May

May was a pretty busy time for us. D was in soccer for the end of April and beginning of May. He enjoyed it again this year. During one of the practices, the decided to choose a goalie. D was the best one. He did awesome. The biggest problem was that he didn't get to run up and down the field. His coach finally realized this, so he would goalie the first half and be in the middle of the action for the second half. The funny thing was that he didn't like to get in the crowd for fear of getting kicked. He would try to run all the way around the group to get to the ball. When he played goalie however, he was fearless. He would reach out and grab the ball, almost getting his face kicked a few times.N spent May learning how to walk. She is so proud of herself to be able to do it. Now that she is mobile, she is into everything. She love climbing, but once she gets up, she has a hard time getting down and she gets so frustrated. Its actually quite fun to watch her try to figure out how to get down.She also loves to sing. We start singing to her, and she will join in. It is cute to hear. She is even starting to follow the tune. I will sing something, and she will try to repeat it. I sometimes actually hear the tune come out. I am starting to understand how people can claim that they were singing before they were even talking.

My parents got home from their mission at the end of May. They came and stayed with us for a few weeks. We really enjoyed having them here. The boys had really missed them, and N had never met them. (Sadly I didn't get any pictures while they were here. I been a real slacker when it comes to pulling out my camera.)

While my parents were here, D finished his first year of school. He is officially a first grader. I can't believe it. He is very happy to have a full summer off. He was getting tired of homework. S is very happy to have him home too. He missed him when he was at school.

S is learning a lot of stuff at home. He is very proud that he can spell his own name. He is learning to spell other things too. If I ask him to spell something, he is figuring out how to break it down into each individual sound. He even read a couple of words from a book to me. He got bored pretty quick though.