Monday, September 6, 2010

Jeff's Graduation is here at last!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is how excited we all feel! Way to go Jeff! We are so proud of you. This was a huge sacrifice for all of us but especially you. I can't count how many family and friend outings and vacations you missed out on! You also lost a ton of sleep staying up late or even getting up early in the morning to do your homework! Thanks for all of it! We are so proud of you for finishing your MBA and for doing so well in all of your classes! You are amazing! Thanks for always working so hard to better our family in every way possible. We love you!

Here is my handsome graduate!

This is how Arie feels about it!


All of us at the graduation.



All of us minus Jeff taking the picture at the luncheon the school provided for us! Yummy!



Here he is again right before the ceremony!



Just after receiving his diploma!



Fun at the hotel! Arie didn't enjoy the pool so much!




It's ok if dad is holding her above the water though!



Mylie loving the water!


We all loved the water slide at the pool! This is one of the first slides down, we all got a little braver later on. We were pretty tricky!



Mylie and Jeff



On the car ride home Jeff had the great idea of stopping and taking a little hike to get our wiggles out. This is Arie at the top of the hill we hiked!


All of us at the top!

Kindergarten Zoo Field Trip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




The three buddies from Mrs. Wheeler's Class! E, Kate and Mase. We miss you Kate!




Ethan and Mason were even more excited to ride a school bus for the first time!



Fun at the park!






Jeff even got to join us for this great event! Thanks Jeffy for taking an extended lunch break and enjoying the day with us. Nice skirt My!






Cute little faces in the school bus window!






The race for the cure

Here we are at the race for the cure. Arie is there sleeping in the stroller:)

Here is most of the group! Thanks everybody that participated! We had tons of fun! Thanks once again for arranging it again Melisa. This is one of the things I look forward to most during the year!

Arie awake and sporting a pink hat in support of the race!



Sunday, September 5, 2010

Random Moments...........................

So...........my kids had tons of fun in church one day playing with those sticky noodle things (I can't remember their names) Anyway, they wanted to continue playing with them when we got home and I didn't have any so the closest thing we could come up with was good old fashioned pipe cleaners! They loved it! This is their creations.

Ethan made Yoda with a cane! (leave it to E to even turn pipe cleaners into something star wars related)

Mylie of course had to do the same. She loves to be like her big brother!



She also had to make some glasses!


Ethan's self named "Joe Fashion" made an appearance again! He loves to get all his girls decked out!




St. patty's Day fun! She's even cute with green hair!



I love the ears E got at school!




Ethan still loves to give Mylie rides. Arie hasn't tried it quite yet. Soon Baby!



Mylie loves to dress as twinners with her sis! It's a great way to get her out of her jammies or swim suit, whatever she has decided to wear that day!





Arie loves tub time!




This picture was taken on a snowy day in March! Mylie has been in a swim suit most of the winter. I usually have to change her into clothes when we leave to go somewhere and then she begs to put her swim suit back on when we get home. This was just funny seeing that she fell asleep in her tube or her "float" as she calls it!




Just hanging out!



When Arie wakes up and we hear her noises in the monitor Ethan and Mylie always race to go lay by her. I don't think she minds it at all!



This is Ethan's first piano recital. He loves his piano lessons and is doing great! He catches on way fast and blew through his first book in a couple on months. He had his solo song completely memorized in a couple of minutes and did great at his performance!


Here is my handsome little man showing off his talent! He did a great job! He even got to perform it twice seeing that all of his personal audience arrived just seconds after he finished! He did great both times! Way to go E!


Our first BBQ this spring! Not shocking, but notice Mylie choice of attire for dinner. Yet another swim suit!



This is how Arie was hanging out one morning when we went to get her from her crib. Mylie laughed so hard we had to take a picture to capture the moment!



Ethan did his own hair this day! Do you think that the gel held throughout the day!



Ethan loves to make Arie's hair into the Emperer's Vampire off of Star Wars? I have no idea who this is but if I ever find Arie's hair spiked on both sides with Ethan slobber (he does it with his mouth) I know what happened! Ethan is also sporting the look in this picture!

Spring Sports

Running the bases with a little assistance:) She actually did it herself during the games although I didn't get any pictures of it! :(

A little side coaching:)

My little A's girl!


Ethan did great at soccer this year. He loved it like he always does but he also made contact with the ball several times! It helps when you offer him a quarter every time he touches the ball and a dollar for every goal!



Mylie practiced hard at every one of Ethan's soccer games. She would also sit on her chair on the sidelines and ask when the coach was going to put her in!





Ethan's old shorts, shin guards and socks, cleates and a $1 walmart soccer shirt and she is ready to go!





Friday, September 3, 2010

Bowling

The kids always love to go bowling! Arie was here but she slept the
whole time! If I remember correctly Ethan beat us all this day! Way to go E!

The Boys!

Jeff's action shot!


Ethan's action shot!



Mylie's action shot?