Waiting...

This week the boys came with me to Ella's dance class this week. I let them bring their DS and Leapster so they didn't mind too much! I felt like I had a flashback of my brother when I was little. I sent my brother this picture and his response was "I just had a gameboy to play with..."

Funny huh? The boys didn't understand why they couldn't watch Ella, just wait for the recital:-)

*Ella discovered the hip hop class going on in the other studio. She just had to peak in through the door. Then she gasped and said, "There's a boy in there!"

Haynes....

We've been missing our nap time a little too frequently around here lately. Haynes was having a hard time finding his JOY while I was cooking dinner so I sent him to his room. Well...he sat down on the bed and fell asleep! I just love this sweet guy!

ZOO

The weather has been amazing, so we decided to head to the zoo last week. The Doke's joined us for our last minute trip on a beautiful afternoon. The kids had a great day!

This was a my best shot of our big kids together:-)

Ella loved some little girl time with sweet Emma and Sophie!

Thanks for the fun day together girls!

NYSA Soccer

We've moved up from YMCA soccer and now we are doing NYSA soccer. Our team is Port and his best buddies...Dax, Braxton, Sutton, Noah, and Nate. They are practicing in Dan and Nancy's front yard, so the kids are just loving it!

1st practice was a success!

We were laughing at the daddy's because the boys had to run for not listening...we've really stepped up our game:-)

Go SHARKS!

Labor Day at the Lake

This year for Labor Day we spent the whole weekend at the lake. We usually got to the OU game and then head down, but this year felt like we were going to be missing too much so we skipped out on the game. We also got to celebrate Murphey's birthday at the lake with a fun game of Candy Land. The kids loved it! Jeannie is truly the most creative woman I know!

The made jolly rancher suckers...so fun!

And celebrated the sweet birthday girl with lots of sweets!

It was fun remembering that a year ago on Labor Day is when we told everyone we were pregnant with Halle!

Ballet Class

I have to admit this process has been just as fun for me! I feel like God has spoken that this season is for us to see dreams fulfilled. There was a time that I thought we were only going to have mighty men to raise and dance class probably wasn't going to be on our schedule. The fact that Ella seems to love dance class even more than I could have ever hoped is just icing on the cake:-)

We got home from school and got Ella dressed. The boys were just as excited to tell her how beautiful she looks. Make sure to ask Ella what kind of shoes she wears because "ballet shoes" is my new favorite word!

It's so funny walking into the studio as a mommy! I've been a student and a teacher, but now I'm the mommy in the waiting room. Ella has a few friends in class with her, sweet Millie and Selah. Miss Felicia, a friend of mine, is her teacher. We don't get to watch class, but just watching Ella walk into class on her tippy toes is so fun. We can't wait for lots of fun memories!

Love him...

My kids love climbing out the front seat of the car. This day I was getting Halle out and didn't quite notice Haynes was lingering around the driver's seat. When I went to shut the door Haynes said, "Look Mom! I'm just like you!" He got my lipstick out and had applied it to his cute face. I just adore him...even in lipstick!