photo find

a funny photo find from winter

the boys had Audrey lock them in the dog box  :)

it took some convincing to get her to let them out

dance

Audrey is attending a new dance studio this year and is loving it..   

but I recently found these photos from a dance class last year.

Audrey started taking dance classes with Amber right after she turned 3.  So she was with Dance Spirit for almost 2 years.  This past year was Amber's final year, and Audrey LOVED Amber so it was sad for her to change studios.  She also loved her little friends so it was a tough decision to take her somewhere that she didn't know any girls.  (she has quickly made lots of new friends!)

Audrey and one of her besties, Sadie.

Week #3 at her new studio has come and gone..  This year, Audrey is in Ballet, Tap and Jazz.  She is also taking a tumbling class right after and is LOVING it!

County Fair 2012

We had another fun year at our county fair.  This is pretty much our summer vacation..  we eat most meals here and spend the majority of each day at the fair until late at night.  (I even photographed a wedding and reception, then headed up to the fair afterwards so we could catch the concert!)  Yea, pretty devoted!  :)

The boys took calves again this year.   Here they are getting them all pretty for the show.

All ready to go!  I loved the blue shirts this year!  

Landon was first with Winchester.  Lane and Lizzy were also in Landon's group.

 Wyatt leading Bullet

 Great job guys!   After the big show, they always get a treat.  This year they picked sno-kones.

Audrey always enjoy the fair, too!  Her favorite thing is probably brushing the calves.

While it looks like all we did was hang out in the calf barn, we also:

-ate LOTS of yummy food

-did the car races, rodeo, Oak Ridge Boys concert, Rodney Atkins concert, and the Monster Trucks

-watched the Tiger show numerous times

-road the train

-watched the cattle show

-walked around a lot!

-had Clover Kids projects to show

-did the rides

-ate more food

-and lots lots more

Fun year at the fair!

a girlie and her great grandpa

These two are so funny when they get together!  They sure do feed off each other.  There was a baseball game that grandpa came to after stopping at Casey's for a slice of pizza before coming to the game..     Audrey noticed he had pizza and asked him for a bite.  She ended up eating 90% of his pizza!

I absolutely love that our kiddos have 4 great grandparents that are here with us.  They are so blessed to live life knowing so many great grandparents that love them so much!

mini me

like most kiddos, this one loves to take pictures!  At the boys' first soccer game, Audrey was getting restless so I gave her the camera and let her go

she's pretty good, eh?

cluck cluck cluck

our newest addition to the farm..  chickens, which equals fresh eggs daily

I said we would never have chickens..  all of a sudden, I had an urge to have chickens, so we got chickens.  Funny how that works  :)

Love our chickens.. and love our eggs.

Got an accidental rooster (whom the boys named "Stu") and who is now in our freezer.  Poor Stu.

We got our first egg after having the chickens about a week.  We are now getting 4 daily..   should be 5  soon!  So far, 28 a week has provided enough for all of our cooking and baking needs.

cluck cluck

Back to School - 2012

none of us were ready for this day to come..  but it came so we dealt with it.  :)

This year all three kiddos are in school which leaves for some very quiet mornings at home for me.

Wyatt - 4th Grade (Middle School)

Landon - 1st Grade (Elementary)

Audrey - Preschool (Preschool)

3 kids in 3 different buildings = wow!  are we old enough for this?  :)

This is the first year the boys have rode the bus in the mornings..  They've always rode after school, but never in the AM..  I wasn't too sure about not taking them every morning, but since they are last on the bus, their bus ride into town is only 10 minutes.  (then Wyatt rides another 20ish minutes to his school)

Audrey has been SUPER excited to start preschool and it did not disappoint.  She loved her first day and looked forward to going back today.

we weren't ready for summer to be done, but it's always good to be back into a schedule 

Happy Back to School 2012

dusty princess

One major thing that D doesn't like it when people/kids/anybody writes on a dirty vehicle.  Does Not Like It!

He found this one day..   and had a little change of heart.

He left that dusty princess on his pickup for a long time..    because it was drawn by his dusty Princess.

that's love.

soccer

The boys just finished up with soccer for the summer..   After one day of Soccer Camp, they had 5 soccer games throughout July and August.

Landon #6

 Wyatt #7

Love these kiddos!

Best friends!

Sink or Swim.. They all swim!

 Swimming Lessons '12

 This was Audrey's first year doing swimming lessons.  We knew she would do really well since she is very comfortable in the water and swimming already.  She had a bunch of fun and learned lots of new skills.  By Day #2, she was already talking Abbey's ear off.  Abbey definitely saw Audrey's true personality!   Audrey even wanted to go off the board with no prompting.  She loved it!

 Since the boys are just one level apart, they had their lessons at the same time.   Here they are doing their kicks and treading water..  Landon had to do 30 seconds and Wyatt had to do 1 minute.

Landon learned a lot this year.  One of his favorites was diving and it shows.  He has super form every time.  Abbey let the boys jump off the lifeguard chair.  They did it over and over and over!

Wyatt has become a super strong swimmer.  He loves swimming and is a natural at it.  His favorite was jumping off the lifeguard chair!

We could not ask for a better swim instructor in Abbey.  She is patient, fun, and a super teacher!  We told her she has to stay until all of our kids are through with lessons.  :)