First Day Back to School

The love of two siblings.

My Makenna looks like a little lady.

Love that cheesy smile!

The day has come! The kids weren't too excited about posing for their "Back to School" pictures. But we've done it every year and we will continue every year.

Makenna was nervous about her first day. She always is until she meets her new teacher. Berek said he was okay, but once we were there and waiting to go it, he seemed a bit nervous. They both loved their teachers. Makenna is in 3rd grade and has Mrs. Chapman, Berek is in 5th grade and has Mr. Rutherford. He is happy because not only is his teacher a boy but he also doesn't believe in homework. What kid wouldn't love that.

Their day seemed to go well, they were happy when I picked them up. The house was a bit quiet without them, I guess you could say I miss having them here. It is crazy during the summer and all I want is just one day of quiet, then when their gone, I miss their voices. They are my little buddies. I love them!!!

Bailey 1st Birthday (Cont)

Sorry there is only a song playing for this video. This is the only way I was able to load her video, and when it did, there was no sound so we put a song in instead. So here is Bailey eating her birthday cake. If you click on the pictures around it they will move to the center so you can get a bigger picture.

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Bailey's 1st Birthday

Saturday, August 18 was Bailey's first birthday. It was an exciting and a sad moment for mom. She is my baby, still is but now we don't say she's 6 mo, 8 mo, no, she is 1 yr old now. She is doing so many things and has such a funny sense of humor, she really doesn't act like a baby anymore.
Bailey has and is such a joy. Every day she wakes up with a smile and is so happy to see the world. She has been our happiest baby. So easy going and willing to go and be happy wherever we end up taking her. She loves everyone and has the best juicy kisses anyone has ever had.
Now about her party. It was FUN. We had a BBQ and invited some of our good friends and awesome neighbors (our adopted family). We had hotdogs, sausages, and burgers and of course all the extras you need. Her cake was made by Sue Amparan, and she makes some yummy cakes! The other cake came from Costco, need I say more? She was spoiled to death with all the presents she got and everyone of them were great. All of our baby toys were given away after Tayler grew out of them so there wasn't much for Bailey, now she has plenty to play with. It was great and she loved every minute of it. Thank you everyone who remembered her on her birthday and that came to our little party, you made the day wonderful!

Here's a picture of Bailey with her favorite birthday present. This is the one thing that she has that she is very protective of. If anyone else touches it or tries to ride it, she screams!

What's up??

It's been a whole week and I haven't written anything. Crazy!! Berek started football last week. He practices Mon, Tues, & Thurs and has games on Saturday. He loves it. He is the biggest kid on his team (imagine that). I still need to post about Bailey's birthday. It was so fun and she was so cute. I don't want to say much or it will ruin my next post. School starts on Tues, Aug 28. We got all the kids supplies last week and of course a few new outfits for the first couple days. I don't know if their excited or bummed out. I'm sure they all want to see their friends but they have also had a real fun summer. Makenna is wakeboarding now. She does great, and her smile is awesome to see. It just doesn't go away. She's a cutie. Well hopefully this gives you all a little idea of what's up with us. Check back soon for Bailey's birthday.

"1" and "4"

Wow! August is half over and school is in 1 1/2 weeks. The summer has flown by so fast, it seems we just started our break. Bailey's 1st birthday is in 2 days. I can't believe she is going to be a year old. I can't believe the year...it has flown by. My kids are growing up fast. Tayler doesn't quit talking about how she is 4 and what a big number that is. She says she is 4 and can touch in the 3 spot in the pool!!! That is a big deal to her.
I decided instead of taking the kids in for pictures this year, I would give it a shot and do it myself. I'm figuring (or trying to) out what all this camera does. So here is a few of the shots I took of my soon to be year old and my ancient 4 year old.

The Boat Trip

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I finally got some pictures of me wakeboarding. I was so happy when I fianlly figured it out. Thanks to Lee Ann. She is always good to bring her camera places, plus she takes awesome pictures. We've learned how to launched the tube real good. So here is our most recent trip. ENJOY.........