July Fourth-Family Get Together

 Family Picture Time 

Here is Kinsley...2 years and 2 months!  She loved having the baby pool all to herself!

Fourth of July 2013-"the climb"

I was talked into hiking the mountain while we were in Arizona.  I NEVER do this kind of exercise! I agreed and let me tell you...I am a WIMP!  I did finish though, with lots of coaching from him, Jeff and Jessica, and Jose!  They all very kindly and patiently waited and waited and waited for me to finish!  Pictures will prove it!

 I made it!  I'm not sure when I will do that again. I am glad that I finally saw the view of the city!

The Kids First Run Together...The Heartbreak Ridge

So we have tested out quite a few sports to try to find one that the kids all like.  The girls recently participated in Hip Hop and had their first competition.  Meridith's group took third and Annabelle's took second.  They both enjoyed it and we forgot our camera...ugh!  They decided they wanted to take a break from that for this 9 week session!  Which is fine for me...I am enjoying taking them to Sea World and Legoland whenever we want.  I do understand the importance of sports, so we aren't giving them up!  They all ran yesterday in the Heartbreak Ridge.  It was a half marathon, 10k, 5k or a kids run.  They started with the kids run and they seemed to enjoy it!  Here are a few pictures!

They were following their dad's orders to stretch!

   
 

Where did this dog come from?  He is not ours!

At the beach with FAMILY!

It is so great living here, but it is even better finally having more family close.  We get to see Holli and her family more now.  It is what we have been looking forward to!  Holli and her family came down just a little while after we moved here and we were able to go hang out at the beach.  Our husbands found a big hole that had been dug out and they continued to expand it so the kids could all get in.

Then it was time to bury all of the boys!

We all had a great time!  It was great to get together!  

We've Been Having So Much Fun!

  We have loved having Hiram with us and being able to be together as a family.  We have spent a lot of time at Legoland and Sea World.  It is so great having so many fun places so close to our house!

Now all we have to do is get the camera away from Hiram so we can see if he was really there with us!

Finally some new photos of Kinsley!

It must be something about being the forth child but I noticed as we were putting up pictures of the kids in our house we had ZERO of Kinsley.  So here are new ones of her...I know it's about time, she's almost 2!

We actually made it out WEST!

After the craziness of this last year, moving in June, then not moving to California until December we are finally here and it is official!  They can't send us back east now!  We are loving EVERYTHING about being on the west coast AGAIN!  We love the beach...

and we love finally being together!  Watch out California, we're not going anywhere!

First Day of School 2012

I'm so glad Holli was here so that I was able to get pictures of the kids this year without it being a last minute photo with my phone.  We got some good ones and I am so thrilled!  Thanks Aunt Holli!

Meridith 5th Grade, 10 years old 

Davin, 3rd grade, 8 years old

 Annabelle, 1st grade, 6 years old

 I can't believe how fast they have grown!  I sure hope they are prepared!

I guess it's time to start blogging...I'm not promising anything!

I looked at my blog a few weeks ago and realized...Kinsley is 15 months old and she has received only her "birth announcement" post, then I thought oh goodness...where should I even begin!  So much has happened since she was born I don't even know where to start.

So I think for now we will just start where we are in life now and then we can always go back and "fill in" later.  

We are currently back in AZ waiting for Hiram's new orders to come.  We left our home in NC in June to come to AZ for our family reunion and then the plan was to stay for only 2 months while Hiram went to school.  So 2 days before school was to start he was notified that he wouldn't be going to that school until October instead of July.  I was completely a mess.  We had just packed up our whole house, so we could rent it and now we were suppose to go back?!  Oh well, it took me a couple of days to get myself together and we sent Hiram back to NC and we are getting our kids in school here so that they can get in 1 full semester before they will transfer to CA.  So here are a few pictures since we have been here in AZ.

 Meridith and Annabelle doing gymnastics!  They love it and they are pretty good at it too!

Davin playing at Makutu's Island!

I think he was in the tree most of the time!

 Kinsley's first adventure with spaghetti!  She LOVED it!

 We had snow cones EVERYDAY when everyone was here for the Family reunion.

 Mom and her girls, minus Kari, we missed you!

 The kids all being silly, but they loved it!

We had such a great time with all of the cousins and we miss all of them who had to leave!  We are thankful to have cousins with us everyday now that we are staying at Grandma's.  It has made the transition so much easier for all of us!