The Emster

I am not sure our FIVE year old will ever out grow her love for "anything doggy!"

Em turned the big 5 September 10th. 

Just imagine the brightest firework on the Fourth of July and times it by ten.

That sums up our Emmy girl. She is full of energy and has a special way of sharing her love

with everyone she meets. While she is still obsessed with puppies we decided to go with a pottery party instead. I was a little nervous about having five year olds in a ceramic shop but it all worked out, damage free and everything!

Some funnies about Em, she knew EVERY gift she was getting
this year.  I swear she could sniff out a gift from the top of our house to the bottom.
I gave up on being upset. I came down stairs one morning and she had one of her
puppies to be on the couch watching t.v. with her, she said, "Don't be mad okay, I cut off the tags."

Birthday swim

Lunch at Panera Bread

When I asked Em what she wanted for her
birthday dinner she said, "a plate of gum balls!"
She had to settle with gum balls on cupcakes and loads of bubble tape.

Soccer Momma

Love this.

SCHOOLING IT

My little friends are out of here!

I feel like Summers go way too fast. This will be the kids first full year of school in Washington.

Sydney and Tate got new teachers this year. All I could think was, I hope your smiles are that 

big 9 months from now ladies! hee hee.

Ms. Martinson

 Meet your teacher day!

Ms.  Bradford

Ms. Bradford gave Tate some "back to school" sleeping sprinkles-
worked like a charm!

3rd Grade

1st Grade

Tate would be one lost Dude with out Sydney looking after him.
He was having serious stress about not being able to find her after school.
Thanks for being nice to him- Sydney Mom!

Tate and his besty-Ben

Do you believe our bus stop?
CA-RAZY. 

Grandma Linda giving them-good bye loves!

This little honey started preschool a week later,

thanks goodness she is still around part time

to keep this house alive.  

Love my Emmy girl.

Which leaves me with this little cookie....YUM!

The Grandma Linda

2 weeks

Grandma Linda came for a Finley visit!

 I think she is in love.

These two took advantage of Grandma Linda's love too!

 Grandma Linda came and did what she does best...

SERVE.  

We treated her to our favorite summer treat,

fried strawberry short cake! That's right, FRIED. 

(With chocolate covered strawberries on top).

Thanks for sharing your love with the kiddies Grandma,

WE LOVE YOU!

Chocolate Monger faces!

This is What it Has Come to...

 This is what my life has come to...blogging from quick phone pics and 

posting once a month.  I am done for.  Seriously, the way I KNOW Trent and I are 

done having babies is because I feel like the Mom of the year if I get showered and dresssed for the day any time before 10:00 pm and it feels like a holiday if I brush my teeth before the kids get home from school...what a pretty Mom. 

Yeah...I am rocking Motherhood. 

packing kids in car seats, diaper changes, mid night feedings, LOADS of laundry piled high on our bed, sniffing my shirt to make sure I don't smell like a sour  milk bomb shell before going out in to public...

Oh yeah, I got this baby. I am a professional MOM.

With that said, I sure love our little Finley addition! 

Life is way more entertaining with her in the mix. 

Finley Marie

Keep up with the new me if you can, some oldies and goodies in here.

Syd did a Soccer UK elite camp this summer. These fellas came over from the UK

to do a camp, it was so funny to hear their accents they called Sydney 

"Savage" the whole week (Imagine it with a british accent) sure to make you smile.

The garage looks so rad and and we can finally park inside,
but imagine that it  has all this  packed in half of it
Can you shout "HOARDERS!"
Way to go Honey.

A few hospital pics...

I call this one..."Throw Momma" as in, throw Momma from the
train.  Her cuteness demands bright colors :)

Senorita Finley

We have this little sitting room off of the Master bedroom,

it's perfect for the midnight feedings. My kids love to sleep in there,

I guess it's a good time for them? It looks more like a sleeping mosh pit.

I almost tripped over each kid trying to get to the lamp, I don't know why but 

as I sat there feeding Finley, I think it might have been one of my happiest Mom moments ever.

Four little kiddies safe and sound. 

(I started snapping pics to remember the  moment)

 What more can I say about Em starting soccer?

she say's it all for me.

With the kids starting school me and Em
have lots of time together...Wow, she is funny.

Em's swimming started back up too!

Emmy and her boy buddies, Cooper and Campbell.

Fin, rocking the hair cuteness.

Okay, well that pretty much sums up our life with the cutest one month old ever.