Adorable Boy

Check out a few of the pictures my friend Julie caught of Jace! He has such a kissable face!
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1st Day of School

Here she is, my big kindergartner! Hayley successfully completed her first week of school. It sure helps she has four good friends in her class. Hayley seems to be loving school, even though at the end of the day she can’t remember what they did all day. Last weeks summary:

-She saw her friend Ethan in line

-They practiced a fire drill and Parker got to ring the bell

-It was too hot for PE

-There was a milk explosion in the lunch box tub

-If you get a red card you go to the principal

I am guessing they do educational things in between all of that, maybe:)

Hayley got to pick what we would have for dinner for her special day. What did she pick: Fried Chicken and Green Beans. I don’t think that is a usual kids favorite, but she loves it. I also made her a cake (thanks for the idea Erica). I am no cake decorator but it turned out great for a 5 year old standards.

Hopefully Hayley will continue to love school and eventually remember what she did all day! Now I just have to get Kyrsten to play by herself and Jace to take some naps and I will be set. (I won’t be holding my breath)

Last Summer Getaway

For our last summer getaway we went to the Arizona Grand Resort. Thanks to Expedia we found a great deal. We had a blast hanging out at the water park there. Kyrsten loved the kid pool and fountains, while Hayley loved it all. We all spent tons of time riding around the Lazy River, and Jeff was the most adventerous and tried out the slides. We are hoping to make this an end of the summer tradition.

Yummy Yummy for My Tummy!

Jace started rice cereal this week. It was love at first taste! He ate the whole bowl. It was a little messy, but since than he has been gobbling it up. As you can tell by the pictures, he loves his food.

All ready...

Starting out...

Loving it...

Yummy!

Jace did have his 4 month appt. last week. He weighed in at 15lbs, 11oz. Nice and healthy!! Jace loves attention and will flash you a huge smile if you just look at him. We just love him!!

San Diego

The last week of July we were able to take our family summer vacation to San Diego. The weather was perfect- 75 degrees all week! We skipped out on any theme parks this year and hit the beach three days in a row. You have to soak up the sun and sand while you can.

Little man

Jace is growing way to fast. Here is a picture of him in his seat. As you can see he is pretty bald now. For some reason my kids loose all their hair and start over. Luckily, new hair is already growing, so it he shouldn’t be bald for too long. It definitely seems lighter than it was. I love when Jace smiles. His mouth/smile is quite big. I need to get a picture of him almost fitting his whole fist in his mouth.

Here is Jace with his 5 year old twin sister. They definitely have some similar features. I will have to post some pictures of Hayley as a baby to compare. We think they look a lot alike.

Jace gets plenty of love, especially from Kyrsten. I thought she would smother less and less but it seems she wants to give more and more love. Hopefully he will survive his first year!

One last shot that cracks me up, a nice close up of those chubby cheeks, big round eyes, and don’t forget the double chin!

Better Late than Never

I am back from my blogging hiatus! We will just say that having three kids and one of them a newborn leaves very little time to do anything extracurricular, such as blogging. I am feeling like I am getting a little more time here and there so hopefully it won't be as long for the next post.
Jace is already 3 months! Where have the last three months gone? (Especially April!) I really can't recall much of what happened that month. Sleep deprivation leads to memory loss! So, I am posting some pictures of May and June. Is it really the end of June?

This last weekend we spent up in Flagstaff with The Mitchell Crew. We get together each year for a weekend of camping. Luckily this year we went "cabin camping." I do actually love real camping, but sleeping in a bed and not having a newborn in a tent was great! We had an awesome weekend-thanks Mitchell family!!

Hayley turned 5 on June 10th! I can't believe she is 5- she starts school in August! I did a horrible job taking pictures for her birthday, but she was able to celebrate at Chuck.E.Cheese and swimming at Grandma's. Hayley LOVES swimming. She is hoping we can get a pool in our backyard. Maybe one day...

Our big 5 year old!

Eating and playing with Tristin and Bella

New Game

A break from swimming for some cake!

Back in May....

A Wonderful Mother's Day!

On the first Sunday in May, we were able to have Jace’s baby blessing. Many family members and friends were able to be there!

Here is an assortments of pictures from May and June:

Kiki likes to get her picture taken, so I have quite of few of her.

Kyrsten makes quite the ferocious hippo!

Who needs a crayon box, when you have capris?

Our little man Jace seems to be very social already. Give him attention and he will smile, coo, and even laugh if you tickle him. He always gives big smiles for his daddy!

Watching Baby Einstein