School, birthday and more!

This post will have a bit of everything! Annie started kindergarten at the beginning of September and she loves it! She is very excited about reading, math, going to the school library and computer lab, and of course riding the bus a mile to our house :) It is really cute and I still can't believe that I have a child in school! I am so used to all my kids being at home with me, but she was SO ready for school. She eats her little sack lunch (which I love making, I am a nerd...) in the cafeteria with her friends and loves doing the monkey bars at recess. I am very proud of her! Go Annie!

 Macey just celebrated her 4th birthday!! I can't believe this either..... I still think of her as my little Macey. Tiny and sweet. But she is growing and learning everyday! We had so much fun too! I made her a Littlest Pet Shop cake because she is all about the pet shops, we went to put put golf as a family upon her request, and dinner at the bird restaurant. For those of you who don't call it that you probably call it Red Robin :) It was so much fun! I am grateful for Macey and the happiness she brings into our home! I love you!

And of course here are the pictures :

First day of school, ready to go! So cute!

Hopping off the bus!

Here is the Pet Shop Cake.... I love all the colors!

My sweet girl, I could just kiss that face off :)

Her table all decked out!

Mini golfing..... Look at Macey, so excited and Annie really concentrating

A really cute picture of the girls with Rex. It really was so much fun!

And Last...... We are expecting our 4th little girl! Yes, it is true. Rex will be severely out numbered but we are all so excited!! I am 20 weeks and feeling really good. I have started feeling kicks and movement which makes being pregnant feel real :) I am due Feb. 10th and I can't wait to meet our little girl! I am so blessed! Just wanted to share the good news!

Our Little Camping Trip

Over the Labor Day weekend we decided to take the girls on a quick camping trip. There are TONS of great camping spots around here and we found the perfect little spot not far from home. I was concerned that it would be cold and the girls wouldn't sleep good but I was wrong. The weather was beautiful and all three girls sleep like rocks...... no one woke up. That doesn't even happen at home. In a nice warm bed. Anyway, it was so much fun! We all had a blast. Even being dirty and smelling like a fire we had fun family time. We had smores by the fire, tossed rocks in the river just down from out site, snuggled in our tent, and had donuts and bananas for breakfast. It was a great way to get away...... even close to home.

 Cute little Macey trying out her camp chair

Rex and the girls walking to the river, cute!

Annie posing by the pretty river. I can't tell you how many pictures there are of me when I was a kid "posing" by something. :)

Olivia loved throwing rocks in the river. All the girls did. Rex and I were trying to throw them all the way to the other side.We did this for like an hour. It is a lot more fun then is sounds.

Me and my girls

I love how the fire is glowing off their little faces. SO CUTE!

Family picture after breakfast. Love these people so much!



A little catch up.....

Wow, it has been a month already? There have been some serious computer issues and some serious fun keeping me away. But, here is a little catch up :) WE have had so much fun in the sun. Playing in our little pool, hanging out at the lake, and hitting the spray park. I had a GREAT birthday too. I was treated to lunch with friends and family, my sister highlighted my hair (yeah!), had a girls day watching movies and doing nails, and had all my family over for burgers and cake! We have had a fun summer and we stay busy all day long.... which insures for tired, worn out, happy kids at the end of the day.  Rex is finished at Oregon Dept. of Forestry and is back at the high school, Olivia is all over the place, talking and running! Annie is so excited for school and Macey is enjoying every minute of time outside on her scooter and with friends. Here are a few pictures to go along with all the fun......

Macey snuggling in nice warm clean laundry

Rex came home for lunch to visit us in his fire truck! Such a hottie!

Olivia trying her first corn on the cob, she loved it!

Blowing out 29 candles! That's alot of candles!

Annie and Ryan enjoying the warm sun on the swings!

The girls playing at the spray park

I was bathing Macey and looked around the corner to see Annie putting on Olivia's diaper and jammies after her bath.... one of the sweetest things I have ever seen.

The perfect way to end a long day. Snuggling on the couch with a tired sweet baby. My favorite :)

Rodeo Fun

We went on a family outing to the rodeo here in town a couple of weeks ago and we had so much fun! The girls loved it. This town has tons of fun things to do all the time so we take advantage of the family ones and GO! Ye haw!

The girls watching the bull riders

Rex and Olivia being so darn cute! She loves her daddy!

I know, my girls all look awesome.... but I thought it was cute/funny! I fixed it up on a fun website and made it look a bit tattered. FUN!!

Fourth of July fun!

We had a blast the week of the 4th of July! We had a good friend of the family come up and stay with us for a week and it was a real treat! So we made the most of our time and did lots of really fun stuff! The girls LOVED Scott and looked forward to having him read them stories before bedtime on his ipad. He is way cooler than us :) Here is our fun in pictures!

This was the routine every night. Make a big bed in the play room and then wait for Mr. Mitchell to come in and read a story before going to sleep.  They loved it!

We made 4th of July bracelets and painted patriotic nails

Olivia's first snow cone at the Creswell parade

The girls at the parade waiting to be showered in candy. The parade was great!

Macey doing a sparkler

Annie and her sparkler

Rex made a dog with his sparkler.... he is so talented!

We finished the night off with red, white, and blue poke cake! I make it every year!

I am so grateful that I live in this beautiful free country.

Lions, tigers and bears!

Rex had a whole 5 days off in between school getting out and starting of the Oregon Department of Forestry so we crammed in as much as we could :) We surprised the girls and took them to the zoo. We had so much fun! We spent the WHOLE day there. We saw everything. It was so much fun. I love days like that. Everyone was happy, the weather was perfect and we had a great family day.

all the girls sitting by a waterfall

Olivia was pointing at a bird. It was so cute that she was interested in what was going on. Look at that little finger :)

The girls loved the tractor seats

Macey loved the penguins, they kept swimming right by her

Macey, Rex and Annie by the lion exhibit.

Annie loved this little kid door to the gift shop

We all jumped to see what animal we could leap like,  me.....

Rex....

Annie.....

And Macey

And just look at that face..... What a great day!

Summer is about to start!

Not too much has been happening around here. We are anxiously waiting for school to be out (on Friday!) so summer can start! Yeah! Rex will start at the Oregon Department of Forestry in a couple of weeks for the summer. We are so grateful because there is a station here in Cottage Grove so he will be close to home. The girls and I are looking forward to swimming at the lake with friends, playing at the park and having nice long summer days.

Here are a few pictures I snapped over the last couple of days.....

I love this sweet face and I love when my girls want to hold hands :)

Macey running at the park and then posing for a picture

I have been trying fun hairstyles on Annie lately. This is the "snail" braid. She is very good about sitting and letting me experiment.