Kitsap Fair 2015

Updates on Clifton -
He finally finished his 100 hour of reading!!!  Thankfully the library ordered more for those who finished later.  He worked so hard, as did I, to reach his goal.  Clifton is super determined and that is probably one of my favorite traits he has.

Clifton is still loving soccer.  He had another game this week and scored a couple goals.  I love watching him play and have fun with his team.  LOVE IT!

Clifton has the best cheerleaders on the sidelines!

Updates on McKay -
McKay gave Stanley some licorice while I was not looking.  And this was the outcome.  I asked the kids where Stanley got the licorice she quickly said "me".  I then asked when and with a smile she answered "when you are not seeing."  Oh this girl.  But man it made for a good laugh.

Updates on Stanley -
He got his first tooth poking through.  Not sure why I am so excited because teething stinks, but I am.    He is definitely more fussy but still a pretty happy baby.  Firsts are so dang fun!

This week we had Evan and his cousin Bella with us.  Oh how we loved having Evan with us again.  He is such apart of our family and Bella, well she fits right in too.  We had a fun week with them.

Last play group of the summer.

 Miniture golf.

 Love this goofy trio!

 Clifton got a hole in one and wanted proof to show Daddy later.

Playing in the sand and searching for crabs.

We also got to play with the Neilson's this week.  Boy do we love playing with them.

And Kathryn got some pretty awesome pictures of our cute kiddos playing.  I love how Kathryn and I can sit back and watch the kids play together.  They play so well.  Kind of sad for school to start, Clifton and Baylee won't get to see each other as much :(

We also got to spend an afternoon with our friend the McCown's and celebrate Emmalee's birthday.  We decided to take them frisbee golfing.

Fun!

We also had a friends birthday party.  Lots of fun dancing (limbo) and celebrating.

We love our fun friends.

This week we got to go to the Kitsap Fair.

The cutest troublemakers.

We had so much fun riding rides and looking at the animals.  A fun night out together as a family.

Sunday for primary I had planned for the kids to help do a service project for the local foster children in our area.  Together with Child and Family Services we came up with the idea of a comfort kit.  It had gently used stuffed animals and books, part of socks, notebook, and pictures drawn from the primary kids.

We were able to put together 16 comfort kits for them.  It was a crazy Sunday but I would not change it.  It was a great experience doing service with the kids and to see them so into helping other children.  What a great bunch of kids our ward has!

Sunday we are trying to find good family activities to do together.  So now that the weather is cooling down we are going to make Sunday baking day.

 I love my little bakers!

It got a little messy and Stanley was quite proud of himself for reaching the bowl and dumping it out.  Silly boy!

Soccer Kick-Off 2015

Updates on Stanley -
Still the cutest little man ever.

He's set on a two nap schedule and loves to eat real food.  He still has no desire to crawl, happy in my arms or sitting.  I sure love him!

Updates on McKay -
She burnt her hand helping Daddy BBQ.

Poor girl.  I think we are pretty lucky though it just scrapped off skin and not really a burn.

Updates on Clifton -
He is loving soccer!  We have a great team and love playing together.

We all look forward to soccer nights.

This week we had more summer fun playing with friends... for play group we played at Horse Shoe Lake.

Bremerton Fountains with the Neilson's.  And ran into some of our others friends too.

Probably the last trip to the fountains this summer.
Chuck E Cheese with Evan.

Evan had surgery this week so we spent some time with him.  He is such a tough guy.  Happy through it all.  We are sure glad we could be there to play and help cheer him up after.

Alex is starting to work over time next week for the next six months so the kids requested we have a fun night out getting frozen yogurt before he gets real busy.

It was a fun and yummy night out together.  Stanley approved!

Saturday was Soccer Kick-Off.  The kids had their first game and a fun parade to start the season off.

I am pretty sure I have the best team in the league :) Love these kiddos!

Clifton's goal scoring face was great.  He gets so nervous when attention is on him and he always growls or scowls and tries to cover up his smile.  He is very silly!  Our team did great and played very well together.  We had fun playing against other friends and cheering each other on.  A wonderful day!

Sunday one of the primary classes heart attached my car.

I am so very blessed to be able to serve with wonderful children and teachers.  I love Sundays!

Looking mighty fine dressed up nice for Sunday.

Alex took a couple of me while we were at it.  Thanks Alex for making me feel pretty, you're the best!

Portland Trip

Updates on Clifton and McKay -
Its been a pretty good week for these two.  Playing well together and happy.  Being helpful and fun.  I love weeks like this.

They helped stain the fence with me ... yes I let them do this and they were covered in stain.  But hey it was a great experience!

Playing with Stanley and keeping him happy while I cook dinner or shower.

My favorite work out buddies!  Being active with my kids is by far my favorite thing to do with them.

Updates on Stanley -
He had a good week as well.  Happy and cuddly.  Still no interest in crawling or really moving around at all.

His new favorite thing is to shake his head no.  And we think its absolutely adorable, at least for now!

This week for FHE we talked about the Sabbath day and how its different then the rest of the week.  We do different things.  I gave a scoop of ice cream to each kiddo and had different toppings out including maple syrup, ketchup, mustard, etc... We talked about how though some off the toppings are not bad but are not good on ice cream.  Just like Sundays.  Then they had to name a good activity we can do on Sunday to get yummy toppings on their ice cream.  Best FHE ever.  They have never listened and participated so well.  I guess I need to involve ice cream more often.

Tuesday we had play group at Manchester Beach.  They had construction on most of the beach but we were still able to play.  The tide was really low so they kids had fun exploring finding crab shells and jelly fish.

Stanley had a little friend who took good care of him :)

That night was the beginning of one of my favorite time of year.  Soccer time!

Alex and I get to coach again.  Love love my team already!  So excited for the season with them.

Thursday we got to explore.  Not far from our house is a garden that has a cute little hobbit home. 

The kids loved it and begged me to make one for them.  I wish I could!  It was a cute place.  Then we walked the garden and talked about all the different plants we saw.  A simple but super fun outing.

Friday we went to Portland.  

On our way we meet Grandma and Grandpa at the Clark County Fair.  My old stomping grounds, yes I was a carny!  It was a ton of fun.  Alex and Clifton's favorite part was the demolition derby.  McKay and my favorite part was the sea lion show.

That night we spent with my brother Justin and his family.

The have an invention box for Jack and he gets to make things out of all sorts of material in his box.  The cutest idea and Clifton loved it.  Making one of these boxes for Clifton right away!

Saturday I talked most of my family into doing the Bubble Run.

What a fun run to do with the family.  

It was so fun.  It turned more into a Bubble Walk... there were so many kids and strollers.  I was super worried it would be a flop because it was cheap for a run and the kids were free.  But it was wonderful and I would totally do it again with my family!  Maybe another tradition but this time with the Stanley gang?