A Good Monday

I think I mentioned in my last post that I was starting "school" with Kate. Each week we have a theme and we do different activities and workbooks covering language arts, math, science, social studies, cooking and art. We are doing pretty basic things, I'm not too crazy! This week our theme is Apples. Today I put apple cutouts all over the house, and she had to go find them all and put them in a basket. I figured she would like this, but I had no idea how much. I ended up having to do this many, many times. We also made a book about apples, after she listed her favorite things about apples. I was not really sure when I chose what we are doing if she would be able to, but she is always surprising me with how much she understands. It's been really fun so far being her teacher!



Everett is coming more "alive" everyday! He smiles all the time and is such an easy going little guy. I love the little noises he makes, and he is always moving. That's kind of scary actually! He goes for his 2 month check up later this week, and I'm excited to see how much he has grown. I'm pretty sure he'll be in the 90th percentile or higher. Kate always is and he seems bigger to me.



Tonight we had dinner with our volleyball team. It's something the team does every week. Thirteen girls between the ages of 14 and 18...it made me happy that I don't have a teenager. No matter how hard it is to have a toddler, I was thinking tonight how much harder (in a very different way) it will be to have teenagers.



Well, it took me a few days to write something again, but at least I did :)

Try Again

It has been almost a year since the last time I posted anything, so I am going to try this whole blogging thing yet again. I'll basically just be writing about what our family is doing, and anything else that I find interesting.



Life has changed for us since last September, mostly because now we have a little boy! He's almost 2 months old now, and he's soooooo cute!!! He is a really good baby, and I know I am very lucky for that. He already sleeps well, but he is starting to be much more demanding. Kate is almost 3 now, and she is everything you expect a 2 year old to be. She is very sweet and smart, but she is also so exhausting and obnoxious sometimes. I will be happy when this stage is over.



I started doing preschool with her this week. She really likes it, but she has a hard time focusing after awhile. I started spacing it out more throughout the day so that there was a break between each thing that we are doing, and that seems to be working better.



I am going to attempt to write everyday about the kids, what new things they are doing and how they are changing. Hopefully I will be diligent about it, because I know when they are older I will be really happy that I did this.

Crazy VB Week

This week has been one of the busiest weeks that I have had in a long time, maybe ever actually. I don't know if everyone that is going to read this knows, but Brian and I help with the varsity volleyball team at Brian's high school. Well, this week the girls had games on Tues, Wed and Thurs, and then we had a tournament on Friday and Saturday. I was tired just watching all of that volleyball, so I don't know how some of our girls were even walking by Saturday night. We ended up getting 3rd at the tournament, but it was a moral victory...I won't bother with the details on that. It would be boring to anyone not involved!



On Tuesday, Kate and I hosted her play group that we are in. It's just moms from the church we used to go to, so it's not too weird or anything. We have a park next door to our house so the kids played over there. It ended up being quite dramatic, because one little girl fell off of a picnic table right on her head and Kate ended up with a pound of sand in her eyes. There were a few more minor injuries as well. I don't think I'm going to be up to hosting anymore, it was stressful! Being that we have never taken Kate to the beach, I had never had to deal with any sand problems. I had no idea how to get sand out of her eyes...I basically just poured water over her until it seemed like she could see again. All day little bits of sand kept coming out of her eyes. I felt so bad for her, but she didn't seem to really notice. So that was our week!



And today is Janna's birthday, so Happy Birthday again Janna!!!!

Kate - 21 months!

Here are some pictures from the last couple of weeks. I'm going to try and do this more than once a year, and Brian is going to post on here too now. He'll be much better at it than I am!

For those of you who don't see Kate very much, here's a little update...she loves to talk, play outside (which she is finally getting to do after a very long, hot summer), color on everything, and watch Little Einsteins. She's very polite and outgoing. She pretty much says something to everyone we walk by in a grocery store or Target. It's not my favorite thing since I don't particularly like talking to people I don't know, but it's cute. I know I am very blessed to have such a sweet little girl!!!

At Nana and Papa's house.

Kate and her cousin, Austin.

Kate and Brian at a Diamondbacks game.

Minnie

So adorable!!!

Schnepf Farms

A few weeks ago we went to a farm in Queen Creek, AZ that has a pumpkin patch and rides and other fall type things. I finally was able to dress Kate in some winter clothes, and she was so cute! Kate went on her first carousel ride...she wasn't a big fan. Although she did really like the pumpkins and the pig races!




































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House update, finally!

I figured I wouldn't be very good at this whole blogging thing because I'm kind of a procrastinator. And it's turned out to be true! I am going to try to do it more often though. Our house is looking more and more like a real house. I'll put pictures of the outside, but on the inside they have the bathtubs in, all the plumbing and the electricty. I think in the next couple of weeks they will do the drywall. I can't believe that it's getting so close, and it's a little bit scary. We still have to sell our house and it's not exactly a good time to be selling a house out here, but I know whatever happens God has a plan!
































The Dining Room

















The Kitchen

House Update

It's been 9 days since the last time I put pictures up of the house and it has changed so much already. We had a meeting with the construction superintendent on Wednesday and walked the house with him. He said it should be done on time, so we will be moving in March. It is pretty crazy that we are going to live there in less than 6 months. When we were looking around the house, I was already deciding how I would decorate it for Christmas. I'm such a nerd! I'm sure I will end up saying this everytime I write about the house, but I am so excited!