Raylea, FIVE. Jack, TWO.

 

 

 

Raylea has been really enjoying school. This week was letter "F." Hard to believe she's almost done with 6 weeks! It's flown by!

 

 

Monday was her birthday. I can't hardly believe she is 5 years old. That just seems so much older than 2, 3, or 4. It's a milestone!

 

 

Monday, October 10th, 2011.

 

Just a minute after we got in recovery room lots of family and friends rushed in to meet her.

 



 

She has always loved her Daddy special...

 



 

 

 

Her first birthday picture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

She for sure enjoyed her day. She woke up and wanted banana bread, so I put a candle on it, like every year I do with breakfast on her birthday... and we sang to her and she blew it out. Then she did school, then we met her Daddy at Chuck E Cheese for lunch with Jack. They had a BLAST. Jack gave her his gift he got her, which was a tea set that sings "I'm a little teapot..."

 

 

 

 

Jack loved Chuck-E... Raylea is still scared of him.

 

 

 

 

This last Saturday they shared a party and it went sooo good. Our friends Dan and Melanie drove about an hour to be able to be there with their three kids. They even had gotten in after midnight from Texas the night before! They love us and our kids so much and they SHOW it! They each had plenty of friends from church and that made it so special. Boston Bruns who is a couple months old came and it was her first ever birthday party to be at! Raylea was so excited to see her family and friends there and Jack just wanted to eat cake and look at his new toys!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jack turns TWO tomorrow! Which is just crazy to me. I'll never forget hearing him cry the first time and holding him close. Him and his sister are the best of friends, although they are sooo different.

 

 

This was last week...

 

 

 

 

Monday, October 13th, 2014.

The first night with Jack Gannon.

The first thing the Dr. said was that he had broad shoulders!

I would say so, being born a month early and being six pounds and 14 ounces!

He will be big and strong like his Daddy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

THANKS to everyone who made this week special for my kids.

 

 

Not only did it make them feel loved, but it made Grant and I as their parents feel so loved.

 

 

AS ALWAYS.. thanks for reading. :)

 

September FLEW by

 

 

 

Been a couple weeks, I realized!

 

 

 

A couple weeks ago she learned about objects that can float and that depends on how dense the item is... she liked that.

I learned some things myself...

 

 

 

 

For the art project she painted a cat during week "C"... she works pretty intently...

 

The cooking project that week was "corn muffin hot dogs."

She loved using the knife!

 

 

They were pretty delish!

 

 

 

Here's some pictures I took this past month...

 

Raylea and Jack...

 

 

 

The almost TWO year old...

 

 

 

 

 

 

The almost FIVE year old...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rogers Family...

 

 

 

Stephens Family...

 

 

Moore Family...

 

 

 

 

And just to give you a smile hopefully....

 

Jack!!!

 

 

 

 

Have a great week!!!



Field Trip FUN!

 

 

I remember as a kid "Field Trip Days" being the highlight of the year for me.

 

I want that to be the same for Raylea!

This past year while we were "practicing" homeschooling on and off, we visited the Exploration Place. Jack came along, so did her Nana and Mimi. It was fun, but I guess since she's a little older and it was just her and I, I was even more exciting. She loves one on one time!

Jack's favorite baby sitter, (aka Christi and Momo) kept him the whole day, so that freed me up!


She didn't want to eat anywhere until we got there, so of course she got her a big ole' hot dog.
(And, so did I...)
 

 

 

She loves playing "Doctor." She asked me what was wrong with several animals and then she had a great explanation for their cure. Like with my pig, I told her he was playing in the mud and hurt his leg... she said "oh, well you see, pigs have very big bones, he will be fine, it won't break."

 

Learning about the motion of water...

This turtle was literally chasing her!
I didn't know that male turtles have red/orange eyes... interesting.

We built with some wooden slats and we copied the picture behind her and made a living room set.

 

 

 

She put on a great skit for me... and yes, she wanted me to do the same for her... I am really hoping the security camera people were taking a break at that moment!

 

 

 

 

 

Setting her hens on their eggs...

Another skit about the weather...

She loved the Medieval section. It has a huge castle you climb inside and there is tons to do.
She was happy though that this wasn't a modern day "Time Out" spot!

 

 

We ended the day by going to Nifty Nut House and getting a few little treats.

I wish I had a never ending gift card to that place!

 

 

 

 

We had an appointment afterwards and the nurse asked us why we went to the Exploration Place today... Raylea quickly answered "For a field trip!"

 

 

That made my day because it made me realize it was fun and exciting to her and it was so satisfying to me to know that she enjoyed her day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This past week Raylea and Jack started Bible Clubs. Raylea has done it for the past three years and this is Jack's first year. Jack felt like such a big boy!

 

Raylea doing school work and learning about rocks...

 

 

 

 

 

After gymnastics this week her Mimi took her out for dinner and ice cream.

 

 

 

I just threw this one in here because it's just too cute!

He pointed to his dad's hat and wanted it on and then wanted his baseball!

 

Last Saturday we went to the State Fair and this was on the train.

Jack LOVES trains. They are his favorite! He smiled like this pretty much the whole ride.


Not sure who the lady is that is photo bombing us, but she looks nice... :)

 

 

 

 

Hope you have a great weekend!

 

Thanks again for reading!