Eli had a game before Brayden and he stayed and came home to spend the night with us.
Here is a video of his 2nd GRAND SLAM of the season!
IMG 9311 from Amanda L on Vimeo.
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Brayden's baseball team pics and a Grand Slam!
Call me a cheapskate but I opted out of buying Brayden's team pics this year. I decided I could take some and print them myself for free! I take enough during the season he isn't going to lack for pics you think?! Ok don't really answer that. :)
Friday, August 10, 2012
First week school update
Well it is the end of week one of school and both kids are still loving it! They are both eager to get ready each day and go to school and Brayden was even sad that the weekend meant 2 days he didn't go. I am sure by Monday he will be dying to go back!
I think this was on day 2 this week before school...all smiles!
Karis has had good reports all week and Brayden has too with the exception of day 2 he had to pull a card once for talking. He is used to playing outside all day and doing his own thing so this school thing is an adjustment. But yesterday he even got to get something out of the treasure box!
I am adjusting to the TOTALLY different personalities in my kids. We are having to learn that we can't compare them or expect the same things from them. God made them so very different and special and we will choose to cherish who they are, just the way they are.
While Karis and Brayden are at school I am loving having special time with Lucy. It's crazy I know but I feel like she grew up some when they were both gone. She has acted better and more mature and has been such a calm, sweetheart. She came downstairs the other day just to say, "Mom, I need to cuddle." Melt my heart!
We often say that Lucy is our little "ham." At dinner she likes to perform. On some show Karis and Brayden got this saying, "That is not my job!" So they have been performing it for each other lately. The other night Lucy got going and had us laughing. DIVA?!
Karis' new favorite song is Carly Rae Jepsens's "Call Me Maybe." She sings it often and plays the video on my computer. We also have been watching the Olympics alot so I loved this video of the Olympic Swim Team singing it. It makes you want to get up and dance!!!
And here is Lucy performing it...
Friday, June 15, 2012
VBS 2012
We had VBS every night this past week from Sunday to Friday. The kids missed the first couple of days because they were still at the beach with Lolli and Karis and Lucy missed another night with strep but they LOVE VBS! It is one of their favorite things and I too, love it. To me, it is one of the most spiritually important things for them to attend in the whole year. I got saved at VBS when I was 6 and so I know it is effective and we knew this was a pivotal year for Karis at her age.
We have had several spiritual talks with our kids this week and we think Brayden and Karis are very close to making decisions for Christ. Oh Lord, please save them while they are young!
I did not take my camera one night other than show night (I know...gasp!) but I did take these with my phone of the girls one night. These two love each other so much. They remind me of Karis with Mari-Morgan when they were this age. So cute!
These were taken Friday night at show night and Mrs. Phyllis every year makes the most incredible cakes ever!
This was my group for the week 4th and 5th graders....
We had an offering challenge this week boys vs. girls and girls won so several of the men got pies in the face for losing. The kids LOVED it! This was obviously before....
Karis and her BFF of all time Mari-Morgan....
Ambere got a pie int he face too haha!
Brayden was so much fun watching him sing the VBS music. I wouldn't ever say that to him it would embarrass him and he would think I was making fun of him but he was SOOOO serious about his music. He sings to the top of his lungs and does all the motions with every ounce of his being. It was adorable. Here is a video I took one night of VBS of him performing with the big kids on stage.
Here are 2 videos I took on show night of all the kids performing....
Monday, October 3, 2011
A bunch of stuff!
This post will be random...lots of stuff to include!
Today the excitement around our house was the big tractor that has been sitting in our yard came back to life today and was in action for the kids to see! I bet Landon said "tractor" 4, 321 times haha! He was in tractor heaven!
And yesterday Hazel got her first tooth!!!
Axton's new obsession is Toy Story 3...loves it! This is his Buzz...his attachment throughout the day! :)
I will give you 3 guesses as to what Landon was pointing at out the window...
Sweet baby blues...
This made me laugh. Hazel is somewhat mobile now and she kept inching over to Everett until she did this....
Karis is STAR STUDENT this week on her birthday week and she is so excited! She also got a bday card in the mail from Grandmother and Pinto and that was such a treat!
Tonight I went shopping with just the girls while the boys stayed at home. We shopped for stuff for Karis bday and cupcakes for her to take to school tomorrow. When we got home, I let them attack a cupcake and Lucy was dancing with blue lips to the CD Karis bought with her bday money, Selena Gomez. Karis loves it and sings every word!
Random funny auto-correct moment...I read this on facebook today and knew the author (name will go unmentioned) would delete it when she realized what she had said so I took a screenshot of it before she did so. I laughed OUT LOUD on this one! (Names have been blurred to keep the person from being embarrassed.) BTW, she meant "pantRy." haha
Also are some random videos I have taken this week. The first two are Karis reading...when I was in first grade I did NOT read words like computers, research, and information! Proud of my girl! The second is just a longer version for me to remember and have as a keepsake. The last is Lucy dancing today to Wii Dance to "Who Let the Dogs Out." Her moves are priceless!
Karis reading
Karis reading
Lucy dancing...priceless hip action!
Last but not least, I have a major prayer request. My sis-in-law Jessica is having a form of brain surgery tomorrow to correct her Chiari Malformation. It is a 3-5 hour surgery and they will be removing some vertebrae and part of her skull along with some other things. Please pray for peace for her and Jay's mom and dad, and that the doctors would be precise and accurate during surgery. Her surgery is scheduled for 1:00. Thanks!
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