Some much going on...

Some say 4 kids is a lot, but these kids will tell you it's not enough. They love each other.





This little guy is so fun now. He LOOOOOOOVVVEEEEESSSSSSSS preschool. He thinks his teacher is the end all say all. What ever Mrs. Sarah says goes! At school and at home! I love it. He is so excited to be a big brother. He always asks us if his "wittle brother can sleep in his room." It's so sweet.



This cheesy cheese face is so fun too! The last few nights i've told her it's bed time and she runs and gets in Nate's bed. SHe loves her brothers. I love that she loves them... and they truly are so sweet to her.

Today was one of the first days she went up stairs and played by herself in her room. Normally she's attached to my hip and might as well be my second head. SHe did shut the door though and of course pounded on it until someone came to her rescue... still hasn't figured out those door knobs yet. I hope it stay that way for a little longer.



This kids is every bit of six now! He actually probably acts older than his age... some of that's my fault. That's what happens when you're the oldest of five... but he is definitely the oldest for a reason! First grade has been interesting! He's come home with new words and phrases! One of them we were a little taken back by, but the whole way it all played out was pretty funny. Apparently the word "nuts" is cool to first grade boys. Matt was getting on Jack's nerve's so he said in anger, "stop matt! if you don't I'm going to rip your nuts off and make you a girl!" Matt, being the innocent tough guy he is said, " oh yeah, well I don't have any peanuts!" Haha! I love it. Not that Jack learned that, but that matt is so innocent. I wish they all could stay that way.

Jack also came home and was sitting next to me on the trampoline just talking and he said," mom, Scarlet told me about the SH word and the F word. I know we can't say them." So I didn't want to make a big deal of it and said, "yeah, you're right.... soooooooooo............ what are those words????" He said, "well, she didn't tell me, but I figured it out. The sh word is Shut up, and the f word is Fat. And she smelled really bad so I had to go get a tissue to cover my nose!" Haha! Kids are the best. They say the funniest things, and truly are so innocent. I know why heavenly father tells us to be like little children. I did tell Jack aftr that though to make sure he doesn't tell Scarlet why he needed that tissue! :)

Bostonova!

Halloween 2010

We had a great halloween! The boys wanted to be Ninja Turtles this year and each one wanted to be a different guy. So i looked at the stores and every place had only the red one and it was $30.... times that by three and you can see why I opted to make them. We'll see if I ever do that again though. After countless hours of sewing by hand since I don't have a sewing machine the final product looked pretty good if you ask me. The boys loved them! They wore them the whole day and even slept in them that night and are still in them the next day. Definitely worth the effort. They looked RAD! "Bosto-nova, bosto-nova? Chevy-nova! EXCEllENT!!!!!

Charlie on the other hand was a little last minute. She LOVES to wear this wig so we thought it would be funny to send her around in it. So she went as a Diva. Of course EVERYONE thought that she looked so cute and funny. We thought so too. SHe wore it the whole night and every time it fell off she would say, "oh no, hair!" I told her if she had it on people would give her candy. So she wore the entire time AND said Trick or Treat at each car. What a little cutie! We love her so much!

Quotes from Matthew:

Wed:

Dave and I were going to ym/yw activity and matt and charlie went to grandma lisa's so we could be more focus on the service project we were in charge of.... Matt said:

"I'm going to protect Charlie. If she runs out in the road I'm going to yell at her, STOP, you'll be killed. And if she was killed I'll wait for all the cars to go by and then I'll go pick her up and find a rock and put her under it."

I said: why a rock?

Matt said: just like the soldiers were under the rocks mom... remember?

Friday:

We were on our way to preschool and we carpool with a few other kids. We have the sweetest little boy who is really shy and doesn't always love how overwhelming our bunch can be.... so today we were on our way to the school and Matt was talking to him. He didn't say anything back, just looked at matt and matt said," so what's the deal, did you lose your voice?"

I wanted to laugh so hard.... I am kicking myself for not writting down more of the funny things he says on a daily basis.... he really is the funniest person I know.


