BACK TO SCHOOL

 

Hard to believe that it’s that time of year again.  The summer has come and gone way to quickly.  I have mixed feelings about the kids heading back to school.  I love having them home so much, but I'm excited for some structure to come back in to our home.  Like a normal bed time.

Summer has been super fun with trips to the cabin (more than last year), Boise, Idaho Falls, Seattle, & Spokane.

Can you believe what grades they are all going in to.

I think the last time I blogged was a couple years ago.  Shows how busy they have kept me.  LOL!

Shaylie is going in to second grade,  she really wants to do Gymnastics this year.  That’s all she has been talking about.  So I need to find a gym for her to do that at.  She did dance last year and was mini-diva (performing group).  We loved it but it took up so much time and I had no one to carpool with.  Two nights a week was to much for me.  So we will either do gymnastics or a rec dance class.  Shaylie loves to read, draw, color, sing and perform anything and everything!  Wishing Tavaci was still an option.  Shaylie is our Diva but her love for life is contagious.  She LOVES everything and is such a happy girl!  Can’t believe she is 7 and going in to the 2nd grade.

Ayden is going in to 5th grade.  He is playing baseball on an ALL-STAR baseball team for KN.  He is a great athlete and has really become quite good at pitching.  He talks with a british accent most of the time and always has us laughing.  He also enjoys driving Shaylie crazy which makes me nuts.  He is a straight A student and hopefully that will continue.  Last year he played piano, basketball and baseball and that should be the same this year.   Ayden continues to be the nicest kid ever and seems to have friends spilling out everywhere!  You’re Awesome Ayden!  Chase is going in to 7th grade at Middle School.  This is the first year he gets to do sports for school and he is so excited about that.  He has started Football and I would bet he will play baseball , piano and basketball,  as well and maybe do track if he can fit it in.  He is all SPORTS, all the time.  He is great at everything he does and continues to be a great kid.  Chase is is very responsible and is a Deacon at church.  He always reminds me of his meetings and things he needs to do like collect fast offerings or get to church early to pass the sacrament.  We are very proud of the young man he has become.  You Rock Chase!

Brielle is going in to the 10th grade.  WOW!  Is that even possible.  Seems like yesterday that she was going in to middle school. Brielle plays the piano and gets school credit for doing so.  She is still a great help to me just with the occasional eye roll and teenage attitude.  She loves to cook and bake and is always asking if she can make the latest thing she has found on Pinterest.  She has a great group of friends and loves school and seminary.  She is the Miamaid President and is very organized and knows what's going on for mutual.  We are very proud of the amazing girl she has become. We LOVE you Brielle, you are amazing!

The Secret Ingredient

Today when we got home from church, Jeremy told our kids that they were in charge of dinner.

They were so excited and so they all met in the pantry for their planning meeting to decide what to make.  After making their plan, they hurried and got right to work.  They had decided that they were going to make breakfast for dinner.  How great is that?  They thought that would be awesome. So they all washed their hands and got started.  Each of them had something they were in charge of.  Brielle and Shaylie were in charge of the pancakes and scrambled eggs.  Chase was in charge of the bacon, making it extra crispy like we like it. Ayden was in charge of the sausage and the Orange Juice. and Shaylie set the table and we were all ready to sit down.

After we said the prayer to bless the food, Shaylie told us that they had all used a secret ingredient to make the dinner so good.

When we asked her what the was she told us “The secret ingredient is LOVE”.

Is that the sweetest or what?  Yes, we all agreed the secret ingredient is Love.  What a great family meal.

Thanks for making us dinner.  We loved every single bite, especially the secret ingredient!

Shaylie is 6!

Shaylie just turned 6 years old.  Yikes!  Where does the time go?? For her birthday we surprised her by redoing her bedroom in a Paris Poodle Styled Room.  Lucky for me, Grandma is an amazing seamstress so we went and picked out fabric to make her bedding, reorganized her bedroom & Grandpa & Daddy even built her shelves in her closet to keep toys separated and organized.  Found this beautiful lamp at Hobby Lobby along with a couple other decor must haves, and got busy putting together her room.   She loved it so much, that she decided that her birthday party should be themed the same way.  I had a hard time figuring out how to them her party "Paris Poodle"  but finally came up with a few really cute game ideas and found some beautiful printables online from Paper Glitter on Etsy.

I do have to say that this took me forever to cut out everything and put it all together, but it turned out so cute that I think it was totally worth it! ;)  When the girls arrived we gave them their passports and then two tour guides (Sister & Friend) took them to places like Paris ( Shaylie's Room) to play a game and win a prize.  The girls looked like they had a great time. Here are some pictures from the party.

My favorite thing that I found while preparing for the party was a beautiful site called Le Papier Studio.  Once I found this site I knew I had to have one of these silhouettes made for Shaylie's room.    Here is the picture I sent in, and here is what she did with it.

I had her stand like she was walking a dog with her hand out holding a leash.  Then shot this with back light so that she would be easy to outline.

The after.............I am in love with

Is this gorgeous or what?  You can find this site here. 

I LOVE IT!  IT should come any day and I can't wait to frame it and hang it in her room.

Shaylie loves to sing and perform, she loves reading and LOVES school!  She is in Kindergarten and thinks it is the best ever.  She also says that she is a song writer so she writes and performs her own songs.  Usually she announces herself as Clara before she sings it.

We love you SHAYLIE, you are such a sweet little girl and we love you SO MUCH!!

Shaylie’s Mermaid Birthday

    We finally had Shaylie’s 5th Birthday Party and it was great!  She really wanted a mermaid birthday so her super nice Aunt Kristen made these fabulous Mermaid towels and sent them all the way from Texas.  THANK YOU Aunt Kristen, you are the best!  The girls were so cute posing in their towels, then it was off to play in the splash park.

      Shaylie can’t wait to go to Kindergarten now that she is 5.  She says that she is in “Kindergarten training” right  now while she is learning to sleep in her own bed and tie her shoes.  We have told her that if she can’t sleep in her bed all night that she isn’t big enough for school, so she is working hard to stay in her bed and out of Mom and Dads bed.

She is always singing and dancing and is such a happy fun and fun little girl. We love you Shaylie, you are so special to us.

     

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