School Started!

School started yesterday!

Treydon, Teagan, and Ashelyn

Tredyon was a little nervous about school starting this time.  I love how sad he looks when he has a tear in his eye and he is telling me he doesn't know if he can go to second grade because he forgot how to spell all of his words! Giving him a hug was the best I could do besides laugh, because he is a good student and he knows how to spell all his words!  Just imagine my face as I picked him up from school and he told me it was a good first day and he does know how to spell!  Lol (Maybe I should have been more diligent about reading during the summer :))  Speaking of being smart, Treydon picked out a map of the United States shirt for his first day of school.  I had to tease him that maybe he was going a little too far in trying to be the teachers pet!  He looked at me funny and asked why.  I mean who really wears a United States shirt on his first day of school especially when I got him some of his favorite skater shirts from Tillies?!  Only my Treydon whom I sincerely enjoy having around!

Ashelyn was really excited for school to start.  She got knew light up sparkle shoes, sparkle shirts, sparkle backpack (If you can't tell she likes sparkles!).  She has Treydon's Kindergarten teacher and that made her excited too.  She really likes Mrs. Nolte.  I actually had to use school as bribery for her to get ready yesterday or she wouldn't be going to school!  Today she asked me as we were headed to school if I could just drop her off!  Oh boy!  She is growing up way too fast and I can't enjoy her enough!

San Diego! San Diego!

I recently told Quin I wouldn't mind eventually ending up and staying in San Diego.  I seriously love it down there.  Maybe its because of the beautiful ocean, or the beautiful weather, or the beautiful family members we have down there! 

My family and I met up down at my sister Kirstin's place in San Diego July 10 - 15.  Can I just tell you that there is nothing better than seeing my family and then letting them play with my kids while I relax :)  I drove 5.5 hrs there all by myself with four kids (two being babies) and it was totally worth it!

We did lots of fun things . . .

 went on walks

Teagan loved Bud!

 I love these two parents of mine!

 The boys at the beach - Bud, Teag, Trey, Nick, Gpa

 Teag, Aub, Ash, Candi, Nellie, Gma, Millie, Kirst

 Playing

 Building

 Coles and Kirst

 Ashie with the star fish

 Randy and Teag at the park where we did our scavenger hunt

 Cam and Ashie - The USS Midway Museum

 Bud, Nick, Trey

 Ashie, Candi, Teag

 Coles with Gpa

 Trey steering the ship

 Panning for gold at the Mormon Battallion building

Visitors! 7/5-7/10/11

We had some visitors come to OUR house . . . Yippee!  Quin's mom, dad, sister Roneen and her kids all spent the week with us.  There was lots of fun involved!

The girls eating slurpees (after swimming tradition every day)

The boys eating slurpees
(One of the few pics of Trey, Parker, and Wyatt that I got since these boys were constantly busy playing)

Awe!  Cute baby Coles with Miranda

Ashelyn and cousins Sammy and Miranda crafted these cute boxes

Aren't they so cute!

It was 100+ (HOT!) the whole time our visitors were here, so we spent a lot of time in the pool

We played games

(Teagan loved Garrison)

We even fed the ducks!  Here is Teagan with his famous black eye from San Diego!

Quin honey - we partied while you slept and slept while you worked.  We missed you though!

San Diego 7/1-7/2/11

We ran down to San Diego to support Quin's nephew Connor in getting baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  We thoroughly enjoyed Quin's brother's new house and their hospitality!  We (the kids and I) really enjoyed the trip.  Quin's phone is now working (after some swimming pool technical difficulties), so I think he will reconsider his thoughts on the trip!  Lol

Teagan loved the diving board and had us all laughing!

Cousins

Miranda & Coleston - She loved this kid!

Quin pretending to be a kid

Connor Baptism

Beach boys

Playing at the beach!

The younger boys

These boys have been giving mommy "a run for her money" as the saying goes.  They definitely love to compete for my attention (I am so loved!).

Enjoying the swing

 Teagan loves to hold Coleston.  Whenever Teagan wants me to put the baby down he pulls on Coleston's leg and points to the swing, as if to say "put the baby here, I want you to hold me now".

Teagan has been patient, but now with Trey and Ashie home to compete for the attention, he is quite flustered at times.  We have had a lot of FUN and FRUSTRATING days these past couple of weeks!

This boy just keeps growing up, as was expected, but the newborn stage has disappeared and our baby just keeps advancing.  This boy LOVES, LOVES, LOVES to SMILE!  He knows I need this encouragement to keep going:)!

Treydon finished baseball 6/4/2011

Treydon's baseball season is finally over!  It was a long season, playing 13 games in all.  He got to play with all of his friends from soccer, which was so much fun for all involved!

playing catcher

Baseball ceremonies

Treydon finished first grade!  He is an amazing boy!  He was one of the few kids in his class who never had to turn a card (which means he never got in trouble).  I have since had to follow through with my promise of getting him a fish if he never turned a card!  Trey loved his teacher, Mrs. Hunter (who happened to be in our ward at church), loved recess (because he got to play with his second grade soccer team friends . . . and he is sad he will change recess times next year !), and made so many new friends. 


Treydon loves to play basketball in our driveway, trying to make ridiculous baskets from the side of the house or from on top of a rock. He loves video games, the trampoline, and his electric motorcycle.  He allows his sister to tag along, holds baby brother for mom, and loves to slam dunk balls with little brother Teagan.  Whenever dad is home you can find them outside playing basketball or glued to the t.v. watching some kind of sports game.  His favorite thing to do lately is count his money (which I hope is a good sign and he will enjoy saving it) and listen to his MP3 player.  He has recently developed an attitude, to which I laugh sometimes.  My little boy is growing up WAY TOO FAST!

Ashelyn Graduated Preschool 6/2/2011

Ashelyn Graduated Preschool!  For graduation the preschoolers got to have their faces painted like Dinosaurs (which was a hit for the kids.  Ash loved it!). Ashelyn absolutely loved going to preschool, but every day was a lot for her sometimes.  Her teacher described Ashelyn as: a girl who shared, cared, and worked.  She knows everything (plus some) to enter Kindergarten.  Ashelyn loved playing house, playing with her friends, singing and dancing (not a surprise!), and recess.  She made friends with everyone in the class.  Her teacher said she was the caring and sweet friend in the class, a mother to all!

Ashelyn does love to take care of her two younger brothers, read to them, and play any PS3 games her older brother plays (I didn't say she doesn't get frustrated at the games sometimes!).  She also loves to sing, play computer games, and give kisses to anyone who wants one.  Lately she has loved coloring, reading books, and only wearing outfits that sparkle.

She is our sweet little girl!

 

May 5, 2011

Ashelyn's preschool made treats for their moms and invited them to a Mother's Day Celebration.  So cute!