Also, the boys are into Ninja Turtles right now... in a major way. They're all going to be one for halloween. It should be cute. They've started quoting the moving saying:
"Bostanova!!!!!!!!!!!

Bostanova?

Chevy Nova!!!!!

Excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Da da da na na na!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fun times...

We had a fun family home evening the other night! For our activity we made homemade pizza on the grill and then had a nice little lesson.

The pizza turned out great! We'll be making it this way from now on. We're kinda crazy about the grill at our house. If we're eating at home its usually grilled. Chicken with pineapple skewars, chicken for caesar salad, steak for fajitas, fish, and now pizza. it was YUMMY! You should try it out!







Here's some of jack's recent school work! So fun and funny. He did a family picture... he got everyone in there, but added about three extra people. Sorry jack, but I don't think we'll be having three more... or one more. This next one is it! :)

I also LOVE the self portrait he drew. I don't know why, but it cracks me up so much!!!!

I get so behind and have to play catch up!

SOCCER has started! This is our first year to do soccer and man is it a busy schedule. Two kids, two different teams, and games galore! Matty seems to really like it, Jack is still trying to decide! They both scored goal at their first games and will hopefully keep up the hard work... because it is a lot of hard work when you are trying to play in 104 degrees and humidity...

go tornados!! go sharks!!!









Jack is 6!!!!! I can't believe it! For his birthday this year we decided to do ice blocking! We found the biggest hill we could find and got our boggans ready to go! The four ice blocks lasted all of 20 minutes in the heat! It was worth it though. Everyone had a great time! Thanks for coming everyone! It's so nice to know that we have such a great family! Looking at these pictures make me realize how lucky we are to have so much family around!
















Here's Nate and Matt, and char, on their first day of preschool. They are loving it! They both have great teachers and are so excited to go each day! That first week of school Nate would ask heavenly father to help him go back to school each time he prayed. It was so cute!! He's so excited!!! This is Matt's last year before Kindergarten! I can't believe he's almost 5!





Right before school started we took a short little vacation down to San Marcos, TX. We had a blast! We had a lot we wanted to do and it was going to be a lot of fun. Dave had to work the first day down there so the kids and I walked over to Cabela's, then to subway and then back to the hotel in the nasty blistering humid heat. We survived, but just barely...

When Dave got back that night he and the boys went to a movie and me and char hit the outlets! You have to do that when you there... they have so many good ones!

The next day we went to the Schlitterbahn Water Park which was SO MUCH FUN! I kinda wish we could do it every year, but it's really expensive, and we're a super large family now, so we'll have to check with dad on that one! :) After that day there we were so hungry when we went to chili's that we ended up eating three baskets of chips and salsa before we ever got our food... don't judge us. :)

The next day we went to the Natural Bridge Caverns to see the caves. The boys loved it. We even saw a bat fly in.... nasty...

And after that we headed back home to get ready for the start of school!







We went into the gift shop at the caverns and sitting there were flavored crickets... so David thought it would be fun to try them. I wasn't about to even touch the package let alone try one, so he asked the boys if they wanted to. They all said, no, so he gave them a deal... he said if you eat one I'll give you three dollars to spend on vacation. So do you think you can guess who ate one????? Well, ALL OF THEM! Jack, Matt, and NATE! I couldn't believe it! After David ate his I noticed he had a little cricket debris left over in his teeth... see it there???








Here we are at the Natural Bridge Caverns. The kids LOVED this too! The cave was really big and really neat! It was my first time to one and it truly is amazing. Charlie fell asleep at the very end... I don't know how. It's not like backpack riding is exhausting... or maybe it is!





While we were down there we went to Schlitterbahn! It was so much fun! I honestly didn't think the kids would last that long... or myself... especially considering it was 104 and I'm pregnant. BUT, we were there from open until one hour before it closed! The kids had a blast and could actually ride more rides than I thought! It was great! We even did the big huge tube ride that seat like 6. They even let charlie go down with us! It was an absolute blast! The kids keep asking to go back!!! Of course...