Family Together!!!

Hey, lots of family pictures. My sister Bailey was in town this weekend with her son Kooper. Her husband was going to come but the flights didn't work out so she went home early. Kamden, Carter and I picked up Bailey on Friday morning. That Kooper is so cute. He is such a good baby, lucky Bailey. Friday night we did our favorite thing we picked up $5 pizza's, slurpees and movies. Ryan and I rented the first two disc of the 4th season of 24. We realized we have already seen most of the 4th season. We aren't sure where we left off. Saturday we went out to lunch at Applebee's with Bailey and Kooper. After lunch we headed over to watch Over the Hedge. The kids liked it I thought Ice Age 2 was better. Some of us went shopping for a little while after that and then we had a BBQ at Grandma's house. We had home made ice cream I love that stuff. I had to go home after that I was so tired. Ryan and Cole woke me up at 6:30 on a Sat to go running. So I had to go to bed early. After church today we headed over to my mom's to see Bailey before she left and have dinner but she was already gone. No one decided to let us know she was leaving. It was nice to see Bailey and Kooper. Cole has been sick, we have been drag him around for the last couple of days, he has been really good about it.

Yesterday was so nice. It was the first week night in awhile that no one had anything going on. So we went for a family walk. We love to go for walks as a family. Kamden these last few times as started to ride her bike with Cole while mom and dad push Carter in the stroller. It has been cool all week since last Friday. We got the pool up and running and now it has been cold. The kids ask everyday if they can go swimming. I don't think it is going to get warm here at least not until next week.
Today I went to Cole's class they are learning about the rain forest and the animals that you find there. His teacher had them do this cute hat all the kids were wearing them today.
Ryan was so nice to read to Kamden today. I had already read her about 10 books today and she wouldn't stop asking to read some more. And of course Carter and his bat. We are looking forward to Baliey, Mike and Kooper coming to visit us this weekend.

First Day of Piano!!!

Ryan took this oh so cute picture of Carter sleeping. I think it is so cute when they sleep with there little bottoms in the air. The other really cute picture is of course Cole and his panio teacher. He had his first meeting with his panio teacher today. He will start panio lessons the first week in June. We had told him when he turned 8 he could take lessons. We decided to go ahead and start alittle early. Because he will be starting football, boyscouts and 2nd grade all in the month of September. We didn't want him getting overwhelmed. He is pretty excited about playing. So we will see if he stays excited once he has to start practicing. That is usually the test isn't it.

Cole's last game of the season was canceled. Kamden had tap/ballet last night too. You know it is such a nightmare to take her and Carter to tap/ballet. There are so many other babies there and Carter likes to take every other babies toy. And of course he has picked up hitting now from Kamden. Last night Kamden came out with a sucker and Carter loves suckers so the whole time we are trying to change Kamden's shoes and leave he was on the floor throwing the hugest fit. The waitin room is probably 10x20 if that and has chairs and tables in this waiting area. There are 12 girls in the class with at least one parent and some sibling there. Plus you add 12 girls in the next class with there parents and sibling for the next class. It is a zoo!!! I am glad baseball is over so Ryan can keep Carter. I guess to see her laughing and enjoying it so much makes it worth it.

Busy Saturday!

Hey everyone it was another busy Saturday. I was the mom helper for Kamden's performance on Saturday. She preformed at Mayfest which is down at St. Pat's the church across from Kennewick High. They did two dances but they have to stay through the whole performance and do a final bow at the very end so it takes about an hour and a half. Cole had a baseball game. Ryan says the kids seem to be tired of playing baseball. The played the worst team in the league and lost. They are ready to be done Cole has one more game on Monday. Then after Tap/Ballet and Baseball Cole had a birthday party and the other two took naps. Then we headed over to the softball fields over by the trac for an end of the season baseball party. We had a softball field, jump toy, playground toys and the water park. The kids had a great time. As you can see Cole got his trophey from the three coaches. The picture of Carter is so funny. I keep the bats in the garage and everytime we go or come back from somewhere he grabs a bat and carries it around all day long. If Kamden or anyone tries to take it from him he will scream. We had a fun day even though it was busy.

New Glasses!

