Last day of school and Kendyl's awards...

On Monday, Kendyl had her awards assembly for her last trimester of 1st grade. She loved 1st grade and did a really good job on all her work.


She was on the Principal's Honor Roll for all three trimesters this year. What a smartie pants to get straight A's all year! Great job Kendyl!!!

She also got a Great Attendance award this trimester for only missing one day.

Kendyl and her fabulous 1st grade teacher Miss Ransom on the last day of school!

Father's Day...

Happy Father's Day to our wonderful daddy! You are AWESOME!!!!!

1st grade spelling bee...

Kendyl competed in her first spelling bee. She was so excited and worked hard to learn all the words.

She was nervous, but did really well. All the kids were really good spellers.

We are so proud of her for working hard and getting all the way to the 7th round! It got harder when they were asking the kids to spell words that were not on the list.


And now she spells words all the time and looks for good "spelling bee words" when she is reading.

Good job Kendyl!!!

Oh boy...or girl!

We are having a baby!! It was a little surprise, but a very welcome one! We tried for several years and did infertility treatments before we finally welcomed Kendyl. So each new addition has felt like a huge blessing to us after the years of not being able to get pregnant.

It looks like the baby is looking right at us in this picture. :)

Everything looks good and the baby was moving all around.

Kendyl was soooooo excited when she heard I had an ultrasound. She started planning right away where everyone was going to have to sleep, so the new baby will have a room.

Brityn's reaction was, "Oh, I hope it's a girl!" She's excited as well and can't wait for the new baby. At least with a new year's eve birthday, there will be fireworks! And that extra tax deduction! ;-)

Busy boy...

Ryder has been exploring a lot lately, mostly things that have buttons.

His favorite thing is to push the power button on the front of the computer...really convenient when I am trying to post on the blog! :)

His other favorite spot is pushing the button on the tv on and off, on and off. Then he moves to the satellite receiver to turn it on and off, on and off. The one that is amusing is the dvd player that has a radio on it--if he pushes the right buttons he sometimes gets a blaring static noise that he doesn't like.

He's been really good in the kitchen by playing in only the cupboards with the plastic dishes in it.

And when you can't see him, you can find him scrambling up the stairs trying to get as far as he can before someone catches him!