Another Jam packed post

 Time goes by so very quickly!! We have done a ton of things so far this summer, but I don't want to get so far behind in blogging that it gets too overwhelming. So, I'm going to another quick catch up post again.

Tyler had his graduation program on May 25th. He had a speaking part and did a great job. He even sang the songs with the rest of the kids! (he doesn't like to sing in things like this.)

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 My mom came to see the program and afterwords we took the kids out to lunch. To our surprise, Tyler picked Carl's Jr.

 We also attended the air show May 27th. Long story short, we got there, we got rained on and froze. We had only been there about 15 minutes when the show was postponed because of the weather. I ran to an open hangar, but we decided we should just leave instead of hang out waiting for the weather to clear up. We ran in the pouring rain back to the car about 1/2 mile away. It was 50 degrees outside and we were completely soaked! I was carrying the baby the whole run back because her stroller seat was wet. It was so so cold! We drove to my sister Michelle's house to warm up and use her clothes dryer. She gave me pants, socks, a sweatshirt, a blanket and some hot chocolate and I was feeling much better!

Luckily the rain cleared and we were able to see the Thunderbirds like Randy wanted to. We didn't drive back into Hill Air force Base, but we parked on the road and watched the planes. The kids loved it...so did Randy.

Randy and the kids waiting and watching

 Randy

 Thunderbirds

 For the summer I have decided to kick up our chores a notch. I made the kids their own list of chores to do every day before they play. They get their own white board to check off

 Every day they also have to pick an "extra chore" from the chore jar. After that, they can be done or choose to do more chores for money. I think Tyler is going to take all my money before the summer is over! (Lily is still a little young for these extra chores, but I make her pick one and then she attempts to do it and then I actually do it for her.)

 I can't have a post without a few pictures of our baby girl thrown in the mix can I?

 We have been enjoying strawberries from our garden today. They taste so much better than store bought strawberries! This bowl was gone super fast. Tyler loves them.

 Jake and lily picking from the garden.

They are so stinking cute aren't they?

Quick update in pictures

Some outtakes from Alyssa's photo shoot. I love the "I'm annoyed" pictures.

Is it just me, or should the caption on this read "SLooow Dancin' Swaaaying to the music..."

Totally creepy baby. "I've got my EYE on you!!!"

cutie

 

Jake graduated from pre-school. The program was adorable.

I never showed lily with her brace on after she broke her arm. This is the only picture she would let me take on the day of her pretend wedding.

Jake learned how to ride a bike....well, he is still learning how to get going on his own.

The boys went to father and sons camp out with their daddy. Aren't they super cute? Yep, I thought so.

3 months...and a few days

 This little cutie laughed for the very first time yesterday! It was adorable. I can't believe she is already 3 months old though. Time flies so very fast in the first year! I love how quiet and peaceful she usually is. She has been such an easy baby so far. We love her to  death.

Happy 3 months sweetie!

Happy Mother's Day and Nice to (finally) Meet You!

 For Mother's Day this year we headed to my grandmother's house for dinner with my family. Unfortunately, I have been a slacker and I hadn't taken Alyssa to meet Grandma Aird before then. I was so glad that Alyssa could finally meet one of my all time favorite people!

 I love my Grandma so much.

 
Two beautiful girls.

 All the kids with Grandma great. Lily was not being very cooperative.  Three out of four isn't bad though. I'll take it.

 I took some other fun pictures of the kids while they played.

 I got some great photos of Tyler actually smiling! Can you believe it?

 Lily on the fence.

I'm also throwing a couple of pics I took of the girls in the mother's room at church. I love being a mommy to these cute girls. (and the boys too).

We always have so much fun with Grandma and Grandpa Bremner when they come to visit. I seem to forget to take pictures of them while they are here. (I guess I'm having too much fun to remember). I did, however, snap this picture of Eileen with my beautiful girls.

Baseball

Ty is playing baseball and having a great time. Randy is the assistant coach for his team. I took some cute pictures of Randy and Ty together, but....I seem to have misplaced my camera. I seriously can't find it anywhere. But Randy is in the background of these two pics.

Ty had his first hit in a game on Tuesday. He was very excited. Unfortunately, his game overlapped with Jacob's game (again) and by the time Jacob's game was over, it was after 8:30 PM and I took the three little ones home instead of going to Tyler's game. I am bummed I missed his hit. I hope I won't have to miss many more. 

Side note: Why do they start games so late in the evening?! I usually put the kids to bed on a school-night at 8:00 PM. Ty's game didn't start until  8PM and he didn't get home till after 10PM. Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I think it is Crazy!!! Jake's games are a little better starting at 7pm and ending around 8:30, but it still seems late for a school night for a five year old.

Hopefully I will find my camera and take some better photos of Tyler. Thanks Rick and Eileen for providing me with these.

T-ball

 Jacob is playing T-ball this year and it is so fun to watch the adorable little five year old kids play.  Go number 9!!

He is ALWAYS smiling while he runs

These last three pictures are my FAVORITES. Him and Jayden "head to head"

I love his face as he hits the ball.

This last picture makes me laugh so hard. It looks like he is trying to make sure nobody is noticing him pass gas.