Isn't she so beautiful! She was so excited we have been checking the mail everyday. They came in the mail today. The are very thick. She loves that she has new sunglasses! She has been wearing swimsuits everyday since we have put up the pool she wants to be out there all the time in the pool. The glasses are pink with stars on the sides of them.

Hot Weather

Wow, it has been hot! On Thursday I went on a class field trip with Cole to the McNary Wildlife Refuge. It was interesting and I think the kids enjoyed it other than the extremly hot weather. It has been in the high 90's all week. We had a good time. I was a little bummed I wasn't in Cole's group the first half of the day. Some of the girls in Cole's class wanted to be in my group so Cole didn't want to be in my group. Anyway we still had lunch together and were together after lunch.

One of the pictures up there is of Cole at lunch the other is some of the class getting ready for a class picture. The last picture is what we have been doing the last two days. We finally got the pool up on Wednesday and went swimming most of the day on Wednesday and then for a couple of hours on Thursday.

Then Cole had baseball practice and Kamden gymnastics. Cole has two more baseball games one on Saturday and one on Monday then he is done. He will start paino the first of June and of course swim lesson in the middle of June. I can't believe school is almost over for the year.

We are hoping Kamden will have her new glasses today or tomorrow. She is so excited. They are transition glasses which means to her they are sunglasses. She love sunglasses the sun is to bright for her. Will try and get some pictures posted of her in her glasses soon.

Mother's Day!

I hope everyone else had a good Mother's Day. Ryan and Cole made me breakfast in bed and Ryan taught my primary lesson so I could go to Relief Soceity. I only last though the first five minutes of the lesson because of Carter. It was still really nice. We got pictures of the kids with there grandma's on Mother's day. The picture of Carter climbing the slide so cute hah. He just started climbing the slide and turning around and coming down all by himself. Wow, I could not believe my eyes. The other picture of him hiding behind Ryan's leg from the bear on the floor. The bear sings and dances. He likes to dance when it makes noise but when Kamden set it down next to him he didn't like that. The last picutre is of Carter kiss dad when he was shaving. He kissed him a few times then he stoped and really looked at him awhile and wouldn't kiss him again and started to cry. We are taking Kamden to Spokane tomorrow to an pedi eye doctor to check her eyes out.

Carter, Carter his our man!

These are old photos. I thought they were cute and haven't taking any pictures in the last couple of days but we have been very busy. We have been walking and rollerblading at night as a family. I have started jogging/walking or rollerblading. I have been twice so far this week but our family has been out 3 times this week for walks and I walk with a friend 3 times a week. So I am feeling a little better, more energy. Anyway Carter had a one year check a month late. He is 26 1/2 pounds that makes him in the 80% and he is in the 75% for height. I thought he was 100% for weight. He just seems so heavy to me. She said to keep giving him whole milk for his brian development. I had started giving him 2% because I thought he was just to big. I am not use to normal sized children. My kids are so tiny weight wise I guess. He needs two get 4 shoots but we are going to do that at the health department much cheaper that way. Cole had practice last night, Kamden had gymnastics and I had Homemaking. Well they did a mini sewing class. Hey I knew more than I thought I did. That was nice to know and I learned a few new things. They are going to try and have more classes. Our ward is also doing a mommy and me in the park on Wednesdays. Our ward really hasn't taken off like some or the other wards in the stake with the new Relief Society Enrichment. Today Cole's school had a family picnic day. We were all excited even dad came. But when we got to the school there was no one in the yard and they asked us to please hurry inside. We thought maybe because it was so windy. They said the school was in lock down. When we got inside it was a zoo. They were sending all the parents and kids to there classes rooms. Cole's class was getting ready to go down and get lunch but they told them to stay in there class room. So there were all this parents and extra kids and the kids from his class sitting in his class room for 35 minutes. Then they finally let the kids go down to get lunch. So we ate in his room and they sent the other kids out to play. They then had a parent meeting . They told the parents that there were men head to the school with guns and they couldn't find them so they opened the school back up. The police opened it earlier but the school waite another 10 minutes. So we bought Cole home. I didn't feel good about leaving him when they hadn't found the men. I was a little upset they just let all the kids out to play and opened up the school. That dosen't seem very safe for the kids. I am just glad I was there when this was going on. They had a simliar situation about two weekends ago but they caught them. It was on the weekend. The funny thing is we and the school are in a nice area? Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Cheetos!!!!

