Well the lazy days of summer are officially over. Here is Rylie on Tuesday, which was her first day of first grade at her new school. Unfortunately she inherited the extreme shyness I had as a child so I was very anxious on Tuesday. I have definitely decided the hardest part of parenthood is having to let your child be independent and you can't shelter them from everything. I had to leave her at school with tears in her eyes and it was all I could do not to cry myself but we both got through the day and today was a little easier. She said she still played alone at recess but she actually did talk to the little girl who sits next to her. And if you know Rylie if shes not familiar with you it is not easy to get her to talk. I know before long she will have all kinds of friends and probably be loving school.


Owen starts preschool next week but we get to go to an open house at his school tomorrow. I asked him if he was excited to meet his teacher and he said yes but he wasn't going to talk to her (he is such a copy cat of everything he sees Rylie do or hears her say). He also said he was scared to go to school like his sissy. He warms up much quicker than Rylie so i'm not to worried about his first day but I won't promise i'm not going to leave with tears in my eyes (LOL), I guess we will see.

You would think I wouldn't have school stress with Katelin but she still refuses a bottle and I start school on Thursday. I'd say Chets going to be turning more gray but I don't think he has any brown hair left. I suppose if she gets hungary enough she will eat and I will only be gone about 4 hours. Other than that she is still just the happiest baby and growing more everyday.

Here are the kids posing for the camera. Katelin just loves watching Rylie and Owen, they get her cooing and even some giggles.

We went to Cabelas, the kids love the fish, Katelin was even watching them.

Hi everyone,
I have some new pics I wanted to share. The summer is going by so fast, it's hard to believe. We got Rylie enrolled at her new school, she seems to be excited but I think her shyness will come out on the first day but lets hope not. We also got Owen enrolled in a preschool we really like and he picked out a batman backpack so he is very excited. Today hes been running a 103 degree temp but hopefully he will feel better tomorrow.


We took the kids to the pool, Katelin didn't cry in the water but didn't seem to care for it all that much but Rylie and Owen had a blast!




Here are the kids just chillin! Aren't they cute?


Chet, Rylie and Owen decided to have a mega bubble bath!

Chets been working hard clearing out some of our property, if you look hard enough you can see him up in the tree. By the way his racing experience its rescheduled for the third time for Oct. 25 so expect rain or snow on that day.LOL.

Here's Katelin with her full belly pose, I start school in a few weeks and she refuses to take a bottle so until she accepts it, Daddy won't be seeing this on Tuesday and Thursday nights.


She likes being able to sit up and look around, so shes enjoyed spending some time in her toy.



The hats kind of silly but its cute too, we sure do love our little Katelin, she has been such a good and a happy baby. She is sleeping on average 7 hours a night and actually slept 9 1/2 hours one night, that was nice. She is just cooing and talking to us all the time and really trying hard to giggle.

We hope all is well with everyone and would like to ask for all your prayers and thoughts for Matthew while he is serving his time in Kuwait. While its suppose to be a fairly safe place where he is stationed, he is having to spend some time in Iraq while he is there and that is scary. He hasn't met his newest sister and won't until after her first birthday. And of course Rylie and Owen don't understand how far away he is and can't grasp the concept of how long until they will see him again. Cheston and Jakee are doing well also, Jakee just started a new job at the mall and Cheston is looking for one. Anyway hope your all enjoying the summer and we will post some more later.

Hi just wanted to let everyone know I do know how to spell but i'm going to pull out the sleep deprivation excuse as to why I spelled here instead of hear in the previous post. Just thought I should correct myself since most of you know i'm in college and should be able to spell.LOL

Hi everyone,
I hope everyone had a good 4th of July. We just went to a friends for a bar-b-que and went and saw a fireworks display. This is the first year we let Rylie and Owen shoot off some fireworks they had a blast. When we went to the display there was a train track right behind us and there was a train heading north and then one south and about 5 total going in opposite directions. Rylie tapped her dad on the shoulder and asked why that train kept going back and forth, it was so funny.




