busy days of summer (very unusual)

My day is going to be crazy today. Which isn't very typical for summer (which means no working out for me today, darn it:)

Isaac has soccer camp from 8 - 11

Then Jackson has swim lessons from 10 - 10:50

Playgroup is from 11 - 1

Then Jackson is seeing a new doctor today at 2:30 (acupuncture ?)

I have an OB appointment :) at 4:10

Isaac has scout from 6:30 - 7:30

and Makayla has gymnastic from 7:15 - 8

and somewhere in all that time Jeremy has a football game and was gone all morning at the temple so I'm trucking the kids everywhere today:) I can't imagine have 4, 5, 6 kids to truck around to soccer, gymnastic, scouts, Dr appointment, piano etc...... Is this what they call being a soccer mom. Just running around all day in the effort to give our kids every opportunity to be happy, health, and diversified?

If I'm being honest, I actually prefer being busy to having nothing to do all day. I'm a happier mom when I have stuff to keep me busy. and we all know a happy mom makes a happy home:)

Having a little fun with our computer

We got out our green screen and tried to have a little fun. The kids thought it was funny:)

Isaac's Baptism

Saturday, was Isaac's birthday and baptism. It was such a nice day. My parents came for the baptism. It was nice to have them here, even if it was only for a few days. Isaac was so well behaved (all day). It was amazing. He looked so great in his Sunday best.

Isaac's primary teacher's came and a few of his best buddies came (Adrian, Ephriam, and Ben etc.) I could tell It made him feel special that so many people were there that he knew.

Jeremy baptised him and confirmed him. In his confirmation circle was Bro. Aycock (primary teacher), Dustin Driggs (friend and teacher), Gabe Trinadad, Emo Montano, and Grandpa Schultz.

washington summers are the best

It's official. I bought my tickets. I'll be in WA June 21st - July 7th :) and I'm flying into Pasco. Thank goodness. I'm so sick of flying into Spokane and having to drive 3 hours to get to Kennewick:) Yeah !!!!!!

3 SCHOOL DAYS LEFT OF THE SCHOOL YEAR!!!!

WOW! I can't believe it's almost summer vacation. For the first time since my kids have been school aged, I'm not having a panic attack that summer vacation is coming. The only thing it could be is that Jeremy will be home with me and usually he's gone more than he's here.

Our plans for summer are first and for most to sell the house and move to Houston. However this seems to be out of our control. So next on the list of things to do are:

June 9th- Isaac turns 8 and gets baptised

June 18th- Shliterbahn Water Park in Houston with Bailey and her family!!!!!

June 21st?-7?- visit Washington and go to McGinnis Family Reunion

June 23- 11 year anniversary

July 28th- Jeremy's 35th birthday

june-august- try to workout and go swimming everyday!!!!! I love summer!!!

somewhere in that time my good friend will be having her baby boy twins and if I get it my way, I will still be here so I can hold those cute boys:)

Hockey and Jackson

I'm sure I've blogged about Jackson's hockey obsession, but it's just so much fun. Here he is with his hockey guys. He plays with them all the time. And his Dallas Stars watch.

Our family now has a new obsession, ANGRY BIRDS. thanks to our new phones the kids and Jeremy are obsessed with angry birds and I'm obsessed with sudoku and now I actually get on face book.

GLUTEN INTOLERANCE ?!? AHHHHH!!!

How in the world am I supposed to get my picky eaters to go without gluten. Inconceivable, I tell you.

I went to the store today in search of all foods gluten free. Thank goodness it's more available now a days. Otherwise I don't know if I'd bother trying.

Jackson and I went to a natural path yesterday. He told us to cut gluten out of our diets. So here we go. It's going to be a family affair.

My counter is full of food that I need to throw away or give away:(

If you all have any suggestions, helpful hint, or knowledge on the subject, feel free to share:)

Rylee Jean Robles

My sister Jillian had her beautiful baby girl, Rylee. She was a huge baby girl at 9 lbs. 9 oz. and 21 inches long! Wow. Congrats SIS. She's amazing.

jillian's quilt

one week till jillian's due date. i hope it makes it in time.

It's Great to be Dad

I would have to say that Saturday, May 7 was probably the greatest day that I've had as a Dad. From beginning to end, it was a blast. I'll walk you through my day:

The day started out waking up with my wife at the Gaylord Texan hotel/resort. I surprised her and took her overnight there and we celebrated Mothers Day in style. Let me tell you, we celebrated. I've learned that it is awesome to give gifts that you get to enjoy also. I got a babysitter to stay overnight at our house, so kids were not a worry for 24 hours. It's funny though that although they were not a worry, you still find yourself thinking about them and laughing at memories of them. Like the most recent comment from Jackson as to why when he puts on his hockey pants, he always pees in them - " . . . it's because, Dad, that my pee pee just thinks it can come out whenever I have them on." I was wondering if he played hockey while the babysitter was there - if so, he dealt with hockey pee'd pants.

From the hotel, we met the kids at their soccer games. Isaac and Jackson both had games right after each other, and Chauntel and I ALWAYS enjoy watching our kids play. We absolutely love it - and it helps when our kids are complete beasts out there. From the soccer fields, we had Jackson's soccer party b/c it was their last game of the season. Jackson LOVES to get his trophy at the end of the season. It's so fun to see his excitement at getting it. From the party, Kaylagirl and I took off on our date. We try to go on dates as often as we can, I always wish it was more frequent than what they are. We have so much fun. We ended up going to the church bookstore and got her some books and just looked around. We then went to the pet store to look around then met the rest of the family at our gym to go swim. It was the first day of the year so far that the outside pool was open, so the water was absolutely freezing! Isaac and I were the only ones to brave it, and we did for about 15 minutes - it was freezing.

