Samantha's Flower garden

 

The other day the kids were out riding bikes and I decided I was sick of just sitting there watching them. So I decided I would be a kid again, Taylor and I used to always draw flowers and so I thought I would draw samantha a garden. Then Sami wanted me to draw her, I am not a very good artist so we traced her.

Syd's 1st day of school

 

 

Sydney started school last tuesday, she loves it. Her first comment when she came home was that her teacher is so funny. She said that they can even laugh in class. Sydney is going to love first grade.

Digital Scrapbooking

So I have been doing my primary newsletters with all my digital scrapbooking stuff, and I decided that maybe I should actually scrapbook more. It really is a lot of fun. I don't have a lot of room to get out all my real scrapbook stuff so this is a great way to do it instead. Plus it is free always a plus..

My Baby is not such a baby anymore

We put Hadyn in a forward facing carseat this week. She absolutely loved it, she giggled for the first 10 min. Jake was driving and I kept looking back and she would laugh at me. Oh I love this little girl she is such a good baby. She will always be my baby wether she likes it or not.

Welcome home Syd

The kids were so excited for Sydney to get home, we had to make her a sign.
Sami and Stockton were on cloud nine when she got home. Stockton told her that he will never fight with her again, that lasted all of about 5 minutes. We are glad to have you home Syd!!

The Beach

We took the kids to the Lake the other day, they loved it. Hadyn sat in her stroller watching the birds, she loves to watch birds it is so cute. I sat on the beach and watched it was kind of breezy and I was cold (imagine that) just sitting there. The kids did not seem to mind they were just in heaven in the water.

Kids fest

I took the kids to the mall on saturday just to get something and what would you know they were having kids fest. I told the kids we would go, they saw free face painting and they wanted to do that first. Well after the hour and 1/2 wait they decided that was enough of the kid fest. Sami was in Heaven with her princess flowers and Stockton thought he was pretty cool with his ball and bat. Sami was very sad to wash it off, she asked me if I could paint it on her arm everyday. Please tell me this is not the first signs of her wanting a tatoo.

Hadyn Drinking

Daddy always likes to share his drinks with Hadyn but this time he did not mean to share. He put his drink in Hadyn's stroller for two seconds to help one of the other kids with something and she grabbed the drink and attempted to drink it. She poured it all over herself. It was so funny we decided to let her do it again and record it.

We have decided that diet Dr. Pepper is her favorite.

We miss you Syd

Sydney has been in Utah for a while now and we all miss her. Sami hates to go to bed at night because she wants Syd to be in there with her. Stockton even misses her and they fight like cats and dogs all the time. I miss you Syd, you are such a good little helper and I love you so much.. Can't wait until you come home next week..

Sharon Woods park

Yesterday we took the kids to the park. First we went on a walk through the woods, Sami was afraid because she thought there would be bears. We kept telling her there was not any bears in the trees, but she was not buying it. Then we went over to the playground, where we were for sure the minority. The kids do not even seem to notice.

Learning to Ride

We decided to take Stockton's training wheels off, we ran behind him once or twice and then Jake taught him how to use the curb. He was getting cocky so Jake dared him to go off the curb. I said no and the next thing I saw was him jumping the curb. He really loved it, and he is very proud of himself!!!

Slipping and Sliding

The slip-n-slides these days are pathetic. We had to make some slight modifications to make it a little better.

Hadyn Hiding

 

 

 

I came downstairs and freaked out because I couldn't see Hadyn. I asked Jake where she was and he said "I'm pretty sure she is somewhere within 3 feet of me, I can hear her."

This is where she was.

Bruised Hadyn

 

 

 

Hadyn started crawling about 4-5 weeks ago, her new obsession is standing up. This is how we found her today, we were in the room and didn't even hear her get up there. The bruises on her face are starting to add up.

Gahanna Fireworks

 

 

 

 

After our pathetic backyard fireworks, we decided to go to the city firework show. It was actually really good.

Our Firework Show

We bought one of those cheap fireworks packages from the grocery store. At first we thought they were defective because all they did was make a lot of smoke. After reading the names and looking on the internet, it turns out that is all you can get in Ohio. Sami was disgusted by all the smoke as you can tell by the pictures. We were forced to use sparklers for the grand finale.

Flying Home

The pilot let the kids come up in the cockpit between flights in Chicago. Stockton has since decided he wants to be a pilot.

Mexico Vacation

Mexico here we come

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