Marisa's Birthday Cake

This is a birthday cake that I decorated for my niece Marisa's 5th birthday.

It was a lot of work. I can get a little crazy about details sometimes and drive myself crazy!

The kids LOVED it!

Raygen's 4th Triathlon

Raygen is an old pro at this and loves it! She loves the triathlon and would do them all the time if she could. The older you get the father you have to go, so hers has become more of a challenge. Rylee's race was right before hers and she wanted to run with her. I didn't let her but she did run with Alize and Taylor when it was their turn to cheer them on. It is always a good workout for us. Tracy ran with Rylee and I ran with Raygen and Taylor. We love this family activity!

Rylee's 1st Triathlon

We are so proud of her!

Bless her little heart. We as parents were not prepared for this one. In fact we only found out about it 4 days before. So there was no training or do we have the right kind of bikes for the girls. However they finished and did not give up. Rylee was tired when it was all said and done. She wants to know if she can skip it next year. We will see when it gets closer.She does like having a medal and showing it to everyone.

See what I mean about the bike. Her tires have been flat (well lets just say a little to long) and we didn't realize how much she had grown. We have been a little preoccupied with life. Poor thing is this what they talk about being the middle child? I hear the end up faring the best in life, as I know she will!
I just wanted to squeeze her she was so cute in the water with her swimming cap on!
Alize goes to school with them, Raygen and Rylee are in the middle,
and Taylor (their aunt) is on the end.

First Day of School!

This is the first year I am not teaching full time.

There are many things I like about it and a lot of things I miss!

Jack has had the hardest time adjusting to this.

Since he was two months old he has been in a class room and this year there is no preschool,

so no class for Jack! He misses it.

So I have tried to make him mommy's little helper!

Raygen is our BIG fourth grader now!

She loves school and has new teachers this year that are not her mom or aunts!

This is very exciting when family teachers is all she has ever known.

Rylee and her cousin Zoe are in First grade this year.
This makes me happy since Rylee could never remember the word Kindergarten last year and had to ask me every time someone ask her what grade she was in.

Rylee loves her teacher Mrs. Taylor!

This will be a GREAT year!

What A Little Daddy!

I Have A Great Future Husband On My Hands!

(he will not be available until after his mission)

I walked into the Kitchen and found Jack

with Baylee's bath tub giving some dolls a bath.

He was very good at making sure they had clean faces.
He even dunked them upside to rinse their faces.
He was a little rough. I am sure he will get better with age.

I love my boy!

Jack's SUPERMAN Birthday Party!

Last year we didn't have a birthday party for Jack when he turned two. I swear he knew it because, every birthday party we attended when everyone started to sing he would get very excited and then they would say someone else's name and he would be devastated. (ask Jenny she saw it first hand at Van's birthday party) So instead of spending a whole year of feeling like a loser mom, I had a Superman party. We are blessed to have Jack's party at my bother in laws home with their beautiful pool.

He loves his new superman pajama's he got.
He shows great emotion when opens his presents (He did NOT get that from me. Sorry to anyone who has experienced that, I really am happy on the inside!)

When it came time for the singing to Jack, he suddenly became very shy and wasn't sure if he liked it. As you can see he got over it and blew out his candles.

The one week we decide to have his party, we had a random cold front come threw and it was only 85 degrees out. So the pool was freezing, but the kids enjoyed the spa!

Baylee hanging out in the shade with her Daddy!

This was one of my easiest cakes of all times!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACK!!!!!!

Bowling With FOUR children!

I have learned my lesson!

We went to a birthday party at the bowling alley. It was the middle of the day so Tracy had to work. For some reason, Jack was grumpy until the party was almost over and then was feeling much better after consuming three cupcakes. (At that point I was just glad he was not on the ground kicking, so he could of had as many as he wanted.) Between running back and forth to help Jack and Rylee bowl, plus bowling for myself, oh and nursing Baylee, I was exhausted and will most likely never go with out Tracy again. I guess all that matters is that the kids had fun and were all happy by the end. (Until it was time to leave of course)

You can't see Jack but I am dragging him out of the way so the next bowler can go.

(Look I am still smiling)

Raygen and Haley eating Cupcakes.

Rylee with Jack before the cupcakes!

Raygen got pretty good at putting the ball straight down the middle.

Rylee looks like a dancer when she bowls.

She also does a little dance move on the way back.

This picture cracks me up. Ruby knew I was taking pictures and she didn't even look where she was going. She just smiled and chucked the ball down the lane!

Jack has now had his cupcakes and was having a good time!