Fathers Day Weekend

June 2010

I almost forget to post this picture we took on Father's Day morning of Matt and the kids as they gave their daddy his special gifts, the kids are looking kinda tired...it had been a super late night before!  We do love our dad and husband SOOOOO much and appreciate all her does for our family, you're the best Matt!

We went to Grandpa's place for dinner on Father's Day to spend the day with the extended family on Matt's side.  Since G-pa loves to collect Coca Cola stuff, we found this new sturdy line of Coke Glass Glasses so we picked them up for him with some soda and filled a tub for him as a Dads day gift to let him know how special he is to all of us!  We love the dads, grandpas and special guys in our lives, they are GREAT!

The night before Father's Day was the Girls actual recital. Here's Bre receiving her five year trophy at Dancemakers NW at the end of the girls dance recital.

Ellie receiving her five year trophy at Dancemakers during the awards ceremony, this was Ellie's first trophy ever, so she was especially excited.  She has plenty of metals and ribbons but as far as a trophy goes, she's never played soccer so this was her first and something that she really looked forward to receiving, way to go Girls!  They both did a great job and made our family pleased and put a big smile on our faces, it was fun to watch you two perform!

Cousin Bailee's Baptism

Saturday June 26, 2010

Kennedy, Zoeie, Naomi, Noelle, Bre, Brooke, Gracie, Jill and Bailee (Some of the girlly cousins on Bailee's special day.)

The Tuck Girls, aren't they the cutest?! & Bailee and Bre

Gavien and Jarom, then Zoeie holding Brookie

Spencer, Bre, Bailee and Ellie.

The weather really cooperated for the kids's cousin Bailee Ann Tuck's special day of baptism!  The sun shine was beautiful and the baptism girl herself looked so pretty in her baptism dress all in white, the service was a special one and spirit filled.  They had a gathering at Grandma and Grandpa's afterwards and the kids all had fun playing outside in grandma's yard, the food a picnic style w/ (bbq ribs) was yummy and it was nice to gather together with family and friends.

Two wee little Toothies, a New Plug & Eye Problems

Sunday June 27, 2010

In the midst of another packed eventful week, (we did have a ton of fun at all of the parties, b-days and gatherings this week and thanks to all for the fun invites) Brooklynne was a bit on the fussy side a few of the days...with her new found freedom of crawling here and there recently, she has proved to be quite the content little one so with the fussy business, she just hadn't been her typical little chipper self.  When I realized that she was cutting her two bottom front teeth, it all made sense!  They officially popped through on Wednesday the 23rd. (Jarom and Bre both lost molars this week as well so it's kinda turned out to be a tooth week.) So today after church I caught Brooklynne with a new plug in her mouth...only it wasn't a plug for the mouth but a plug for the electrical socket. A few weeks back we covered all of the sockets only some how she has figured out how to take them out?  She has also figured out how to pull herself up onto her feet to stand and balance herself with the help of the couch, tables, chairs, play pen or what not...so it won't be too long before she's walking...something that I am totally NOT looking forward to at all.

Well the kids are officially out of school for the Summer (as of Tuesday.)  It always takes a bit of getting used to a new routine with all of the kids at home, things get a bit crazy at times with a lot less down time on my part (not that I have all the time in the world when they are in school or something but now it's constant and always something is an understatement) tomorrow night for FHE we plan to set out the structure for the Summer, we did that last year and it helped with the chores, time management, reason and peace within the home.  Also, not sure if it's this on again off again rain we've been getting, but when the sun does make it's way through for a few days our kids have had the absolute worst allergies ever this year!  Their eyes have been popping out of their heads, with conjestion, itchy throats, sneezing...it's really not been fun for them and I hope it gets better here soon.  Claritin and the eye drops that the doctor prescribed for Ellie when we took her in this week on an emergency basis after the whites of her eyes swelled up past her eye ball due to over itching them we found out (the picture shown is a few hours after the drops when Ellie's eyes had gotten quite a bit better believe it or not...) but still even with the help of meds, they are suffering.  Spencer ended up with the same problem, only we didn't freak out like we did with Ellie since we knew it was from excessive itching (it seriously looked like something from a scary movie) I'm pretty sure it's the cotton wood, we are surrounded by them here in Sumner. We also tried the Zyrtec allergy med and that was a mistake, it does something weird to the kids (especially to Bre) in that they get so grouchy and seem way too drugged up...probably just drowziness/ tiredness as a side effect so we learned to stick with Claritin.

We are looking forward to the Summer with the many summer traditions and "things of the season of sunshine" that awaits us, it always ends up flying by so fast...with that said I can hardly believe the 4th of July is this coming week, already!

5th Grade Graduation Party at Tiffany's

The 5th graders had the Tiffany's Skating rink in Puyallup rented out for their graduation from Daffodil Valley Elementary Thursday evening, so it's official we now have a Middle Schooler on our hands! They had four huge cakes, one for each of the 5th grade classes and one for the teachers, they had a class picture on the front of each class cake which was a fun touch. Jarom with Layton and Austin doing a skating train.

