Nathan's 8th Birthday

Nathan turned 8 on Sunday March 21st. His really big day is this Saturday when he will be baptized but we did do some celebrating last weekend that I wanted to post about. Last Saturday night my sister Sherri babysat for Taylor and Natalie so that Preston and I could take Nathan out to dinner. Nathan chose to go to Texas Roadhouse. He sat right next to his dad because and I quote "He is another boy" Nathan loves spending time with his Dad and likes to be his little buddy. I think he gets tired of how often he is the only boy with 3 girls.

I did get him to come to my side of the table long enough to get a picture with him. I can't believe how fast he is growing up and what a mature little man he is becoming.

We let him get a motorcycle balloon from the balloon guy that was at the restaurant.

He got to sit on the saddle and swing the towel while they talked about his birthday.

Eating the ice cream sundae they give to those celebrating their birthday.

Nathan celebrating on his actual birthday. Funny side note. Nathan wore is Dash Incredible shirt. After he put it on we had this conversation.

Nathan: Mom do you know why I am wearing this shirt today?

Me: Because you are incredible

Nathan: Well yeah but there is another reason. Because Dash is fast and I am growing up really fast.

What a clever little man.

Blowing out the candles on his brownies. (he doesn't like cake)

Recap of the past few weeks

Our past few weeks have been pretty busy and I have been good at taking pictures. I am finally making the time to post the pictures.

Last Saturday the 20th we went to the temple grounds as a family for our Stake Primary clean up day. Our groups job was to clean the lights and signs around the temple and the surrounding gardens. Preston and Taylor took the lights that shine on the Temple

When we first started. Then Nathan and Natalie and I set off to do the fixtures around the gardens. It took me 2 days to get the vinegar smell off my fingers that we used to clean.

Natalie and I dressed up in green for St Patricks Day.

Nathan and Taylor making sure they would not be pinched. That morning I made green waffles. When Nathan came into the kitchen and saw the waffles he said Wo What Happened! Then remembered it was ST. Patricks Day

On Tuesday night (16th) it was our ward Blue and Gold Banquet.

Nathan with 2 of the 5 incoming Wolves for this year.

Natalie turned the age of 18 months the end of February but due to Stake Conference and her being sick her first day of Nursery was March 14th. She loved it. When we walked in her eyes were huge. The leaders say she is very well behaved. That makes me happy.

My kids have really been getting along quite nicely lately and I have captured a couple with the camera. Natalie is actually asleep after curling up with her big brother and big sister.

Craft time at the kitchen table.
Nathan received an award at his school pride assembly. It was the Perserverance Award. It is given to students that portray: Goal setting, Goal Achiever, Always give their best effort and Hard Worker. We were very proud of him. This is a picture of him after the assembly the ones I took of him receiving the award didn't turn out.

Taylor and Natalie at the awards ceremony with their pretty pink visitor badges. They cheered hard for their big brother.

At Nathan's school during the 3rd quarter the students participate in a student led conference. Nathan is reading to us from his folder and demonstrating some of the work he has done. Taylor is looking on with interest.

A couple of weeks ago our car was in the shop for a couple of days and the dealership gave us a loaner car. This is a really nice suburban. I really liked it and was sad to give it back.

Not a great picture but I wanted to document that Nathan started a Fun with Science class with the city. They do different experiments like make homemade ice-cream with ziploc bags, test the density of water by adding salt, a simple version of a lava lamp. He is really enjoying the class.

At the end of February Nathan finished his winter basketball season. He is getting a medal from his coach. His skills are really improving and he is currently participating in the spring season.


His coach treats the whole team and their families to a pizza party at Peter Piper after the last game. The coach is very generous. Preston and Nathan are shooting some hoops at Peter Piper.

My latest endeavor

I recently signed up for the Susan G Komen 3 day race for a cure. I will be walking 60 miles in November. I need to raise a lot of money so if you are able to please donate. See the widget on the upper right of my blog to donate or go to my personal page http://www.the3day.org/goto/julie.scheier All of your donation is Tax Deductible. Every little bit helps. I am doing this to help honor the strong women in my life that are Breast Cancer and cancer survivors like my Mom, Mother-In-Law and a few of my Aunts. I am also doing this so that in the unfortunate circumstance other women I love get Cancer they too can be survivors. Please tell your family and friends about my website so they can have the oppurtunity to donate. Thanks in advance for your support.

Ribbon Run

On February 25th Nathan had a ribbon run race at his school. The kids compete by grade for running club. This race consists of 1.5 mile trail. This is some of the kids stretching and warming up before the race. Nathan is in the middle of the picture with a white shirt on and black shorts.


Nearing the finish line. Nathan is quite the little runner. I will admit it makes me tear up with pride when I see him participate in things like this.

Actually crossing the finish line.

Posing with his Best Friend Hayden. These two boys are pretty inseparable and have a lot of fun together. They are often mistaken for brothers. Nathan tells people that Hayden is his brother from another mother. :-)

Nathan was the 62nd boy to cross the finish line. He ended up getting 6th place for all the second grade boys. Unfortunately the coach only hands out ribbons to the first 5 from each grade. Nathan was pretty disappointed and shed a few tears when we were walking to the car . It was hard as his mom to watch him trying so hard to hold back the tears during the ribbon ceremony when he was pretty sure he was 5th place and then had to discover otherwise. He had to stop a few times to tie his shoe during the race but ran the rest of the time. I was so proud of him. Although he was disappointed in barely missing a ribbon he was proud of himself for beating some 6th grade boys even though they started well before the 2nd graders in the staggered race.

Even smiling after running 1.5 miles. He is #1 in our books. Way to go Nathan!!!!!!!