The Hunsakers

Drake started preschool today!

Man oh man, we have been looking forward to this day for weeks. When all of his friends started Kindergarten, he was feeling very left behind. (He's the only kid his school age in our ward, but has tons of kids in his Primary class. He just happens to miss the cut-off.) He had a chart to mark off the days until he started preschool which was a week after the elementary schools started. He asked daily about it and I about went crazy! :) 

In conclusion, we were both just super thrilled when the big day finally arrived. He came running into our room in the morning- "It's Preschool Day!" and was just a bundle of excitement getting ready.

He had no problem being dropped off and gave me a kiss and said goodbye quickly.

I felt a sense of freedom (which might make me a terrible mom) to have 4 whole hours to myself (with Sara, of course). But then, I got to the car and started crying. What the!? That caught me totally off guard. I think just the surprise at how grown up he is and independent. It's crazy! I'm so proud of him and love him dearly!

We had such a fun little birthday party for Sara! 

My family's vacation and Rob's parents vacation overlapped by a day so we had her party on August 12th when they all could be here- it couldn't have worked out better!

The party was a bit stressful to plan as we had been visiting Hunter's mission over the weekend, and got home with just one day to plan and prepare everything, but we did it! And it turned out just how I'd imagined it!

We love our little Sara-Bug and cannot believe she is ONE!

Decorations & Food-

All the crazy party guests-

We're so lucky to have such great family and friends!

Present time!

Glimpses of our daily life that didn't make it into previous posts in May-

Soaking in Sara's cuteness...cheesy smile at Pump-it-Up (a fav of Drake's)....first attempt and success at homemade Cafe Rio (perhaps we will survive without one here now)...Sara is into everything, and I mean EVERYTHING...Making aprons for the grandmas for Mother's Day...mommy/daughter snapshots...Movie night with best buddies...Breakfast for Mother's Day...Sara won't let her feet touch the grass (so funny)...If you're gonna bath in the sink, you might as well drink from the sink...What our evenings here look like...Golfing with glow-in-the-dark balls...Can you spot Sara? (See ball)...Sunbathing with a babe...Rob & I have been married for 8 years, yet I'm still learning about new things he can do (Yuck!)...No words, just Drakeness...Who devoured the spaghetti???...Drake's way of bowling...Curlers for the first time...Fun at Uncle Mikal & Aunt Jenn's house (motorcycle rides and violin playing).

 

Hello JUNE!