I forgot

I just remembered we have a blog. Wow. I never thought I'd say that. For so many years (nearly 8 to be exact) I've been fairly regular with posting on this blog. With every kid I've slowed down a bit. I wish I could make this blog my priority- but in reality I totally can't! Instead our lives are mostly documented by photo posts on Instagram.

These gorgeous babies of mine all celebrated their birthdays in May turning: 3, 5, 1. We went to Atlanta for Memorial Day weekend to hang with the Westerns. Since Addilyn finished preschool in June we have been keeping busy by going to the pool, playing in our small pool at home, and hanging out with friends. I was called to serve in Young Women's in our new ward at church. (maybe that's where all my spare time is going?) My mom flew in the day before my birthday and stayed until this past Tuesday. While she was here we spent a week in Savannah Georgia. And while we were there Scott's parents and two youngest brothers stopped while they were on their way to a cruise. Pheww. Now July is half way through. I love summer. Especially for the fact that my kids love the water as much as I do. Now we look forward to getting back to a regular summer schedule, VBS, and getting ready for kindergarten. I know. I know. Hold back the emotions people- I have enough for all of us.

Oh you know, it's only April

This sums up my awesome life. This year we have gone to Disney World, (this was at Daytona Beach), and NYC. We've changed wards at church due to a ward splitting and getting sucked in with boundary changes. We have lost some friends due to moving, but have gained new ones in other places of our lives. We've had opportunities to serve those in hardships and been overwhelmed with blessings. So if I'm not blogging, it's all good. Because we are. Good that is.

2016

This past year, 2015 has been eventful. The biggest highlight was when we had Ryder. Then Addilyn having mono. We had life changing moments- Addilyn going into preschool. Ya ya ya..preschool big whoop. But really- It's a new stage in my life as a parent. We actually have a set schedule. Scott also switched jobs- he still works for B/E but with a different group and building.

2016 will be another fun year! Disneyworld, NYC, a cruise....to travel is to live! Addilyn will start Kindergarten (and I'll really melt down). Levi will be 3 and will start up a real co-op preschool again in the fall. And my baby will turn 1!!

whooops...

I SO wish I could go back and dedicate a blog post to all the exciting and fun things that we have done since my last post. Life sorta got in the way a bit I suppose! Let me do a run down of what has happened the last 4ish months/last of 2015...
August:
-We did as much as we could before our new schedule would start up for the fall. Things like swimming, games, museums, basically anything and everything. 
-Addilyn started PRESCHOOL. I totally melted watching her leave and made Scott SWEAR to me that he would take a picture of her every move going to the school and going into her class. He appeased me and maybe over did it...
-We joined the YMCA (huge deal for me...)
September:
-We drove down to Atlanta for Labor Day and crashed with the Western fam. We went swimming, met their newest addition Tru, went to a crazy parade in downtown, and the cousins played all together. So fun.
-We started painting our house. Ya. we did. But we got so rained out that our 6 week plan got washed out and we have to finish it in the spring. bleh.
October:
-Addilyn had a fall festival at her school that was so fun. They road horses, held a bird, and played carnival games.
November:
-Scott's birthday I surprised him by doing this totally cool ropes course. It was EPIC and totally fun. As he put it, I totally win at birthdays and put him to shame. bahahaha
-My dad flew in from Seattle the Thursday before Thanksgiving. It was so great having him here. He met Ryder for the first time and spent plenty of time playing with the older two and then holding Ryder. While he was here Addilyn had her first preschool program about turkeys. It was adorable. The highlight of his trip here was all of us going to the Renaissance fair. It was so cool. The best part was the jousting. The kids loved it all including the magic shows.
-We dropped my dad off and continued straight to, you guessed it, Atlanta again! Shirley's oldest daughter Olivia got baptized and her youngest Tru had his baby blessing. There was lots of family there!
-Ryder turned 6 months Nov. 26th
December:
-Addilyn had her Christmas program and she was the CUTEST THING IN THE WORLD. But really, her costume was the best. She was a dove.
-My mom flew in from Seattle and while she was here our project was potty training Levi. Which was a success.
And now here are pictures that I threw in to help boost this posts interest a bit.