Play Day

Thursday I decided that I would have have some of my friends bring their kids by for a play day at our house giving the Mom's a chance to run and errand or two without all their kids.  It was fun, we made mini pizzas for lunch and then the kids went crazy, watched a movie, played some hangman and ate cookies and ice cream. 

iPhone Recap

For all the times I forget to bring the big camera!

Rebecca

A friend pointed out to me the other day that my little Rebecca has been looking much more grown up lately and I couldn't agree more.  I can especially tell in pictures I take of her, she is just looking older and also taking better pictures.

Summer Break Kickoff!

Ever since the weather got warm  three little girls begging to go swim at the M Resort.  I promised that on the last day of school we would finally go.  It was a really fun way to start the summer.  The kids swam and played their little hearts out while I got to relax and chat with my friend.  The highlight would probably be getting the kids Shirley temples to drink which they remembered their Aunt Lezlie getting them last year.  By the time we left my kids were exhausted and cranky but that is the plan this summer, to get them nice and tired so bedtime is a breeze.  Can't wait to head back!

Kindergarten Graduation

We survived and conquered Kindergarten.  Alexis and Rebecca have learned so much all year long thanks to their awesome teacher Ms. Mull.  The girls are already missing her and their class helper Mrs. Same.  They have been so good to my girls all year long they will surely be missed! 

Everyone there to support their sisters!

Adorable Alexis

Beautiful Becca

Celebrations included songs and treats, we had lots of fun!

Sweet Sleeping Baby

A sleeping baby is one of my favorite things in the world.  I love how sweet their faces look when they are safe away in dreamland.  I love getting close enough to hear their slow and peaceful breathing.  I could watch them sleep for hours if there was enough time in the day!  Natalie is approaching two and the opportunities to call her my baby are quickly slipping away, I must capture it and save it for when I have no more babies to call my own. 

Field Day 2012

After being postponed twice due to wind advisories Mark Fine Field Day 2012 was finally held on the hottest day we have had this year.  Thank goodness there was plenty of water activities to keep the kids cool.  What a fun day getting to watch Maile participate with her goofy little class.  Hands down elementary teachers are the most courageous and patient people on the planet, I could so not handle 21 of those stinkers day in and day out!  Regardless, I still enjoy spending time watching Maile interact with her friends and today was a great day to see how she has progressed throughout the year.

Some of Maile's friends.

Flashing her underwear!

Maile trying to catch water in a bucket.

Drinking some much needed water.

Team relay, too cute seeing them work together.

I love how happy this girl is to have me there, soon enough she will be too cool for me!

Love this girl and love this smile, just makes me happy!

Daddy Time

The kids and I go swimming all the time in the summer.  Daddy is always working and always misses out of the fun so when he can make it the kids are pretty darn excited!  I am pretty stoked too, it gives me a second pair of eyes and they don't beg me to get in and play, I can just be on the side where I like it best!

Love Zach's summer buzz, kinda hot if ya ask me!

The girls are getting swim lessons this summer, I have slacked with them so hopefully the water wings will be gone by the end of the summer!

Rebecca still shouldn't get water in her ears, so she stole Natalie's boat. Her skinny butt is a perfect fit!

Big brothers at the pool are an added bonus!

School Carnival

The girls school had their annual end of year carnival a few weeks ago, it was a Hawaiian themed carnival so my girls fit right in!

 

Two seconds after this picture I was cleaning up that smoothie off the ground.

Can't believe Kindergarten is almost over for them!

Surgery in the morning, carnival in the afternoon.  Pretty productive day!

More Tubes

We have noticed for some time now that it seemed as if Rebecca couldn't always hear when we were talking to her and she always wanted the TV volume blasting. Not only was she having trouble hearing but she was also suffering from chronic ear infections.  With all that was going on with her I finally asked her ped for a referral to the ENT.  Our appointment was a Thursday afternoon and Dr. Ng was shocked at how bad her ears were.  Literally one of her eardrums was "deflated" and laying against a bone in her ear canal and the other ear had an extreme amount of fluid on it.  He scheduled her surgery for the very next day.  Dr. Ng warned us that if it wasn't taken care of she could loose hearing in the ear that was worse.  Yikes!  Not to mention he said her hard of hearing was probably because all the fluid on her ears, the fluid would make it seem like she was underwater.  Poor baby, I wish I knew sooner!  Anyhow, Friday morning tubes went in, eardrum was inflated and Rebecca claims she is hearing better.  I am looking forward to her post opp appointment to make sure everything is going well. She was a trooper and only wanted Daddy!

This was from her first surgery for her cleft palate and ear tubes...two things haven't changed, her love for Daddy...

and her love for her Doggies!

My Beautiful Friend

 This is my stunning friend Molly and her two adorable blue eyed boys.  I took this little mini photo shoot to fulfill my final project for a beginner photography class at CSN.  I knew I would get some good shots with this little family, and I was not disappointed, what good little models they were.  These are the 10 I am going to turn in, thank you Molly for letting me have some fun with you and your sweet boys!

Our Teenager

Well it's official.  We have a teenager to call our own.  Yes,  Zachary turned 13 on May 8th.  It is really hard to believe that he is not a little boy anymore!  For his birthday I took him and two of his friends out to dinner at the California Pizza Kitchen and then when Daddy finally got off work he took the boys to see the Avengers.  It was fun just me and 8 kids out to dinner and Zachary has good friends who are nice to have around.  They even are sweet to my silly little girls who like to bug them.  I wish I remembered my good camera but I didn't, it was a crazy day so all I have are iPhone pics.  Oh well next time. 

My Honey

Feeling pretty lucky today to call this guy my husband.