Snapshots of Elijah

I just took a few snapshots of Elijah in his new church outfit. He is such a big boy now! It makes me sad knowing he's not a baby anymore.

Happy Birthday Elijah!

Elijah turned 1 last week. August 20th! We had a little party for him on Saturday and had the family come over and some friends came as well. We had a blast! Good food and great company! Happy Birthday Lij!

Some of our friends brought their water slide for the kids. Thank goodness we had it cause it kept the kids outside the whole time so the adults could hang out. Thanks Mindi and Amerik!

Amerik (grew up in Gridley) & Mindi Hayden and Joalea kickin' it on the back porch.

Grandma & Aunt Carey

Jason & some of the kids playing popcorn on the trampoline

Elijah & Joel playing with Elijah's new toys. I love how these 2 are only a week apart!

Elijah loved his cupcake!




A few of the guests


All tuckered out. Elijah crashed after the party and slept great that night!

First Day of School

First day of school! It seriously seems like just yesterday summer began. The kids were so excited though! Isaiah is in the 2nd grade and his teacher from last year moved up to 2nd grade, so that's who he has. He is in there with his good friend Austin too! Thank goodness!! And Maci is in Kindergarten! I can't believe it. All day kindergarten. It's so strange to have only 2 kids at home. It's strange but good. Sadee doesn't have anyone to argue with. :-) Maci's teacher's name is Mrs. Cassidy and she has 2 of her friends in her class from church. We're hoping to be able to keep the 3 of them together throughout their school years. Strength in numbers! Maci loved school and learned more in a few hours than she did all summer from me. She kept saying so exuberantly, "Mom, did you know that Octopus starts with O. And snake starts with S. Oh my, Oh my, Mom! Spencer starts with S too!" I love this age. They are definitely like sponges. Anyway, here are a few pics from their first day!

Sadee at 2am

Lately, Sadee has been having a hard time sleeping. Last week she was living off of 4 hours of sleep a night. And so was I. Friday night/sat morning, at about 2am I heard the tv on. I turned over and saw that Jason was in bed still so I got up to see why the tv was on. I was very quiet coming out into the living room just incase it was some freak that decided on watching our tv in the middle of the night. haha.. But it was Sadee watching the tele. And this is how I found her......

Let me remind you that it is 2 in the morning and yes, she is wearing her brand new shoes that Grandma gave her for her birthday. She even got into the cupboard and got some fish crackers and put them in a bowl. She knows that she's not supposed to bring food onto the carpeted area. So when she saw me, she quickly pushed the crackers away and said... "Mom, those aren't my crackers. They were just here." Riiiiight. I finally got her to admit the truth. And these are the nights of our lives!

Sadee and Elijah

Not only do I love the elliptical, so do the kids. The older kids always climb on it and play on it and now Elijah has jumped on the bandwagon. Don't worry though... we have rules for it and the kids don't use it unless Elijah is not around. They usually use it as a jungle gym though. Since we can't let our kids roam the neighborhood like we did growing up, they have to have something to keep them entertained.

Sadee's 3rd Birthday Party

Holy cow... Sadee is the big 0-3! We had her first friend party and it turned out well. Here are some pics from it.




So we have a candy cannon that we use and here it is. Sorry I didn't get a side view. I will next time. It's a lot of fun though the kids like the boom!

Underwear Head!

Ya, we get bored a lot and do some strange things. Why is it kids think underwear is the funniest thing ever? They couldn't stop laughing!

Four Leaf Clover

Isaiah found a four leaf clover in the McOmber's backyard! I've never seen a real one before. WE thought it was pretty cool.

Monday Play Date Group

Yesterday was our last park day before school started. WE might have one for the younger kids, but won't start for awhile. WE usually have 4 or more families show up, but they weren't able to come or they had already left. But here's a pic of part of our group! We love it!