Thursday, May 21, 2009

Elementary school days almost gone:(





Here are some old pictures of my baby turned almost junior higher!

I think last night was the beginning of a week of tears to come. Last night was the last elemantary open house I will attend for one of our kids and next week is Alex's last week of elementary school. Although I mostly have happy tears, some are sad ones too. Sad, because my babies are growing up way too fast. Everyone tells you this is going to happen. I remember hearing "enjoy it while you can" all the time.At the time they tell you that, life doesn't feel like it's speeding by. I think something happened around mid elementary school....time went into fast forward mode and since then it has felt like the days and months and years are blazing past me. It's not so much that I want to go back, but rather that I wish I could push "pause".

So, Alex proudly showed us his work last night, and as I was watching him show me his papers, I looked at him and it hit me...Elementary school is days from being over. WOW! Alex has been privileged to attend 7 1/2 years at Boulder Creek. 1 1/2 of preschool before the big K started and all the rest of it too. It has been a fun ride. From watching him play basketball and soccer as a bear to hearing his speech for president, BC has been a fun place for him and I'm sure he'll have memories for years to come.
Ready or not, life moves on with you in the throws of it. He is growing up right before my eyes and becoming such a special young man. This year he has become so much more independent; from school work, to asking to cook for himself, to thinking girls are not so bad...etc.

I'm trying to be excited for Alex and the new stage of life that it seems we have been thrown into these past few months, and I am. But last night as I tucked in my sleeping babies, I prayed that God would slow it all down, just a little, maybe even a lot!

Being a mom is the best thing that's ever happened in my life! It has been the greatest privilege, pleasure and challenge. I know that God will bless and direct these next years...so here we go, in one week all three kids will officially be in junior high!

Sunday, May 03, 2009

A few of Alex



Since the last couple of posts have mostly been about the twins, here is a post for Alex. He wasn't feeling all that great this weekend, so I'm not sure that yesterday was all that much fun for him, but today he had a few smiles.

The BIRTHDAY HOMERUN!!!

baseball on the birthday

Michael and Alex played again this morning. It was more dry then yesterday, so that made it more fun. Michael got a cool birthday present - A HOMERUN! So here are some slides of it. The first slide is actually of Michael stealing home and the second one is of the homerun!

Have you ever seen a nun baby?


So after rainy baseball, a wet, muddy, lucky to be alive dog and prom pictures, I needed to turn my daughter and her friend into nun's. Allie and Ali are partners for a school project in which they needed to come up with a medieval costume. Allie and Ali had decided on the nun outfit. Since I only had one black sheet we decided to make costumes for their dolls. What I didn't know is that sewing on a small scale is acutally harder. Needless to say Allie and Ali definitely have the "tack stitch" down cold. So Allie's american dolls know have a nun outfit to add to their wardrobe closet, and hopefully their teacher will appreciate our creativity and be ok with smaller costumes! What a strange day!

There was almost a dog murder!





Yesterday was a craaaazy day! The boys have played in a tournament all weekend again, and there was a monsoon in Redding yesterday. I finally took Allie and left because I couldn't handle watching my boys get so soaked. I wanted to call the game myself...but they don't call the games unless there's thunder, so they played baseball in the pouring rain for 10 hours-crazy! When I got home I had a half hour before needing to go take some prom pictures for a friend. We let Cooper out to go potty and forgot he was out there, this is what I found after 10 minutes! A very happy, lucky he's still alive dog. It took 7 towels just to make a train of covering accross the floor, my bath looked like a mud puddle and if it weren't so funny I would have been crying. Now, my bathroom is spotless, due to the bottle of bleach cleaner Pete used on it for an hour! What to do!!!

Saturday, May 02, 2009

The AMAZING RACE BIRTHDAY party!

Last night was one of the most fun nights I've had as a parent; Mostly because I know it was one of the most fun nights Michael and Allie have ever had. It was so cool to watch them with their friends! We had an "amazing race" 13Th birthday surprise party. We started at our church parking lot and then it went something like,,,crossword puzzle, gathering food prices on certain items at winco, counting tables at the food court in the mall, having to eat an entire pizza and then coming up with a cheer to perform at one of the main intersections in town....all that to say, it was a crazy, fun night. Imagine 3 groups of 19 just teenagers running around town. I knew the kids would have fun, but I had no idea they would get "so into it"! We couldn't have done it without our wonderful friends and family who drove them, and helped man all the "road blocks". It was so fun to hide the clues and go around town arranging everything. Alex was quite a trooper at keeping the surprise and helping me out by stuffing the envelopes and getting it all organized. A big thank you to Jenny and Kevin, Trish and Dave, John, Angie, Josh and Johnny, Daralane, and Mary!!! Couldn't have done it without all your help.
After the race they all devoured a sundae bar, played charades, murder and musical chairs at a very cooperative ice cream parlor, and then it was time to go home.
A full heart, full of memories is what Pete and I have. Can you believe our babies are going to be 13 tomorrow? Where does time go? I am so blessed to have 2 young adults who love God and have filled their lives with friends who are the same. Blessed!
Oh and if your wondering who the winning team was??? The only ALL girl team won. They weren't the fastest, but they were the only group that read all the directions on their clues; they had to end up at the finish line with a couple of things they were to collect on the way, and they were the only team to get it all. Yeah, here we go teenager years!