First Bike Ride

I know it's been awhile since I've posted anything, and trust me I still have LOTS to post, but this just blew my mind, I had to share. Timothy decided he wanted to learn how to ride a two-wheeler, so he went out, with the help of a cute neighbor girl, and did it. This video is only his 3rd attempt. I am so proud of him. All the other kids did pretty well learning to ride, but they were all a little older. He is by far the youngest age to learn to ride a bike. We still have some work to do, but for the most part, he's got it!

State Fair Time

We love this time of year! We love to go to the State Fair and see all the exhibits and animals, eat the yummy food and this year get our faces painted! We had a blast. We especially had fun with the science tent and the funny mirror! Plus, I entered 9 photos into the photography exhibit and won 4 ribbons!! Yeah me!!

First Day of School

I know that I am very behind in this post- forgive me, life has been CRAZY!!! But here it is- THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!! The day that I had been waiting for for weeks finally arrived. The funny thing is- yes they had to put on jackets because they were cold. I just love fall. Anyways- Tommy is in 4th grade this year and is loving it, Savana in 3rd grade, Siera in 1st grade and Timothy in his final year of pre-school. This year is already going by too quickly. There is homework to be done, reports to write, books to read, and we can't forget about all their extra activities as well. But no worries, you'll understand how crazy our life is when you see the next few posts. Here are my adorable kiddos- I just love them and am so proud of them every day!

A new entry

Tommy wanted to create an entry on the blog of something creative he has done. Since he doesn't have his own camera he just creates what he sees with the tools we have at home. I am not biased or anything but I think he is pretty talented!

Sign of the times...

Here is what the moon looked like the other night. We had a couple big fires going, one to the South and one to the West. Needless to say there was a lot of smoke in the air and it turned the sky an eerie red!!

YARD SALE

About a month ago our neighbors had a yard sale. The kids thought it was the coolest thing ever and they wanted to do one. I absolutely hate yard sales (not going, but holding) but I thought if I get some other people to help it could be ok. So, my friend Janette and I, put together the sale. It was a lot of work, but the kids were super excited to help. They set up a little lemonade and popsicle stand so they could make some money too. Unfortunately, because there was a parade that day, they only sold a few glasses of lemonade and a couple popsicles. But Tommy was my hero. He was really trying to get us some customers so he made a sign and was walking up and down the street yelling for people to come to our yard sale. I had to grab my camera- it was priceless! We did ok- but I am NOT doing that again!!!

Summer time

This summer has been so busy and so much fun we hate to see it end. (Well, I am pretty excited) Anyways, we got some FREE passes to Lava Hot Springs from our public library for completing the summer reading program so we decided to make one last trip. We have been 3 times this summer- once with Grandma and Grandpa Gardner, and twice with Grammy Dayle. The first time I was so impressed with the girls because they were so brave going down the speed slides. The second time the girls impressed me further by jumping off the diving boards. They just jumped right off. Siera even attempted a flip on only her SECOND jump ever!! Savana blew me out of the water by just jumping off the high dive after only about 3 regular jumps. This last time- they were doing all kinds of tricks. Thankfully, I brought my camera this time to catch all the dare devil fun we were having.

This is the RED slide- by far the slowest and least exciting, but the only one Timbo will go on- so we all went and I got some great action shots...

Here is Tommy on the high dive. It took FOREVER to get him to take his first jump a couple summers ago, now it's hard to keep him off the diving boards. One day he'll get the courage to jump off the platforms you see above his head!!!
Here are the other kids. Savana is doing a cartwheel off the diving board (video at the bottom). Siera is a little dare devil too- She just goes! And Timothy can't be too far behind of course, he loves to just jump in. Thank goodness I put them in swimming lessons awhile back, it sure has helped A LOT!!

I just love how graceful this little girl is- even on a diving board!!