Horseback Riding

Ashlyn turned seven yesterday. How on earth did she get so old? After school and after dance last night we threw her a family surprise party. It was so fun. It was funny yesterday Jayden came to me yesterday and told me someone hit him and I didn't hear who he said hit him, so I said "who did"? And he said "the birthday girl hit me right here." So cute.

Then today we took her Jayden and a couple friends horseback riding. We wish we could have taken a lot more friends, but there was a limit of five horses, but luckily the moms got to ride too. (And Dad). I had a lot of fun, and so did Ashlyn. Jayden liked the bouncy part (when the horses trotted). We found a place in Katy that took us on a little over an hour trail ride.



Heres Ash and Jayden with the baby horse.

Kristy and Emily.



Josh and Jayden
Kelli and Sarah

Kellie and Adalie
Me and the birthday girl.

My Life

With the weather turning colder at least every once in awhile, we've been enjoying the fireplace, with some nice hot cocoa. Here's Josh with the kids and a neighbor friend. Heres an update of each of us.
Ty is a sweet amazing growing boy, and I am surpirsed every day at how much he knows and how much he is learning. Im actually surprised that in this picture you can't see his battle wounds, but he was defending a toy at Mcdonalds, and the other boy scratched up his face bad. Got his eye, and all over his nose and his cheek. I didnt see it until after it happened, and I dont think Ty even started crying from the scratches, I think he only started crying when the other boy finally got his toy. The other kid was just as young, so its not like he knew better, but Ty's face is just so sad looking. Because of our new calling in our ward Ty got to go to nursery early and so he started today. They said he did great, didnt make a peep and followed what all the kids were doing. Sat when he was suppossed to sit, ate snack, and he came home HAPPY! Im sure hes much happier playing with toys and his older brother rather than roaming the halls aimlessly with his mom. I counted all the words he can say and here they are...eat, shoe, choochoo, all done, ball, bubble, go, daddy, Mom, Do, Hi, Stuck, Ohhhh, eww, Bath, nap, up, Apple, Cookie, Cracker, Car, poopoo, diaper, out, bowl, hot, hat, book, bird, and balloon. Whats even better is he knows what they all mean, he even tells me when hes poopy, but he thinks onions are apples, not a fun mistak to make. He can also sign all done, thirsty, more, and hungry. I dont think Ive ever had a kid tell me when they are poopy and are right, but he does. He loves to sing songs and he and Rylan are practicing sharing....that gets interesting.
Rylan is doing great attalking and is doing great at sharing even though Ty isnt a big fan. He figured out what friends house means and that is his favorite thing now, playing with friends. He loves being outside, and he is starting to help out a lot. He is taking naps only about half the time now, and as long as he is happy and being a good listener, I dont make him take a nap. I can tell when hes tired because he tries to get in trouble. Hes learning to pretend, and loves to laugh!!! And his favorite song is I love to see the temple, he knows every word. Well favorite non "Wicked" song. He lovesthe songs from wicked especially popular, then emerald city, and the what he calls boo-ahhh which if you know the musical is the song called what is this feeling, at the end alfaba says boo and everyone else screams even Ty sings that one. He is learning the alphabet and loves to sing the ABCs He also trying SO hard to learn colors and shapes, and isnt quite there yet. The other day he was singing GIAB GIAB GIAB and I realized he was trying to sing bingo. Must have got that from Ashlyn.
Ashlyn will be turning 7 in two days. I still cant believe it. She is getting very excited and has some fun plans. We are going to ride horses for her birthday. She is doing great in school, beside this last week where she stayed home most the week from strep. Yuck! She loves dance class, and all though she is still as sweet as can be with her baby brothers, she is starting to get a bit of an attitude, the teenage girl in her is on its way to emerging. Hopefully we can keep it to a minimum, at least for 7 more years.
Jayden is loving kindergarted, and ever since I took him to the voodoo doctor he has stopped bonking his head, stays dry every night, and his whole attitude is so much better. He is happy, and helping, and doesnt seem to lose control as often. That said he is still a 5 year old boy with energy and a bit of a stubborn streak. He learned to ride his bike, as I said in the previous post, and LOVES to be out there everyday.

As for me, Im adjusting to a new new ward, now that we split wards, and a new calling, and trying to figure out my place in the world. Josh is working Thanksgiving so Im trying to figure out what to do with myself and the kids that day. Andi and company will be out of town, so we shall see. But hes not working christmas so we are excited to have him home christmas eve and christmas day!!

Surfing

These pictures are a bit late. My camera broke when we went to the beach, bummer! But luckily Lindsay had one, and she gave me a CD with them on it, so here they are. Josh was so happy this year when the kids learned to swim because that means they are old enough to learn to SURF. His dream come true. So we went twice this summer, once with the babies and even better, once with out. And by babies I mean Ty (and Kate which is why it was plural). Ty just loved the beach, he would eat the sand and play in it, but he was also mobile, which meant lots of dashing toward the water. Rylan is old enough to be afraid of it, and listen to instructions, but Ty was not, so as much as he loved it, it was a lot easier for me with out him there. It's already scary enough with the beach, but with a fast fearless tot, it's even more stressful.



Rylan loved the beach but wouldn't go near the water. He liked it when the other kids would take a break from the water and play with him, but even if he was alone that was Ok by him too.

Here's Will Ashlyn and Jayden learrning to surf together. One time I think they were all up, but of course we could never catch it.

Me and Lindsay.

Jayden surfing. They were both complete naturals. Got up over and over, and when they fell they'd get right back up.

Here's Ash. Josh practiced with them the night before in the living room, getting up.

Outside Adventures

My sweet little boys. The weather has been amazing! So we play outside and go for walks, I'm loving this time of year!




Learning to Ride Bikes!!

Ty was enjoying being outside pushing along with his feet.
Jayden and Ashlyn learned yesterday how to ride with out their training wheels. Today they learned how to start and stop on their own. It's so cute to see.
Rylan pushes wit his feet too, but when I gave him a bath yesterday he had bruises on the side of his legs. So Sad!! Doesn't stop him though.

Ashlyns field trip

So I spent one day a couple weeksago at Jaydens field trip at dewberry farms, and two day later I was suppossed to go on Ashlyn's but they closed because they anticipated rain. Turns out that Andi wouldnt have been able to babysit that day because Carson was sick, and it turned out there was no rain. I told Ashlyn when she was sad she had to wait for the next week to go, that things always happen for a reason because I wouldn't have been able to go, and she said, "I would rather not have had to wait". Ouch that hurts! JK In the end when I did get to go she was really happy. I much preferred the dewberry farms, oil ranch had no where to sit, and less to do, well not less, just less enjoyable things. But the kids enjoyed it.




In this hay ride the cows eat the hay off the wagon, which is totally digusting. They start chasing you the second you enter the field and they come over with their huge heads, nasty noses, and flys ALL over them, and eat all the hay off. The kids couldn't even decide if they hate it or love it. Im not a fan!!

For Mom

Here's our family pictures. In case Dad never gets to showing you facebook.