Between the swimming pool & the ball fields is where the month of June is spent. Kaden started pitching machine this year. It was a much faster game but he did well. Jack was in a parent participation t-ball clinic getting ready for t-ball next year. He did MUCH better then last year. Next year I am going to really have to kick my organizational game up a notch with all 3 boys involved! I guess you know where Tim and I will live next summer.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Looking Back: Baseball & T-Ball Clinic
Monday, November 14, 2011
Looking Back: Swim Team
Kaden had a GREAT swimming season. He went neck and neck with another little boy all season long. He learned a lot about competition and practice and improved his swimming a lot!
Getting instructions from his coach before his first race of the season.
Finals: 1st in Breast Stroke
Finals: 2nd in Freestyle
His cheering squad
Next season should be interesting, Jack can join the team and Kaden will learn & hopefully compete in 2 new strokes.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Halloween Fun
Halloween was so much fun this year! We had a whole weekend of fun and the boys were so into all of it!
Friday, Kaden didn't have school so we started our weekend fun with a trip to a nearby town. We went to a consignment sale, ran some errands, ate ice cream and went to a little zoo & park. It was a perfect day to be outside.
After Tim got off work that night we took the kids on a Halloween Hike. Much to Tim's disappointment it was not a haunted hike. The point was to see if we could see any night time animals. We didn't, which wasn't a surprise with about 20 kids walking "quietly" through the leaves. Ha! It didn't matter to the kids. Jack told us over and over how much he loved walking in the dark with a flashlight. After the hike, we gathered around a fire for s'mores and hot chocolate. Several of Kaden's classmates were there and we all had fun.
Saturday morning started with soccer and although I don't have any pictures I do have to say Kaden scored 3 goals!
And finally, Monday rolled around with several class parties, parades, and trick-or-treating. It was a crazy day! I felt like I was running from party to party -all day! But, a fun day!
Kaden was a Dragon Fire Ninja
Jack was Indiana Jones
Kyler was woody
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Looking Back: Kaden turns 7
* I am going to try to blog a few times a week about our summer highlights.
7! I can't believe he is 7! I mean people as young as I am don't have 7 year olds - right?! Ha - okay maybe I'm not so young anymore! The years are flying by and we had our first slumber party to celebrate Kaden's birthday.
June 3rd - his actual birthday celebrated with swimming and ice cream cake!
June 8Th - Slumber Party at the Barron
5:00 -Boys arrive and we start off with Pizza. Gotta fuel up for the night!
5:30 - Games, Races, and fun! Biggest hits: 3 -legged races & lazer beam obstacle course.
6:00 - Legos- They made some really cool stuff.
6:30 - Cupcakes & presents
7:00- We went to the park so the Theatre could actually open and so we could run off some of that sugar!
8:00 -We got back just in time to watch Kung Fu Panda 2
11:00 - After more running & playing we were finally starting to get sleepy - well except me- I had been sleepy for hours!
Happily everyone made it all night!
Donuts and a pillow fight in the morning and everyone was ready to go home.
The whole group minus Jack.
It was a great experience and went really well. I will probably attempt one again but next time, I don't think I will try to pull one off while pregnant! It took me days to catch up on sleep!
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Pumpkin Patch 2011
I LOVE fall for so many reasons but one of them is our annual visit to the pumpkin patch. As always we had a GREAT time! We could have spent a lot longer there this year as the boys are finally ALL at an age to really enjoy everything. I didn't think to take many pictures. I tried to get one when we first walked in but I should have held my ground and told the boys they had to pose again in better lighting, but I didn't so here is the best picture I got.
There were LOTS of little pumpkins this year and the boys filled their arms full!
Kyler's one prized pumpkin.
Jack insisted on a big green one.
We always meet our Sunday School class there for hot dogs and smores!
The number of kids have multiplied over the years!
The kids came home tired, sugared up, and smelling like a campfire! It doesn't get much better then that!
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Our Life Lately
Just a recap of the last couple of weeks. Things have been busy! I shouldn't be surprised but when life picks up speed it seems to catch me off guard every time! Ha! Why does it surprise me that committing to even just one extra thing causes everything I normally do to spin out of control? Lately, "the extra" has been preparing for Kaden's school fundraiser. I was on the ticket team so that meant spending time every morning at his school counting tickets & money...that extra hour or two everyday meant my house was a mess! But it was worth it because Fun Night was a success! Here are a few pics.
Body art seemed to be the theme of the night.
After this my shift started so that was all the pictures I have of Fun Night.
My boys home from Wacky hair night at AWANA.
Kaden and I at Muffins for Moms at his school.
And around here we still play soccer in the rain. This was just the start of a pretty much perfect Saturday.
And that about covers that last 2 weeks.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
I'm Back!
I can't believe I went ALL summer long without a single post! We had a great summer that was busy and EXHAUSTING mostly due to the boys activities and also to:
Yes, that is Baby #4!
So, now that this little blessing isn't draining all my energy and the boys are in school at least part time. I hope to catch up my blog from the summer as well as keep up...well at least until February, when the chaos begins...again!
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