Jordyn Goes To Preschool

Jordyn all prettied  up for preschool

Jordyn working on her very first class assignment

My baby girl Jordyn is finally going to school. She's had a hard time watching Teni and Alyia leave everyday to school without her but not today!. Jordyn was up and ready early in the morning so that she can go to school too. She could not get out of the door fast enough. Her teacher this year is Mrs. Amber and she couldn't have been more excited. I was so excited for Jordyn to start school but right after I took the sweet picture of Jordyn at her desk working on her very first school assignment, I lost it! I had to run out of Jordyn's class so she wouldn't see me cry. I realized at that very moment, that my kids were growing up too fast! Where has the time gone?!? Anyways, I am happy for Jordyn to meet new friends and to learn new things. It is bitter sweet:)

First Day of School

Teni starts 2nd grade. He was stoked. He was up at 6am ready with his backpack on. It was the longest 2 1/5 hrs of his life to wait for school to start.

The very next week Alyia started Kindergarten. She too was up bright and early. It was the first time I didn't have to drag her out of bed.

Teni and Alyia are both very excited to walk to school together every morning

Swim Lessons

Alyia once again took swim lessons this year and they finally paid off! Alyia can now jump off the diving board, doggy paddle up, lay on her back, then swim to the edge of the pool without any help. She is now swimming on her own! She has grown up so fast and continues to become more independent everyday. Way to go Alyia!!!

Golf Lessons

Teni took golf lessons with a golf pro. He loved everyday he got to play

On the second day of golf lessons Teni took first in a chipping contest. Way to go Teni!

Jordyn turns 4

Jordyn turned 4 and she couldn't have been more excited.

Jordyn celebrated her birthday with her cousins

Jordyn and her cousins getting ready for some cake

A couple of days later Jordyn got to celebrate her birthday with her neighborhood friends. The theme was "Jordyn's Favorite Things." She was so excited!

Jordyn loves suckers and her sunglasses

For Jordyn's friends we gave them each a goodie bag with Jordyn's favorite treat and accesory-suckers and sunglasses

Jordyn chose 4 of her very favorite food. She chose  Little Ceasers crazy bread,peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, strawberries and.....

...ramen noodles

Jordyn also chose 4 of her favorite games to play. She first chose Hi Ho Cherryo

and then she played Hungry Hungry Hippo

 and then played Duck Duck Goose

and then popped bubbles

and last but not least, we had some yummy cake

4 reasons why we LOVE our Jordyn

She is a big helper. She loves to help me cook and bake.

She loves her brother and sister and always ask if they can all sleep together

She is a momma's girl

and she cracks us up with her dramatic acting

Happy Birthday Jordyn. We love you!!!

taytay's and linc's carnival 1st birthday bash!

warning: picture overload

the birthday babies, Taytum and Lincoln

Taytum and Lincoln turned 1 just 10 days apart. So, we decided to throw a big carnival themed birthday bash.Everyone had a blast!

getting ready to sing happy birthday

with the help of my niece and sister, we set up this very fun carnival store for the kids

the kids were given tickets to purchase their carnival treats and prizes. we even had cotton candy and snow cones.

we had a couple of fun games the kids played in order to win their carnival tickets. this is the bean toss game

ryce trying hard to knock all the cans down with a baseball. he knocked down a few and won some tickets

welcome to the carnival! we had to tie this sign to our wooden post because it was so windy

my brother francis with the birthday boy

jordyn

Lincoln's and Taytum's cousins enjoy their carnival popcorn

taytum and her aunt

I love this boy, chasey

my cousin leah with maya and ocean

my niece indie

alyia and elle waiting their turn for the bean toss game

kooper getting his sugar fix with some good ol cotton candy

some of my friends and their kids coming out to celebrate. love these girls!!!

I love this sweet picture and I love these sweet babies. jimmy,linc, and taytay

alyia cracking the pinata open

and finally lincoln enjoying his yummy birthday cake

Summer findings

Look what we found in the yard while doing some clean up...

The kids gave him a name too...

Here's a closer look. My kids call him Mr. Horny...lol of course because he is a horny toad. I tried to convince them to give him another name without having to explain why but they wouldn't have it. So now every time they go out back they scream "Mr. Horny, where are you?!?"

Troy discovered this very large and empty wasps nest under our wooden patio. It was massive and gave me serious chills. I am just glad it's vacant and dead!