Goings on in the Wardle Family

This year both of our older boys participated in Herriman Baseball. It was Nathan's first year in T-Ball, and surprisingly it was Jacob's third year playing. I say surprisingly because you would think that after three years of playing a sport you would have a little better grasp of how to play the game. I just don't think it is his thing. I think this will be his last year of baseball. I am not sure about Nathan yet. Anyway, because they were both playing we has baseball games 4 nights a week. This is our last week and I couldn't be happier about it. Nathan's team was the Sea Dogs, Randy was the assistant coach. He played on a team with his cousins Alyssa and Alayna.

Jacob also played Soccer this year. This is much more his speed, running around chasing a ball instead of standing in one place waiting for one to come your way. He tried so hard all season to make a goal. He has several close ones and lots of assists, but never one on his own. Finally at the last game he made one. You should have seen his face, he was so proud of himself.

Jacob his last day of Kindergarten last Thursday. I can't believe it is already over, didn't it just start. They had a little program that was so cute. I tried to post video, but apparently Blogger's video feature isn't working, sorry mom. This is him with his teacher, Ms. Schmidt, and his best friend, Katelynn (it was a super windy day).
Natalie is getting so big. She turned 6 months old a few days ago. We have just started to feed her solid food, or at least attempt to. She is still not sure what to think about it.
And she can sit up now too, at least for a little while. Look how happy she is.
She is seriously the best baby. I am very blessed that I got such an easy one. She is sweet and happy. She only cries when she needs something. Mostly she just sits and watches what is going on around her.

Nathan's Birthday and Memorial Day Weekend

Nathan's 4th Birthday was on the Wednesday before Memorial Day. That happens to be our craziest day of the week so we had a little family party for him on the Sunday before. We had my brothers over for dinner and then some of Randy's family came over for cake. I made this awesome Triple Chocolate Mousse Cake. I got the recipe from America's Test Kitchen. It was very dark and rich, Randy didn't particularly like it, but he was the only one. I think that I will try to make it again with semisweet and milk chocolate instead of bittersweet. This was also a going away party of sorts for my brother Aaron and his family. Yesterday they moved to New Mexico where my sister-in-law Sophia is going to go to graduate school. I am going to miss them so much. It has been nice having them here in Utah.

On Nathan's Birthday we had a little party for him during the day. We just had a few cousins and neighbors come over. I made Rainbow cupcakes from the blog Mindika Moments. They were so fun. Seriously, some of the awesomest cupcakes I have ever made, they looked so cool. Even the crumbs were pretty. We didn't do anything particularly fun that evening. I had cub scouts, Nathan played in a T-ball game. I did convince Randy to skip out on Boy Scouts to spend a little time with the family.

We had a fun Memorial Day weekend. On Sunday we decided to take a drive down to Provo Canyon, to Bridal Veil Falls. Bridal Veil Falls is special place for me and Randy, as I am sure it is for many BUY couples. We had our first kiss in front of the falls, and then, a mere 2 1/2 months later, he took me back there to propose. And now look at us, just over ten years later, we have all these kids. This picture is me and our kids sitting in the exact place where Randy put a ring on my finger.

And here is Randy and the boys on top of a nearby rock.

On Monday, Memorial Day, we took our yearly trip to Lagoon. We took advantage of my brother-in-law, Steve's, IHC employee discount, it is the only way to go. We had a lot of fun there with Randy's mom and his sister, Kristin, and brother, Ryan, and their families. And, the weather was perfect, finally.

Adam with his cousins, Sunny, Alyssa, and Hayden

Randy on the little roller coaster with Adam, Jacob and Nathan are in front of them.

Jacob said his favorite ride was the Ody Sea. He also loved the Bat. It was the only big ride he was tall enough to go on. Nathan says his favorite ride was the Musik Express, crazy kid! I was excited to ride some roller coasters, but after twice on the Colossus and once on Wicked I was done. It gave me a headache.

This last picture is just because. Isn't Natalie sweet. We love her. The time has gone fast, she is almost 6 months old.