Kyle's Swimming

Kyle is doing much better with moving his arms and legs when swimming.  He has also made improvements with pulling himself up to the surface of the water.  

Here is some video of Kyle 2 weeks ago and some of him swimming tonight.  Everett has worked with him so much, and I can see it is starting to really pay off!

Happy Father's Day!

This is Everett with the kids right before bedtime last night!

Here's my dad with one of my sisters, Elaine, me and Chloe.

Happy Father's Day!

We spent the day at our house with my side of the family.  We cooked out and watched the kids swim.  It was a very hot day...we did not stay out very long.

We were also without water from 1:30 pm-8:00 pm.  A water pipe broke at the house next door, and they shut our water off to fix it!!

Here's some pictures of Everett with the kids during the past 4 years.  Chloe helped me pick out the music.  These are a couple of her favorites.  It is short enough for just one song, but she wanted both songs! :) 

  We love you!

The Wizard of Oz

My mom and I took Chloe to see The Wizard of Oz today at Fair Park.  Chloe loved the play and sat there the entire time watching them sing and dance.

I was about to take a picture of my mom and Chloe in the aisle when a nice man offered to take a picture of all 3 of us!

This is my mom and Chloe right before the show started!!

This is Chloe after the show.  She kept telling us how much she had liked it and how she wanted to go back again tomorrow!  She loved Dorthy and now wants to be Dorthy for Halloween!  She has already planned what characters we will all be.  "Kyle will be the lion, daddy will be the tin man, Homer will be Toto, grandma will be the nice witch, mommy will be....."  She never did decide what I would be, but I was hoping she would not say the bad witch!  

Our Family

Here is a picture Chloe drew of our family. I think she did a good job on everyone...except Homer looks like a jellyfish. :)

Our Weather Damage

UGH!  The negative of having a house...REPAIRING it and what's around it!

Here is what the storm did to our fence tonight!  We are so thankful that this is all the damage we got.  It was so bad outside....trees going sideways and sirens going off....I had the kids hidden in the bathroom for 15 minutes, and the grocery store wouldn't let Everett leave!

The positive thing about rain....it puts kids right to sleep!  Chloe and Kyle were sound asleep before 7:45!

2009 Red White and Blues Festival!

Chloe with Karlee and Baby Brynlee

On Saturday night, we headed on out to the Red, White and Blues Festival that our community holds each June! The festival has activities for kids, live music and a fireworks show at the end. The best thing is that it is all free except for food and drinks! :)

This year, we went with the Jeremy, Kamie, Karlee and Baby Brynlee who live down the road. We went out on their boat and watched the fireworks from the lake!

So fun!

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Fun....Friday....Friends!

We can't wait to meet Baby Talac in August!!

Macie, Chloe, Taylor, Colin and Kyle!

Fun Friday night with the Mangus, Day and Talac families!!

Kyle counts to 10! :)

Kyle is now counting to 10, and I did not know it until he did it for us tonight! 

He must have learned it from all the times I counted to 10 when he was in time-out. 

He had to have been listening to me much more than I thought he had.  

He loves to say the numbers "7, 8, 9, 10".

2009 Gymnastics Meet

Her finishing pose for the judges!

Chloe and Karlee during the awards ceremony!

Chloe's gym meet was today!  We had so much fun!  It was much shorter than last year, which was great, because Chloe was very tired!  Grandma and Grandpa came to watch Chloe perform!  She did a great job...3 blue ribbons and 1 red one!

Swimming, Nemo's, Fire Station and Mustangs!!

It was a fun Friday!  

We started the day with Kamie and Karlee coming over to swim!  The girls had a great time diving for rings and looking at each other under water with their goggles on. Kyle uses his arms and legs much better in the water now, but we still use the floaties with him, because he loves to travel all around the pool chasing boats and balls.

We then met Rachel, Tony and Lorenzo at Captain Nemo's in Irving (city we all grew up in).

Rachel's brother is a driver/paramedic with the Irving Fire Dept, so he offered to give us a tour.  The kids had a great time sitting in the firetruck and ambulance and watching all the lights flash on and off.  Jason was trying on all his gear for us when they got a real call, so we had to head on out. It was fun while we were there, though!

It was still light out, so we decided to go visit the Mustangs at Williams Square!  The kids loved the mustangs and water.  Kyle loved the water a little too much!

We were all exhausted by the end of the day!

  

Indoor Soccer!

I took Chloe to watch Everett's indoor game last Tuesday.  She had a good time watching and cheering him on!

I could tell that he as so glad we came!  He even scored the first goal!  Way to go!

End of the Year Party!

Chloe and Karlee being pushed on the swings by Ryan and Brooke.

Chloe and Andrew

Mrs. Sigler and the class

Chloe was so proud when she broke the pinata off the tree!

Chloe signing Erin's cast.  Erin broke her arm this past Monday when the class went to play at another park. :(

Chloe's End of the Year preschool party was today at our community park.  The kids had a fun time decorating visors, eating Starfish cookies and playing on the playground.  Chloe's last day of her preschool is this Friday.  I know she will miss going, but we have many summer playdates already in the works with her classmates!!

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Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day!

We spent the day visiting both sides of the family. We then ordered out dinner and had the kids in bed asleep by 7:45.

It was a great day!

Here are some past Mother's Days pictures with Chloe and Kyle!

Mother's Day 2005 with my grandma

Mother's Day 2006

Mother's Day 2007

Mother's Day 2008

Mother's Day 2009

Lorenzo's 2nd Birthday Party!

Lorenzo and Kyle sharing a piece of cake.

2 cuties....They are 2 months and 23 days apart in age!

1st attempt at a picture! Boys wanted to play...not pose for a picture!

Next attempt at a picture...very tired and full of cake...not as wiggly!

We had fun at Lorenzo's GOLF party! He is 2 years old today!

Happy 2nd Birthday, Lorenzo (Ro-Ro to Kyle)!