Kodak Moments

This week is Homecoming week for all 3 high school's in our town. All the fun and festivities trickle down to the middle schools and elementary and they all celebrate Spirit Week! So each day is themed, like pj day, sports day, backwards day etc. Well, Tuesday was crazy hair day so when the kids got home from school I had to snap some pictures. In the first picture Brady had to jump in and show us all his new toothbrush. It also looks like he was celebrating crazy face day!
Jackson's faux hawk.

Front view of Natalie. Not too crazy you say???

Check that craziness out!

Brady and his toothbrush, again.

Brady's awesome shirt!!!!

A close up of the awesome shirt. Hehehe. I got this at Old Navy. I love it!

Reecey Roo hanging out in her bouncy seat. She's finally thinking its not such a bad thing to be able to sit up and see what's going on.

Reecey hanging out in her boppy.

Full view of Reece. I love this little outfit. Can you believe its a 3-6 month???

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I Was Tagged...AGAIN!

I always enjoy a good Tag. Thanks Sharn!

A- Attached or single: attached
B- Best Friend: TJ, my sisters (in-laws included), WSH, Brooke and Alaina
C-Cake or Pie: I'm always in for a good piece of cake!
D- Day of choice: Saturday's are so fun! Love watching the kids play their sports!
E- Essential Item: right now its Reecey's soo-soo. I don't leave home without one!
F- Favorite Color: I don't have a favorite. I like all colors!
G- Gummi Bears or Worms: Bears. Yummy.
H- Hometown: I grew up in Calgary. I for sure don't claim this as my hometown but at the current time I live in Plainfield, IL
I- Indulgence(s): Too many to count!
J- January or July: July all the way. January is way depressing cause Christmas is over.
K- Kids: Jackson, Natalie, Brady and Reece
L-Life is Incomplete Without: Family, friends, vacations, the gospel
M- Marriage Date: May 29, 1998
N- Number of Siblings: 7! 3 Biological and 4 non-biological
O- Oranges or Apples: I love both but have a hard time picking good oranges. Any suggestions?
P- Phobias or Fears: spiders and of course the totally illogical fear of being buried alive (shiver, cringe)
Q- Quote(s): I have too many. The first one that popped into my head though is from Dodgeball. "I sure do love pumpkins Cotton." and of course, "Beneath the clothes is the man, beneath the man is the nucleus." Nacho Libre (make sure to think it in a spanish accent)
R- Reason To Smile: I've got too many reasons to count. What can I say? I'm a happy girl.
S- Season: I love fall. The only bad thing is that winter is next and I don't think I can handle another mid western winter.
T- Tag Three +: Lindsay, Ali, anyone else who feels so inclined.
U- Unknown Fact About Me: My life is an open book. Anyone who knows me well know I've got nothing to hide so I don't think there is one???
V- Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animal: Animal of course
W- Worst Habit: TJ says my worst habit is leaving tags from new clothes out on the counter but I'd have to go with cracking my knuckles.
X- X-Rays or Ultrasounds: Ultrasounds cause most of the time if you're getting one its for fun!Y- Your Favorite Food: I always answer this one the same...if it has the potential to make me fatter it is probably a favorite of mine!
Z- Zodiac: Scorpio!

Brady's First Day and the Ribbon Cutting

I'm a little late on this posting but hey, better late then never right? Anyways, last Wed was Brady's first day of pre-school. He was so super excited to go to school and has been asking for weeks when he starts. Finally the day arrived! He loved every minute of it and I think it will be so good for him. He's such a social little boy and so eager to be a big kid like Jackson and Natalie so I think he felt rather awesome that he gets to do a big kid thing.

Here he is at home right before we left.

Walking down the hall to get in the car with his "Light-ming pack-pack"

Trying to get his pack-pack hung up on the hooks. "Is ree-ey heavy mommy." (There was nothing in it)

Waiting for the other kids to arrive whilst playing with Mr. Potato Head. We had to get there a little early to fill out paper work.

Last night was the ribbon cutting ceremony at the kids new school. Natalie was chosen to be one of the ribbon cutters which was very exciting. Here are some pictures from that. Unfortunately the lighting was really really bad for pictures once they actually lined up to cut the actual ribbon. I wish I'd had my other camera there because the pictures would've been better but I worked with what I had. Besides that, TJ got it all on video!

Here she is sitting in the special chairs for the ribbon cutters. There were only 2 from each grade but I have no idea how they chose who would do it.

Here is the principal giving his opening speech. Sorry about the noggin in the way.

Here she is with her scissors ready to cut! When they actually cut the ribbon a bunch of kids jumped up to see so I didn't get a shot of that. But you get the idea right???

That brings us to today. Reecey had her 2 month check-up and boy is she just a little peanut. She is 23 inches long and 10 lbs 8 oz, a full pound less then what Natalie weighed at 2 months a full 5 lbs less then Brady and a full 3 lbs less then Jackson. She also had to get 4 shots and an oral vaccine and boy was she mad. I felt so bad for her! They're so trusting and happy and then all of a sudden...BAM...they're shot with a needle and burning medication...4 TIMES!!! So sad. I know she's totally worn out and traumatized because right now she's K.O.'ed in her bucket and she never sleeps in her bucket. Poor little girl.

