LegoLand

We checked off LegoLand on our summer to-do-list.

All three kids ohhh and awwwed the whole time.

There was lego car racing

Building of the most perfect house

Singing

Posing

Rides

An amazing Mini Lego City

and the most fun 4D movies.  We were wind blown and wet after the movies!

Talli

This is Talli.

She is ambitious.

She is authentic.

She is beautiful.

 She is caring.

She is my sister.

We miss you Talli!!

The 4th 2012

We are the only ones who set of any fireworks in our neighborhood.  Oh how we miss Wichtia on the 4th! 

But there was fun still to be had. 

My Boys in Orange

Like father, Like Son

Basketball, Baseball and Baton

This summer I have.....

a Basketball Player 

 a Baseball Player

 and a Baton Twirler

Ryan

This is Ryan.

He is my Brother.

He is very hard working.

He is so, so funny.

He is mysterious

He is handsome.



He is creative.

We miss you Uncle Ryan!

A MiMi and her Girl

Dont' you just wonder what they were talking about on a cool summer morning?  I do. 

The Last Day of School

When we moved to Wisconsin there was one beautiful benefit that I realized I would love.

Brett and Jake would go to the same school for one more year than they would have in Kansas and for one and only one year all three of my kids would go to the same school. 

As I watched my boys walk to the bus stop this is the what I saw each and every school day.  Oh how this warmed my heart.  I can only imagine the conversations that were had.  Brylee was usually sleeping away.  I would stare out the window praying for my boys and girl, their teachers and bus drivers.  

This picture is the last time they took their walk down to the bus stop.  They really are best friends, brothers for life.

This is Brylee on her last day of Preschool.

We spent the mornings playing games, hanging out in our pajamas, shopping, taking walks, playing babies basically whatever my girl wanted to do.  I gave up my morning trips to the Y so I could cherish this last year spending the mornings with my baby girl.  After lunch the bus would whisk her away to school. 

Oh how I will miss my mornings with my girl.

Next time the bus whisks her aways she will be a big Kindergardner going to school all day!



Look! No training wheels.

Thoughts from Jake

My Jake is worried and on the verge of tears thinking about his prom. He is concerned about the fancy attire and embarrassed about having to dance with a girl. He told me he is wearing his Nikes. I reassured him he has 10 years to figure it all out. Think the boy needs to stop watching the Disney channel!

Strawberries

He

Ate

His

Weight

in Strawberries!

Hey MiMi!

You wanna play Barbie Uno?

Not my Daughter!

This girl loves to go fishing with her Daddy!

This girls mom could not be paid enough money to go fishing.

This girls mom is also not very happy that all her pretty pink clothes and shoes are caked in mud.

This girls dad says he is breaking the cycle.

Really Brylee! Worms!

I was told she was babysitting the worms.

Our Mornings

Oh how I treasure the mornings spent at home with my girl before the school bus whisks her off to school. I know they are soon coming to an end. Next year she will be jumping on the bus early in morning with her brothers.

Fishing on the Mississippi

No need to panic and think that I was fishing...of course I sent the boys fishing with Bryan and Brylee and I went shopping and out to dinner!

Pinch Proof

A Tea Party

The most wonderful tea party was had to celebrate Anmol's coming home from India. She was in India for the longest month of Brylee's life. She started planning the tea party the day Anmol left.

On the menu was green tea, popcorn and chewy sprees.

And if anyone ever makes fun of Jacob for joining the tea party he will come after you! Don't worry he was very manly about it. He brought his rifle to the tea party, ate his popcorn, drank his tea, stole a piece of candy and ran away.