AWANA CLUBBERS

It's Jaydie's first year in SPARKS and the twins' first year in Cubbies. Their excitement is so cute and Jaydie memorizes those verses like it's nothing. The babies (who probably don't qualify as babies anymore) want to go everyday probably because Aunt Hallie and Zacky are there.

MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU

As you may be able to tell Jaydie has a slight addiction to Star Wars so for his birthday he's had it coming out of his ears; whatever my baby wants!! I also asked him what some of his 7 year old favorites are and thought you might want to know too.

Favorites: toy= star wars ship and baseball stuff
game= connect four
food= candy, cake, and cupcakes (can we say diabetic coma)
place to go= Dland, Legoland, and Oregon
ride=Screamin'
holiday= halloween (something to do with all the candy)

Catch the giddiness in his eyes.

My Lego prodigy can build ships all by himself.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JAYDIE

Oh yes, our baby is now the big 7 and to celebrate we went to Disneyland. Jaydie got to fight the dark lord Darth Vader (again) and got to go on Screamin' with Daddy (the only person he would go with). We got him a birthday button and all the employees kept saying "happy birthday, Jayden" and he would say "oh thank you." It was super cute!! And of course Jaydie's best buddy came with him to make the day complete. For these next photos I had my professional photographer Hallie along to capture the moments.

JAYDIE'S PHOTO SHOOT

Well, Jaydie had to have an impromptu photo shoot too. I suppose by making him take pictures I am completely negating the impromptuness of it. He is just so cute and my picture-taking skills are just so neat that the two must go together (and humble too). Also, as a little side note, you need to go to this blog www.audreycaroline.blogspot.com where I have found (as if I needed another blog to be addicted to) the perfect combination of both spirituality and sarcasm; two of my favorite things. I must warn you though that if you go to the beginning and read the whole story you will be weeping within 12 seconds. It is equally funny and heart wrenching (maybe a bit more heart wrenching). See you around.

AN IMPROMPTU PHOTO SHOOT WITH THE GOOFIEST DUDES AROUND

Hallie taught me that the doorway is a good place to take photos.
Nolie's playful way of saying "let me go!!"
Can we say class clowns?

CONFESSIONS OF A HOMESCHOOL MOM

Yep, I'm a homeschool mom now!! I have been enjoying the flexibility and the fun things you can do with homeschool but I'm going to have to be real with you all; I have had 2 meltdowns. One bigger than the other. That's pretty good odds considering it's been two weeks now, huh? God is obviously teaching me patience and flexibility; hard things for this super anal girl!! Pray for me. Truly though, I am enjoying it and I think Jaydie is too. Already we've gone to Disneyland (why I started homeschool in the first place), finger painted with pudding (you know you're gonna do that too), had one of our class pets die (we could probably get another one at a whopping 28cents each), and had a taste and smell science experiment. Don't worry, I'm saving all my notes and I have lots of ideas for you when you start homeschooling.

DEATH OF THE RUBBER CHICKEN

Can I paint a little picture for ya? The twin dudes were hanging out in the front yard with Rob and when they went into the garage he thought little of it. Then he heard the car door opening and closing, along with some giggling, for about 10 minutes. He eventually went into the garage to see what was going on and this is what he found. (the picture is with his iphone, that's why it's not as awesome as my pictures) Is anyone else scared? Do any of you guys want us to watch your small pets for the weekend?

The victim.

The culprits!!! Deceptively cute.

FUN BOUNCERS GALORE

Rob's work had their annual end of summer BBQ and they just happen to have almost a million fun bounces (okay, like 7). We released the children from their harnesses (I mean seatbelts) and didn't see them the rest of the evening. It was just plain fun for the whole family.

The Heflebower's cute girl Isabella. Jaydie and Nolie (especially Nolie) have a special love for baby Naomi. No we don't need another baby.

FUNNY HOMESCHOOL

My friend Dena sent a funny homeschool song she found on you tube. I thought I would share it with you and then you will want to homeschool and we can all homeschool together. Disneyland counts for school right? Go here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM6uqj0_jQc Here's a picture too for all you picture junkie's. Not judging, I'm the same junkie.

DONE WITH DIAPERS!!!

Well, it's official!! No more diapers for us. It's actually been a couple weeks now but Yenner did so well. He was rewarded for his efforts with a "tickar" and Grammie and Grampie also bought him some potty rewards too. We are just wondering what we should do with the extra 70 bucks a month.