Brady's 7!!

Well, Brady's 7 today! SEVEN!! It's crazy to think he's that old!!!! He was able to read most of his cards this year by himself. He's really doing well, sounding out the words and figuring them out. At times he gets frustrated, but that's to be expected.

We had a birthday party with four of his friends on Friday. We went bowling. It was fun! It was interesting with 5 boys. Whew!! They all bowled very well and had a great time. I know Brady really enjoyed it! Bethany even bowled too, the ball went Verrrrry slowly. I keep telling everyone think of the scene on Uncle Buck! hahaha

Today after church we went out to eat Brady's choice. He either wanted to go to KFC or Long John Silver's/A&W-go figure! He's 7! haha We ended up going to KFC and then he got a RootBeer Float for dessert at A&W. We don't think the float is what he expected. ;) We came home and opened up his gifts from us and the rest of the family. Thank you guys!

I think he enjoyed his birthday weekend very much!

Some pics:

Trick or Treat

The kids had a lot of fun this Halloween, Brady was an Army man and Bethany was a butterfly. Kirk took them around the neighborhood and I stayed home and passed out the candy.






On Saturday, we went to our friends Joel and Jenny's House for a Harvest/Costume Party. We had a really fun time. I don't remember the last time we sat by a bonfire and roasted hotdogs and marshmallows. Kirk and I did dress up! Picture below. I won a prize too! Wahoo! We had a great time with our friends, it rounded the weekend off wonderfully!


Can you Guess?
I'm the oven and Kirk's the baker, and of course "baby" is the bun!


To end this post I think we should all join together in singing a Halloween classic that my son sang for a week...

"Trick or Treat smell my feet give me something good to eat, if you don't I don't care I'll pull down my underware..."

Oh, you know you're singing it!!!

Happy Halloween!!!!

Wall-E

Today my friend Jenny and I took our kids to see the movie Wall-E. Everytime my kids see the commercial they run around the house say Wall-E in a robot voice. It's pretty funny, especially Bethany. They all seemed to really enjoy the movie. Bethany lasted about halfway through and then fell asleep, but then woke up and was so upset because she realized she didn't get to finish it. :( I recommend it, it's sweet. A little robot love story.

Easter

Christ the Lord is Risen Today!

We had a very nice Easter this year. Church was wonderful, I sang in the choir which I really have been enjoying and being able to sing at Easter was great! The kids looked so nice in all their Easter wear. It was so nice to see the sun! I love that for as long as I can remember there is ALWAYS sun on Easter! I love it, to me it's God, Jesus and everyone rejoicing in heaven as we on earth celebrate the Risen King!

The Easter Bunny did come and visit us, the kids searched the house and found their baskets. They were VERY happy the Easter Bunny came.

I've attached some pictures below:








Doesn't Brady look dapper!


Bethany picked out her Easter dress herself, I really thought she would pick a pink one that she was adimate about , but then all of a sudden she spotted this one and low and behold she changed her mind-typical girl!


These are Bethany's friends that she plays a lot with, Chloe and Iris, we are missing one, Ellie she was out of town with her Mom and Dad. Mommy thinks their moms are really cool chicks too!


Mommy and Daddy are done with Easter grass, we don't think it should have been invented. This is Bethany's aftermath, Ugh! We are going to remind the Easter bunny next year that it is not required that you HAVE to have Easter grass in the baskets. Leave it to the Easter bunny always thinking about the "look"! Sorry my dear husband, the bunny will do better next time.

Visitors

This past Saturday some of our friends came for a visit. We had a really nice time catching up with them and having a little fun. It's always nice to have some company over!



Jen and I helped the kids dye some Easter eggs



This is what we saw pretty much the whole day, boys and their games.

Trip to the patch...

A pumpkin patch!

The kids and I were able to go with some friends from church to a pumpkin patch! The weather was great and everyone had a wonderful time. We found a lot of cool pumpkins!! After we hunted for our favorite pumpkins(we had to get one for every member of our family including dog and cats) we went over to a picnic area and had some lunch although I think the kids just enjoyed rolling down the big hill.

