More pics from today

While mommy's away the kids (& daddy) will play

So Amber is in nyc for a girls weekend and I got all four kids all by myself for three days straight (oh the terror). So my plan is let's have some fun and keep as busy as possible cause when they are busy they aren't destroying the house or making any messes! So last night a neighbor with a pool invited us over to dinner and swim, score! Today gram agreed to keep Wes while I took the girls to gator land. That was a blast and we hit up steak and shake down the street for lunch where kids were free all weekend (again, score)! Tonight it's movie night with, not delivery but, digiornos then bed! So here's some pics from today's adventures, enjoy, we sure did!!!! Scroll down to the next post to see more photos from today.

Our little monkeys

A few more photos from tonight

Make sure u scroll down and read the post that explains tonight. You may have to click the link to see past posts.

Daddy daughter date at the predators game

Reagan and I had a blast tonight and the predators got their first win of the season finally! Great game against the division leaders and came down to the final seconds. Afterwards we got to go out on the field to meet the dancers and players. She loved getting a poster of all the dancers autographed by each one. The player she took the photo with is our best wr and her pe coaches cousin. Throughout the night she got a light up ring and cow bell given to her then the poster and autographs to top it off, she was jumping for joy.

Testing out new mobile blogger

Just a random photo to see how this works. If it turns out I will be able to take pics on phone and instantly post to blog.

OK, we're gonna do better!!!

Just found out about mobile blogger, I know, I know where have I been. Anyways once I get my new phone and used to it I'll start making mobile posts as that will be so much easier. I'll be able to upload pics right after taking them with a brief explanation, CAN'T WAIT!

Anyways, things have been great as always, just super busy. Wes is getting so big and is basically sitting up on his own and teeth are coming!!! The girls just started Gymnastics this week, yes all 3! Things for me are great at work, I love my kids (great classes this semester)! I have great supportive administrators and coworkers. I am working 2 days a week in the after school program and will be doing our summer program as well as refing, scout camps, taking a family trip to see Nate, Desi & kids in CA, etc over my summer "break"! It will be crazy busy as usual. But I am looking forward to it as our summer program is only 4 days a week for a month and is really alot of fun as well as scout camp, CA trip, etc. It will be crazy but a blast. I took on a special project with the summer program, career day. I'm really pumped about it as we'll have the local hip hop morning radio show out, some of my former clients, boss, fire & police dept with all their toys (helicopters landing on site, horses, dogs, motorcycles, etc) and I'm working to get some of the theme parks, news media as well as the sports teams involved (Orlando Magic, Orlando Predators, Orlando City Soccer and Solar bears). If it all comes together it'll be a big fun day for all the kids and grown ups! Enough about me, Amber is counting the days to summer break as she'll get to just be MOM which she's really missed teaching full time this year. She's also planning on going with some girlfriends this month to NYC for a girls weekend. Kylie is super smart and an amazing reader. The girl just devores (I think that's how you spell it) books! Reagan is our little entertainer and has the biggest most tender heart! We had a ward easter activity and of course there was an egg hunt for the kids. Well Sunday at church a mom came up to me and said how awesome Reagan was cause her little girl who is maybe 18 months was having a melt down during the easter egg hunt and therefore got no eggs. Well Reagan came over and comforted her and gave her a bunch of her eggs so she didn't go without. Finally Kinsey well she is also really smart but boy is she stuborn! She can be a great helper when she wants to be but man if she doesn't want to do something or things don't go her way, watch out! I think she's my parents payback for all the crap I gave them!!! She is so great though and can also be super sweet, we love her!
Well gotta get back to work for now but look for more posts soon!!!!

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WOW School has started and man I'm behind. This working full-time thing and being pregnant is wearing me out. :0) Don't even know who reads this, but I haven't been writing in my journal either. But I'm hoping that changing my thinking to what Desi does and just makes her blog her journal will help.

We've been to school, I got transferred due to numbers and am now at Lakeview Elem. Went from part-time to full-time away from my babies. :0( But everything happens for a reason and am so Extremely thankful that I know my Heavenly Father loves me and has a plan for me. This has been a growing year for me and will continue to be as I'll be working with ESE students. I taught 2nd grade at Harmony for 2 weeks then got moved to Lakeview 2nd for two weeks, then 3rd grade co-teaching. So 29 kids and 2 teachers. Going better. Certainly a struggle for me emotionally missing my babies. Then found out I won't get the 12 weeks I was hoping for from maternity. Waiting to found out exactly when I come back and glad I saved my days last year and I can have Chris's days too so I can stay home about 6 weeks. 1.5 weeks to go!

So we went camping this weekend since it's been BEAUTIFUL outside and the last chance we have before the baby, no name yet, because of the SUPER busy month we have. So we went, and yeah it rained, A LOT! Girls said a prayer that we would be safe and we were. A little wet but not nearly as bad as I was thinking. Wind was totally not what I was expecting, crazy. Enjoyed line dancing, pony rides, petting zoo, and birthday cake with 70 year old G-pa. Had pizza instead of hotdogs cause it started to rain again RIGHT after I got the fire started. So, no smores but did get that yummy chocolate birthday cake! And how is it that our car looked like we were moving when we only were camping for 1 night!?!