Cute picture of Carter huh. We had BBQ beef sandwiches and chips for dinner at mom's yesterday. Carter decided he was old enough for chips. The other picture is of Kamden, Carter and Karra. Kara is the kids's cousin. The last pictures is of Kamden at gymnastics last thursday. We had a busy monday again. Ryan said Cole did awesome he hit a triple, double and a single. They only played 4 innings the other time wanted to stop because it was getting late. Kamden is having so much fun at Tap/Ballet they have another big preformance in two weeks. The first one she had only been in Ballet for 2 weeks. So hopefully she will be much imporved this time. They wont be getting there customes until the June performance and they have class pictures in June. I have seen class pictures of the Tap/Ballet class from previous years they are so cute. Hey sisters get with it and keep us updated with your bloggs we want to see those pictures. My kids look forward to see the pictures.

Helmet Head!

We had a fun Saturday. Cole had a baseball game and Ryan had 2 baseball games. We all wore shorts and t-shirts to Cole's game and froze. Grandma and grandpa were really nice and shared their coats and blankets with us. Cole did well. The other teams coach wasn't a very nice coach. Which didn't make it very fun for Ryan and the other coaches. The other team happened to have some friends kid on it. They have been having troubles with the coach all season. The coach doesn't make it to fun for his teams kids. Anyway Ryan's team won 1 and lost 1. He had a good time and is really sore today. We went over the the park and played for a little while with the kids after his games. Later when we came home that night Carter found a fun toy. It was a licorices tub. He had been tossing it around and the next thing we knew he was putting it on his head and walking around. Like he had on a helmet. It was cute but then he started running into things so we had to take it away.

Family Time!

Last night we went and got $5 pizza at Little Ceasar's and Slurpees from 7-11 and hung out in the back yard. We ate dinner and played basketball, tetherball and swings. The kids had a good time. Today we are going to go to Cole's baseball game and Ryan has to games today. So it is baseball all day today.

Jillian's Home!

Well Jillian came into town this week. We didn't get to see her very much. But it was nice that she got to come home. So one of the pictures is Jillian with Kamden and Carter. The other picture is Mom, Jillian and Kamden with the daycare kids. If you don't already know mom watches Kamden and Carter on Thursdays so I can go to Cole's class to help out. Cole's class had a guy sub. It was interesting to watch him with the kids he did good. The other picture is of me. I wanted to show you my new necklaces and earings. But I don't think you can see the earings. A friends family makes jewlery out of semi pericous stone and pearls. So for mothers day and my anniversary this is what I got. Carter, Kamden and I did yard work most of the day yesterday. I got a little sun burned. Luckly I remember to put sunscreen on the kids. They had so much fun we cleaned out our water fountian which is a bucket of water that dumps out. It was such a nice day yesterday. I called today to make an eye appointment for Kamden. Because since Saturday she has been crossing her eyes. It seems to be getting worse. They don't have a pedis eye doctor here so we have to take her to Spokane. They can't get her in until the 15th. I was hoping they would be able to get her in sooner. I guess that will have to work. Hope everyone is well.

Jillian's Home!

Reading Time

Isn't this so cute. Cole brings home a couple of books a day to read to us. Most of the time Kamden likes to listen to Cole read. It is so cute to watch. Mondays are hard to get everything done. Cole gets home at around 4 pm we have to eat and we all leave around 5 and don't get home from Cole's baseball game and tap ballet until 7:30 or later. Then we still have to work on Cole's homework and do all the bedtime stuff. They never seem to be in bed by 8pm on Monday's. Needless to say we have to do family home evenings on Sunday's. I know not good but at least we have family home evening isn't that what counts. Tonight Kamden's finger got slammed in the garage door. I am shocked that it didn't break or cut it clean off as hard as the door closes. Cole was helping her get it unstuck and he got his caught in the door. This is going to be a long week for us. Ryan is gone to LaGrand and Seattle this week. He should be home friday. I don't like it when he is gone. He is so helpful at bedtime and I am so burned out by then. Plus it just breaks up the routine.