We have a 9 year old!

Hard to believe that this guy is 9 already.  Time flies as the kids grow older and older each year.  Landon continues to amaze me with all he can remember and figure out.  He scored in the 96th and 99th percentile on a national test!  He LOVES all sports and can remember crazy stats and figures.  He remembers the scores of games we have gone to together.  He still gets upset if things don't go how they are supposed to or someone doesn't play the way he thinks they should.  He is sensitive and gets his feelings hurt easily.  

We got him a LEGO Star Wars ship to build, puzzle game, and a wallet.  He chose to go to Steak 'N Shake for dinner and got a birthday cake milkshake!

 Every year, we have the kids stand beside the tree that we planted the year they were born.  This is Landon by his oak tree.

Happy Birthday, buddy!

Landon's birthday parties

This kids LOVES all things sports, so when he mentioned having a baseball birthday party, I wasn't surprised! 🏈⚾🏀  Also, it was a super easy theme.  We had friends over on Saturday afternoon and family on Sunday.  Can't believe this kid is 9 already!!

 It was a GORGEOUS day for a party.  The boys spent most of the time outside playing football and baseball.  Coach Matt helped keep the games moving. :)

 Brayden, Dakota, Brendan, Greyson, Kyler, Landon, and Micah

I think they all had a good time and I'm sure they were all tired by the end of the afternoon!

Then on Sunday, we had Landon's family party.  It was another great day to celebrate Landon!

What a blessing Landon is to our family.  I can't wait to see how God's plans unfold in his life!

September in review

It's hard to believe that today is the last day of September.  Where do the days go??  We had some wacky weather this month from 40-91 degrees, so we were wearing all kinds of things.  We went camping at Potato Creek the weekend after Labor Day (Labor Day weekend we spent taking down our above ground pool for the winter. 😢).  We had a ball.  The Davis family, Frye family, Gill family, and Jamie came along.  We had sites all near each other and the kids LOVED it.  Emmy and Landon even had a little boy from school there too.  We hardly saw them.  They rode bikes and played football, and played in the campers.  The mornings were chilly, there's those 40 degree temps, but the afternoons were sunny and nice.  It was a lot of fun, but always busy trying to camp when we're back at work.

stocking cap, shorts, hard to tell what to wear!

We had fun at the NW homecoming game.  The kids even got special shirts to wear (thanks Gma!).

Landon's been playing flag football (Razzle Dazzle)🏈🏈 for the Titans and Matt coached.  They have practice Thursday nights from 5:30-7:00 and games each Saturday.  Both boys have enjoyed it!

The week of Sept. 18, we had crazy hot weather for Indiana (near 90) and of course we had taken the pool down weeks before.  That didn't stop the kids from getting wet though.  We dug out the old, torn slip and slide and they made our slide into a water slide!

Fun September memories!

Back to School 2018

Well, actually we've been back for about 7 weeks now, but better late than never!  Both kids were excited/nervous to start 3rd grade this year.  I was pumped because they are literally right next door to me! 😃  Emerson has Mrs. Nunemaker who's "super nice" and Landon has Mrs. Davis who he loves!  Both kids are off to a great start.  They don't complain about getting up for school.  We even get them up 20 minutes earlier this year because they are eating breakfast at home instead of school.  They're doing a great job with more homework and both work hard.  We are proud of these two!

I'm starting my 16th year teaching.

Matt is starting his 17th year.

Blessings to everyone on the 2017-2018 school year!

Soccer and Caleb turns 2

Both kids played on the Ravens soccer team this year.  I am imagining I'm getting close to not having both on the same team, but boy is it easier!  They had a great time playing, as always, and both got better as the year progressed.  Landon scored a few goals and Emmy finally got in there and went after the ball instead of waiting for it to come to her.⚽⚽⚽

Coaches: Charlie and Gavin

Back row: Brennan, Malyk, Eli, Kylie, Henry, Mackenzie, Tatiana, Ava

Front row: Charli, Brayden, Landon, Emmy, Lennon

On August 13th, we got to celebrate Caleb turning 2!  He LOVES Micky Mouse Clubhouse so that was the theme this year.  It was so cute.  Caleb is one special little boy.

 This littlest lady is pretty special too!  She's 3 months old and so adorable!

Steven and Kristina were great hosts and we had so much fun celebrating this sweet little guy!