Crazy, Busy Weekends

Now that its September our weekends are going to be crazy busy! Every Saturday until October 27th we'll have a soccer game for Natalie and a football game for Jackson. Poor Brady and Reecey will be dragged to and from the games and in and out of the car and I'm afraid it won't be very fun for them. As for me and Teej, we just think its so much fun to watch our children doing things they love! We're so proud of them for their hard work and commitment. Its fun to see them learn and improve and I just can't help but feel that this is what being a parent is all about!

Here's Natalie on the soccer field. She's not the most aggressive player but she has shown a lot of improvement just from the Spring.

I think her coach was trying to get them lined up. They're starting to learn about positions, even though they don't really get it yet.

Another one of Natalie waiting for the action to begin. Like I said earlier, she may not be the most aggressive but she sure is fast!

She also won player of the game this past Saturday and she scored a goal! Go Purple Dolphins!!!

Alright here's Jack's game. Go Cowboys. He's the QB, by the way.

One of 3 passes he threw during the game. Unfortunately none of them were complete but this one in particular was really close. It hit the receivers hands but he just couldn't quite grab on!

A closer shot of Jackson the Quarterback.

Here he is after the hand off. No fumbles for him on Saturday. Woo-Hoo!

Running through the spectator tunnel after a win! Final Score Cowboys 20, Dolphins 6!

Here's Reecey. Obviously she is very unhappy

A few seconds later...still distressed and trying for dear life to hold on to that soo-soo

A few minutes later. As you can see the soo-soo is gone and unfortuately this little cherub didn't sleep for long. She sure is cute though!

And last but not least, for those who don't know, our house went up for sale this past Sunday. TJ is in the process of trying to find a job in Denver and we figured we'd better get a jump on selling our house since we don't want to be stuck here for forever once he does get a job in Denver. We'll see how it goes...wish us luck!

An evening with Phil Vassar in Sandwich, IL

So last night we headed to Sandwich, IL to the town fair to see County Singer/Songwriter Phil Vassar in concert. Now normally I wouldn't go to a Phil Vassar concert. Don't get me wrong, I like his music and everything but he's not someone I would HAVE to see live. So why did I go you ask? Well, it turns out that a lady in my ward, Dionne, was really good friend with him back in the day. You see, Dionne was engaged to a guy who owned a night club where Phil and his band used to play. Turns out they were all crushin on each other but Dionne was engaged so nothing ever came of it except a little song written by Phil and recorded by Tim McGraw called "In A Litte While". Yep, Dionne ispired that little tune!

So anyways, Brooke, Alaina, Dionne, Michelle, Dionne's neighbor Vivienne and I all headed out to Sandwich to see the show. Let me just tell ya...IT WAS AWESOME!!!! First of all he's a phenomenal performer, I knew way more of his songs then I thought I did and he's really hot in an odd sort of way. Also, we made our way to the very front (we were right up against the stage) where we were entertained by his lead guitarist Jeff, who as it turns out Dionne also knew. I guess they (as in Jeff and Phil) have been playing together forever. They're like childhood friends. Cool! And lastly, I was in the company of some EXTREMELY fun gals! Oh yeah, and we also told some the band guys at the end of the concert that Dionne was there and they got us back stage to meet him! AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!

I would like to go into more detail about the evening, but you know what they say..."What happens in Sandwich stays in Sandwich!"

This picture is a wee bit blurry cause I cropped it.

Here's Dionne being very nervous. Notice Brooke in the background screaming her fool head off!

This is Jeff. He was way fun to be standing in front of. And he gave us all a guitar pic, except for me because a big mean girl grabbed it right out of my hand!

Me, Alaina, Jeff, Brooke and Michelle after the concert

Dionne and Phil! Aaaaahhhh! You can't tell me he's not flexing in that picture. Hilarious!

Brooke, Me, Alaina, Phil, Dionne, Jeff, Michelle and Vivienne!

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Brady's Been Tagged!

4 Favorite movies:
1. Light-Ming (Cars)
2. Buzz
3. Lion King
4. Memo (Nemo)


4 favorite TV shows:
1. Trains T.V. (don't have a clue what this is)
2. Backyardigans
3. Diego
4. "Ummmm, my no no."


4 favorite books
1. Trains book (I don't know what this is either. Maybe a book in Nursery?)
2. Brown Bear Brown Bear
3. Light-Ming Book

4. "My No No"



4 Hobbies
1. Play Cars
2. my regalar Light-ming (regular Lightning)
3. Play Trains
4. Do mine blue's blue's puzzle (Blue's Clue's Puzzle)



4 Vacations:
1. A Store (?????)
2. A Airplane, high in sky
3. A play mine cars a Disneyworld too
4. A giant golf ball...ree-ey big! (After much thought I figured out he's talking about the giant globe at Epcot Center in Disneyworld)



4 favorite foods
1. A Burger Cheese
2. Fruit Nacks
3. Sel-Uls (Cereal)
4. Ananas



4 places I'd rather be
1. Watching TV (He didn't actually say this but he left the office to go watch TV, so I just guessed)



What I want to be when I grow-up
1. A Drive a Police Car a siren go wee-ooo, wee-ooo



Brady is now tagging Logan, Collin, Dylan, and Brayden!