before we went swimming.

It took some convincing, but Justin went down the slide with Daddy, and he LOVED it! They went several times before Justin finally gave up because he was cold.

Addi and I taking a break between pools!