Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Miss Kylie Turned 6!

It is so fun to look back at our little Kylie and see how she has grown!
It seems I can see a little bit of Austin in the next two pictures.
In celebration of Kylie's 6th birthday, Ky and I took a trip to KC for the weekend with my mom and sisters (minus Ginger since she just had Mason...we missed you Ginger!) Yes, our destination was the American Girl Doll Store!!
Oh the decsions!
And the purchase was finally made...Molly McIntyre!
Swimming at our hotel pool.
Aunt Kelsey styling Molly's hair.
Goodnight girls, Kit, and Molly.
Day 2: We had to make one more visit to the store with Molly in hand.
The doll hair salon.
And one last purchase. Happy birthday to you Kylie!

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Lewis and Clark Monument

I have been terrible about taking pictures lately! And about posting the ones that I do get taken.

Anyway, a few weeks ago, we took a little road trip to look at all of the flooding. Kaycee took us up to Lewis and Clark Monument in Council Bluffs. We sure got the view! Kaycee proposed to me here 10 years ago. Wow, that's hard to believe! So it's fun to go back every once and a while.












Love these last two pictures of Carson and Kylie! Precious!

Friday, July 22, 2011

Still Here!

We are still here! I know it has been a while since I've posted. We've been super busy with just LIFE. Carson has finished up with a couple of sessions of summer school which he has loved! We've had appointments galore it seems...for Ky's tummy, Carson's 8 year old check, and baby #4. Everyone checked out well! It also feels good to be finished with swimming lessons and teaching VBS to 17 little pre-schoolers for 2.5 hours for 5 days! Whew! I've actually been able to breathe this week and my family has gotten to eat more than hot dogs and pizza for supper. It feels good to get some nutrition!

Anyway, now that life has settled down for a short time, my focus has been on homeschooling...locating forms, checking deadlines, figuring out curriculum, and so on.

And all this thinking about homeschooling has got me dreaming of my homeschool classroom. I have plans to eventually revamp our office and make it a school work area. I don't know if Kaycee is exactly excited about his office being taken over, but he'll get used to it :)

I LOVE this room...from the paint color, to the world map, to the work area set-up. This is my favorite picture by the way.


This is a fun homeschool room too.


And lastly, I don't intend on making my room look like a preschool classroom with all of the super bright colors. I much prefer the first photo. However, I love the organization of this picture. The handy husband already has an assignment for the school room...built in bookcases!!

This will be a great winter project after baby arrives!

Friday, July 1, 2011

Festive Foods for the 4th

I found all of these delightful and festive food ideas for the 4th at: http://pinterest.com

Aren't they fun??? I don't know if any of them will show up at my mom's this year, but maybe next year!















Happy Independence Day weekend!!!

Happy 8th Birthday Carson!

Carson celebrated his 8th birthday last Sunday. The celebration began in the morning with sprinkled donuts and coffee...his favorite!
That evening, my family came to help us celebrate. Since Carson is so into cowboys, we had to have a cowboy themed party.







Remembering our little cowboy at 6 months old. Isn't he so cute?

Carson's platter of 8 cupcakes with candles to blow out.

And then the platter of cupcakes that was brought in for my family. A little puzzle to solve :)

Gift opening time.







He now has his very own cowboy hat!





Thanks to everyone who helped to make Carson's day so special!