It's a...

BOY and GIRL!

We are all so excited!

Cory and I found out what they were at the ultrasound but kept it a secret until that night. To make it fun for the kids we had some cupcakes made up at a bakery, one with a blue filling for the boy and one with pink filling for the girl. My family was also there. We ate dinner and then let the kids both chose one of the two gender reveal cupcakes. We didn't know which was which - it just so happened that Luke chose the boy cupcake and Halle chose the girl cupcake. Then we told them to takes bites and show us what they found out. Yay! It was so fun and the kids were both so excited. 

I was really hoping they would be boy/girl. This way Luke and Halle both get what they wanted...Of course Luke wanted a brother and Halle wanted a sister. Luke especially would have been disappointed I'd he didn't get a brother, and I'm so glad Halle will get to have a sister. And I really thought it would be fun to have the experience of having both a boy and a girl again. Plus, I think having them boy/girl this takes away a lot of the "twin rivalry" worries. Of course we would have been happy with any outcome, but we couldn't be more happy with this news :). So fun! Can't wait for a new brother and sister to join our family. 

Daddy's work party

Cory's work had a summer party tonight at Sugarhouse park. We ate yummy BBQ food for dinner and had root beer floats. Then afterward they had some fun games for the kids like gunny sack races, fishing for toys, and a haystack candy/toy dive. The kids had lots of fun! Luke is so competitive, in the gunny sack race he won! Then whoever was in charge realized the littler kids needed to be broke into a separate group, so they had another race for 5 years and under, and Halle won that! What can I say, our kids are just so athletic :). 

First day of preschool

Today is Halle's first day of preschool! She is very excited and picked out her all pink outfit. She is starting school at a new place this year called Visions. It's a preschool and dance program. She goes Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. On Mondays and Wednesdays she goes at 11:00 and has dance for an hour, then takes a packed lunch and eats with the "lunch bunch" group, then has preschool from 12:30-3:00. Fridays it's preschool only in the morning. I'm hoping she likes it, I think it will be a lot of fun for her and a great way to keep her busy and happy.

Also, this school had an accelerated preschool program and with her being so smart and also older for her grade I thought this would be a good fit. She had to go do a little assessment to get into the accelerated class before we signed her up. When I picked her up the teacher looked at me and said, "well, she definitely needs to be in the accelerated program. She's a very smart little girl." Yes, she is!

Love my girl and am excited she is so excited to start school!