Jarom with James his good friend from Mr. Lopez's class this year.  Jarom got seperated from his group of boys (there had been five of them) that had been together for his 3rd and 4th grade year and had became really close friends and Jarom was the only one that got seperated from the pack in 5th grade.  We were kinda bumbed but Jarom had no problem making more friends this year in Mr. Lopez's class along with keeping his old friends.  James, is Korean and Jarom learned quite a bit about his culture through out the year.  We also brought the neighbor frined Nathan along with us to the rink.

Eating pizza on the run.

Spencer got blades for his b-day this year and has gotten really good at them.  Since he's such a small little kid (even though he is six) everyone was so impressed at his skating skills at the rink for being so small. It's nice to go to the rink and to have all of the kids bring their own skates, it certainly pays off in the long run!  They skate quite a bit around the neighborhood and enjoy it.

Ellie's friend Ava was there with her 5th grade brother so Ellie was happy!  Then ther's Bre.

Each of the classes raced off w/ boys and girls seperate, then they had an ultimate race to see who was the fastest overall. Get on your marks...get set.....

Go, and they were off!

Jarom gave it his all and came in second.

Jarom getting his prize, a slurpee at the snack bar.  Then there was Josh, who I didn't let skate.  He loves to skate but since I was solo (without Matt who was working) for the party, if he fell or was hurt I couldn't run out to save him since I had to take care of Brooke, so he was content to play video games the whole time.

Cake Time.

Jarom ended up getting the "Best Smile" award, voted by his peers.  He got a tooth brush, paste and a bowling gift card, pretty cool!  At the graduation ceremony, Jarom got a special "Leadership" award and an "Achademic" award for passing all three parts of the WASL (although they changed the name of the test this year to MSP I believe)  We are very pleased with our boy, way to go Jarom we love you and your example and hard work!

Thursday June 18, 2010

We'll never get this one DETACHED!

Brooklynne just doesn't want to give up BREASTFEEDING! 

She seriously HATES the bottle...This much! 

Why even bother with the bottle?!

I keep on trying to convince myself that maybe one day she'll decide that the bottle isn't half bad so we keep trying...but the saying "try it you'll like it,"  just isn't ringing true!

June 19, 2010 Brooklynne at 10 months.

Dress Rehersals...

June 2010

BreAnna's "S.O.S." Jazz Class

Ellie's "Hawaiian Roller Coaster" Tap Class

BreAnna's "Fire Burning On The Dance Floor" Hip Hop Class

Ellie's "Rock Star" Jazz Class

It's Dance Recital Time!!! This Saturday evening June the 19th at 7pm.

Both of the older girls have really enjoyed their classes in dance this year.  I was able to bring the camera to dress rehersals this past Monday night to snap a few action pics (cameras aren't allowed the night of the performance, they always have a fun backdrop and lights the night of so it's a bumb deal there's no cameras allowed...oh well I did order a DVD this year.)  The girls have been dancing at Dance Makers Northwest five years already, ever since we moved back over this direction. Ellie has really blossomed in her technique and performance this past year, it's been fun to watch her excitment and to see her grow in her dancing abilities. She was nervous before dress rehersals but afterwards she said she won't be nervous on Saturday night because she is used to the big stage now.  Then there's BreAnna with her effortless style and natrual ability to dance and perform.  This past year she has led both her classes in her passion and you can just tell from her smile, energy and percision on stage that she is truly having fun and loves to dance in the spot light.     

It's Great To Be Eight!

June 12, 2010

Ellie had a fun few special days celebrating her 8th birthday and her birthday ended up falling on the most beautiful day of June (so far) an "Oh so Sunny" Saturday so it was perfecto! She is very excited to have turned eight and to be baptised here soon on July 10th to be exact. G-ma took the b-day gal shopping Thursday night and she ended up coming home with some acrobatic barking doggie stuffed animals (that's Ellie our animal lover) she woke up the morning of telling me that her grandma was going to buy her a real dog when I x-ed that idea she was convinced it was going to be a real hamster then.  I warned grandma that if she came home with any thing live it wasn't going to work so the moving and barking stuffed pets must have been a good alternative, she also picked out a princess tiara that she so excitedly and most happily wore to school the next day (friday) for her b-day celebration at school w/ cupcakes and McDs, she had her friend Bella's slumber party that evening and we picked her up from the slumber party on the morning of her own real b-day with hugs and b-day wishes and kisses.  After picking up her cake, a special carmel apple from the bakery and lunch we headed home, we enjoyed the summer sun in the afternoon around the home front- the kids had a lemon aide and popscicle stand, we washed the cars, found a froggie in the hose storage bin, straightned the yard and then hit the mall for some shopping at Ellie's choice of Justice, later we took her to dinner at Red Robin and then back home for some cake and ice cream...a fun day for one fun and extra special eight year old girl Miss Ellie herself! We love you dear, can't wait for your baptism day!!!!!