Obviously not updating my poor neglected blog.
So, if there is still anyone out there who hasn't given up on me yet... here's what we've been up to the last.... well, several months!
Shane grows a goatee.
Only lasted a weekend.
Jada does her 2nd Triathlon
Jada and I had a blast at the Pioneer Day activity.
We took a trip to Hilton Head South Carolina in September, it was awesome! We went with my totally awesome brother and sister-in-law Kate. I need to do a separate post.. it was so much fun.
Shane even got to fly his planes on the beach. He was in heaven.
Jada did swimming lessons this summer. Her skills sure came in handy because we did a lot of swimming on vacation.
I signed Jada up for gymnastics. This is her at 8 weeks, already doing hand stands, cartwheels, and back bridges! She's wanted to do gymnastics ever since she saw video and pictures of it about 2 years ago. Fortunately a gym just opened up down the street from us. She loves her class so much. It's so awesome to watch her do something that makes her so happy.
This is her 4 weeks later... getting her heals to her forehead!
Jada turns 5. And I'm ever so glad she still wants princesses on her cake!
She's growing up so fast.
Shane turns 34. Fortunately he still doesn't mind when I do crazy things like buy party hats and goofy party favors for his birthday. It made him laugh! I hope the kid in us won't ever die either!
My mom came to visit us for a week and a half. We sure had fun with her! We laughed and played the entire time. The girls loved it!
Grandma and Grandpa Powers came to visit too and spoiled Jada for her birthday.
Chelsea and James anual Medieval Times dinner and tournament. As you can see, we're just a bunch of big kids.
Jada loses her first tooth! It sure was fun for me playing tooth fairy for the very first time!
Preschool and her friends. I'm teaching her at home again this year, along with her sweet friend Jasea once per week. Boy, do we have fun! She starts Kindergarten next year. She loves learning and she loves loves loves her friends!
Jada baked a cake for her friend, Cami's, birthday... pretty much all by herself! I did the oven and helped with the green decoration on top. She did the rest! We had a blast spoiling Cami for her birthday.
Chloe is quite a little character. She's 8 months now, and rolls and army-crawls all over the house! She says: ma-ma, da-da, nigh-nigh, bu-bu (bu-bye). She likes to "steer" me around the house by leaning her body to show me where she wants to go. She still has no teeth, but wants to eat everything... except baby food. She loves bread, oatmeal, fruit, vegetables, and soup. She HATES going to bed because she knows Jada is still up playing, and she wants to play too! I left a pre-school laminated poster on the floor and later found Chloe on top of it, using her belly as an eraser for the red dry-erase marker that was on it. You can see in this pic the marker all over her shirt!
She's the sweetest little baby ever!
So I have this sneaking suspicion that Chloe is going to look a lot like me. What do you think??
Jada's also taking a ballet class with her favorite Ballerina, Mrs. Howell. She loves to practice her positions and plies and her "dolly-dance"...
Picture coming soon....
