Family Photos 2012

Family Photos- 

Carson was a little sick so we will have to retake some individual pictures of him with his adorable smile.

Caden- 5 years old and 11 months old

Hannah- 4 years and 5 months old

Carson- 10 months old

Outdoor Fun and Classical Conversations

We had lots of fun in the month of October.  It has still been warm here so the kids had and idea to play with water balloons on the trampoline!!!  It was so much fun because the water balloons last a lot longer on a trampoline.

 This picture is hilarious of Caden!

 We just started using Draw, Write, Now Book One.  My favorite blog 1+1+1=1 uses it with her kids.

Hannah drew the one on the left with no help and I drew the one on the right and she wanted to color it.

 Caden drew the one on the left with no help and I drew the one on the right and he wanted to color it.

 Oh, how I love this sweet boy!!!!  He is getting sooooo big.  He is currently 9 1/2 months old.  He is saying Da Da.  Crawling everywhere, opening everything, smiling all the time, biting all the time (Ouch!), and he is beginning to stand with out help.  He took 3 steps yesterday!  Oh, boy!  He will be a busy boy soon!

 Here is Carson with his favorite Aunt, they share the same birthday!

 With his favorite Paw-Paw!

Caden at his baseball game.  He is really good!  I am so proud.  He is very good at fielding the ball.  I believe he is the only one that doesn't play in the dirt which is pretty impressive for a 5 year old, I mean what 5 year old doesn't like playing in the dirt.:)  He also hits really well out of his coaches (His Daddy) hands.  Love that boy!

Oh, this is so cute.  Carson insisted on climbing on Caden's bed so I let him figure out how to get up and down by himself and this is how he did it. lol

We are just so impressed with our school choice this year.  My kids attend Classical Conversations.  This is Hannah reciting the Heian Empire.
Here is what she is saying:
As the Heian government weakened in Japan, Shoguns began to rule and expelled all foreigners during the period of isolation.  Circa 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry of the U.S. restored trade, allowing the Meiji to modernize Japan.

The Roman Republic fought the Punic Wars, which were followed by the Pax Romana.  In 286 AD, the empire divided into the Western and Eastern empires until Germanic barbarians defeated the Western Empire, in 476 AD.

Hannah skip counting 9s and 10s.

Caden reciting the Greek and Roman gods.

Hannah reciting the timeline for Creation-Jesus!:)))  Love Classical Conversations

May 2012

 Our neighborhood is building more homes and my husband and son made use of the left over wood.  My husband decided to teach Caden how to make a ramp and jump it.  

 A very happy boy!

 Sister sits there and looks pretty while she watches.

 For Mother's Day Caden's Uncle brought his 4 wheeler to ride.

 I like this picture.

 Our favorite Aunt, Aunt Paula!:))))

My 31st Birthday and Nonnie's House

 Aaron caught a non-poisonous snake in the pond.  The kids got to have their first visiual experience of a snake dissection.  Paw-Paw did it and there was a fish inside.

 Hannah collecting rocks in her jeep.  She was so proud.

 Riding on Red Bird.

Mee-Maw and the kids made me a cake.  The kids also made me some birthday cards, it was so such a special birthday.

Reveal Party for Baby #3 2011

Since this is my last baby and we are all very excited about it.  We decided to have a Reveal Party with family and friends.

This is how it all went down.  Wednesday, September 14th I went to the Dr. for my 20 1/2 week ultrasound.  Aaron was not able to come because he was out of town so my Mother-in-law came.  We got to see baby and wondered the whole time if it was a boy or girl.

As soon as I saw the ultrasound Dr. I told her I did not want to know the gender but I had 2 envelopes ready for her to circle boy or girl.  I told her do not show me and I asked her if she could put the picture of the baby gender in one envelope and in the other envelope just circle boy or girl because that envelope will go to the cake lady.

So on Saturday, September 17th we had the Reveal Party.  My Dad cooked spaghetti, my grandma brought the bread, and my Aunt brought the salad and green beans.  I also had two different colored punches, pink and blue.  The theme was little birdies.  I made each of the kids shirts that said, "A little birdie told me it was...On Caden's it said boy and on Hannah's it said girl.  I also had everyone grab a name tag.  If they thought it was a girl they would grab a pink one and if they thought it was a boy they would grab a blue one.  Then I asked them to put a suggested name on the name tag they chose.  That would help us with trying to find a name.

We all ate dinner and then it was time for the cake cutting!!!!!  The kids had a cake of their own with their names on them.  On the count of 3 Aaron cut the cake.  Caden yelled out what it was first (I guess he had the best eye on the cake).  Inside of the cake was all BLUE!!!!!  It's a BOY!!!!!

 Here's the Little Birdie Cake.  Caden's cake was on the left and Hannah's on the right.  Now that I am looking at the cake after we found out they sure did put a lot of blue on the cake.  But we had no idea until we cut the cake.

 Look how excited they are to find out what their little baby will be!

 In this picture I was like, "wait, I am not ready yet"!  

 I am still stalling!

 Still stalling! LOL

 Caden's ready!

 Here we go!!!!

 Oh, I can't wait!!!!

 I am soooo surprised....I thought it was going to be a girl.  That is why I was wearing pink and Aaron was wearing blue.  I was sooooo excited and surprised!!!!!!!!  Wayyyyyy beyond funnnnnn to find out this way!

 Look at poor Hannah!  What is she thinking????  Another boy???

 Na, she just wanted to see what was in her cake.

 So I helped her cut her cake and we saw there was blue inside hers too and she felt much better!  Whewww!

If you are finding out the sex of your baby I defiantly recommend sharing this moment with your family and friends.  Again, we did not know the gender until we cut the cake.  It was defiantly more exciting to find out along with family and friends.

Here is Baby#3s profile!  Sooo cute!!!

 The diaper cake!

Here is a picture of Hannah's shirt.  I do not have a picture of Caden's.  It is the same but blue and says, boy at the bottom.

Special News!

Baby #3 on the way!:))

I'm 13 1/2 weeks

Due January 27, 2012

Easter 2011

 Our Family

Easter 2011

 Cousins

 Great Grandparents (that is not all of their grandchildren)

 This is my Mom's side of the family.  We are even missing some.

 Caden's gift from the Easter Bunny

 Caden made a sign on our front door for the Easter Bunny.  When Caden woke up the morning of Easter he found that the Easter Bunny had drew a picture of himself and signed his name.

 Caden knows how to swing himself!:)))

 Pretty Girl!

 Hannah loved pushing her cousin.