The End of Summer

Thanks to grandma and papa, our girls really embraced skiing this summer. So sad it is almost over!

The "boyfriend" KEEGAN!

Gymnastics

The girls love gymnastics and are getting so much better each week.
Jocelyn is doing a back walkover, Brinly is pretty good at her head stand, and Amelia can almost do a back roll all by herself at 2! So stinkin' cute!
Thanks coach Beth:)

Family Pictures

Recently took some family photos. Thank you Sara Coral, you did a great job!
saracoralphotography.blogspot.com

My girls are so fun, and I am SO EXTREMELY grateful to have them!

Jocie started kindergarten this year and that has been really cool. She loves making new friends, learning new things, and coming home to share them with us. It's awesome! She was sitting here on my lap by the computer and read the "bookmarks" from my title bar on the computer screen.

 Brinly is in a really cool pre-school now. We were going to try to just have her stay home and learn from mommy, but she was crying to go to school just like her big sister. Most of the pre-schools were filled up by then. On afternoon, picking up Jocelyn from pre-school, I over heard a woman talking on her phone to someone about how her child will be fine at school and knowing so much will just give her confidence. Anyways, I just had to ask if she was a pre-school teacher and she was. The concerned mother was worried that her child had learned too much in pre-school and would be bored in Kindergarten. Bottom line is Brinly had been placed in an awesome learning environment and it is the street behind ours! So COOL!

Amelia is a really good little communicator. She loves to repeat everything we say and do it with a question mark. She is a perfect little mix of her older sisters. There is no stopping this feisty little girl from getting what she wants either.

 Todd has been working really hard, harder than I've ever seen him work before. He is relentless. I am  so grateful to have him be at the head of our family! I couldn't have asked for a better companion in this life. I love the way we work, play, and experience our lives together!

I am happiest when I am with him!

Jocelyn is on a roll

...Jocelyn again, and worth writing down.
So today we went to drop off Boder, our puppy, to the groomers at PetSmart. There are lots of other animals there and a whole wall full of fish tanks. So Jocelyn and Brinly were looking at all the fish. Jocie comes over to me and tells me I have to look at this cute little fishy. Her actually words were, "Mom, you have to come see little floaty pants." Floaty Pants didn't register anything to me right then because I was talking to someone. So I went over and she was of course pointing to a sad little dead fish. I hated to be the bearer of bad news but I had to tell her the fish was a dead fish and "Floaty Pants" was floating because that's what fish do when they're dead. But I wish I could have captured her face of horror and confusion when she realized what I was saying. So sad, but cute and funny at the same time.

Good Bye Floaty Pants!