Where has the time gone? Life is getting so busy it's been hard to keep up on this blog! I've been catching the kids reading our blog books from previous years so that's motivated me to keep this thing going! Anyway, I will try to give the best update that I can on our crazy life! Here it goes:
September: The kids started school! Hurray! Alora is now in 4th grade, Caleb is in 3rd grade, Emily is in 1st grade and Lydia is in preschool and I'm also back in preschool (just this time as the teacher, not the student). I got a job at Meadowbank School as a 3 year old preschool teacher and Lydia gets to go with me and hang out with the 2 year olds. It's full time (Monday-Friday 9-4) so it will be pretty busy for us all but I've been wanting to get back to working for awhile and it just seems like the best fit right now! After school the kids have their activities also. Alora is taking horseback riding lessons, Emily is learning to play ice hockey, and all three are starting piano lessons. And I also have mutual for church on Tuesday nights. Super busy! It's been fun watching the kids get involved in things and seeing their personalities develop. Also at the end of September Matt had an interview with Ford Motor Company. It's the day we have been waiting for (or at least the first step towards the day we've been waiting for). We are super excited and can't wait to see where this process takes us!
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| First day of 3rd grade! |
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| First day of 4th grade! |
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| First day of 1st grade! |
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| My sweet kiddos! |
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| Our sassy one and cute as can be! |
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| The first born. Beautiful! |
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| My only boy! So handsome! |
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| My handsome husband in a suit for the first time since we got married! Ready for his interview with Ford! |
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| Daddy and his kiddos. This is my world! |
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| Time for a picnic! |
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| Just going for a ride outside! |
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| She is so excited to be on a horse! |
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| Time for some hockey! |
October: Well of course October always starts off great for us because we get to celebrate Alora's birthday. And this year she turned 10 years old! When did I have a kid a decade old?? Anyway, for her birthday she wanted to go to Panda Express and then shopping at the mall with her sweet friend Hannah (and of course I invited her mom, Carrie). It was lots of fun! Other than that we were just busy do much of the same stuff as in September...hockey, piano, horseback riding lessons. Towards the end of the month we had a visit from my dad which was fun. We went to the pumpkin patch and then he went with Matt to the Rouge Factory tour (a Ford factory). We really enjoyed having him here! Halloween was celebrated at the ward trunk or treat and the kids really had a good time there!
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| Happy 10th birthday to our first born girl! We are so grateful for you and the smart, sweet girl you are! We love you Alora Lynn! |
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| Alora and her Shopkins cake! |
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| Birthday girl! |
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| Best friends. |
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| Cute masked girls! |
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| Carrie and I having some fun while our girls were shopping! |
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| She lost her first tooth! |
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| "Panties go on the outside of my clothes, right Mom?" |
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| Pickles and Lucy cuddling up. |
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| Matt's group at work dressed up as Canadians. |
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| Pumpkin princess |
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| Halloween this year: A Frozen princess (she was also a bride), A mummy, and a pumpkin princess. Not pictured: our little cowgirl, Lydia |
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| Alora had a chance to go and skate with Emily. They had so much fun! |
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| Our hockey star! |
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| Little Elsa girl! |
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| I came down to the basement and found the toys like this. Toy Story for real! |
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| Emily's turn on a pony ride! |
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| Any chance to ride a horse she will take it! |
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| Lydia's turn on a pony ride! |
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| Silly kids! |
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| On a hayride |
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| All of us in front of the Big House |
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| Dad in front of University of Michigan Stadium |
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