I'M BACK!!!!!!!!

Wow I've not blogged since September!! I didn't see the point in it if I couldn't upload pics but BOOM it worked I don't even remember doing anything (except deleting a few things off the computer).

 

YAY Now to catch up on things we have been doing.........I found a draft on here where I was talking about posting things on more than just the kids for family to keep up with whether it be cooking, trying new things, Will and I etc...  I am proud to say that cooking has become my renewed hobby I love it!! We have almost completely eliminated processed/boxed foods and I make almost everything from scratch.  It is simple (yes more effort) totally worth it we feel fuller and have more energy.

 

THE BOYS: they are doing great, Lyric is doing awesome in school I'm a very proud mom, Logan is still Logan he had an amazing time in the fall playing soccer and is signed up to play for the spring league, Gavin has grown so much into just the funniest kid ever.  School has been out for awhile due to holidays and SNOW/ICE. I can see us going until August (not really) but Saturdays probably for sure.  I am running out of things to keep them occupied.

 

Lyric and Logan are in Bible Quizzing this year through our church, due to weather we haven't been to a tournament but they are impressing me by what they have memorized.  Lyric received the Holy Ghost a couple months ago he was really excited now Logan is wanting it so bad enough to ask for it for Christmas. :) Gavin turned 2 in November bittersweet all my babies are growing so fast. Will and I are doing the same things, I think the kids lead a more exciting life than we do LOL but we are good.

 

Our Goals for 2014:

Grow more in God and our relationships with him

Eat healthy and get fit

We are going to slim down on the clutter because we are wanting a simpler life style

Start saving up because we want to buy a MINI FARM!!! (going back to our roots and living off the land)

 

Well there is a mini update I will post some pics for the past 4 months ;0)

Soccer

Emma came to watch him play

WE WON

 

Science Fair night

Lyrics project

Gavin's 2

Snow days

 

 

 

 

Lyric

Lyric my sweet 1st grader....everything seems to be going really well for him as far as his schoolwork and being ahead of where he should be, but he is having trouble making friends this year. Yes I have cried about it and I've wondered what was going on and I've tempted to pull him out and home school him because I could be his best friend hahahaha jk (kinda).  It doesn't seem to bother him too much because he still wants to go to school, so I know its just a matter of time.

Lyric is a great helper these days and he is getting better about responsibility, we've started new chore charts and jobs to earn things and I'm impressed about his interest in it.

We will see what the year of first grade with my sweet 7 year old brings, hopefully most of it will be JOY.

Logan

Logan is in his last year of pre-k this year, unless I decide at the last minute I don't want him going to Kindergarten. :/

He is a good kid who handles being the middle child very well, I was afraid it might be hard for him and who knows it could be.  We let him join a soccer team (he's been asking for over a year) and I think its going to be the best thing for him.  He has such a good time and loves the attention that he is doing something.  He literally smiles the whole entire time he is playing a game....I mean to the point of me thinking his face has to be hurting LOL.

Logan has also been going to speech again, we've had some problems finding just the right person and I think we have found her for sure!  A week or so ago we got a letter stating that our speech therapy would no longer be covered by our insurance, so we would end up having to pay so much per visit.  At first I was like oh that isn't too bad until I started figuring 2 times a week and that times 4!!! WHOA!!! Being a one income family I just didn't see that amount available in our budget, so what did I do??????????? I worried and worried and I cried, because this is something that he desperately needs.......And then it hit me I don't have to worry so I sat down and I prayed to God that his will be done.  Then came speech day, I called to cancel for that day because we just didn't have the $$ and his therapist called me and said something that automatically brought me to tears........ "You do not have to worry about paying for his services, they are all on us." WOW talk about one happy mama :)
Anyways back to Logan he is doing so well for only just beginning I couldn't be more happier.

Gavin

I am so sad that I still cannot upload any pics to my blog.  I've tried to look into it but its really weird so I don't know I guess I will just keep writing until I figure it out.

On to Gavin.....

Gavin is by far smartest spoiled almost 2 year old I know LOL...(I can say that because I'm his mom) Compared to where our oldest boys were at this age Gavin is very advanced, he picks things up quickly and thank God he does not have an ear problem that is leading to speech problems.  OH no he has no problem communicating and his vocabulary is huge!

What does he like to do?
He loves following after the older two always wanting to do what they are doing, of course they don't like the quality time most days ahahahha.
Gavin still loves Yo Gabba Gabba he can sing all the songs and do the dances.  He also likes Jake and the Neverland Pirates as well as Toy Story.  We went for weeks watching Buzz and Woody.
Gavin loves being outside he cries when he gets left in :(

I'm so proud of everything that he does he is my little cutie.

Last night after Logans soccer game he was given a small bag of chips in which he fell asleep with his hand in the bag, so I told Will that I wanted to take a picture of that and he opened his eyes to say cheese out of a sleep.  It was hilarious we all laughed about it for awhile.

falling behind...

Once again I am falling behind on this blog...so in order to catch up to where we are today>>>>>here we go!!!!!

The beginning of June we took our first summer vacation to Florida!! It was a fun getaway, that will not be done again in a LONG time, due to the awesome (not) car ride home LOL.  I always have such a hard time uploading pics to the blog for some reason so boo.  I don't understand it I've tried every other day trying to upload our vacation photos and it just will not work!! I might have to find a new blog :(

Since home from vacation we have took the kids to do different things, library reading program, movies, camping, they have marked off some things off of their summer to do list.

It is one week until the end of summer break and we are ready for school!  Don't get me wrong I enjoyed my kids being home for the summer and we were able to do lots of things, we have been extremely blessed...........but the kids are getting antsy and saying they are bored and I am ready for a routine to get going again.

Start to summer...

So the boys have made a huge list of things to do this summer...from going places to just doing things around the house.  So to kick off summer break we went to Crystal Bridges museum this past Monday (yes memorial day and yes it was crazy busy) the boys had a pretty good time and we took them into the play center and hung out there for a bit.  After that we went to the park across the street and had a little picnic lunch..it was extremely windy!!!  Sadly I went to take pics with my camera and forgot the sd memory card in the computer FAIL........ :(

1 Day until our beach vacation....I don't know who is getting more excited us or the kids! Just a little nervous about the long drive.  I have already packed the boys up and got their clothes into one gigantic suitcase (go me).  We are getting a rental car so I'm not sure what trunk space we will be having.

Today we got out the sprinkler and let the kids play for a few minutes before their lips started turning blue.  After that we rested a bit and I finished getting the house in order to leave and then on to the t-ball game :)


I have some great sprinkler pics but I'm having trouble loading them, I will try again later to update..........

Logan

Logan has turned 4 at the end of April...with me being so behind I didn't get it posted :/

He finished his first year of pre-k and I am surprised at all he has learned: he can write his name, recognize letters in the alphabet and count (a little) he doesn't care much about counting right now LOL.  He loves writing his name though!! I can't believe how different he is from Lyric but I guess every child is different :)

He will soon be starting back speech therapy classes, he has come so far without them but I really think its important for him to go into speech his final year before he starts kindergarten.  We are starting with a new company that will actually work with us and come out to his school to evaluate him and do his classes there as well.  That in itself is such a relief.

Sunday school

Easter egg hunting

Fell asleep in Gavins chair LOL