Individual Update

Evan is growing up so fast.  I love his blond hair. He is my cuddle bug.  He is starting to use words a little more.  He LOVES sports.  He will play soccer all of the time.  He also enjoys t-ball.  He imitates the kids play and always wants to be included. He loves to play outside.  Food is his best friend.  Evan doesn't like strangers and isn't really friendly.  He still cries with babysitters but settles in pretty quickly.  I think he is growing up too fast.

Leah has fallen in love with dresses.  She wears one just about every day.  She loves pink and purses.  She has no problem keeping up with her brothers either.  She wants to be a pink power ranger for Halloween which is hard to find in the stores so far.  She loves to sing the alphabet and pretend to read.  She likes to try and get out of chores by asking for help.  She will also try to go slow so that everyone else will do more clean up then her.  Sneaky girl!  She isn't really interested in school stuff yet, but she does have plenty of time for it.  She is so fun and helps take care of her brothers.  

Joshua is loving his new school.  He loves the hands on science experiments. He enjoys reading, but sometimes goes to fast and doesn't always comprehend everything.  Joshua wants to be a power ranger for Halloween as well.  He likes to ride the bus.  He has terrible hand writing, so it is a good thing that he is getting faster at typing.  He loves to play with Dallin and jump on the trampoline.  He has been playing baseball quite a bit lately.

Michael just got a new job!  We are very proud of him.  He will be traveling a little more, but he will get to see his sister more frequently.  He has been busy making beds, and a toy chest.  He also made a basketball stand for the kids.  He is pretty amazing!

Dallin is liking first grade quite a bit.  He is doing wonderful with his reading.  We are working on his first chapter book.  He loves to argue with the books he reads.  For example we were reading a Thomas book and Thomas stopped to let ducks cross the tracks.  Dallin was like "Thomas would have never seen those in time."  He always analyzing everything he reads.  He has gotten a couple of sweet notes home from his teacher.  He is so good at school and when he ges home he can unleash his bottled up frustrations on us.  I am usually the one who he takes it out on.  It can be hard some days, and other days he as sweet as can be.  He always looks out for others.  

I am pretty blessed to have such an amazing family!  I love them so much!

Grandparents day and beard no more

The beard as we know it was shaved today.  Evan wouldn't go near Michael at first.  Leah remarked how she likes beards and he should get it back.  At Church today Michael heard everything from you look so young to you looked younger with a beard.  At least I think he's cute either way.  :)

This week was busy with meetings and work, so not much to report. 

Joshua's school had Grandparents day on Friday.  Since his Grandparents live far away I went.  I really really like his new school.  They are so hands on and hardly any homework.  They also have recess every day!  yeah!  Leah enjoyed some ipad time while we were there too.  Joshua had to make a stick figure to represent his heritage.  I forgot to get a picture so I'll have to do that when he gets it back, but I think it turned out ok. 

Labor Day Weekend Fun!

We headed to the zoo.  The kids had a great time.

My kids love this jeep.

You can't leave the zoo without playing in the water.  It is so hot here in Texas right now.

We went to the parade.  It got a little long, there were a lot of high schools bands and cheerleaders.  We had fun and the kids got their candy.

We hit up the booths.  The kids made a little Home Depot project.

The kids got their face painted.

Labor Day was fun.  I love spending the day with my family and friends!

Back to School

Joshua is started a new school this year and is in the second grade.  He gets to ride the bus.  He was so excited to get up early to ride the bus!  He is enjoying the new school so far.  Dallin started the first grade and is enjoying school so far.  I am proud of my little boys.

Leah, Evan, and I played at the spray park with Aunt Jenny and Rylan on her Birthday.  It is so nice how uncrowded it is when school is in session.  The little ones are adjusting to ruling the house while boys are away.

The new school year is off to a great start.

9 years of marriage and spray park fun

Jessica was so nice to watch all four kids so that Michael and I could go out to play.  We went to the aquarium.  We had a good time hanging.  It has been a great nine years of marriage.

We are terrible with selfies but we had to try one.  We went to eat dinner at Benihana's.  It was a wonderful day.  

On Friday we got to play with the Williamson's who moved away over a year ago and the Buie family.  We were so happy to hang out at the park.  It took a minute for my kids to warm up to them again, but after while it was just like old times.  I love all these kids!  

School starts tomorrow.  We are nervous and excited here!

Hard work

It started out a pretty hot week.  We'd play in the morning, but by the afternoon my kids wouldn't go outside.  They were a little cranky and fighting.  I found that if we did a work out video from You Tube around 3-4 PM it made a big difference.  My kids were happier and I was able to make dinner without breaking up fights.  :)  The kids even seemed to enjoy it.  They even tried Yoga one day.  Joshua said he liked it all except for the relaxing part at the end.  

Michael took Friday off, so we took advantage and cleaned the garage.  The garage looks good, and it was fun to go through old things.  On Saturday we did yard work.  Our yard is looking good.  It is still so green for August.  We have had a great summer!  It has been raining all day today.  I love the rain.

We plan to enjoy one more week of summer break and then back to school

Week of fun

We had Rylan with us all week.  We had a great time hanging with him. 

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It was a hot week so we played in the sprinkler and with the water table

On Saturday we went to the Arboretum.  It was really hot, but we had fun.  We went with the Cruz and Clark family.

The sun was really bright, but thought it was still a funny pic.  :)

My kids love the tree house.

It was a fun busy week.  I am sad to see summer ending so soon.  I am not ready for school to start.  I guess I better soak up the time that I have now.  :)