School Time.........AGAIN!!!

WOW it's time for school already! It's kind of a bitter/sweet thing for me this year because I will have 2 kids full day and Adeline will be going to pre-school 2 days a week...down to one kid!! WOW what to do with that!!

The boys are really excited to go back and see their friends. Elijah has Mr. Black again this year and has Emma Tucker in his class so he is happy about that! Ian has Mrs. Johnson and she seems pretty nice so here's to a great year boys!!

You can tell they are mine because after I took the first pic they said ok now a crazy one!

My Gweny

Gwendolyn has got quite the personality if I say so myself! She loves to carry around her dolls and tell them to "shh shh shh" and then feed them with a bottle, it is so sweet to see her personality develop!

She loves to eat like a big girl so no more high chair for her....always dread that next step! She is wanting to go on the potty more and more too so I better just break down and get the little potty out!

We are starting to take away her passy...she has to put it in her bed when she wakes up from a nap and then she gets it back when its bedtime! So far so good with that!

Her crazy hair after the bath!

The light was yummy so I snapped a couple cute ones before we headed to the gym!

Sunday Dinners

I think I am going to start a new trend and eat ALL our Sunday dinners like this!!

Eagle Island........one last time............

Our last trip to Eagle Island before school starts!! Oh what fun we had!! We spent 5 hours here and had a great time....boy did we look tan when we were done!

Gweny tried to bury her legs like the older kids do!

Me and some of my friends

Group picture!!!!

Just havin' fun

The girls were in a dancing mood so here are some of their moooooooves!

Ian wanted me to take a picture of him doing a front flip!!

They are just tooooo cute!

Pokemon

My boys have been into Pokemon for the last month or so, REALLY into Pokemon so I thought I should blog about this phase in their lives! They literally look and play with their Pokemon cards all day long! They work really hard to save up money so they can buy them....they have to do yard work! Things don't come for free...unless it's from Grandma and Grandpa Thomas because that's what Grandparents are for!

Ian's favorite is Slaking and Mamoswine

Elijah's favorite isTorterra and Exploud

Here I caught them on another day just looking through them!

They know all their names and their HP....whatever that is!

A get away

Robert has been wanting to take the boys up on the river over night for a while, so this weekend they

headed out. They got there, set up camp and went to the hot springs Friday night. Saturday Robert got the water on the stove to heat up for hot chocolate and realized he didn't put hot chocolate on the list of things to get(yes I packed up everything for them!), but being the cool wife that I am I knew, so I packed some anyway....He said, "I love my wife!!" Yes you better because I rock!!! =)

While they were there they saw some deer and a bear cub crossing the river, and an a osprey with a fish in its talons. They didn't like the tent so much because they are used to the trailer, but they did enjoy staying up late, going on a hike, and fishing with their dad. Ian said his favorite thing this weekend was fishing and Elijahs was going to the hot springs at night.

First us girls started out our Friday night watching this for movie night!

Then on Saturday we went to the library, went to G. Hallenbergers house to pick up my first sewing machine(figured I should learn how to sew!) and did some shopping. I got an art project that Adeline and I could do when Gweny was sleeping....she is soooo proud of her princess and carries it around the house showing everyone.

After Gwendolyn's nap I took the girls to Bounce and was so excited to play with them.....well it didn't quite go that way because Gweny was scared.....some noises really bother her and with all the fans on to keep the blowup things going she was not liking that. I did force her down the big slide a couple times on my lap, but that was about all she would do!

Adeline however had a blast!!

Gweny did like the cars and road in those most of the time...there was hardly anyone there so that was cool too!

Oh she like the soda too.....

Later that night the girls were playing dress up and I thought we should have a tea party....so fun! What some great girl time we had!

PIGGIES!!!!!

Gwendolyn does NOT like getting her hair done, but today she let me put piggies in her hair and I was SOOOOO EXCITED!!! I was dancing and singing around the house (ya a little crazy) But I have known for a while now that her hair is long enough to do it.....I finally got the chance!!

Ohhh myyyy gooooodnesss so cute!!!!!

Eagle Island

I met up at Eagle Island with a couple of friends from my ward last week and boy did we have a blast! I missed Adeline though she was at a play date, but she had a great time too!

Gwendolyn didn't want to get in the water for a while, but finally she was ready and being silly at that!

All the kids wanted to by buried in the sand........so they were patiently waiting for that moment to arrive!

Amy, Me, and Angel

Gweny wasn't sure if she wanted to be buried or just play.......just play was the outcome!

We had a great time and can't wait to go back again before school starts!

Camping......agian!

This was a short camping trip but we took it because we might not have another chance to go as a family before school starts! Grandpa and Grandma Hallenberger met us up there on Friday and only stayed until noon on Saturday, but we enjoyed them while they were there!

Aaron found out at the last minute that he HAD to be to church on Sunday so they were just going to drive up for the day. Heidi said, "well maybe we will bring up some donuts!" I said, "You better bring donuts and they better be Krispy Kreme....for a peace offering for not staying longer! So they did and just in the nick of time too!

Grandma taught me and the boys how to play Mancala and we were addicted, or should I say Ian was addicted and REALLY good at it! I think I only beat him once!!!

Heidi and yours truly in all our glory!

These three were just being silly and I thought it was cute enough for a pic!

Ahhhh the warm springs!!! They were PERFECT and just what we all needed!!!

Good job getting into the picture Honey!

Not sure how she got so dirty in an hours time but she did so she got a bath in the sink!

Elijah is a goof like his momma!