Random Stuff

August has been a busy month at our house! Here are a few things that have happened:

The girls had a pretend tea party in the kitchen.Brooke "eating" her water at the pretend tea party Carli had some dental work done at the hospital. She is not tolerant of the dentist doing work in his office so we had to take drastic measures. She did great, but it was a rough time for her. Here she is all snug in the wagon going back to the car after her procedure. Her dentist was so sweet and brought her a cute stuffed animal for her to snuggle with.

Carli and her great little friend had a blast dressing up when she came to play the day after Carli's hospital experience. They put on a great show dancing to the "Enchanted" soundtrack. Aren't they adorable?!

Brandon is playing percussion this year in 6th grade. He loves it! He received his supplies at band camp and went to town practicing!

I'm slowly working my way through my hundreds of photos from our summer. Hope to have some more posted soon!

First Day of School!

Brandon and Kate eating their breakfast. They are about ready to head out to catch the bus!

Kate is starting 5th grade. I can't believe how grown up she is! Holding up her "5." Such a cutie!

Brandon starts 6th grade today. Here he is, silly as ever. ;) Handsome guy, too!

The big intermediate schoolers
Megan is a big 3rd grader today! Wow! I thought she looked so beautiful in her new dress.Holding up her big "3"Now I am back to having 2 little ones at home. Carli will start preschool in a few weeks, but for now it's just me and my babies. :)

Wow...

You'd think I'd have tons of time over the summer to blog...guess not. I have sooooooo many photos to go through and I hate blogging about things with the pictures to go with it! The kiddos are back in school next week and I'll only have the two little ones home so that means I should have lots of time, right? :) Ha! I will try, though.

We had a fabulous summer and there's so much to blog about--Disneyworld, Megan's baptism, visits from grandparents, Utah, Colorado, fun with friends, and I didn't even blog about the end of school last spring so I have lots of catching up to do. Wish me luck!!!

Camp Grady Spruce

Kate had the opportunity to go to 4th grade camp a couple weeks ago with all of the other 4th graders at her elementary school. Brandon went last year and had a blast so Kate has been looking forward to it all year long. We packed all her gear, clothes, and bedding and she was off! Here she is with Megan, Carli, and our neighbor, Kailee, who we take to school with us.

Weird picture of me with her, Brooke, and Carli. Sheesh, I look awful.Kate and her friend, Gabby
Goodbye hug from DaddyKate and some girls in her class. Emily, on the far left, is one of her bffs.It was a quiet week without Kate around. We missed her gorgeous smile and contageous laugh, but I do have to admit there was quite a bit less arguing and fighting that week. ;)

Friday afternoon it was time to pick her up! We made little signs to welcome her home.Megan and her sign . She was very proud of it. :) She did a great job.
Carli and "my"/her signHere come the buses!and she was home!Happy sisters...

She had an awesome time. She learned a ton, had a ton of fun, ate a ton of food, and missed home a ton, too. ;) She rode a horse named "Charlie." She had been looking forward to the horseback riding the most. She can't wait to ride again! I believe it was as fun and successful week for Kate and she will always remember her week at Camp Grady Spruce.

The next Monday she got her braces on and her expander in...another adventure begins! Post coming soon...

Photo of the Day

I need to try to post at least a photo a day so I don't stay so far behind on posting. We had fun outside last night and Brooke had a blast playing with the neighbor's dog. Here's an image I caught that was perfect for how she felt. She LOVED being so close to this sweet dog!

Budding Artist

We were so excited to learn that Megan had a painting put in the Keller ISD art show! I just love her painting and am so proud of her! She was thrilled, too! She is growing into such a beautiful and talented young lady. She is finishing 2nd grade and can't wait to be in 3rd next fall. She is looking forward to her 8th birthday next month and will be baptized in July, which is something she has been looking forward to for so long!

Sand Fun

Some friends from church gave us a cute little sandbox last fall and we finally got sand for it sevearl weeks ago. It is now one of Brooke's favorite places to be. Unfortunately, she wants to eat it, but she does also play with it. Here are Kate and Carli "helping" Brooke have fun.

Kate decided she should bury her baby sister in the sand...Getting her out of the sand hill. I think a little got on her mouth and she was not liking it (it's only lately she wants to eat the nasty stuff).
"Is this fun, Mom?"

Say "Cheese" and maybe open your eyes next time.