Matt's Birthday

Matt turned 7 this month. He was so excited.

Matt with the boys getting ready for some cake.
Matt with his best friends Camden.
This was a musical Star Wars card so Camden is doing some Star Wars moves on Matt's head.
I had to put on this picture just because of his facial expression. He liked the present i guess..lol. Happy Birthday Matt!!! Mom, Dad, and Alyssa love you!

How Did I Miss..??..

Matt learning how to swim. He's been going to the community pool once a week with his daycare and sometime this summer he learned how to swim. He tells me this past Monday that he wants me to come watch him take the "deep sea dive test". It's where you swim across the deep end with NO armies and then if you pass you get to go to the deep end and jump off the boards. Well, since I was off this week with the car wreck I went to watch him take the test. He passed and we are so proud and he's so proud of himself.

Here he is jumping off the board with no armies and swimming to the side of the pool.
Wow, they grow up too fast.

Haven't Blogged in Awhile...

Well, things around here have been upside down....literally, I flipped the truck the other day on my way to work, and luckily walked away with only scratches and soreness (with some bruises). Here is the bridge I flipped off of. They say I landed 50 feet down on the passenger side of the Tahoe.

This is the view from down inside the ravine where I was when I climbed out of truck.
Matt couldn't believe that was our Tahoe.

I definately had angels riding with me that morning...

Laundry Time!

Ok, so yes, if you're wondering this is a picture of our dryer. I was in the process of starting the laundry (the all day project) when the kiddos decided they were going to use the dryer as a spaceship. Who's idea was that, well it definately wasn't Alyssa's... anyways, I couldn't figure out where they were. I could hear them laughing and she was screaming, but I couldn't figure it out, until I walked into the laundry room and then I knew right away so I went to get the camera.

This was the picture and the looks when I snatched open the dryer door. Yes, her mouth is blue she had a blue firecracker popsicle in the bathtub and this is what happened (by the way, it took two days for that to go away).

They were having the biggest time, but I needed them to get out so I could put real laundry in the dryer.Now she wants to be in the dryer all the time. I just hope she doesn't get in there and get stuck one day. Gotta keep that door closed!! THE THINGS A BIG BROTHER TEACHES...GOTTA LOVE IT!

BEECH BEND

We were wanting to spend one whole day with Matt so we decided to take him to Beech Bend. I hadn't been since I was a kid and didn't remember any of the rides and Steven and Matt had never been. We took Alyssa and she spent the day with my mom and I'm glad because she it wouldn't have been as much fun and so relaxing with her. Plus, we were able to have quality time with Matt, which was much needed.

Ok, so these pictures were us goofing off before we got on the "Kentucky Rumbler". You can't tell that Matt is nervous. He did really well though and rode ALL the rides.

It is a wooded roller coaster. It was fun but very rough and bumpy.
He doesn't know what to expect.
This was the first drop... look at his face.
Needless to say, he didn't want to ride it again.
He made the comment that he liked the easy roller coasters.

So he rode them ALL...
and loved every minute of it..
Then Steven and him rode a water ride.
They didn't get as wet as we were expecting.

Matt still enjoyed it though.
On to the bumper cars. His first time driving.
checking out the pedal.
WATER SLIDES.. we got to these before the lines got backed up.
What fun that was... a big splash!

Here they are in line for the one that goes upside down.


He had so much fun... We would like to go back before the end of summer.

A FaMiLy LiFe UpDaTe...

Ok, I have pictures to put on, but first I wanted to write a small blog about life. For those of you who don't know, Steven has worked at Toys R Us for as long as I've known him and today is his last day there. He has put in many long days and Christmas' where we've hardly seen him because he has to work long days.. well, he's moving out of retail. He starts at TSC next Monday and he's extremely excited. He will be working in the headquarters in Brentwood.

Anyways, wish us luck. It's a big step for our family for him to be changing his career, but in the long run it'll be worth it. We are thinking positive and he's definately excited.