September 2009

September was filled with:

Work

School

Swimming Lessons

Soccer games

Gymnastics

Birthday Parties

Church and Sunday School

School Pictures

Eating Out

Flavour Women's Group

Boomers Soccer Game!

Assistant Coach Everett

Chloe played in her first soccer game this morning at 8:00!!! It was so fun to watch 4 year old little girls play! Everyone wins in 4 year old soccer, but if we were taking score, then the other team would have outscored us!

Chloe is #3 on the Boomers! :) The uniforms are BURNT ORANGE!! Woo-Hoo!

VIDEO

Kyle's First Day of PRESCHOOL!

Kyle with the family brick.

This big boy goes into his classroom without any help.

Not wanting to take his backpack off!

He was fine a few minutes later as he played with cars and planes.

Today was Kyle's first day of preschool. Kyle will go on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. Monday and Wednesday will be longer days for him since he will be staying for the after school program until 3:30.

On the way to school, we talked about the the right way to act at school like being nice to friends, sharing, no yelling, no hitting, no screaming...he was repeating me when I was saying these things. I thought we were off to a great start!

He was so excited! I didn't realize how much he liked his backpack until we got into the room. He threw a little fit when the teacher asked him to put his backpack on the hook. Great way to start off! I got him to calm down, and then I left.

I was a nervous wreck all day, but when Everett picked him up, they said he had a good day! They had a little bit of difficulty getting him off the playground, but it was not the tantrum I thought they might encounter. I packed 2 pairs of underwear for him, because I wasn't sure if he would go potty if he was having so much fun, but he used the potty by himself all day long! Yea!

Here's some video of the big boy walking in his new school!

Chloe's First Day of JR. KINDER!

This is the brick we purchased last Spring. They made a walkway with all the bricks.

Today was Chloe's first day of Junior Kindergarten. She will go 5 days per week from 8:30-11:30. She has 8 children in her class...4 girls and 4 boys. She had so much fun the first day, and she can't wait to go back tomorrow!

The school has expanded this year with a new building and a new outdoor classroom/courtyard.

HAPPY 8TH ANNIVERSARY TO US!

Chloe wanted us to make a silly face!

Today is our 8th Wedding Anniversary!

We celebrated last night by going out to eat at Brio.

Happy Anniversary to Us!! :)

Labor Day Weekend!

SATURDAY CIRCUS PARTY: KARLEE'S 4TH B-DAY

Karlee and Chloe

SUNDAY PRINCESS/PIRATE PARTY: MACIE'S 4TH B-DAY

Chloe and Macie

Taylor and Chloe

SUNDAY NIGHT WITH THE FERINA FAMILY

MONDAY MORNING SOCCER PRACTICE

MONDAY AFTERNOON SWIMMING

Underwater Video

We love this camera!

Chloe had fun making faces, doing somersaults and handstands...all under the water!

August 2009

We had a fun time on the trail!

What did we do?

Everett and I went to see the Legally Blonde musical!

I broke my toe in 2 places! It still hurts after almost 4 weeks!

Kyle's preschool orientation.

Peter Piper Pizza soccer meeting for Chloe's team.

Kyle's swim lessons at Aqua Kids!

We are so excited that he is the only one in the class right now!

DKH Open House!

Everett started playing on 2 soccer teams!

The Ferina's End of Summer party!

Women of Faith conference

Our friends, Kim and Gary, had a baby girl!

Chloe's first soccer practice! It was great except she preferred to pick flowers than kick the ball.

Annual Balloon Festival!

Lake!

Chloe became a peer model in the PPCD class in the school where I work, so she comes to school with me on Mondays and Wednesdays!

Kyle's Meet the Teacher day! We think it will be a great year for him in preschool. Our big goal for him will be sharing!

Chloe attended 2 gymnastics camps!

Tiffany and Ryan's Moving Party!

I took my mom and my mother-in-law to see the Mama Mia musical!

Lunch out with friends.

Tax-free shopping for the kids! They had both out-grown all their shoes, so they each got 2 new pairs.

Chloe attended Landry's princess party and dressed up as Ariel.

We went to Andrew's house to make pizzas and play.

Date nights to Texas Roadhouse and Agave mexican restaurant.

My mom and dad celebrated their 47th Anniversary on August 4th!

Women of Faith Conference

I went to the Women of Faith Conference on Friday and Saturday. It was awesome! I went with my friend, Kamie. We heard some great speakers tell of their life stories of struggles and how their connections with God helped in dealing with those troublesome times in their lives. Steven Curtis Chapman performed for an hour on Friday night, and there was not a dry eye in the arena as he told of his heartache during this past year. I have heard his story before, but hearing it in person brought so much more emotion.

This conference will definitely have to be an event to attend every August!

PICTURES

Kyle's 1st Boat Ride!

Chloe's signal for SLOW DOWN!

We went out on the lake this evening with the Dark family, and Kyle loved it! This was his first time on a boat. He jumped in the lake and rode in the tube with Everett and Chloe! He was so good when we rode on the boat later on. He sat there and was so relaxed that we all thought he might go to sleep. I think he was just enjoying the ride!