Keegan's 4th Birthday PIRATE party!

Keegan had his 4th Birthday Party back in February.  He chose to have it at a FUN {indoor} treehouse this year and we had So Much Fun!  Jake and the Neverland Pirates was the theme he chose for #4!

Even though the party was not at the house, I made just few little decorations!  

Our PIRATE family of 4:))

Crazy pictures are soooooo much easier than smiling ones!

Here is the Birthday Boy at 4 vs. 3.  He is growing SOOO fast!!

Ken, Finn, and Josh sliding away:)

Mr. Mike and Keegen J

Cute little pirate bucaneers!!  

Maddy, Keegen, and Hannah:)

ARG!!  It's Mya:))

Kyle and Mom supervising the end of the slides

Sweet girl Breslyn!

My Joshua:)

Da boys...doing what they do...:)

Ms. Nora

These pic are from the party room.  We got to play in the treehouse for about an hour and then head to our room for cake and presents!

The 'Pirate' theme was a lot of fun!  There is not a close up but I LOVED the little sails on the cupcakes!

We had 'Pirate's GOLD' and 'Pirate Cannonballs' and 'Pirate Swords'

There was also 'Pirate Punch' to drink!

I did not get a pic of the CUTE goodie bags at the party, so here is a close-up of the one while I was making it! SOOO easy, but I LOVED them!!!

They all had tatoo's, color sheets, gold coin chocolates, and...

ONE OF THESE 

super yummy cookies inside.  My AWESOME coworker, Dalene, made these for K's party.  She worked so hard and matched them to his shirt!  She also made him the cutest little pirate chest that he LOVES to play with:))  Love you girl!!

My 4 year old Birthday Boy!!

K's loves Christie and invited her to join in on the coloring fun:))

Happy Birthday Keegan!!!!

Best Buds of ours - Joey and Ashley:))  BIG LOVE!

LOVE this boy sooooo much!

The party crew!  

We had such a FUN afternoon and I hope Keegan will always remember how much he is LOVED!!!

GranJan and the Bday boy!!  {GranJan got K his ADORABLE Jake shirt...and his so called Green Lantern soccer ball...ha}  Thanks GranJan!!!

Sadly I know 5 years old will be here before I know it!

Spring Break 2013

We LOVE Spring Break around here:)  We had an awesome week of just hanging out together, no big trips - just some quality time:))  Krys had to work his normal schedule, so the boys and I just had little outings.

Here we are visiting our FAVORITE ice cream/yogurt place EVER.  

{I went here 2 more times later in the week:)  SO GOOD!!!}

Dirty faces at the end of the day --- a FUN DAY!!

LOTS of outside play in the SUNSHINE.  

Do you know how much we LOVE the SUN?!?!

One afternoon we visited the ducks at the duck park:)

Keegan vs. the Goose

Another park play date with some of our school friends:)))

On Wednesday afternoon, Mikey came to get them for a couple of days.  They were sooo excited to go.  These boys LOVE Mikey!!!  K barely gave me a hug, but J was kind of sad to go.  He is soooooo like me:)  I assured him that I WOULD miss him tons and to have a Wonderful time!!!  {they both did!}

{I thought this was sooo cute -- I found this in his room while I was cleaning the next day:)}

And here are some pictures that Mikey sent me from the 2 days.

See this 1st one....J is holding a gun!   A BB gun, but doesn't he look PROUD!?!?

The boys get to do some real HANDYMAN things while at Mikeys!!!

They brought me home 2 projects that they had built:))  I LOVE things like that sooooo much!!!

Mikey brought them home today and we had a nice hotdog BBQ with Bubba, Christie, Ken, and Nora.  We played outside the whole day and had a great time.  We're all tired and sunburned tonight --- a true sign that summer is on the WAY!!!

ONE more day of our break:)  

Planning on BBQ hamburgers tomorrow with friends and enjoying it! 

I just LOVE carefree days.

Back to school on Monday:(((

K's 1st Soccer Game

Today was K's 1st ever soccer game!  He was AWESOME!  {a bit of a ball hog, but a hustler:))}

He was sooo excited!  I really thought the games would be cancelled, but we played in the drizzle.  

Here he is all clean before:)

LOVE his crazy, munchkin smile!

I sooo remember J's 1st soccer game.  Keegan was just a bity baby and always very hard to keep happy.  I've walked sooooo many laps around these here soccer fields with strollers and the monkey leash:)  

Today it was Joshua's turn to watch {he was a little bit easier than K was}.

This boy was a natural!  I think the others were afraid of the ball...K took full advantage of this!

He had a bit of problem using his hands and scoring on the wrong goal --- classic soccer mishaps!!

Joshua and I getting a little wet on the sidelines:)

He really tried to be a good helper.

Little goalie boy---getting ready to block that ball!

{I was so proud that during the actual game he was not IN the net...before it, he got stuck in it while climbing and another parent had to help me "free" him.}

Note:  I SOOOO try to always keep my "memories" positive, but I'm gonna add a few details here to describe to my boys what our days can sometimes be like...for when they are parents themselves. 

Saturdays CAN BE HARD!  Daddy usually always has to work and I have the 2 of you all by myself.  You both have SOOO much enengy, it sometimes gets you in trouble.  At soccer J was not following directions and was not staying on the sidelines like he was supposed to.  In one of the videos, he was actually "shaking my belly" -- I mean WHY?!?!  After the game all the kids get snacks from a mom and J was like "Can I have one, Can I have one, Can I have one???"  More times than not I GET REALLY ANNOYED!

It was during the snack "passing out,"  where I was trying to help and K runs off!  YOU ARE 4....STAY WITH YOUR MOMMY!!!  Both of ya'll decided to clean your MUDDY shoes off on the way home --- my car is a MESS now!

I just want ya'll to know that it is SELDOM easy, it is enjoyable, but times can be hard.  I pray for your wives in case you have some energetic boys like the both of you.

Please know I LOVE YOU TONS and I DO MY VERY BEST as a mom.  I am not perfect, but NO ONE WILL EVERY LOVE YOU LIKE I DO!

There....all done.

Happy Saturday!!!  

Spring Break day ONE for us:))

Frame this moment

I am linking up with one of my new favorite blogs....HERE:)

{Look @ her Frame this moment posts --- they are BEAUTIFUL!}

 

I love her blog and her photography and her sweet family AND how she takes pleasure in all the little things in life...the moments.

 

This is what she wrote:

"you'll look back on them and the stress of life will fall away, just a tiny bit"

 

I LOVE THAT and I NEED THAT:)) 

 

I am a DOER and I need to learn to be more content in our moments. 

 

So...here's my photo from a few weeks ago. 

My boys are busy in PLAY and playing TOGETHER:)))

 

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss :)

This past week at school we have been doing a Dr. Seuss unit and have been doing activities with all of his awesome characters:))  Yesterday we had a photo booth to make pictures for our upcoming OPEN HOUSE! {We took pics of the kids too - we do share a little of the FUN with them...haha!}

I was the LORAX.

Dalene was The Cat in the Hat.

And Carol was the Grinch.

I just LOVE my girls and how much FUN we have on a daily basis.  Most teachers work alone in a classroom, but we work as a team of 3!  Yep 3 teachers for 6 kiddos...I have a whole LONG post to talk about year ONE for me:)))

But, we work so well together and these gals have made my 1st year pretty awesome!!  

 

I would not, could not, do it without them!