It’s been two months since I’ve posted a news-y household replace. We did a LOT this summer season and tried to simply soak all of it up and revel in it, so I wrote only a few weblog posts because of this. (In the event you don’t comply with on Instagram, that’s the place I at all times share day by day updates on our life — and I share lots of issues there I don’t have area to share right here!)
Guess who determined to begin loving meals?? He’s been constantly consuming not less than two small oral meals each day now and we couldn’t be extra excited!
Kathrynne spent per week at a management coaching summit and it was such an ideal expertise for her. It was in downtown Nashville so we acquired to go go to her as soon as and drop a couple of issues off. She didn’t actually know anybody going into it, so it was nice preparation for faculty. She ended up loving it and signed up for his or her year-long management program which she’ll be doing alongside her school lessons.
We acquired to spend so much of time with C this summer season. Most weeks, we watched him 25-40 hours whereas his mother labored. It was loads so as to add in an additional energetic three-year-old to our combine, however we are also so grateful for it!
The relationships these 4 have are simply one of the best!! They’re fierce pals and likewise battle like siblings, too. 🙂
Kaitlynn spent lots of time behind the wheel this summer season as she’s taking her driving check in a couple of weeks. She even drove a number of the method to Arkansas on our household journey and did such an ideal job!
Micah celebrated his first birthday and David loved attending to eat a number of the cake! (He began strolling only a few days earlier than!)
This was probably the greatest pics I acquired of all 4… it’s nearly unattainable to get all of them trying on the digital camera and in the identical shot at one time!
Kirstyn beloved having her older siblings residence for the summer season and made so many recollections with them.
We spent plenty of time on the ball fields in numerous close by cities. And headed to Alabama for a couple of baseball tournaments, too.
I attended a really inspirational Influencer’s Occasion and acquired to satisfy some cool folks (are you aware these two girls? Depart a remark in the event you comply with their YouTube channels!)
It’s at all times enjoyable to be surrounded by individuals who do related issues to what you do!
David continues to deliver such deep pleasure to our lives and we’re simply so pleased with the progress he retains making!
Kierstyn’s Peppa Pig Boots from a consignment sale are one in every of her most-worn articles of clothes!
In the event you can’t inform, this boy is such a fun-loving little man! He began speaking early and is consistently cracking us up with what he says and does!
He additionally retains us on our toes — he found out find out how to get within the toilet, elevate the bathroom lid, and flush the bathroom… and a $300 plumbing invoice later, we now have our very first bathroom lock!
Jesse and I’ve created a system for conserving 3-4 toddlers on the sidelines of baseball video games for hours (C involves a number of the baseball tournaments with us). One among our greatest helps is deliver the playpen, an awning, and followers. Plus plenty of drinks and snacks!
Silas and Jesse went on an 8-day deep sea fishing journey along with some pals. They went to Louisiana and got here again with all kinds of enjoyable tales!
Jesse perfected the artwork of holding the fish so it appears extra spectacular than it truly was. 🙂
Kaitlynn celebrated her sixteenth birthday with a household journey to High Golf.
I can’t consider she’s beginning her senior 12 months and might be going to school subsequent 12 months! (She examined up again in sixth grade to be academically challenged.)
Kierstyn LOVES preschool and begs for us to do it each day! I’m trying ahead to beginning homeschool preschool within the fall with each Micah and Kierstyn within the fall. We’re planning to make use of Memoria Press.
Kaitlynn has been having a lot enjoyable fixing Kierstyn’s hair.
Celebrating the fourth of July!
She beloved the hearth crackers!
“We’re babysitting for you for 3 hours this morning so you’ll be able to go on a date.” One morning not too long ago, the women awakened and informed me that they had talked with Silas late the evening earlier than (they’d all gone out collectively to hang around) and determined they have been babysitting for us they usually wouldn’t take no for a solution.
“Inform us what you had deliberate to do and we’ll do it for you so you may get a while simply with Dad.”
I listed off that I needed to do some cleansing, that Kierstyn had swimming classes, that David wanted a shower and to prepare for remedy, and that I used to be planning to go to Aldi.
“Give us a listing and we’ve acquired it.”
They usually did! Jesse and I ended up having probably the most superb morning!
We did a exercise collectively (sure, we could also be bizarre, however the first thought we considered was that we may truly do a Mayhem Nation exercise collectively with out interruption!) after which went to the Manufacturing facility and acquired paleo doughnuts (as a result of I used to be nonetheless on the 21 days of no sugar problem!) at 5 Daughters Bakery and simply sat and talked and laughed and dreamed and simply loved being collectively.
