T-Ball

What could be more fun than being on the same team as your big brother?? Oh yes, being on the same team as your big brother and your cousin!! Robby loves t-ball, he loves to go after the ball, he loves to bat,and he loves being cheered for and is always looking for a thumbs up after he does anything. Basically he is really into baseball. Then after Jessy begged me to let her play( she didn't want to be the cheerleader any more). So I have had 3 kids go through t-ball and I have never had one quite like her. She doesn't want to bat you have to remind her to run and after all that fun she goes out in the field and dumps handfuls of dirt on herself.

The season is almost over and she still cannot run the bases in the right order. The first couple of games she walked around the bases just like Eeyore. We finally got her to jog and she flaps her arms like she is a bird. I'm telling you this girl walks or jogs to her own drummer and he is playing the slowest march ever!!

At least she's cute and you get to enjoy that as she takes a year to get around the bases. I am looking forward to the end of the season. I usually need a year to get excited again but once it rolls around I can hardly wait.

Spring Break At Grandma's

We had so much fun during spring break. I decided to take the kids up to Idaho for a quick visit. We started out by going to Uncle Andy's house for a day and spending time with his family which includes his goats, chickens, and the new puppies. This was really for Nick, he absolutely loves going to Uncle Andy's. He was so excited to feed the baby goats from a bottle and of course get to hold one of the baby chicks. I think he was most excited that Uncle Andy told him that one of the chicks could be his. He can hardly wait to go back and visit his chicky.

We also went to the river and fed the ducks. This is always one of the favorite things to do. Nicky was excited to finally get some of the geese to take the bread right out of his hand. Then we had a picnic, the first one of the season and man they were so excited. After the picnic the kids did a little bit of exploring and they love to do that.

They can hardly wait to go back to grandma's house this summer.

The pictures of Jessy loving on her brother make me laugh because those two have such a cute little bond. Robby is a very protective older brother ( I know what that is like) and does not like to see anything hurt his sister. However, there are the times when he just has to tease her and you can see it in his eyes when that time gets close. They really crack me up!

Pinewood Derby

We had our pinewood derby the last night and I still have a hard time believing that we can get through it in less than an hour. I guess that is what happens when you have a total of eight boys. Nicholas had a good time and really enjoyed the making of and choosing of which lego guy to put in his car (the storm trooper won this year), and of course the racing of the cars, even if he was really tired. It is hard for me to believe that he is just cruising through scouts and really enjoying it. Seriously who wouldn't when you have the best den leader ever ( that would be me). I started in wolfs when we first moved here and now all the boys I started with are going in Young Mens this year. I can not believe how fast the time has gone. I guess before I know it Nick will be that old also. Where does the time go?? Anyway, The pinewood derby was a huge success and I even got the patches and arrows sewn on. It was an all around good day.

Aeryka's Birthday Party

Aeryka turned 8. We did the usual for her birthday. We took her and some of her friends sledding. Hurray for winter birthdays. She wanted donuts and wassail instead of cake. On their birthday the kids get to choose what they want for dinner and Aeryka knew exactly what she wanted, Christmas ham, homemade macaroni and cheese, rolls, applesauce, and fruit cocktail. We decided to take her out for her birthday and she chose to go to Cracker Barrel because she is able to order breakfast all day. She loves pancakes and eggs.

Aeryka is an amazing sister to all the kids but most especially to Nicky. She gets very upset if someone is picking on Nicky and let's him play with her and her friends at school. She chose to be baptized and was very excited to plan the program that she wanted (more to come on the baptism soon).

Ron and I decided for her birthday to let her take gymnastics, which she loves!! She is loving achievement days and looks forward to the next one each time. She is in 2nd grade and loves going to school and playing with her friends. She is so excited that she is slightly taller than Robby. We are so glad that this little sweetheart is in our family.

Field Trip

So for preschool Jessy's class earned money and then went to the dollar store and to visit Santa. This is her standing in the line by herself trying to be brave. She was trying to convince herself that she would go sit on his lap all morning. Obviously there are no picture of her on Santa's lap. I have yet to get one of my kids with him without a fight. So I decided it wasn't worth the trauma. Which is what it ends up being at our house.

I do love the I am out of here picture. She really cracks me up.

New Moon

Yes, I know it has been a while. This was such a fun night. Ron's work had a contest to get tickets to see New Moon. All you had to do was put your name in and hope that you get tickets to go see it at seven instead of midnight. Guess what we got some tickets. It was awesome we each got a ticket and as an added bonus we each got a free large popcorn and soda. There was security from the movie studio and we were not allowed to have cell phones on. I liked this movie better than Twighlight, but nothing beats the books. Just my opinion. I did love going to see a movie for free and not having to wait because there is no way I would go at midnight.

Robby's Birthday

So Robby celebrated his birthday on Halloween this year. He wanted to have his friends wear their costumes and bob for apples. Those were his two requirements oh and a spider cake. So we decided to do the hanging donut game, paint pumpkins(from uncle Andy), and bob for apples. Robby had so much fun and he was so excited because it was his first birthday that he was able to invite some friends.

I am so thankful for Robby. He is a little comic relief in our family. He loves to laugh and make other people laugh as long as you are not laughing at him. He is as big as Aeryka and I have been asked several times if they are twins. He loves Star Wars and any super hero. He loves Davy Crockett, Robin Hood, legos, and gamecube. He loves to run and will run all the way to school. He also loves learning to read. I don't have to ask him to practice at all. He is so excited to be reading level books. Loves kindergarten and is so excited to go each day. We are so lucky that Robby was sent to our family. We are thankful each day for him.