hello SUMMER

truly my fave

 this time of year

the long day of sunshine

relaxed schedule with the kids
i love it

change of pace

it's good

and the living is easy

our summer has started off pretty exciting

a good friend turned 40

we celebrated BIG with a hula theme party

such a blast!

beautiful home

pina colada machine

catered food

hula dancers

music

good friends

happy happy Hilary

then a few days later mocha doodle had her
PUPPIES 

 on june 4th

13 of them
she is amazing

WOW!

for now she lives with the breeder in dripping
and is busy until mid july feeding

and being mommy to them

we miss her like crazy around the house

poor coacher

HA
he's been enjoying ALL the attention again
he truly doesn't seem the least bit sad
silly ol' dog

boys started swimming lessons three nights a week
and i still think they need one more session
 they need more practice in the pooooool!!!

last day of school was june 5th

they had adorable matching shirts for twin day
with 8 of their closest buddies

one of the boys said
it's not quadruplet day
just twin day

haha

and that evening we had a FUN

outdoor movie party with a few friends

we introduced the kids to THE GOONIES movie

good times

quilts, lawn chairs, 

dogs and burgers, adult beverages, bug spray

cool summer night breeze

it was the perfect ending to a great school year

now we are enjoying a few weeks of spanish camp at school

and an extended visit with uncle ronnie here

who lets the boys play on his phone sometimes

he's a good uncle

it's been a great start to summer around here

we are blessed

and busy

excited for the next chapter

as we currently prepare to move an hour north

weeeeeeeee

moving boxes are fun ;-)

i love summer!!

last day of school {1st grade}

 

 

my babies are finished with the 1st grade

sniff, sniff

 

I remembered to have them wear the same outfit the last day of school

that they wore the first day so I could do a comparison photo

i'd say they've done LOTS of growing this year
and their outfits have done a lot of fading
:-)

 they rode their bikes to school
one last time
this year
I drove near by holding their yearbooks
last day of school was a signing party
and lots of movie watching
oh and a dance party during lunch
 

here's their entire class
kylie, kyle, jacob, zeriah, corbin, cooper, Marisol
sawyer, jonathan, alex, Santiago, emiliano, julissa, Emily, Joshua, travis

 



 

all the kiddos got an award

corbin got one for excellence in reading

and cooper got TWO awards

one for most improved reader and

perfect attendance :-)

 

so proud of our boys

they have really grown up a lot this year

 

 

and worked hard to perfect their reading skills

way to go kiddos!

 

 

INSTAFRIDAY

linking up the jeannett again this week at life rearranged

yay for INSTAGRAM Friday's!!

Friday after work i took the boys for froyo

it's our favorite treat

saturday morning i had a grocery store helper

he was loading up on kiwi

in the afternoon we took the kiddos to san antonio for their final tournament of the season

and as an orange belt

there is a lot of waiting involved

but the kids are pretty used to it now

they first call the kids to the mats from the stands by age groups

then they line all the kids in the age groups by height

one day this boy will probably be last in line in his age group

he's a tall one

noah and skyler road with us to the tourny

we had two first place winners and two second place winners

good job kiddos!

sunday afternoon after church, lunch and naps we headed to the silvert's for a swim

the kids played in the water for hours

we had a yummy pizza dinner

and called the weekend a wrap

our favorite team advanced in the playoffs

GO SPURS Goooo!

getting closer to another championship!!

oh the sadness of this tragedy

i'm an okie

this happened in my home state

 too close to family

but thankfully they are all safe and sound

much prayer and love for all that are displaced and have lost so much

these two are really into their DS these days

daddy put some tunes on there

a few summers ago

on a plane

anniversary trip

dreaming of another one day

just he and i

they lingered with us a little longer this morning
not wanting to leave for school

wanted me to walk with them

lots of kisses bye and "love you's"

i'm always praying for their safety, comfort and well being when we are apart

and that they learn, place nice, get along, and stay out of the principal's office

oh geez

happy friday!

photo shoot fun

********

a few weeks ago i had a fun early morning indoor photo shoot at the boy's school
as celebration for our annual moment with mom at school

it began with beautiful bright balloons at 6am in the dark 

in the school cafeteria

corbin, brian and myself set up food and the balloons in about 45 minutes

then started serving and taking pictures at 7 am

 i sat up a 4 dozen balloon backdrop

then photographed about 180 kids with their mom during a Moment with Mom photoshoot

that only lasted 45 minutes

seriously long lines from the cafeteria to the 1st grade hall

photographing sleepy headed kiddos and their hurried, tired moms at 7:30 am is actually pretty cruel

but everyone worked hard for a few seconds to hold their eyes open a little wider and smile a lot bigger

such lovable families

it was a CRAZY early morning

but in the end turned out to be so fun

and the pics turned out super duper cute

then i left the school for my annual dr appt down the road at 8:30

then picked Cooper up at school at 10

then we took Mocha to her ultrasound at 11

30 miles away

then had lunch at whataburger 

and a date at the bowling alley until 2

 made it back just in time to pick up corbin from school

the next morning we loaded up a car load of 5 boys and celebrated the boy's birthday 

and kept 4 boys for a sleep over

got them all up and dressed for church by 7:30 am Sunday morning

CRAZY weeekend

lately.

our little 1st graders had to make a Diorama

they are learning to research

they checked out a book at the library about an animal of their choosing

learned some cool facts about said animal

and tried to recreate their environment in a little Diorama

I covered old shoe boxes in white paper for them

 bought some moss from hobby lobby and hot glued it down

adam made cooper's way cool clay IGUANA

cause, a plastic iguana is hard to find

little corbin chose a COBRA snake

and luckily we found one that worked at dollar tree

they gathered some weeds, flowers, rocks from outside and added them

we typed up 5 or 6 facts about each animal and taped it on the box

done

i admit i probably did too much of this for them

i'm learning

hello big kid

these boys have grown SO MUCH this year

INSTAFRIDAY

linking up with Jeanette at Life Rearranged

 

Yippee! We made it to Friday!

The boy's only have 28 more days of school.

YIKES!!

 

time to plan 11 weeks of care and activities to keep 'em busy!!

 

adam and i had some yummy peaches and cottage cheese for a snack

adam called it old school dessert :)

 

my cowboy's and their stick horses, rowdy and roxy

 

last week's 1st grade program

 

Marisol, Corbin, and Cooper hiding behind his horse

still can't believe i got a front row seat

 

 

we separated the boy's bedrooms this week

it's probably a little over due

but good

really great in fact

 

 

and today is 80's dress up day

i think we pulled it off

i was going for let's get physical meets karate kid :)

i told them how exercise became popular in the 80's

and everyone wore sweatbands, knee highs, rolled up their sleeves and exercised

(at least that's how i remember it)

and we didn't have to go out and buy anything for this dress up

yay!

 

 

happy weekending to ALL!

Back to School {First Grade}

my first born's first day of first grade. whaaa! where does the time go?

 man i love him something fierce. 

such a sweet kid. funny. handsome. complicated. smart. 

curious.  creative. compassionate. giving. protective.

he is his own little guy. and i love that for him.

god has cooper in his grip. my angels have told me so :)

oh silly corbin pierce. of course he needed a turn holding the sign TOO! 

such a cute little guy... seriously.  he certainly has my heart. he's smart. 

sensitive. natural leader. silly. active. bossy. thinker. talker. 

corbin is a blessing! i can't wait to see how he soars on through the 1st grade!

 we sure are blessed to be parents to this big duo.

and yes, they are growing like weeds!