The final year-ish has been a wild journey of so many alternative milestones and stretching experiences: birthing a child, adopting a toddler, graduating a senior, strolling with C and his mama and looking for to like them nicely, the ups and downs of parenting a baby with particular wants/medical complexities, launching a ebook… it’s been loads and there have been laborious days and superb days and plenty of days that held each. However there’s nobody I’d fairly be on this journey with than this man!
An enormous thanks to our older three for the surprising reward of a spontaneous date morning on a random Thursday. It meant greater than I can adequately put into phrases.
Silas began his first official job a couple of weeks in the past! He’s working in meals service with Kathrynne and loving it!
After we requested the youngsters what they needed to do that summer season, the one request all of them had was that we might go to Silver Greenback Metropolis in Branson, MO — a spot that holds so many core recollections for us all!
It was such a particular journey — regardless of the warmth (it was a excessive of 101 each days we have been at SDC). I’m reality, the warmth ended up being a present as a result of the park was fairly empty in comparison with what we often have skilled in July and we acquired to journey so many rides and spend little or no time in strains!
This was Kierstyn’s 12 months to fall in love with rides (she had largely been terrified final 12 months!) and the primary journey to SDC in three years the place Jesse and I didn’t really feel like we spent your complete journey simply barely making it as a result of we have been caring for needy, tiny ones the entire time.
This 12 months — as a result of the three youthful ones aren’t so tiny and needy — we acquired to journey a number of rides with the older children, had a lot enjoyable driving rides with the youthful children, felt like we may breathe a bit of extra, and we even acquired to go off for an hour to journey and store by ourselves — due to our teenagers providing to babysit! It was a reminder to us that these years of little ones actually do cross by shortly and that life might be a lot completely different in a couple of years once we don’t have any toddlers!
All six children had one of the best attitudes and have been troopers by way of so many alternative issues — together with the 7 1/2 hour drive the place we have been all packed within the automotive, the late nights, and the warmth. We ended up staying on the park till closing on the final day and acquired to journey a number of rides at nighttime — which was a primary for us!
Jesse and I checked out one another on the finish of the journey and mentioned, “we didn’t notice how a lot we would have liked this!” Simply getting away from common life and all being collectively away from distractions and to do’s was such a present — and I’m so grateful our older children requested if we may go on this journey. We got here residence so refreshed and rejuvenated for all times — and speaking about plans for our subsequent household journey (we’re pondering of attempting Dollywood or going again to Vacation World… are you able to inform we love theme parks?? Any solutions of the subsequent family-friendly locations inside a 7-hour drive of Nashville?)
We additionally stopped at this brand-new espresso store on the best way residence. We extremely suggest it!
Just a few weeks in the past, The Youngsters’s Place had an enormous sale and I ordered Kierstyn and Micah some much-needed garments, together with matching jammies. David didn’t want any garments (he doesn’t develop as shortly so hasn’t outgrown something like the opposite two had!) so I hadn’t ordered him something.
Effectively, the primary evening we put the matching jammies on Kierstyn and Micah, David acquired all excited and saved motioning to them and attempting to take his garments off. It was the primary time he’d clearly observed and communicated one thing like this — that he needed to place the jammies on, too.
You higher consider Jesse and I acquired on The Youngsters’s Place web site straight away and ordered him his personal pair of matching PJs — as a result of we wish him to know that his voice has worth and we’re listening to his communication!
Look who’s all signed up and registered for faculty?? She and I went to her school orientation day collectively a couple of weeks in the past. We’re excited for this new chapter of her life!
He’s turning from toddler into little boy and he simply melts our hearts!
We made so many particular recollections throughout our annual prolonged household journey to Bull Shoals Lake!
We beloved having @realwillhump include us once more this 12 months — it was a particular end-of-summer trip earlier than he and Kathrynne head to completely different schools within the subsequent few weeks.
My mother watched two of our little ones a couple of instances so Jesse and I may go on the boat/hang around with household. And Jesse and I tag-teamed in order that each of us acquired to do enjoyable issues and make enjoyable recollections with household and our teenagers.
Kierstyn fell in love with the lake and needed to swim, swim, swim in all of it day. She saved attempting to “swim to the opposite facet” as she informed us. I beloved her confidence and pleasure!
Along with plenty of double and triple slaloming, our ladies *quadrupled* slalomed with their cousins for the primary time ever!
A giant thanks to my dad and mom who work so tirelessly and provides so generously to make this week occur yearly. As I informed my dad as we left, “I believe it was our greatest Bull Shoals journey but!” (Are you able to consider this was our twenty second 12 months??)
There’s a bit of peek into the final two months! I’m hopeful I’ll be again to weekly updates now that summer season is over and faculty is beginning again!
