My crazy kids......

OK, so this is what happens when I let Emma and Erik take a "few" pictures with the camera. They are too funny......I love the one of Erik and his sunglasses!!!!

Who needs expensive toys......

Emma-Grace found some bubble wrap that came in a package and had a blast for about 40 minutes with it. She is such a hoot... Enjoy the video!

Football Game

Kurt and Erik had their first football game on Saturday. Even though they lost they sure had a blast playing. Kurt is so hard on himself afterwards but it's good for him, he's growing up so fast. Their team name is the Bulldogs, so cute.....

Emma's new bed

This is another one of those post that is mainly for Scott. Emma wants him to see her new bed so this is the best way for him to be able to see it. She LOVES her new bed.....

Halloween

Our Clone Trooper, Anakin Skywalker and Arielle had a great time last night Trick-or-Treating. The kids were so excited and had so much fun. The best part was when we went to one of our neghbors houses and she had "big" and "little" candies and if you wanted a big one you had to either sing or dance for her. The boys were having nothing to do with that but Emma-Grace was all over it, she sang "You are my Sunshine" for her, she was so proud of herself. We started at 5:30 and by 7:30 Emma had had enough (her wig was coming off, she had lost her crown & wand) so I brought her home and the boys went with my neighbors husband and his son until 8:30. They have so much candy...I have a feeling some of it is going to mysteriously disappear!!!

Being silly....

While the boys were at football practice on Thursday Emma and I entertained ourselves with the camera. It was raining the entire time so we stayed in the car and the boys got very muddy! Emma-Grace loves posing for the camera as you can see....

Wednesday afternoon at the skatepark

OK, we spent another Wednesday afternoon after school at the skatepark. I surprised the boys and had their bikes and skateboards in the truck when I picked them up from school. They knew that I might have their bikes but not the skateboards so they were super excited! We all had a ton of fun being silly with each other. I love being a Mom, I am so very blessed!

Our little Princess

This post is mainly for Scott....Emma-Grace is such a daddy's girl! She asked me to take some pictures of her for her daddy and this is what we got. She just had to have the crystal door knob in the picture! She is a ham....Enjoy!!!!

Kurt's Football Practice

Kurt and Erik had their first football practice yesterday. I was only able to take pictures of Kurt this time because they had Erik to far away from where I was with Emma and I didn't want to take her all the way out onto the field. Anyway, Kurt did AWESOME! The boys both love football so this is a great thing for them and it keeps them busy. We all know how important that is right now. Enjoy the pictures and the video. I'll get Erik on Thursday at practice and post more pictures then.

Fun afternoon at the Skate Park

The boys are really into skateboarding right now, so yesterday after school we stopped by the skatepark on the way home and they had a blast. Emma grace loves going and sliding down the ramps on her bottom. They all had a blast! I'm not sure why the video of Kurt and Erik is sideways, sorry.....

Emma-Grace's First Day of Pre-School

Emma-Grace started pre-school today and LOVED it!!! She's been asking for a long time to go and I wasn't ready but I finally gave in. She's only going twice a week for full days so it's not too bad. As you can see in the pictures she was so happy, when I picked her up she had changed her clothes (she had an accident) and had taken her pig tails out. I missed her terribly but the FRG kept me really busy while she was at school. I can't believe she'll be starting kindergarten next year and all the kids will be at the same school. Kurt will be in the 5th grade and Erik will be in 3rd!! They grow up way to fast!!! Enjoy every second!!!!!!!!!!!

Saying Goodbye to Daddy

So, yesterday was a roller coaster of emotions that's for sure! We spent the day with Scott, had a great dinner at home, and had prayer time (which was very emotional). Emma-Grace as you can see in the pictures pretty much cried all day off and on. We spent about 4 hours at Scott's work just hanging with Daddy, we left before the buses got there to take him away because the kids were just having a really hard time saying goodbye as it was and for them to see him leave on that bus would have sent them over the edge. We miss him so much already. Please keep Scott and all of our Service Men and Women in your prayers.

Emma-Grace's Special time with Daddy

Yesterday, we took Emma-Grace to do her special thing with Daddy. They built a build-a-bear together and Scott recorded a message to put in the bear for her. We totally forgot the camera so we took some pictures once we got home. Emma is already so attached to the bear, I'm afraid the battery will run out on the voice recorder before Scott even makes it back for mid-tour leave. The bear is helping her to cope with Scott being gone, as she misses her Daddy so much already.

Camping with the Family...What a great weekend!!

We went camping out on the North Shore this weekend and had a wonderful time. After we got all set up we kayaked out to a little island across from where we camped called "Goat Island" (no, there were not goats on the island). The water was pretty rough so it was hard to get there but once we did it was so worth it. Scott and Erik found a Puffer Fish in trouble and saved it (I inculded the video for you). The kids did great, except Emma did not like having dirty feet so that was a little bit of an issue but we made it through. It was so much fun!!! Enjoy!