Madi and her team showing us their skills!
It was now down to Madi's team, the red team, and the black team. Madi's team played the red team first and then the winner of that game would go on to play the black team. They played so good all day, but after about 3 hours of volleyball they were starting to wear down. They tried their hardest and Madi was playing awesome but they just couldn't do it! The red team won, so Madi's team took 3rd place out of twelve teams!!
{Hayley, Madi, & Madi}
Madi and her team receiving their awards from their coaches!
Madi's Team and coaches!
The best part of making the cookies, has to be eating them! And let me tell you, we did plenty of that!
Getting Ready for the Ballet performance!
The waterfall at the end!
The kids trying to see how close they can actually get to the waterfall.
Abby posing! {of course}
Darrin and Abby enjoying the shade!
At the end of the school year we had noticed Kaiden squinting a lot to see the TV and other things. We knew he was gonna be just like the rest of the family and need glasses, but we wanted to wait until summer was over so he wouldn't have to worry about losing or breaking them. As soon as school started we took him in and sure enough he is blind just like the rest of us! He was excited to get glasses and it took him forever to choose just the right pair. We ended up getting him two different pairs. He said he picked out the ones that looked like Danny Gokey's from American Idol. I think the look really good on him, and you should have seen how excited he was when he put them on and could actually see!
I have been working hard trying to get my kids rooms finished, and I'm really close! Madi and Kaiden's are pretty much done and Abby's is a work in progress. I'm really happy with how they are coming along and I will post some pictures soon!
Kaiden was excited and nervous to go back to school. This will be his first year going to a new school and not really knowing anyone. We meet Kaiden's teacher a couple days before school started, and that made him even more nervous, he thought she was going to be real strict but when he got home from school, he actually thought she was really fun! He said he didn't really meet to many friends but I'm hoping that will change, he has had the hardest time so far with the move and is still adjusting. The most exciting or should I say embarrassing thing that happened at school for Kaiden was after recess he walked into Abby's classroom thinking it was his, right in the middle of their reading time! I took Kaiden shopping with me this year for his school clothes and let him pick most of them out himself. I think he did a great job, except for the "funny shirts" he wanted and that's a whole other story!
This is Abby's first year going to school ALL day! She has been talking about it all summer and could hardly sleep the night before, she even wanted to go to bed early so the day would come quick! I have to say I'm a little bit sad to know that my youngest will be in school all day, I do enjoy some time alone to get stuff done, but it just means that my kids are growing up way too fast! I need time to slow down a little bit so I can enjoy those fun moments with them just being kids! Abby also met her teacher before school started and said she is so nice, even nicer than Mrs. Paxman which is hard to believe cause she was an awesome teacher! Her first day was soo fun she said, she had a huge smile on her face when she came home and told me all about it. She took a home lunch on the first day but was excited to finally eat in the lunchroom like Kaiden and Madi! Abby has one of her good friends in her class also, so I think this will be a good year for her! She also told me no one dresses like her at school? I don't know if that's a good thing or not, but I think she's pretty cute!
The grand finale!
