When we bought our house we opted out for getting air conditioning. After 3 summers we've done OK. I think the kids would disagree...
McKenna has no fan. She asked me to get her one with flowers of course.
Josh wanted to take us all to Lake Tahoe for the 4th of July because of the best fireworks. He was right. It was the best show I've ever seen. Good call!
We built a hole for swimming in. We were quite popular with the other kids.
We didn't have anyone to take a family picture so we did this one in the mirror. McKenna was not told pose but man did it turn out hilarious.
Just the girls.
What a beauty. She is a splitting image of her brother with such a wonderful personality. On her first road trip she did quite well!
Kaiden practicing his modeling and daddy his gang signs.
Wow, how come he keeps getting better looking while I keep going down hill? Oh well.
Well after one year we finally sold our house. We have been waiting for our business to sell and then we had to wait for house to sell which has been very hard in this economy. We finally came across a nice young man who wanted it. We have planned and dreamed of moving out of Eugene for the first time for both Josh and I. We decided we would like to try out Salt Lake City.
Kaiden graduated from Kindergarten today. I am so proud of him and his accomplishments this year. Here he is with his teacher Ms. Healey. He is beginning to really read and spell letters which was hard for him at first. He is such a great little man!
They had a Hawaii theme for graduation and they performed songs.
Each child stood up and the teacher announced what they wanted to do when they grew up. Some kids wanted to be policeman, others doctor's, but not my Kaiden. He wants to be a garbage man so he can drive a big truck. 
Yesterday when I got up from a nap Kaiden had created a police hat out of paper. He didn't like that it fell off so he asked me to find one on the computer. He cut it out and fit his and his sister's to their heads with tape all by himself. They also made money and tickets for "bad guys". They are so creative!!! 
I think there is a moment in every mother's life where she believes, "I can do this." I've enjoyed every minute of Seer's existance with us, but there of course have been some challenges. I don't remember being this tired with the other two. Although I was 22 and 23 then. I also had trouble nursing for the first few weeks which was painful and disheartning. Now that we have somewhat of a schedule going, she's nursing correctly, and I've been trying to take naps, things are getting into a groove. She smiled at me for the first time yesterday. I can't believe how something so small can feel so amazing as a baby's smile. Especially your own baby.
Kaiden and Daddy riding the quad. Don't try this at home. I trust Josh to keep the kids safe. Kaiden on the other hand was not so sure this time around:)
Kaiden and McKenna at the river. They remind me of Indiana Jones. They love to find bugs and make things out of nothing. Today Kaiden made a holster for his "valiant" sword I made him for a FHE lesson. So cute!
McKenna participated in ballet again over the last few weeks. She still stuggles with not sitting down every few minutes from "being tired." But she looks stunning to me. She is a gorgeous little girl that I am very proud of. Even if I'm a little biased. Look at those moves!!!
Seer had some confusion as to who was holding her. But Dad didn't mind:)
I love this picture. She actually looks like she's smiling. And thank you to Melissa for the great booties (hand made).
Kaiden is very proud that he can hold his baby sister by himself standing up. He is very sweet and protective of her. He makes sure the blanket covers her toes, the sun is out of her eyes, and loves to try to make her smile.
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