Thursday, June 30, 2011

All eyes on her

Check out some shots from our latest photo session with the AMAZING
Jenn Cooper:)


I don't know how she does it, but my kids love posing for her. She is always able to get all four of them looking at the same time!

Amazing!

Love her

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

And She's Walking!


Okay, so I don't get the Mom of the Year award for being this late on documenting my daughter's first steps. It just seemed like every time she did it my camera was not in sight.

Miss Caroline took her first steps June 12th!
We had just finished an evening at the driving range hitting golf balls (which translates to me walking Caroline around for an hour while Kyle and my other three got to hit balls). As we got everyone in the car to head home I remember looking at Kyle and saying, "I am so ready for her to walk on her own!" Once we were home and everyone was showered and in jammies we were all hanging out in Caroline's room. Kyle stood her up and told her to walk to her mommy and by golly she did! Crazy thing is that I spent the rest of the night sad because I really wasn't ready for her to take those first steps. As I watched her do it I realized this is the last time I will get to watch one of my babies do this. This soon passed and I am so ready for that next phase:)
Please bare with me on these shots, I was trying to snap them and encourage her to walk towards me at the same time.





Way to go Caroline! We are so proud of you and can't wait to run after you soon!

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Happy Father's Day!


Happy Father's Day to the great men in my life!
We spent the day "man" style.
We played nine holes in the morning...
then spent the afternoon at the lake testing out the new jet ski.

You guys are amazing dads and I love you all:)

Friday, June 17, 2011

Summer So Far!


Can't believe that it is already almost the end of June! I am sitting here wondering why the summer is going by so fast. I love having a more flexible schedule around here and am already secretly dreading the school year of having to have four kids dressed and out of the house by 7:30.
We are keeping busy this summer with loads of fun activities. Here are just a few of the fun things going on around here!
Margaret joined an indoor soccer team. I was worried about her and all of the running that this would require but she LOVES it! They make it fun and this girl has become quite the soccer player. They do a great job of encouraging team work and confidence while teaching them all of the basics.
This little guy is doing soccer too. He picked out his "fast" green tennis shoes and loves to get out there and dribble that ball. He also does a pretty darn good drop kick!
We have all been spending some time on the golf course.
Isabella is actually taking lessons this week and is working on not swinging the club like a baseball bat:) (she might take after her mama a wee bit)
Little bitty has loved just hanging out and playing outside It also helps when you have your older sister's Mustang convertible to chill out in. She of course can't make it go yet but she really just likes to sit in it.
And we have our first little piggies!!!
Her older sisters loved this! They laughed for five whole minutes just seeing how cute they were on her. Every morning they ask me to put them in her hair. Poor thing has the mullet style going on. I remember Isabella's hair coming in this same way.
I am so late in writing this that I am frustrated at myself for not doing it sooner. In this pic she was starting to show signs of walking and this is how we went anywhere with her. She constantly wanted to be walked. She took her first steps Sunday June 12th which is a whole other post...promise:)
She can now wear bows without her headband...her hair is finally growing!
We have spent many nights at the softball diamonds. This is Isabella's first year playing machine pitch. Her favorite part is hitting and running the bases. My kind of girl. I remember when I played I always dreaded playing the outfield, I remember thinking there were so many other things that I could be doing.
Isabella also ended a great season of soccer. She played with a great group of girls from her kindergarten class. Hopefully she will get to play again in the fall.

With all of this craziness going on we still have gotten to go to the pool quite a bit and soak up some of that summer sun.

We are leaving for the lake next week and I am so excited! My parents and my brother and his family are coming with us and I just can't wait to be with everyone and do absolutely nothing... like ski, tube, swim, jetski, and hopefully a little relaxing with my favorite people!

Friday, June 10, 2011

PandaMania VBS

Today was the last day of PandaMania Vacation Bible School at our church. This was Isabella's third year doing this and Margaret's first. They had a blast this week and it definitely kept them busy, by the end of the day they were worn out!
I found Isabella in the crowd but had a hard time finding Margaret...
once I spotted her there was no way to get a shot of her. She was just so tiny in this big group! Our church was so energized this afternoon. I always love getting to hear this many kids excited about God and singing songs to praise Him. I pray that little hints of this will stick with my kids forever!


Monday, June 6, 2011

Sleepy Girl

I have been trying to get this little Missy to go from two naps to one and we are just plain wearing her out. My thought is that by doing this we will get out and about in the mornings and just have one long afternoon nap. This is working out fairly well, she does get cranky between 11:30 and 12:30 but she has been going down at 1:00 and not waking until 4 or 4:30.

This is how I found her yesterday.
I was getting lunch made to eat quick before we headed to the pool. She just cuddled up with her sisters and decided to take a nap.
Oh how I love summer:)

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Hospital Hill

We Conquered the Hill!!!

This weekend we met up with good friends and ran the Hospital Hill. It was pretty much brutal, the hills I expected but the heat and humidity were a little much for this early in June. This was Kyle's fourth year running the half marathon and it was my second year running the 10K. I am gearing up to do another half but am really finding it hard to do what I need to as a momma and still have time to get in all of the training that it requires.
We had a great time and can't wait to do it again next year:)