The life of a 1st Grader.....

Sydney is so funny. I love to hear stories about little things she does in class.
I had a kindergarden teacher email me this:
"Sydney is so funny! I went to Mrs. Revels room to give something to EK the other day and she was "taking names" b/c Michelle had to go to the office. She announced to the class that Mrs Martin could talk and didnt even have to move her card:) "





I was also told that when they got the class pet "a guinea pig" Sydney just HAD to hold him. She was fine until she realized that somehow she got "Gigi's" hair in her mouth. (Now how in the world did THAT happen???) LOL!

No more baby wheels....

Trent learned how to ride his bicycle without his "baby" wheels. His daddy told him he could try. It only took a couple of trys before he mastered it! I am SOO proud of you sugar man!

growing up....

Trent learned how to tie his shoes last week. It's bitter sweet. It just means my baby is growing up.

Dance...Platinum Nationals....

I have to brag a minute, Sydney competed in her VERY first SOLO today at Platinum Nationals and did an AMAZING job! She danced so good and had so much fun! All the hard work paid off! She got a gold medal and then got 7th place overall in the 8 and under catagory!

Here she is stretching before going on stage

Afterwards with her trophy and gold medal.

I am so proud of you baby girl! You had to dance at 9:08 and we had to be there an hour before. You were up and stretching at 7 this morning and you were not complaining. I am so glad that I am able to see you making your dreams come true! I hope you continue to love dance as much as you do right now! I love to see you on that stage! You shine and are full of personality! I love you so much!

Now we have to get ready for the duo on Thursday!

Oops....

Wow! I have fell short on the blogging or what?!?! LOL! Life has been so incredibily busy to say the least! I will try to catch up on all the happenings and things are are about to happen! Life is busy but boy do I love having a family to keep me busy! =) I'll have everything up to date over the next few days!

Happy 11th Birthday Trevor!

I can not believe that you are 11! Time is FLYING by. It seems like it was yesterday that you were just a baby and now you are almost a teenager(yikes!).

You are still such a great child! We couldn't ask for you to be any better! You love to hunt and fish. You are a great little guitar player! You LOVE the beach! And you love to aggrivate your bother and sister! =) You are doing such a great job in school and daddy and I are so proud of you! I hate you are growing up so fast but at the same time I can't wait to see the young man you will become!

You still LOVE the color green and john deere tractors! Or anything to do with farming for that matter! You said you want to become a doctor but I secretly believe you will farm! =) I hope you know that Daddy and I love you so much and we are both so proud of you!

Happy 5th Birthday Trent...

Happy Birthday Trent! I can't believe that YOU are FIVE years old. It seems like yesterday you were a baby. You are still our "sugar man." We love you soooo much!

It seems like this picture was yesterday... But you are growing oh so fast....

and you are still as cute as a button =)

You are definitely ALL boy! ha

I took cupcakes to your class today for your birthday!

What you are doing at this age:

*You LOVE going to 'school' and you love Ms. Sue Ann
*You favorite people to play with are Ethan, Ashton, Jamison, and Matt (and now Troy)

*You love anything Thomas the Train, John Deere, and Spiderman,

*You love to play outside and anything to do with sports (you love any type of ball)

*Karlee, Emma, and Shelby are your 'girlfriends'

*You say you are NOT going to Kindergarden next year...

*Your favorite color is green

*You love your cousin 'weela' (Leila)

*You still love to sleep with me and daddy, but you sleep with Trevor EVERY night!

*You look up to Trevor and love to aggravate him.

*You are VERY protective of Sydney.

*You are very opinionated on how you look. You have to make sure your hair is fixed 'just' right

*You favorite food is 'basgetti' (spagetti) and steak.

*You love when it's just you and Nana (and you still curl up in her lap), you and pop-pop, or you and Uncle Ashley

*We love that you will still curl up in our laps and let us hold you

*You are wearing a 13 shoe and a 5/6 in shirts and jeans

*You weigh 49lbs

You are growing up so fast and getting so big, I absolutely LOVE this age.

Daddy and I love you so much! Hope that you have had a wonderful birthday!

Prayer Request...

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Birthday Parties.....

We had Sydney and Trent's birthday parties together this year. (believe me Sydney was NOT happy about it, but we compromised ;) ) We decided to have seperate cakes and have it at Kaylee's Korner. The kids had SO much fun! They played so hard. Needless to say I think everyone there had a great time!

This was the cutest cake!

I'll have to do a post on nothing but the cakes!

Sydney's princess cake! This cake was AMAZING!

Thanks to everyone who came and helped celebrate their birthdays. They had a great time and so did we! Trevor we did miss you (he was at home sick)! We'll make it up to you, PROMISE!

Happy Birthday Sydney!

Happy 6th Birthday to my Sweet Little Princess!!!!!!!! I love you sooo much!
Today for her birthday I took Cupcakes to her kindergarden class and then she wanted to go out to eat at Old Mexico. She was soooo embarrassed when they sang to her ;)


I can't believe that it has been 6 years already! I can still remember the night before going into the hospital. All of the events of that day and the moment you were born. I can say that God answers prayers, because I prayed for you for so long. I always wanted a little girl who was beautiful and girlie but yet could "hang" with the boys too.
What you are doing right now....
*You LOVE kindergarden and you are so smart. You are so excited to be learning to read!
*Your best friend is STILL Reagan Brannon.
*You love taking dance (ballet, tap, jazz, and competition) and cheernastics.
*You are very tall for your age (you wear a 6-7 for length) and a 1 shoes.
*You have lost almost ALL of your baby teeth. (You got them early and have lost them early)
*You love to cuddle in bed with me or daddy. You ask for one of us every night to lay with you until you go to sleep. Daddy LOVES doing this with you. (You have him wrapped around your finger, but he won't admit it)
*You love your brothers so much. (You are VERY protective of Trent)
*You love anything PINK and Disney Princess (Cinderella is your favorite)
*You love pageants! And crowns.... ;)
*You love jewerly
*You still let me pick out your clothes, but you definitely have an opinion. ( You have good taste,for the most part, in clothes)

At times I wish I could freeze time. I love this age and wish you could ALWAYS be my little princess.
I thank God for you and hope that one day all your hopes and dreams come true!

Busy, Busy, Busy......

Just a "little" behind on blogging. Hopefully I will get back on track soon. Life has been so busy and is about to get even busier (is that a word) LOL! I have to go back to corporate *Michigan aka the frozen tundra* =) Plus Syd has a dance competition coming up and I have her and Trent's birthdays this month! All beautiful chaios.....

Happy New Year!!!

We are out of town (celebrating our anniversary =) ) and are having a great time!
I hope that everyone has a great New Year!
I'm not big on resolutions but I plan to do these things this year: be more positive and have positive thinking, enjoying our family more and most important becoming closer to God!

I do have to say that the Fireworks were absolutely beautiful! It was freezing and raining off and on but we went out on the porch area of the hotel to watch them. Soooo glad that we did!