Just playing around the house

Well our summer has come to a close, but how wonderful it was. Yes it was filled with packing and moving and unpacking, but in between all that we managed to enjoy it. Shane was home with us until this week when he started his new job. Yes a job he finally found a job. He is working for a pond company that builds docks, and boats, and stocks ponds. We are hoping it works with his school schedule.

Shane enjoyed being able to be with us all summer that he has changed plans to go to vet school. Yes you heard right. He has decided to finish his degree in animal science and then get a teaching certificate and teach ag. He is going to be a wonderful ag teacher. And I can't tell you how excited I am about this decision.

Dylan

Hayla

Clayton

I started back to work as of Wednesday, school doesn't start until a week from this Monday, its just teacher inservice. It was a bitter sweet day for many reasons. I was sad to leave my little ones but I knew they would be in good hands. My sister Katie is coming to our home to watch them. I was sad not to see the same faces I have seen for the past five years as I entered my new school, but oh how excited I am to teach pre k in a brand new school and I know it will be a wonderful year.

As for the babies everyone is doing wonderful. Hayla and Clayton are walking all over; Dylan is taking a few steps we are hoping in the next few weeks it just clicks. Hayla and Clayton are 20 lbs and Dylan is 23 lbs. Hayla is talking up a storm, she says yes, no, go, that ( she is always asking that? that?) dog, papa, momma, daddy, this. We are teaching them sign language and so far she is the only one that has picked up a few of those words too. Every now and then we can get her to sign more and all done. Over all they have adjusted well to their new home as have we. The country life is wonderful.

Clayton Hayla Dylan

We hope you have had a great summer as well. May God bless you and your family this coming fall.

We Love to Swim

My sisters, Katie and Anna in first picture and Clayton in next.




Dylan and Hayla




Now that we are living close tp family it is nice to take advantage of their swimming pools. The babies love to swim whether it is in or out of their floaties. And splashing, oh is there splashing, I'm sure you can imagine three in a pool.


Dylan, Clayton and Hayla

Our First Playhouse

As most of you know kids prefer to play with a box over their toys and ours are no different. With us moving we have had boxes here and there and everywhere and the babies have banged on them, climbed on them and now played in them. I have wonderful memories of cardboard box houses from my childhood and now seeing my children playing in one just tickles me.

Daddy just cut holes in the box and is showing them what to do.

It didn't take long for them to start having a blast.

The Kids

The babies are 13 months now. They are all trying to walk. Hayla and Clayton have taken 4 steps here and there. Dylan perfers to use his little walking toy to walk around the house. They are great eaters and will eat just about anything. And we are off bottles. Yeah!!!!!

Here they are playing in their new room.


Dylan practicing his standing.

Hayla walking around using her walking toy.

Hayla and Clayton playing in Mommy and Daddy's room.

Clayton weighs about 18 1/2 lbs now.

Dylan weighs about 22 lbs.

Hayla weighs about 18 1/2 lbs. She has added Dog and go to her vocabulary.

Our trip to the Dallas World Aquarium

We took a trip to the Dallas World Aquarium this week, it was a lot of fun. The babies really enjoyed it. They had never seen fish before and just watched and watched them swim.

The babies are watching the fish swim.

Look at that sea turtle!

Lunch in the rainforest.

Our New Home

Here are some pictures of our new home. It took us a little longer to get in than originally anticipated. We spent a week with my aunt and uncle until the floors were finished. We were able to move in on June 27th. Below are some pictures of the house.
This is our front yard. What a yard! Once the kids get bigger they will have 10 acres to run around on.

Our Bathroom

Our Livingroom and our new furinture. We were so excited to be able to purchase new furniture.

The babies room

Our room, we still have a few boxes to unpack.

The babies playroom; this room still needs a lot of work. We are painting a farm mural on the wall. The black wall in the back is a chalk board wall and then the wall I am standing at is a magnetic wall. The wall opposite the green grass will be all shelves. Once it is all done it will be wonderful.

Swimming in our Pool

My parents got the babies a pool for their birthday. They love it. To them its like a giant bath tub. These pictures are from the first time in it. We spent about 30 minutes playing in it.