Welcome Home...

Man so much to catch up on. We are home from California and it has been a busy week. I have much to type but not much time so I thought I would just share a few pics for now and catch up later. While we were gone, the kids went and learned how to swim on me.
Isn't she just too adorable?

Swimming on her own. She is getting so big!

Even Brayden got over his fear from last year and loves to demonstrate how he can go underwater. I am so proud.

Skylar of course has no fear and jumps right in the deep end. (Notice that nose hold though. lol)
They are all getting so big and are enjoying the summer time. Lots of activities at daycare for each one and lots of swimming in Nana's pool. Oh, to be a kid again! lol

Another Skylar Funny

Skylar and I went and ran some errands on Memorial Day and had a very interesting conversation on the way.

Skylar- “Mommy, there are a thousand Gods.”

(Oh no! What am I teaching her? Where is she getting this from? Surely First Baptist isn’t preaching of more than one God! I have got to do better.)

Me- “No, honey. There is only one God.”

Skylar- “Nooooo, my Sunday School teacher said that we all have God inside of us and there are a thousand people so there has to be a thousand Gods.”

(Okay, so maybe not so bad. At least she has the main concept right. Now to tweak it a little bit.)

Me- “ You are right. We do all have God inside our hearts but we just carry a little piece of him with us. Not the whole thing. There is just one God.”

(There, that should explain it. Whew, fixed that one.)

Skylar- “So, which piece do I have? His elbow or his knee or what?”

(LOL I think we have a little more work to do!)

Backyard fun

While Skylar and Matt went to t-ball practice tonight, I let the two little ones play in the backyard so I could start supper. Their favorite thing to do is ride in the jeeps. Skylar has one and so does Brayden. Peyton just likes to play the part of Miss Daisy at this point but I think if the other two would let her, she would take the wheel and drive it for all its worth. Here are a couple of pics...

Brayden convinced her to hop out and pick up a pine cone. No sooner had feet hit the ground, he took off. I was laughing so hard that I couldn't really get a great shot but you can certainly feel her pain. lol

He came back to get her almost as quick as he had left her. I didn't even have to yell. (Although I was still laughing so hard that I don't think I could have if I tried. lol)

She then decided to play coy and act like it didn't really hurt her feelings after all.

He coaxed her back in after a few seconds and all was forgiven. (At least HE was forgiven. I don't think I got off so easy. lol)

Toothy adventures

Skylar has had a tooth that has been bothering her for quite awhile. She went and had it looked at a few weeks ago and they filled a cavity on it but she has been complaining about it ever since. We weren't quite sure how much was real and how much was attention seeking but with the trip to CA next week, I didn't want to take the chance. So...Matt had a half day yesterday and he took her to the dentist where it just so happens that mother-in-law works. They got a good xray of it this time and sure enough, she had a small abscess. Because it was a baby tooth and the permanent tooth was already pushing on it, they made the decision to go ahead and pull it. Well, Matt hightailed it out of there (He can't handle that kind of thing...MEN!) and Gwen had to hold her down but they got it out. She is doing fine now. She is a little sore but so glad to be rid of the pain (not to mention she got $2 and a 'gold' piece from the Tooth Fairy). Here is the offending object in all its glory. Have you ever seen anything like it? Pretty scary!!! lol

Skylar Funny

Yesterday I took Skylar shopping at AC Moores (craft store) because she had such a good week at school last week. As we were turning in to the parking lot, there was an old man standing on the corner with a wooden sign strapped to his back, an umbrella rigged over his head and a little boy dummy hanging from his chest. He was pointing and shouting at cars, yelling about fire and brimstone and the Judgement of God. Well, Skylar of course was immediately enthralled. She said, "Mommy, Mommy did you see that? That man had a little boy hanging on him." Trying to decide where to start, I responded, "That was a dummy, baby." To which she inquired, "Which one was the dummy, Mommy? The big one or the little one?" Oh, out of the mouths of babes. lol

Memorial Day

We had a good weekend all in all. Spent most of the day today at Nana's pool where I am assuming we will also be spending most of the summer. The water was only 79. Still too cold for me but the kids didn't seem to mind at all.
Peyton wasn't too sure about the big pool. Aunt Melissa splashed her a few times and she loved that but...

this is where she spent most of her time. lol

Brayden seems to have gotten over his fear of the water and he can actually touch the bottom this year which is such a good thing.

His favorite thing was the water gun that he used to soak everyone, including me which didn't go over too well. lol

Skylar is a fish as always. She was the first one in and the last one out. She would stay in the pool all day if you would let her. She is swimming so good now. All across the pool including the deep end and her new thing is going down to touch the bottom of the pool. She is definitely my water baby.

Daddy's Love

Had a few more that I had to share from this week. We went to Matt's nephews baseball game this week and I was able to get a few shots of the kids' current obsession. Their Daddy....



They just love him to pieces. Whenever he is around everyone else is chopped liver. Also check out my photo-a-day blog over at www.ktsphotoaday.blogspot.com After much "gentle" prodding, I have decided to once again update with pics on a 'hopefully' daily basis. (Don't hold me to it too strictly, but I promise to do better!)