B-E-A-UTIFUL Days

We have had more nice days in the past three weeks than we had all last year! It looks like we may have a great summer after all. It has provided all of us a little bit of color and a few tan lines as well!

These nice days have been spent in our yard jumping on the trampoline, playing in the sandbox and even our alligator pool. Silas learned how to ride his bike with no training wheels on the very first nice day!! He was so pumped and is such a good little rider now! We have also gone to different parks in the area. Some days with just me and the kiddos and others with MANY friends. My kids are ones that could live outside if that was an option. And now with like 16 hours of daylight it is really hard to get them not only to come in from outside but to just go to bed. It is a battle that we have mostly been fighting with Silas. He just doesn't understand why we have to go to bed when it is still daytime. Brookie is pretty willing once she gets in her jammies. Although, some days the kids have played so hard that they literally just crash wherever they fall. Here's Brookie after a long, fun day outside.
I feel guilty that some of those days I have just wanted to stay inside and get things done, but in Alaska you never know if this is the last nice day of the summer so you take advantage of it NO MATTER WHAT!! Needless to say, my house is not as organized as I would like it to be (it is pretty clean right now though) and I seriously don't think I have dusted in like a month. But, as most of you know, I am not one that stresses over how deep down clean my house is, so I am glad that I have just walked out the door to play without even looking back. I have been planning to take advantage of the time when the kids are asleep to catch up on daily stuff, but I have found myself enjoying time catching up on DVR events or just hanging out instead.The few windy and cloudy days that we have had, I have taken and started preparing for things that are coming up soon. We have Sam's deckhand for this year coming to stay with us starting the end of this month, scrapbook retreat on May 30th, a garage sale planned for June 11-13 where I plan to get rid of a TON of stuff and VBS starts June 6th and I am teaching the Kindergarten class!!!!!!! AHAHAHAHHA! A lot of preparation and not as much time as I would like! But I'm sure the Lord with help me get everything in order on time just like always.

In spite of my stress for those events- Our summer looks to be pretty fun-filled! Silas should be starting outdoor soccer in June. He has three sessions of swimming lessons scheduled and fishing season should be mediocre but steady. I just wish that Brookie was old enough to do all this fun stuff too, but she is just going to be a supporter with Mommy and Daddy!

Update

I know it has been forever since I have posted!! I have a ton of recent pictures that I am wanting to get on here. We just hooked up our new computer a few days ago and I haven't put any pictures on it yet. I'm not making any promises- as we have a lot going on and a lot more coming up, but I am going to try to get some pictures posted!! I hope that you are all enjoying the start of your summer and all is well with everyone!! Come visit again soon!

I know, I know

Again, I am lacking in the posting area. I have been trying not to be on the computer so much but I need to get some pictures on here. The kids and I have been spending some time outside- finally without snow! Yesterday a bear was spotted VERY close to our house so we have to make sure the kids are right by us constantly- Si didn't like that at all last night so today we are going to bake some cookies and avoid being outside as long as possible. I will try and get some pictures on here this week! Just 'bear' with me!! haha!

Egg Hunt

We hope that you all had a great Easter! We had a fun and busy one! The kids were able to have two egg hunts- one at Grandma Lisa's and another at Aunt Jackie's. So we got a TON of candy. The Easter Bunny brought them each a basket full of goodies at our house, but just hid eggs at other people's houses. I've already heard the complaint from Silas- so that will have to change next year I'm sure. Here are some pictures from their hunt at Grandma Lisa's house. It was kind of a wet one but the kids had a blast!

Easter FunDay

The Friday before Easter, the kids and I just had a fun day together at home. We colored eggs, baked sugar cookies, decorated our colored eggs, played our V-Smile, and just had fun learning and celebrating things about Easter. It was a lot of fun! The kids loved coloring the eggs. Both of them got to do it ALL by themselves- Brooke thought that was way too cool! They loved cutting the sugar cookie shapes by themselves and eating them afterwards. Silas even said later that day- "I loved the day today, mom. It was fun!" I really enjoyed the fact the I didn't care what my house looked like, I just took the time and had some fun with my growing kids. Hope you enjoy the highlights of our day!
P.S. The last picture is of the kids Easter Sunday morning. They are into making silly faces when I am trying to get a nice picture of them- honestly this one was the best one.

Soccer player

Silas has started playing indoor soccer with the Boys and Girls Club. He has had two games now and seems to really enjoy it. He has made 2 goals each game- the first game one was in the other teams goal but he was sure proud of himself! Here are a few pictures of him before and during his first practice. Sorry some of the pictures are a little dark.

Another Fun Day

The kids were invited to another birthday party at River City Cheer. It is always a fun place to go! They get to just run around and do whatever they want. Brooklyn really liked the big trampoline. Thankfully, not many other kids were wanting to jump- she didn't like the fact that she had to let others have a turn. Silas loved the foam pit and the bounce house. It was just another fun winter day that got us out of the house.