Family Happenings

 So we have just been busy doing the usual. I teach Kaylee her school, we play outside, go fishing tons, play around the campfire, and eat tons of yummy food! We took these pictures last Sunday after church. Just wanted to show you how cute these kids are!

 I just want to point out that the camper behind us is not out camper. It is our friend's camper who just so happens to be taking our picture. We should have taken it in front of ours, but oh well. I still think they all turned out pretty good.

Heads up on Halloween!! We got our costumes, and we are all ready. The kids have been playing in them already so I had to put them up so we can still get some good pictures for the big day. I'm really excited, cause they all look sooo darn cute, especially little Emma!! How fun!! Can't wait to share!!

Kaylee turns 6!

I guess Kaylee turned 6 two weeks ago, but I wanted to share what we did. First of all, she was so excited when she started getting all sorts of birthday cards and packages in the mail. She just felt so important. Every time we stop at the post office now she asks if she got anything!
For her birthday we spent the day driving to Kansas City (a two hour drive... that took more like 3). My gps took us the wrong way and we ended up passing a Cabella's, you know we had to stop for Chris! We didn't tell Kaylee where we were going, just that we had a surprise for her. So when we stopped at Cabella's she said, "Is this my surprise??" ...Not quite.

We found our way to the nearby mall where there was a Build-A-Bear Workshop. She had been talking about going there for months, and she was beyond excited when we let her pick out whatever she wanted.

She ended up with a cute pink bear named Alexis. She even picked out a birthday shirt for the bear and a pillow and sleeping bag! All ready for camping!

We had a fun BBQ over at one of Chris' buddies campsite and brought a cake. I still can't believe how old she is! She is growing up too fast! We are so blessed to have such a sweet little girl.

I caught this on camera, and I don't know why but it makes me crack up every time I look at it! Crew is really turning into a little ham! He is hilarious, and always makes the everyone laugh. We love him too... he's a keeper!

And then there is our little squeak-squawker Emma. She is climbing on everything now! She can climb up the little stairs in our trailer (just can't go down them yet), and she pulls herself up on anything she can reach. Her favorite thing to do is stand up by the shoe box that holds all our shoes and start pulling them out one by one.

She also just got her first two teeth in! She will chomp down on your finger so fast! It can be painful for such a little girl! I love this picture of her...she is sporting all things in which I have made for her! Leggings, Onesie, Headband, and Flower! Soo cute!

We have been really enjoying this new life style. It's amazing how stress free it really is. The weather is significantly different from Phoenix, but we are managing. We have already pulled out our winter clothes, and turn on the heater every night. Seeing as it's only the beginning of October, I am curious to see how we will survive much longer!

Down the Road...

We made it to Kansas safe and sound. It's green...really green. We are in a really small town that is just a 15 minute drive from a small town. It's very quaint, and cute, and I love it!

Where we are staying the Wi-fi connection (or lack there of) plain ol' stinks! So we went with a Verizon card, and the phone reception here stinks too! Go figure! That's why you're only getting one photo right now (it took me 30 minutes...you should feel lucky!) We drive daily into the town nearby, and visit the public library to mooch off their free Wi-fi, and quiet atmosphere for Kaylee's school. So far everything is just great!

The drive to Chris' work is less than ideal, so next week after Labor day we are moving closer. That's one benefit of living in a trailer I guess! This time I am not even stressed about the move at all!

The kids love where we are at, Chris loves the fishing, and I love having everyone together. We are truly happy, and extremely blessed to be a family again. :)

A Big Move.

I don't really have much spare time these days.

You see, we have just decided to pack up our whole family and go on the road with Chris.

We are leaving within the next two weeks.

Watch out Kansas....here we come!

{please send all your sanity my way, I'll be needing as much as I can get}

The Nutty Scientist!

This year we have decided to keep Kaylee at home and do an online school. With Chris traveling alot, we thought it would be easier so we could go visit him without pulling Kaylee out of school.

We have finished Day Two, and it's awesome!

Today for Science, Kaylee learned about the Scientific Method. So we held a little experiment where she got to practice the Scientific Method on a bunch of nuts!

She's totally loving the goggles (completely not necessary, but it's fun). Crew on the other hand...not loving that there is only one magnifying glass.

After smelling, touching, tasting, measuring, grouping and classifying, Kaylee drew her conclusions of the nuts. She is soo smart, and I am loving that I am able to teach her. We had two "ah-ha!" moments today where I could literally see it just click with her, and that was amazing! She is loving this too!

Not to be forgotten, Crew is learning to write too. He is doing really well, and loves when he gets his "school time." Emma, is army crawling around, and she practically schools everyone else in cute-ness.

Summer Happenings...

This summer has been pretty relaxed. We just got back from St. George last week, and we had a blast. It's so fun to visit family. Kaylee simply adores all her cousins, and tells everyone about it. Crew loves playing with his boy cousins, cause he's tired of playing Littlest Pet Shop and Princess. Emma just loves the attention she gets from her adoring fans.

Our sweet Emma is growing fast. She's not crawling yet, but she can get where she wants by rolling and shimmy-ing herself there. She is a happy baby that is known to smile at everyone. It's funny when we go out and random people will get a kick out of the fact that she smiles and laughs at them (little do they know that she does it for everyone).  If she's not laughing and smiling, she's sleeping. And that's just as cute!

Ahh yes... the many faces of Crew. This is his go-to face when the camera gets pulled out. He is such an amazing little swimmer! He can swim to the bottom, and just about anywhere he wants now. All without assistance! He loves going swimming, and he also loves playing outside. It's blazing outside, but I let the kids play (with water bottles and hats) until they can't take it any longer. Seems to get them to bed a little earlier.

Kaylee is my little mamma! She loves taking care of her little brother and sister. She is doing great swimming, next summer we are going to try the swim team! She has a current obsession with "The Neverending Story 2," it's really weird. She is starting to like the science-fiction stuff. I am going to start reading the Harry Potter books to her and Crew at night. She is starting 1st grade in just two weeks and she's already counting down the days. Today she told me, "Mom, just 13 more days till school starts!"

So that's what's going on here!

Before and After.....again!

I have come to the end of another weight-loss competition. The first time I came away victorious, this time, I was up against some stiff competition and only placed 6th. I am still happy with my weight-loss. I wanted to lose another 10-15 pounds, and I am proud to say that I lost 11.

It's a tad embarrassing to show my before picture, but what they heck, ya'll saw me back then anyways. I went from a size {barely squeezing into} 12, to an extremely comfortable 4. {I might be bragging slightly}

I am tempted to continue with the weight-loss, or maybe just continue to eat healthy and exercise regularly and just see what happens. Needless to say, I feel great. I am extremely happy with my results.