slacker

so lately I've been slacking with the whole blog thing, I am sorry. Life just got really busy all of the sudden. Anyways here is a delayed picture of Myas Taylor Swift Guitar Birthday Cake. I don't know how you go from wanting a little mermaid cake to a taylor swift guitar but whatever. I think Mya is probably Taylors youngest fan the knows and sings the words to: Our Song, Picture to Burn, Lovestory, You belong with me, Teardrops on my guitar, Change and any song that she can listen to about 10 times and she knows every word, who would have thought. I have also learned that if I say something looks like Taylor Swifts then Mya will wear it. Zek has been so busy with school-its wearing him out. By Wednesday he is ready for the weekend. He is really excited to watch Trevor play football tomarrow night and just finished watching Tonya play volleyball tonight. PS we made it a whole day without the baby spitting up. We still go through clothes, since she has moved on to drooling all over. Chaysee now has the pleasure of enjoying squash, ceral, green beans and bananas. I start online classes on Monday and Scott has been working nights doing inventory (9pm to 6am YUCK!) we are glad that is now over.

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cereal for chaysee and birthday outfit for mya

Chaysee tried ceral for the first time this week and has started to really enjoy it. These pictures are from the first day we tried it and then we tried water she was not so sure about it. She is now getting used to it and has since tried mashed potatos, catelope and oreos. Its fun to see her excited about real food.

Mya got a new outfit a day early (today after church we had a bbq and it was windy windy) so I figured she could wear her new clothes. She is very excited to turn 3, becuase now she is bigger or so she thinks. We will update after presents and cake tomarrow.

First Day of First Grade

Its official! Zek is now in the first grade. He was really nervous this morning, but once we got there he was excited. His room is upstairs this year and he thought that was neat. Zek also picked out his own clothes today-he actually picked out this shirt all by himself at FredMeyer. I guess its time I start letting him show his own personality (since its really starting to develop this year).

I still can't believe that I have a first grader! Today will be interesting with just me and the girls. I think Mya will be glad and sad. For sure by the afternoon she will be missing Zek. Although they argue all the time, she loves him so much.

To explain the picture of Mya, she tried to wash her own hair the other day and she put a huge glob of conditioner right in the front, which is what she is pointing to. It took a long time to rinse it all out and I don't know if we got it all. Needless to say she is not allowed to touch the shampoo, conditioner or bodywash again. :)

Camping in Leavenworth

We went camping on Friday. It was fun to be around family and enjoy some quality time together. The kids had a really great time. On Friday we arrived at about 3:30pm and set up camp. Mya kept asking when we were camping (she wasn't understanding that we already were). We had lots of yummy food while we camped and the kids even floated in icicle creek (two times, second time Zek fell in and he was done). I was a little nervous for them to do this since last weekend those that floated were surprised after coming around the bend by two BEARS. Lucky for us we didn't see any, only chipmunks and fish. After the kids floated the played in the raft and had a lot more fun than floating in the cold water. As you can see from the picture Chaysee even enjoyed a 4-wheeler ride thanks to Grandpa Joe.

Zek starts school on Thursday and is excited. We finished up school shopping on Saturday. He is now offically ready to start 1st grade.

Mya keeps telling me she wants everything for her birday (birthday), which is in 2 weeks. We will keep you posted.

Chaysee is getting so big, she likes to watch Zek and Mya and the tv (i know thats not very good of me to let her, but she really enjoys it).

Family Pictures

So we got new family pictures! Thank you ALYSON! They turned out so cute.

very, very sneaky

my brother, my friend! (yeah right only once in a great while does this happen and it only lasts about 10 min.)

so my mom gave mya some lipstick to play with under my supervision. Well evidently I don't know how to hide things very well because Mya found the lipstick on her own and used it on her own (as if you couldn't tell).

mya is really liking taylor swift lately she now knows all the words to almost all the songs and she'll even ask to watch her videos on youtube. One day i plan to record her and put it on here for all to see how big of a fan she really is.

zek has had a lot of fun this week. he was able to go swimming with friends and be lucky enough to have friends over to play. he loves board games and really wants to buy the game sequence (a game that grandma naylor has). he loves to have a scheduled day - it works out much better for everyone involved.

chaysee just keeps getting bigger its hard to believe she is already 4 mos. everyone thinks she is older than that and they just look at me like really she is only 4 mos. oh well its always good to have a healthy baby. Until next time.

Summer Fun

Myas dress from Aunt Mary!

We tried the sponge rollers again. Its so fun to have a girl with lots of hair.

So lately we've had really hot weather. Were talking 4 days over 100 degrees. The air conditioner can't even keep up. The kids have been enjoying the pool and lots of ice cream. Chaysee doesn't do very well with the heat (she throws up even more). Mya loves it because she can basically live in her swimsuit everyday. Zek doesn't like the air to be on so early in the morning, but then he doesn't like being hot in the afternoon (just can't be pleased).

Things the kids love about summer:

Mya: all the fruit (especially watermelon)

the water (just keep swimming, just keep swimming)

ICE CREAM (everyday at least a spoonful)

Zek: Tomatoes (Zek eats every single one out of the garden, before we can even get them in the house)

Swimming, running in the sprinkler, playing on the slip n slide (anything to do with water)

No School (although I am ready for him to start school)

Being home with dad on his days off

Chaysee: Has a hard time in the summer but she loves her baths and loves to have people talk to her

We are having a good summer. I have made a little extra money selling flower clips and hopefully I will get to make some more.