Alot of fun!

This week was busy! We had a lot going on, ok I was able to do a lot of fun things:) We started the week off by heading to the orthodontist for Miki. She no longer has a mouth full of plastic!! She is happy about the new appliance because there is more room in her mouth and we don't get after her to close her mouth all the time now when she eats. Miki is also excited that she can talk normal too! (I snapped this pic real quick....man she is beautiful!!!!)

Miki also had auditions for the dance team at her studio on Tuesday. We are crossing our fingers and hoping that she makes it again. It has been said that they are taking fewer this year and changing things up a little. She feels really good about her audition so no matter what we know she did her best!
Wednesday night Chad and I got a REAL date night! We didn't even go to the movies. Crazy huh! Our friend had a birthday and she likes to go to World's of Fun in Kansas City. We had so much fun riding all the rides and could not of asked for better weather. Some how we ended up doing a ride called Rip Cord. They take you up 180 feet and let you free fall. I have no idea why I didn't stop and think for 2 seconds and realize that I would be CRAZY to do this. I lived. I had fun. Don't need to do it again, for awhile:)

Thursday night I got to go down to Star Light Theatre and see 9 to 5. Chad gave me season tickets for the Broadway plays. I must say I am rather enjoying them. It was a fun play, I had good company, and I am looking forward to going again in 2 weeks for Guys and Dolls. I think I am hooked! It is nice to know that I have a night out every 2 weeks this summer. They really have good shows this season.
I had to be a mean mom and set down some solid rules with consequences this week. It is not that there hasn't been rules, but something had to change for my sanity. I am a big meany and only give 1 warning before they get to choose a job from the jar. I have got walls, windows, and mirrors washed. The car has been cleaned and the floors swept and mopped to name a few things. I am liking the extra jobs, kids not so much. It seems to really have helped and I am thinking it won't be long before the jobs become fewer and fewer. We haven't made it past the job on the list so something must be working. I am blessed to have good kids that really don't cause to much trouble.

I am so excited!

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I just figured out how to upload photos that I take with my phone to my blog! I am so excited:0) I guess it doesn't take much to make me happy.lol So I guess what I am saying is there will be more posts for sure now. Woohoo!

Don't die of shock :)

Yeah!!! I have been trying to sign into our blog for awhile and as you can tell from the lack of posts I have not been able to. For some reason I was able to today.WOOHOO! I must admit I have gotten very lazy and post most of my pic's to face book, I can do that right from my phone. I am going to try, fingers crossed, to post every Sunday what has been going on in our lives. This is my way of trying to keep track of all the memories that otherwise would be forgotten. Come on lets face it I have just about the worst memory in the world. I hope that my kids don't catch on or I am in BIG trouble when they get older! So this will be my way of putting it all down for myself, since my lack of posting I am sure no one checks our blog anymore:)

This past week was a some what quite week for our family. Thank goodness! We finished Mikinzi's dance recital on Sunday and are very proud of what a beautiful dancer she is becoming. You can really tell that see LOVES it. Mom is of course thrilled that see does and totally enjoys the hours she gets to spend watching dance during recital weekend :)

We were able to enjoy Jaidon play 3 games this week. He sure is loving baseball and is doing really well. He is playing first base and sometimes 3rd. Dad made a deal with him that if he gets to third or home off his hit he gets a half gallon of ice cream. Well needless to say we are enjoying some yummy ice cream at our house in a variety of flavors!

The most shocking happening of the week, no of her 11 years on this earth......Mikinzie got her ears pierced!!!!!! Dad once again made a deal, this time it was with Miki. The deal was if she got her ears pierced he would make sure she got the nasal spray for her flu shot. So her willingness to do this shows how BAD she hates, if that word is strong enough,shots. Breslynn got her "ear pretties" a few weeks before because she really wanted them. No tears. She loves them and wanted them really, really bad:)Well seeing little sis was not enough and talking to her numerous friends on many different occasions was not enough proof that it wasn't horribly painful. I had to show her many clips on you tube of little ones getting them pierced. All that and she survived and loves them. Funny thing is that Miki has always played/rubbed ears when she is tired, upset, or bored:) Well now she can't rub her ears so she sits and spins her earrings. She is such a nut!

So that was a quite week. This next week is back to craziness, but I wouldn't have it any other way!

xxxooo's

Miki Summer Dance

This post is for the Grandmas who wanted to watch Miki dance, but couldn't make it out. They learned these dances in their 6 week summer class.

Wow....where does the time go?!

Well life around here is crazy!!! I know, I know what should I expect with five kids, three dogs (no that is not a typo. We now have THREE dogs) and callings that keep us very busy. We are all doing well and instead of doing the laundry, cleaning the kitchen, and cleaning up the fish food in the entry (no clue how it got there in the middle of the night) I am sitting on the couch updating my blog.
We started the summer by adding Cooper to the family. You ask why in the world would we want/need another dog?! I agree, but he is so cute:) Chad found him online here in town and convinced me to go look at him. Well....long story short Breslynn fell in LOVE, kids promised to help train him, and I am the BIGGEST sucker of them all. He is a great little dog and won't get much over 7lbs.

We have been very busy with baseball. Jaidon had so much fun playing and they did really well. This means we had lots of games. Overall they took 2nd in the city wide tournament. He played a couple of double headers to end up in the championship game which he thought was awsome. Mom had a blast, but was exhausted after chasing two 15 months around. I didn't get a good pic with his team. My camera was acting funny and Breslynn was jumping out of my arms while I tried to take it.

Another exciting thing that has happened around here is Miki auditioned for the dance team at the studio where she dances and she MADE it! She is super excited and can't wait to start. I think she will be spending lots of time at the studio this next year. It is a good thing we LOVE them :)
We have been swimming alot too. There is a great pool about 30min from our house that some of our friends from church go to and they talked me into joining also. It was really tuff since I hate sitting at the pool all day! (LOL) Breslynn and Daxon love it and my friends are so amazing helping me out while we are there. I couldn't do it with out them. It is well worth the drive. These pictures are from our pool in the back yard. I think this is the best purchase we have ever made! It is not deep enough that I worry about them in it, but deep enough for them to have fun. I am thinking that someday we will need to get a inground pool of our own.......



We have made it out on the boat once so far this summer. I think we have a curse on us. We have planned on going a few times and it ends up raining, not supposed to but it does. We can't wait to get out and try our new tube!





Well in the middle of all this we have had the house painted, Chad has gone on a river trip, dance recital, company in town, Chad at youth conference, and all the normal day to day running every where! I love summer time, but think I will be ready for school to start in a month......now to get everyone ready for that!