One Last Time!

We decided on saturday to take the boat out one last time this season. It was such a nice day and only a few boats on the lake. It seems like every time we have gotten the chance to take the boat out we have had horrible weather. This time it was perfect! We had fun trying out our new tube and ski. We were able to fit all of the kids in the tube at the same time. It was great they were entertained and the adults were enjoying the peace and quiet in the boat! My girls thought it was so funny for their mom to get in the tube with them. They were even more surprised to see me ski!! Sadie got really brave and tried skiing for the first time. She almost did it. I'm sure next time she will get right up. Brin had fun on the yellow board.

Labor Day/12th Anniversary!

It's hard to believe that Eric and I have been married for 12 years. Time goes by so fast. It has been the best 12 years of my life. He is an amazing husband, father, and friend. He has blessed my life so much and I am grateful for him putting up with a house full of emotional girls! Our Anniversary always falls over Labor Day weekend. We celebrated early this year and went out to dinner to the CheeseCake Factory. We had the best dinner and finished it off with a delicious Chocolate Reeces peanut butter slice of cheesecake. It was delicious. After dinner he took me to his office that I still hadn't seen after a year of being there! And then we were off to pick up the RV. He was surprising the girls with a trip back to Lava Hotsprings with his brother Kevin and his family. When we got home they were so excited to see the RV pull in the driveway! While Eric spent the weekend with the girls, I had a fun weekend with my Mom and sister's up at Swiss Days in Midway. We have gone the past couple of years and it is so fun. We love to see all of the cute crafts people come up with. We have such a fun time together and love to stay up at Kristi's beautiful midway vacation home. This year we found these cute witch's brooms!

Brinley's first Soccer Game

Brinley is loving Soccer, but she especially loves that her Dad is the coach. She is so fun to watch and really goes after the ball! Her team name is the sprites! They aren't hard to miss in those bright uniforms!

Hailey's first day of school!

I Can't believe that my baby is now in preschool. It is a little crazy that she is old enough to go. She is growing up so fast and has been so excited to go to Miss Mindy's school. She loves her class and has lots of new friends. Hailey is my little sweetheart and we have lots of fun together!

1st day of school

It's hard to believe that summer is over and school is starting. This year Sadie is in 4th grade, Brinley is in 1st grade, and Hailey is starting preschool. Sadie and Brin had a really good 1st day of school and came home excited to tell me everything that happened. Sadie's teacher loves arts and crafts so sadie is in for a fun year. Brin loves being at school all day and loves her teacher Mrs. Thompson. She is growing up to fast. It was hard to send her off for the whole day. Hailey has had a few meltdowns the past couple of days because she misses her sisters. Hopefully when her school starts next week she won't be so sad! I do have to say that it is nice to have a little peace and quite and I am enjoying my time I have with Hailey. It's amazing how fast they grow up and all of the changes they go through.

We had another busy week. We are in full swing with Sadie's Cheerleading. She had Cheer camp for three days 5 hours a day. She came home very tired but loved every minute of it. They flew a coach in from Florida to teach them their new comp routine. He was really patient with the girls and they had lots of fun with him. Sadie is a base and has to hold a girl up into extension. I'm amazed that she is strong enough to do it!

The girls were very excited to find out who their new school teachers were. Sadie has Mrs. Gourley, Brinley has Mrs. Thompson, and Hailey is going to Mrs. Mindy for preschool. They are all really great teachers and the girls are excited to start a new school year. Sadie's teacher called the house and wanted to come over and meet Sadie. Sadie was excited to meet her and had a smile on her face when she told her she lets them paint ceramics if they do their home reading! She seems like a really nice teacher and it should be a great year. Brinley and Hailey were excited to find letters in the mail from their teachers.

Brinley was so excited to go with her Dad to pick up her teams soccer uniforms. She is so excited to have her Dad be her coach. She wanted to be #2 just like her dad wore when he played soccer. She went with him and picked out her pink soccer cleats and shin guards. She is officially ready to start soccer. She loves to put on her uniform and practice kicking her ball. (She is really wearing shorts in this picture but her shirt is really long!)

They ended the week playing spa with their friends. They cut up zucchini from the garden and put it over their eyes. They painted fingers and toes. Brin and Hailey loved it.

Catch up!!

Another birthday has come and gone! We had a fun day. Me and the girls went and saw Despicable Me and loved it. They spoiled me all day and that night Eric and I went out to dinner to the Texas Roadhouse while grandma tended the kids. They got me an apple pie and lit sparklers as my candles. (We used to to that when I was a kid!) They put so many in the fire alarm went off! I am getting old.

We went to the cabin one last time this summer and had a great time. We got caught in a storm during raspberry days and got poured on while we went through the booths! The wind was so strong it about blew us over! The girls were starting to have a panic attack and were very glad to get back to the car. We had lots of fun at the beach and trying out a new ez up ski. They loved it and didn't want to stop.