Katelin is getting so big, at her 2 month checkup she was 12lbs 7oz. She is cooing and smiling all the time. Her and Chet like to look at each other and he makes sounds and she'll copy his sounds, it's the cutest thing. We finally got her room done, it's very cute and very purple. She is also sleeping in her crib now, which daddy was very nervous about her leaving our room but we have a camera monitor so we can see and here her. When she wakes up for her early morning feeding, usually around 5:30 am we let her stay in our bed, so we get snuggle time.



Rylie and Owen are as awnry as ever. Rylies bottom to teeth are loose so she is very excited. However, she seems to think the tooth fairy will bring her $20, if anyone knows this tooth fairy please give me her number.LOL. We've looked at a couple of preschools for Owen and have one more to look at. He wants a backpack like his sissy to take to school, I think he's decided on a spiderman one.





Here's Rylie at a bday party for her twin cousins getting to ride a pony
and Owen being Bob the Builder, he likes to work with his tools like his daddy.

And Chets racing experience was rained out once again and we will be rescheduling in October, we'll probably get a freak snow storm.LOL. Hopefully he will get to do it sometime soon. And I will be starting back to school in August so daddy will get a couple of hours twice a week to spend with the 3 kids, hopefully they're all still in one piece when I get home.

Hi Everybody,

Just wanted to let everyone know whats going on. We are still very busy with the house. We can't wait until we have a weekend to relax some instead of working the whole time but it's definitely worth it. We're getting more use to all the bugs and spiders out here. We also have 2 hummingbirds coming around, hopefully we will get some more, they are so pretty.

Chets racing experience go rained out on fathers day so it is rescheduled for July 12 at noon. We would love for people to come out and watch. It is open to the public and you can bring coolers. They let everyone in the garage to see the cars and then we get to sit trackside, there is even a playground for the kids. Chets very excited, they will let him go up to 165mph and encourage passing so it should be fun.

Rylie turned 6 on the 19th, when she woke up she asked me if she was 6, for real and then told me she didn't feel any bigger. It's funny though because she says she needs new shoes because her old ones won't fit her since she turned 6. It's hard to believe shes starting 1st grade in the fall!

Owen is still playing outside all the time but with it heating up I think he will be in a little bit more. The other day he came out of his room and Rylie and her cousin Haylie had put makeup and dresses on Owen and their cousin Dylan. I had to take pictures of them so someday I will be able to blackmail him.LOL.

Katelin is just growing and growing. At 7 weeks she weighs a little over 12 lbs. She is just the sweetest thing ever and the cutest. She has been smiling, she has a little half smile like her daddy. She is definitely the easiest baby of the three and is sleeping through the night for the most part. I put several pics of her on here since several of you haven't been able to meet her yet and she is just changing so much everyday. She is holding her head up really well and is starting to enjoy looking at things. She was fascinated by the balloons at Rylies party.

We are having a cookout on the 5th of July and would love for anyone who receives this to come. The kids have a brand new wooden swingset and all their battery powered jeeps. We may have a bonfire and lots of good food so it should be a good time. We're looking foward to spending a Saturday relaxing instead of working.

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Hello friends and family,

I wanted to find a good way to keep everyone up to date on whats going on especially with the kids because they are growing so fast, even little Katelin has changed so much in just 5 weeks. I thought this would be a great way to post pictures and let you know whats going on. I added people from my contact list I thought would want to see this, if you don't want this sent to your email please let me know and I will take you off, I know it can be a pain to get a lot of emails. I'm going to try to post on here every couple of weeks or so, so I promise no daily postings being sent.

I think most everyone knows we have bought a house in Spring Hill on 4 acres. We absolutely love it and so do the kids. They spend endless hours outside on their battery powered jeeps and we just bought Rylie a gas powered 4 wheeler for an early bday present, she is getting the hang of it no problem. Owen has worn his cowboy boots so much, he's even been outside a few times in a shirt, underwear and his boots. Katelin has had a few little smiles, she slept almost 6 hours in her bassinet last night and I call her my little budha baby because her cheeks and belly are so fat she looks like budha.

Rylie will be 6 on the 19th and Chet is finally doing his racing experience ,which we bought him last July for his 40th birthday. He's doing it on fathers day so I will let you all know how that goes. Well I just want to send this out and see how it works so I will post more soon. Hope everyone is well and enjoying their summer.