Kate's Party

We got to have a fun day celebrating Kate. She got ready for her party with sister bath time while Caly and Hobbes looked on. Then we headed to Rockin' Jump (a tramponline park for some play time with 8 kiddos total, 4 of Kate's friends and 2 of Lucy's), after enjoying our jump time we then brought everyone back to our house for cake, ice cream and presents. It was great and Kate had a wonderful time!

The girls enjoy their baths and the 'kittens' are very intrigued.

Trying out the fun things at the jumping place

In the back left Lucy is with her two friends, Then the front 5 kiddos (3 on left and 2 on right) are from Kate's party, the other kiddos are just a few who were in the pit at the time.

Dessert time

Make a wish!

Presents!

Kate's Birthday

We had a wonderful, and busy day celebrating Kate. It was soccer game day (and we had an early game) so we started early with a new Kate tradition of getting pumpkin pie for breakfast (partly because I need an excuse to buy my first Costco pumpkin pie of the season). Then we headed out to soccer games for L and J and found our way back home for a somewhat lazy afternoon before going out to dinner (Spaghetti Factory - Kate's choice). The only downside was when we got to the restaurant we had to make a detour to urgent care to get Jaydon's finger looked at from a soccer injury earlier that day. He wound up with a small fracture in his right index finger.

Now about Kate! She is so full of personality. She has these facial expressions that are hilarious, her voice and inflection are super cute and she is good at making people laugh. We often get questions on if it is hard to discipline her because she comes off as angelic but also somewhat devious in her ability to give you a look that may let her get out of anything. She is loving being in T-K this year and going to school every afternoon (11-2:35) at the same school as big brother and sister. She loves to volunteer answers and can definitely be a bit of a bossy pants. She is still doing gymnastics and looks forward to doing dance this spring and starting some other sports in the fall (though managing all three of their schedules will be a challenge). Kate loves coloring and doing art projects, she also enjoys playing with horses and dolls. She gives some of the best healing kisses for boo-boos and is still a snuggler. She brings a lot of energy and joy into our lives.

 Happy with her dinner at the spaghetti factory!

And...Jaydon's swollen finger. Probably should be its own post but oh well.

Jaydon is the big 1-0 !

Guess who is 10!! Wow, we now have a kiddo in double digits...where does the time go? We had a great time celebrating Jaydon at a pool, soccer and basketball party (our clubhouse has the pool with a basketball court and field for soccer attached to it - perfect)! He had a great time playing with friends and enjoying being 10!

Jaydon still loves math, he is getting into reading some great books, he plays piano, soccer, basketball, baseball and football. He made honor roll at school. He enjoys games with his family, cribbage and chess are current favorites (he crushes me in chess, thank goodness his Dad can still beat him and keep him thinking). He can push the limits at times and can still pick on his sisters (does that ever end...). We sure love him and hope he has another fabulous year!

Jumble of July

Some random July pics

Hobbes is a menace, this is where he stands when Lily is trying to eat her food right in front of him. He then bats at her so she will leave and he can eat her food. We have had to quarantine him during meal times for her!

I got the kids in private swim lessons at our clubhouse pool. It has been great! Above is Jaydon floating on his back, next pic is Lucy with her teacher Diego, third is Kate working on stroking around a noodle and the bottom is Lucy and Kate getting started.

Jeremy and I took advantage of Parent's Night Out at our gym and dropped off the kids so we could have a nice anniversary dinner in Old Town. When we were wandering around after we came across this amazing shop and I couldn't pass up a pic of my soon to be 40 year old!

Taking Dad out to ice cream to celebrate his big 4-0! Happy Birthday Babe!

Granny and Papa came down and we got to spend two days together showing them around our town. We hit the water slides one day and these pics were taken there.

April Activities

I spoiled myself this April. A friend from my old school (teaching) asked me to come up and sub for her for a two day job. I decided to treat myself to a trip up there and I taught, spent time with my mom and Nancy, saw a few good friends and got to have a girls night out at a show! It was amazing!

We got to enjoy a few different birthday parties!

Serena was moving away to TX but we are sure thankful we got to know her and spend some time together this school year.

Both of my Grandma's were such special wonderful women and my Grandma Lahti would have turned 100 so in her memory we had peanut butter on a spoon with chocolate chips! Miss you Grandma!

 Sunny, warm days are starting. Not quite pool weather but close so the kids got their suits on and we blew up our little boat and they created a mini pool

While everyone else is out, Jaydon was checking on the Mariners!

 Grandpa came for a quick weekend trip and played a little 4 square (or 3 square as the case may be)

Picnic time with M and M

Kate worked hard to build this whole house set of furniture

The girls (with Mia our neighbor) playing house boat

Jaydon won a friendship award at school

 Kate's caterpillar/butterfly art above and Lucy's silhouette project below.