It's been a while

I've been feeling pretty guilty about not updating the blog. There's always the usual excuses, like we moved, we had no internet, I'm 9 months pregnant. Oh, wait.....those seem pretty legit right?! So, it's been a little busy, but I will try to do lots better. We have some catching up to do now......

 

We started off September with going to my parents house.....about 30 seconds after we got there they asked to ride the horses, and grandma was happy to oblige. :)  I think the kids rode horses every single day. It was so much fun.

 

 

 

 

                                             Ella got to go on a few longer rides with grandma and loved every second of it.

             
                                                       Livia talked grandma in to making her an Amish doll like Ella's.

while the girls sewed, Preston played with blocks :)

                                                          Livia was one happy girl!! Thanks grandma!

My dad took us all to the fair and rodeo on two different days. And I must not have gotten any pictures of that! It was a lot of fun though too. Thanks dad!  And thanks mom and dad for a wonderful short and sweet visit. We love coming to Washington.

Then my Preston turned 3!!!! What a delightful little boy he is. He is getting to have such a fun personality, and has to do everything his older siblings do. He is Livia's little side-kick. They are so cute together.

Ella made his "blue ninja" cake. I think she did a pretty good job!

And now for a bunch of cell phone pictures.......

September also brought flag football season. We LOVE to watch the boys play flag football. Ashton was the quarter back this year, and Aaron was running back. Adam helped coach, even though he wasn't in the pic for their last game....I think he had a good time coaching his boys. :)   Ashton was getting pretty good, and Aaron is the fastest 8 year old I know. No one could catch him when he got the ball. I was one proud mom!

And.....we moved.......VERY bitter-sweet.  However, it was just enough sweet for our family to make the move worth it. We are only minutes away from Adam every day and it has been worth it just for that reason. So this was our farewell pic we took as we were leaving our house.

I got a new piano out of the deal :)  I love our new piano, and so do the kids

We have found some beautiful places to hike around our new place.

And we've still met up with our homeschool friends to have some fun field trips......

this was a music class believe it or not. :)

 Karate class---the boys were in HEAVEN

 

We got to go to the giant corn maze that's up this way......and there's a train ride that the kids love

And roller skating we try to do every 3rd Thursday of the month with the other homeschoolers

 Also to add to the excitement around here, I got in a car accident. My very first one with me driving. And hopefully the last.  Luckily no one was hurt, and the baby was fine. I was turning right onto our little road from a highway and the car behind me was following WAY to closely and "didn't see me signal or brake".... I think he was probably texting.  It scared me so bad! I thought it would send me into labor! But, it all turned out ok----except he was an uninsured driver so that STINKS.
The top car was the one that hit me, the bottom car was the one I was driving (it just happened to be my in-law's car. oops.)

 
 
 

 Those were not the most recent pics of our "shop/house" but those were the only ones I had on my phone. We have all the exterior walls to our shop up!!!! YAY!!!!! The roof trusses are supposed to be delivered on Wednesday. Adam said the baby can come after he gets the roof on. hahahahahahahahaha........she'll probably will wait actually. I'm just ready to be done! Especially when I get the comments from strangers in Costco "It looks like there's 2 in there!"  I just had to smile at that one. I think all manners/etiquette go out the window when people make comments to very pregnant women. Why do people not just keep those thoughts to themselves??!!!

And here's some more pics of the kids.  We are adjusting well, and very excited about the soon to be addition to our crazy family. And that's what we've been up to!!!!!!!

Summer ends, and school begins!

 Last, but not least, Ella got to go on her date with mom and dad! We had a lot of fun. Ella picked to go to Butterburs to eat (her favorite). It was delicious. Some yummy home made soup and bread are the hit there.

 We had fun shoe shopping, and going to Aeropostale, and of course milkshakes! Thanks for the fun night Ella!!

 On one of our last days of summer we went to one of our favorite places....Randy's Tumbling!! The pics are blurry, but it is hard because I was trying to catch the "mid-air" shots of the kids as they leaped from the platform into the foam pit. They had a BLAST!!!

We started school on the 26th. We enjoyed homeschool so much last year that we decided to do it again this year! We have a curriculum that we love, and we all enjoy learning at home. So here are our first day of school pictures........

Preston had to have his pic included and he is working on Preschool things.....so here's preschooler Preston!!!!

 

Livia was soooooo excited to start Kindergarten! (she's a little early, but I decided to start her anyway) and she is doing amazing.

3rd grader Ashton!!!! Ashton skipped a grade last year, and he has done really well. I am so proud of him and his hard work.

And 3rd grader Aaron!! Aaron is doing awesome and I'm so proud of his good example to Ashton. They work so well together (which is why I wanted them in the same grade). I love watching them do their schoolwork together.

 

Ella is in 6th grade!!! AHH!! I can't believe it. I really can't. She is such a good student. She knows exactly what needs to be done each day and NEVER complains. EVER. She always stays on task and I am so proud of all she does.

 Group shot! They are all looking in the same direction. Crazy! What a good lookin' bunch of kids!

We are in the middle of a crazy time in our lives....We just SOLD our home. (We close on the 27th of September) So, we have to find a place to live until our house is done, which Adam is guessing will be around March. And.......we're going to be having a baby sometime in the next 10 weeks. So we are just enjoying the chaos, and trusting that things will work out. They always do. :)  I just need to keep reminding myself of that.