Swing Time

Wes and Reagan made this swing in the front yard this fall. It's a long rope swing with 2 bucket lids for a seat. The second Wes gets home from school the kids are asking him to swing them on the swing. Jack's been on with a little help but Rea and Dyl LOVE it! Fun Stuff :-)

One more Swim Pleeeeease

Wes took the boys to the beach to throw rocks and run around in the sand. It starts getting cold here around mid September so really not swimming weather anymore. Life guards have been gone for weeks and not many people want to get in the water especially with the cold air and wind around them. But that didn't stop Dylan and Jack! When Wes told them they were going to the beach Jack put on his swim suite and was ready to go, no reasoning with him, no changing his mind. Off they went and they came home wet and cold, but very happy. Wes thought they'd figure out how cold it was and quit, but he had to talk them into getting out of the water and going home. It was the last swim of the season, glad it wasn't me looks cold!

Kick Ball and Sprinklers

Dylan got to play kickball this last summer. Our good friend Justin was the coach of his sons team and had extra room for Dylan. I will say it wasn't his favorite but he could kick the ball pretty good and got around the bases a few times during the season. It was good for him to get out and try a field sport. Thanks Justin for being a fantastic coach and Max for teaching Dylan the "ready to field the ball" stance :-)

We don't have a fantastic backyard here but we do have some grass and a tree with a rope tied to it. The following video is long and will probably only be appreciated by Grandparents but I thought why not post some summer sprinkler fun! Ignore the Mom'izums please ;-)

We LOVE Summertime!!!

Schools Out for Summer!!! I don't know who was more excited me or the Kids!

Happy Fathers Day Daddy! You're the BEST!

We had a Really Great 4th of July with Awesome Friends!

Gymnastics and Friends :-)

As you can see below the kids did a Gymnastics class this spring. The older 2 had classes one right after the other, so I was there for at least 2 hours on the hard gym floor ..... ouch! Sometimes 3 hours if the coach invited Reagan to stay for the last class to work on her back handspring! I am so glad Micah was there with her girls for at least an hour of that, sometimes longer if we got to chatting :-)

The kids LOVED these classes and Dylan was more then thrilled to have Tayla in class with him! They are such great friends, never fight always have fun together and are sad to go home! Good friends are priceless!

Reagan had a great time learning new things and getting really close to doing a back handspring! We are going to find another one in the fall so watch out she may be bouncing by soon enough. The question is will Jack just watch this fall or do I need to find a class for him too? These kids are going to wear me out! Good thing they are worth it :-)

I am into these collage things lately. Click on them if you want to enlarge them.

Mothers Day

I love that my kids are older and acutely get the Mothers Day concept a little better meaning Mom does as little housework as possible on Mothers Day :-) It was such a nice relaxing day for me and as I say to my kids all the time .... "I am SO lucky to be their Mommy!" They made me gifts and pictures that I love and will hold onto forever! They are each so different and unique and I really am blessed to have great kids! Happy Mothers Day!
We went to go throw rocks on the beach that evening and I had to include the cute pictures of my cute kids :-)

This Box ROCKS

The kids wanted me to post pictures of this fun gift they got in the mail from their Mona cousins! There was a TON of jumping and screaming when this box showed up just after Christmas, I heard things like ..... "look at that it's so cool ...... it has my name on it, and yours and yours and yours and Daddy's ..... how are we going to open it? ..... who's it from ..... I can't take it, what's inside" You get the idea, Christmas all over again :-) Thanks Stacy and kids for sending us such a fun box with cute monogrammed blankets for the kids inside!

Love you guys!

Christmas 2009 ... Small and Quiet ..... Just Right!

It has been a Year now that we've been here in PA! I can't believe how fast the time has gone since we left our little Oasis in the desert! This is our second Christmas in our "little white house in Pennsylvania" and it has been great. We had a crazy couple of weeks before Christmas with Wes finishing finals, and me trying to get some shopping done without the kids! Once things settled down a little we got to wrapping, singing and enjoying the Christmas Season.

The Kids got WAY to much stuff thanks to their Grandparents who mailed packages that filled up all our tree space! Santa was also good to them and they had a fun day playing with their new games and toys. It was a nice and quiet Christmas just with our little family. I am grateful for the long list of gifts and blessings we receive from the Lord everyday! Christmas is my favorite!

Hope you all had a very Happy Christmas.