Tallyn left for church camp today. I did get these up pronto because I miss him so much already.

Tallyn, Zach, and Myles. They have the kids grouped into small groups and that is who they sit with in chapel and do their bible studies with. This is Tallyn's small group. They are such good boys.

I did not get a picture of Tallyn in the talent show but he did the cha-cha with a girl in his class. It was an assigned dance but he did a great job.

Ellis's first allowance for cleaning her room.

Marley ..  our newest family member and she had the name when we got her so we chose not to change it since she is 3 years old.

Ellie's ballet recital was this weekend. She had a great time and remembered her dance. I was not sure if she would since this is the first time she has ever been in front of a crowd. She did say that she was glad ballet was over. She did not like going on Saturday mornings. If we do that again or choose something else we will not do anything on the weekends.

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Muffins with Mom at school

Bricktown

Ok, if you click on the picture and make it larger you might be able to see why Rebel thinks it is time to start shaving.

Family time

Tallyn at a friend's Birthday party at the Flip Center

Update

I told my mom that I would get some pictures up today. We have been so busy that I have not taken a single picture in weeks. So, when we got home Ellie wanted to play outside so I snapped a few shots for her.

 

Ellie will start pre-k next year. They do it weird here in Yukon. There are so many spots and in order to get your child in you have to stand in line and it is a first come first spot. It is like an event. Me and a friend of mine met that morning and set up shop. We waited in line for 7 hours!!! We were close to the front but I heard there were spot snatchers toward the back. It's done and she is super excited about "big" school.

Tallyn will be in the 5th grade so he will be the oldest class in school. He thinks that is really cool. Plus, last year of grade school then Jr. High for him!!He has been having a blast in baseball they are 4/0. They will play till the end of June. He will go to church camp the beginning of June. It turns out he will go to the same one I did at his age. It is crazy how both the boys camps are the same as mine were. We have not decided on what basketball camp to go to. He wants to go to skate camp...not even! I checked and they are so expensive. If anyone knows of one close to us and not over priced let me know.

Rebel will be in the 8th grade. Last year of Jr.high! That means high school is 1 year away! How is that even possible? We will just stay on the fact that he is not there yet and won't be for a year. He keeps reminding that he will get his drivers permit in 1 1/2 years.  Hey Jimmy...wanna teach him to drive! lol Anyway he's just growing up and like I have said for a while now he is very interested in girls. My problem is the older he gets the older they get if you get my drift.

He will go to Falls Creek in July and we are hoping to get him some summer jobs. Mowing, cleaning garages, pulling weeds what ever he can find. He wants more than we give for allowance go he will have to make it himself. 

There is your update on the kids..miss you all!!!

Playing in the rain

Ellie loves to park her daddy's work truck with him.

She wanted to wear her hat like bubba

She had a little sugar

Tallyn before he ran off with friends

Gave up on shoes and hit every puddle on our street

She makes the best faces. This was actually a pose.

Ok, so Ellie wanted to jump in the mud so we went outside and our flowerbed has wood chips in it so there was no mud. We noticed that the house next door that no one has lived in for 2 years now had mud. Soooo yeah

Rebel's new favorite toy is one of Ellie's rubber balls. When I went to the store the other day he asked for one of his own. He plays with this stinkin' ball all the time. If $1 could go this far all the time it would be great! Yes the kids also play in the driveway of the house next door...hmmm wonder why no one wants to move there?

Great game..7/6 us. Tallyn got one hit but the second base boy caught it. He is really glad he decided to play. Tracy, the coach, said they will have to cut their hair if they do not keep it out of their eyes. There is ALOT of hair on this team! lol

Happy Easter

Here are most of the pictures we took before Church today. It was a chore since the kids (including Jeff) don't make it easy. We missed spending time with our families and hunting eggs with all the cousins. We love all of you and are looking forward to seeing everyone soon.

OK if you look close you will see the space on one side of Talyn's mouth that he had to have teeth pulled to make room for more teeth. Our first step toward the first phase of braces. Oh, he has a gap just like this one on the other side. In one month time he lost 7 teeth. 3 he pulled and 4 the dentist pulled.

Some of the goodies the Easter Bunny left.

He was not allowed to wear the hat to church.

Tallyn had his first baseball game today. I LOVE their uniforms!! They won 12-2 Tallyn had one hit and ran in for a point. He is really glad he decided to play.

Miss Thang thought we needed to make her hair wavy for school one day. I really hope this is not a regular thing because she already thinks it has to be blown out after she washes every time. She refuses to let it air dry. What have I done??!?