Soccer and Preschool

Kade decided he wanted to give soccer a try. He was super shy, but with a little bribing and yelling- I mean encouragement from the sidelines he ended up doing great. There team was called yellow lightning. Go KADE!!!

First day of preschool this year. We had the addition of two new girls in the ward. He loves it and so do I!

Pre halloween fun

For family night we got out all of our Halloween stuff and had a party! Miles loved trying on all the costumes. Aren't we scary??

Preschool and the big 30!

For my turn to host preschool we had the letter "D". So we got out all the dress ups and had a good time. Don't they all look so cute? Marcus is the black spider man. He was very disappointed you couldn't see his face. He told me that he was doing a great smile for the picture!

I turned the big 30 this year. I had to work on my b-day - so we celebrated a day early. The kids were out of school and Justin had the day off. It was really great to be able to hang out all together. We went out to dinner and did a little shopping. This was the cake I made. It was delicious! I drool just looking at it! The bad news is that I ended up eating most of it over the next week, but it was worth the calories!!!

Happy Birthday Miles

My baby is two and I am totally depressed! He is so stinkin' cute and such a BEAST!!!!!!!!!!!!! He never sits still and always getting into trouble. Just the same I love him to pieces and wouldn't trade him for the world. Heavenly Father knew not to send him first, because I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have wanted to do it all again. That is saying a lot considering I had twins first!!

WE LOVE YOU MILES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rocky Ridge

The weather has been gorgeous and the leaves are even better!!!!! There are so many trees in PA making for some beautiful scenery. We went on a walk one Sunday up to a local park. I just love autumn days and this was just a perfect way to spend the day together!

Halloween

All tired out before the fun even began!!! It was my weekend to work so Justin was a trooper and got all the kids ready to go trick-or-treating. I met up with them as soon as I got off work and we had a great time!!

Latest pasttime

Why is watching TV in my room so much better than the big screen downstairs? Don't ask me, but this has been a frequent occurrence lately. Miles has just started being interested in TV. It may make me a bad mom, but I'm glad he will sit still and let the tube entertain him for a while. A little down time for both of us is good!!!!!

From 4 to 2

OK. So it's not so bad having only two kids at home. The house stays semi clean and I can actually get some things done. Grocery shopping- lets just say is much easier with two. I miss Kade and Kenley like crazy, but we are managing just fine.

Making cinnamon rolls. Of course Miles is just eating the filling.

1st grade

First day of school. They were so excited and looked so stinkin' cute!!!!!

I did cry some, but nothing extreme. A phone call to my mom for some reassurance did the trick!!!!

Fashion show

Our annual fashion show did not disappoint. Marcus and Miles even had a few moves of their own!!

Not so thrilled about all the teasing and comments from the "annoncer"

I love these little twiners so much!!! I was freaking out the other day because I realized I will really only get to see them like five hours out of the day. That is crazy!!!!!! I think Kade was nervous too, he asked me when he will ever have time to hang out with me anymore. I will make the time Kaders!!!! Not so sure I'm ready for the first grade.

Back to school

We had so much fun on our back to school shopping this year. They are definitely starting to form opinions, so shopping is a bit more complicated, but so much fun! I think this is my favorite tradition ever.

Kenley chose to eat at Olive Garden. While we were waiting for our food she informed me that she was going to work there when she grew up. That way she could eat all the breadsticks and white dip that she wants!!

Kade chose McDonald's. The food - not so great - the total experience with my buddy - awesome!

This was before the back to school night that they had. They built a new school and it is AMAZING!!! I really do love the school district that we are in. The entire building is just for kindergarten, !st, and 2nd grade. Their teachers were so nice and it made it seem doable to let them go full day- well, almsot :(

Marcus D

He turned four!!! Big D - you are so much fun! We all love you so much. You for sure keep things interesting around here! Love ya!