We've been to the Reptile show, yes the girls were really into it. Reagan has been catching lizards and frogs like crazy. Kylie got her started on it, but Reagan is better. One family gave Reagan a really cute wooden bracelet cause she put a bunch on, danced around singing like she was a pop-star, Nothing Strange about that. But they just thought she was so incredibly cute, cause she is! So they let her have it and I didn't bring my purse in:0) They wanted to take home a turtle, or rabbit. At least it wasn't a snake or spider they wanted!

Ripley's Believe It or Not with Jared, Chrissy and Mom and Wonder Works and Trick or Treating at Sea World so far this month on top of camping. And mostly for free cause we're teachers! LOVE IT. The pictures aren't in order but I'm sure you'll figure it out. Went to the thrift and Kylie is going to be a witch finally, she's been asking for 3 years. And Reagan is going to be little Red Riding hood. Kinsey will be a princess. I usually like to go themed but since I'm not going this year cause I would have JUST had a baby, I didn't force it on them. Next year, Something good!

Kylie is on the local swim team so we do that MWF and Reagan has been doing Cheer, last week I believe. TTH for that. Chris is gone from 7:30 to 6:15 Tue and Thurs and I'm working full-time at a school about 20 min away. He does youth on Wed. nights and I'm in the Primary pres. So yeah, we're BUSY! Kinsey is a trooper and just enjoys life. Loves the i-pod and speaks AMAZINGLY well! Plus, she can really rip it on her scooter!

Kylie is LOVING 2nd grade and doing AMAZINGLY well. Loves to read! Reagan is thrilled to be a Monkey, like Kylie was when she was in K. Great teachers! She's working on her writing and identifying her numbers.

Me, I have 1.5 weeks like I said, and am feeling big, but not too uncomfortable and grateful that my pregnancies are so easy. Excited to start weight watchers next month though. :0)

Chris is glad to be back at school with the youth. He really does have a special place in his heart for them.

All in all we're so super blessed and are thankful for all of our many wonderful blessings and pray for all of our family and friends!

Summer Summary

I've been so bad about taking Pictures this summer. But a lot has happened. Chris and I got to go on a cruise in June, Kylie turned 7, Reagan turned 5, Kinsey potty trained, and Chris is teaching next year, oh and we're having a boy we found out! Just some fun summer stuff, like movies, beach, Go Karts, water park, mall, friends, pool, girls camp, and youth conference a bit, temple, Library, Face Painting, Mascot Games, shooting, camp fires, ice skating, bowling, VISIT FROM HOLLYWOOD, etc.
Kinsey was wanting to learn to swim until I found her jacket I had stored away and now she realizes she can be so much more independent (which is probably her most fav. thing!) She did get stitches. Mom calls me when we're helping at Youth Conference and tells me not to panic but they are going to the hospital, Kinsey needs stitches. So calmly we go but it took 45 min to get there, luckily we got there before she went back. She did GREAT! enjoyed time with just mom and dad, but not getting
the stitches when she saw them. She even was singing her favorite song, Jingle Bells, while fighting the tears as they were on the 3rd stitch and Adams the nurse joined in. Not a fun experience and she got 5 of them! But she didn't bother them at all and was so wonderful.
Kylie has ants in her pants and is always wanting to play with a friend or go buy something with her money she earned or found or got for her birthday. But she's really good about getting her chores and homework done before she goes because she really wants to go! Also really good at Hoola Hooping. She's won the last 4 contests she's been in, and catching Lizards is alos a new passion. We're getting her signed up for the swim team when school starts! M W F for that. She's excited to find out who else is in her class for 2nd grade.
Reagan is so spacey sometimes it's just too cute. Not spacey like dumb, just off in her own happy world. She's so happy and sings all the time and is just so sweet and precious. She does get emotional and can get pretty upset, but we're working on being 'Calm and Kind.' She shared her birthday presents with her sister so well and most everything else for that matter. She has gotten her confidence in the pool back -Yeah!- She's excited to have the same K teacher as Kylie did and go to school with mom. She has a harder time concentrating than Kylie does and hasn't learned as many sight words as I would have liked but is getting her numbers down.
Kinsey, is potty trained, which I already posted about, but talks so well and has a blast with her sisters. She loves Barney and Dora and getting treats for going on the potty. Her friends Ella and Jack Jack from church she talks about all the time! She loves wearing princess dresses and her minnie shoes she got for going potty so much. Sweet mama's girl, and will miss me so when I go back to work this school year, but at least it's still part-time!
Chris, finishes his old job this wed! And since he's staying in town for work, back at the Middle school teaching Spanish, and the Jetta is on it's last leg being 10 years old and having 185k miles on it, we opted for a smaller motorcycle payment instead of a car payment. We'll have my mom's car for a back up, but he's super excited about it and so are the girls, especially Kylie and Kinsey, they LOVE it!
Me- feeling big, but that's expected having only 11 weeks left in my pregnancy, and eating treats everyday, so most of it's my fault. Can't wait to do Weight Watchers again and setting goals. Yeah, I know I could have done that during my pregnancy, but I'm too far gone now LOL! Love that summer dresses are now coming on sale cause that's my school wardrobe :0) I don't mind Kinsey's pool jacket at all because she is independent and easier at the pool and park, and I get to swim some laps to counter those cookies. But would like her to swim on her own too for safety reasons. Looking forward to going to the last horrah for the summer and heading to Weekie Watchi Springs for the mermaid show and small water park.
Ok, that's us in a Summer Summary! Hope you had a blast and enjoyed your family :0)