It was fun!!

We'll post some pictures after we carve them too!

Columbus Zoo trip

This past Saturday, we were able to go to the zoo with our friends, the Myers(Nate, Jen, Sofie, & Jonah). We had such a wonderful time. The weather was great, sunny but cool. It was fantastic. It was super duper crowded but we wiggled our way through. The kids had fun climbing on the statues outside the different exhibits. A lot of the animals were out and up close so they could see them pretty well.

It was a really fun day! I attached some pictures below:


Mommy & her kiddos


Petting a Goat


Kirk thought we should visit his brother since we were so close. :)


Sofie & Brady wranglin' the Komodo Dragon


Our baby & the Polar Bear baby


Sofie giving Komodo a sweet kiss!


Brady riding the Carousel


Sofie riding the Carousel


Bethany riding it too, she had a ton of fun!


A big "howdy" to my peeps!


Jonah had the best seat in the house!


The 3 Amigos catching a ride on the manatee!

Bikes, soccer, 30 and a visit!

Friday started a very hectic weekend! Friday Brady had a birthday party to go to, it was one he was looking forward to for weeks! It was a bike party for his friend Emily. Off we went Friday evening to go. Oh, Kirk was on his way to Cleveland to meet up with some friends to go see the Indians game. Well, wouldn't you know it the Durango started acting up-BIG TIME! I hurried up and pulled into the McDonalds parking lot. We were already running late for the party, I called Kirk and I decided I should call Scott & Amber to see if they could take us to the party. Lucky for us and gracious of them, they let me borrow their car for the evening so we were able to get to the party and go to the store to get some diapers that I desperately needed(for Bethy). The party was a lot of fun for Brady and he really enjoyed it. Of course as I got home I did flip out just a tad, and was really upset about the whole Durango situation. I took Scott & Amber's car back in and as Amber was taking us home we decided that I would try and get the Durango home at least. She followed me and I made it home with little problem. I figured this way it's safe and Kirk can deal with it in the morning. The rest of the night went fine, got the kids bathed and to bed and I chilled out for the rest night.
Saturday we got up and hurriedly got ready for Brady's last soccer game. He did really well this game. He got into a little more and had some contact with the ball. He played goalie for awhile too. He got a medal at the end of the game, which of course was really cool! :)

Brady's got the ball!

The soccer player

We came home really fast and changed and then off we went to Ashland for Nate's big 3-0 party. It was so much fun. I was feeling good! We were able to see some people that we hadn't seen in awhile and it was nice to catch up! The kids had fun playing with Nate & Jen's daughter Sofie and we got to meet their new edition Jonah-SO CUTE!! You know what was another good thing about the party-I kept reminding myself I'm still 29!!!! hahaha :)

Sunday Kirk decided to go into work for a bit, other than that nothing too exciting on Sunday.

Monday my grandparents from IL stopped in for a visit. It was really nice to see them. The kids loved it! We hadn't seen them since Christmas so it was nice to catch up face to face. You forget really how much you miss someone until you see them and they have to leave again.:( Hopefully we will get to spend some more time with them this summer.

Well, that wraps it up. I'm looking forward to a couple of downtime days. Brady and Kirk have some t-ball practices at night but other than that its relaxing time.

Who's 30? Not me...

BUT MY BEST FRIEND CAITLIN IS!!!!!

Happy 30th Birthday Caitlin!!

Far back we go, and the journeys we have took together have been wonderful! I miss being close to you but always know you are just a crazy phone call away! You are an awesome mom and an amazing person all together! I love you!!

Thought I would post some pictures of Caitlin and me:

Attractive, I know! Your mom will be proud! hahaha


Church picnic


No we did not buy these shirts at the same time,
we always seem to buy the same thing and then find out later!




Cait, I'm sorry that I'm still young and you're not!!! I'll help you with your walker, don't worry! heehee

Congratulations!

Congratulations Nate, Jen & Sofie!

Jonah William Myers
8 lbs 20 1/4" long
April 20th

We can't wait to meet the new little Myers!!!