After we got out of the pool, Jackson, Isaac, and I went to the soccer field right behind the pool and met 3 other kids out there. Isaac just informed them that we were going to play with them. The other kids were about 15, 12, and 11. They asked what the teams were going to be, and I proudly said for the first time ever, "Me and my boys will take you guys on." I immediately recognized how amazing that sounded and felt as I said it. "Me and my boys will take you guys on". It was AWESOME! So us 3 took on these other kids - all of us in our swim trunks, no shirts or shoes and played soccer. It was great. I have never been so proud of how well the boys played. Isaac was a beast out there against the older boys. He was fearless. Jackson would get where the action was and kick the ball. He grunts when he kicks; it's awesome.

We wrapped up soccer and went home and hung out till bedtime. At the end of the night, I started thinking of how great the day was and realized that it was probably the greatest day of being a Dad that I've ever had - Overnight with the Hottest Mom in Texas at a resort, watched two of the most hard-core boys play in their soccer games, took my little princess on our date, went swimming with the family, challenged some chumps in soccer with my boys, then came home and hung out till bedtime. It's great to be Dad in our home.

I kept telling Isaac I'll post one of his drawings. So this morning he finally insisted. This is what he was working on this morning.

art show

Awhile back Isaac had TWO art projects selected to be displayed at the misd building for a district art exhibit. We are so proud of him. He had one last year and we never got around to seeing them. I'm so glad we went. I noticed that having TWO chosen was kind of a big deal. Not everyone gets art displayed. and very few have TWO:)

Since our wii broke a few months ago (it's fixed, we just haven't set it up again) Isaac does A LOT of drawing and he's really really good at it. He loves drawing so much, he said he doesn't care if we set up the wii again. Which is kind of amazing for Isaac.

Since he's been on ADD meds he's a whole new wonderful kid, and student. It's been a wonderful blessing in our home and family to have him be so much more happy and less impulsive.

Preschool Graduation

Jackson graduated from preschool a few weeks ago. His teacher had a baby three days ago, so preschool had to end a few months early this year. He really enjoyed preschool. His teacher did an amazing job. He's pretty bored right now. But at least Dad is home a lot lately to entertain him a little.

Jackson's certificate said he was the "Friendliest, always a Friend to everyone" That sounds like my sweet boy alright.

Mighty Mustang

Isaac got the Mighty Mustang award this week:) He's really doing well in school. Actually he's doing well in all aspects of his life. It was fun to see him get acknowledged for all his hard work.

Look Mom NO training wheels

jackson was thinking he was pretty hot stuff the other day, so he asked me to take off his training wheels. we've only been out twice to try, but i'm sure he'll get it soon.

cArTeR aNd LoGsDoN's

We went to Houston for Spring Break, to look at homes and visit the Carters. We had a good time. The kids are definitely more excited about moving now. We even brought Audrey and Rachel home with us. It's amazing how well the kids get along. They act more like cousins than friends. It's been awhile since we've seen them and it was nice to see that they still enjoy getting together. We looked at homes in Spring, Humble, and Atascacita. We were going to look in Pearland also. But we really loved Atascacita. We'll probably end up there. I'm thinking of looking at homes in Crosby also. We'll see. We've had two showings and one showing that didn't show. Our home has only been on the market four days so that's not bad.

home is where the heart is

or so I've heard.

Jeremy has officially sold Dallas Preventive Pest Control to Terminex. Him and his partners have been working on this deal since before summer started. I've been told and retold not to tell anyone until all the deal was completed. Everything is cleared out of his office and done as of yesterday.

We are so sad to leave McKinney. It's been the most wonderful place to live. We love our home, school, friends, and ward. We are moving because it's the best thing for our business. We'll go back to Houston as soon as our home sells. It's not on the market yet. Yesterday we had carpet put in and there's a few other details before it goes up for sale.

Even though I don't want to move, I'm ready to get it all over with. Moving is going to be hard on the kids now that they're in school and have friends.

I'm trying to think of all the wonderful things about Houston. (and trying to forget the humidity, mosquitoes, and traffic)

We love the

zoo

Astros

children's museum

no snow

Carter's

outdoor theater in the park

Kema

ocean

I'm sure I've missed some. Oh yeah and at least Christy Hall has family in Houston and McKinney so I'll get to see her.

JERRY LEE LEWIS

Jeremy and Makayla went on a date last night:) We love taking the kids on dates. The kids are always asking when it's their turn to go out on a date. I guess they don't come frequent enough for them.

Makayla's been taking piano for maybe four months now. There was a day a few months ago that Makayla wasn't wanting to practice and Jeremy happened to be home. So he brought Makayla to the computer and showed her some clips of Jerry Lee Lewis jamming on the piano. He told her how important it is to practice and maybe one day she'd be able to play like Jerry Lee Lewis.

Makayla has been infatuated with him ever since.

A few weeks ago Jeremy saw a billboard for the Choctaw Casino in OK featuring Jerry Lee Lewis. So of course he bought tickets and him and Makayla went last night to go see him perform.

He's in his late seventies (?) A little older now but still a lot of fun.

Happy Valentines

Jeremy and I went to The Glass Cactus to see Steal Magnolia perform. We love a few of their songs and watched and cheered for them when they were on Can You Duet. Steal Magnolia was nominated at the CMA and at the AMC awards show. In fact, you can vote for them at voteamc.com (or something like that) Jeremy and I were surprised by how few people were there.

We decided that we need to get out and do stuff like this a lot more. It was a lot of fun.