Poker run!

Note aug 12th

This was a big day for the kids,  there 1st time out on the river.  Linc reaked ot and wouldnt get on the boat so he stayed back with grandma.  She called about 10 min later saying he was ready.  Once he joined us he loved it!  Kaylee was in heaven and rode the jet ski with Scott back to the clubhouse. 

First track meet!

I can't even contain my excitement for Kaylee today!  She has her first track meet tonight and is super nervous.  She probably wants me to just shut up and leave her alone but I cant help it, I want to know everything!  It is super far away so they have to leave school early to go and I am so bummed I cant go to watch her.  I think she is aittle relieved to have her first meet without her crazy parents though. 

So proud of her for trying something new this year!

Allstar picture!

His spring picture couldnt be more perfect.  Our spring consist of baseball and soccer and follows his great basketball season.  It is nothing but chaos once spring starts but I wouldnt have it any other way.

This picture doesnt show any of the craziness this child brings to our lives.  I said, "Lincoln this picture is so good" and his response was "You're welcome"!

Man I love this kid!

Oh man, I'm not feeling so good!

We have been working on trying to get a little piece of metal shaving out of Lincolns toe the last few days.  Today I noticed him walking funny so I forced him to soak his foot so I could try to get it out.  I tried everything I could think of before I grabbed the tweezers.   This child has an irrational fear of tweezers so I grabbed them I flashed them to Kaylee and she proceeds to follow me into the living room.  He was sitting there soaki g his foot and playing a video game so I tucked them in my fist and told him to keep his eye on the TV.  As soon as I exposed them he freaked!  Insisting there was no way I was using the pinching things on him as he screamed " Nope, No Way, No Nope, not gonna happen"!  I of course find this funny and so does Kaylee.  We are holding back the laughter and the biy of sadness we have for him since we know he is truely terrified.  I let him know we have no other option other than let me try and get it or we would have to have the Dr get it out.  He gave up his toe and as soon as the tweezer got close enough to almost touch him the color drained from his face.  In a 60 year old man voice he says on repeat, "Oh man I dont feel good, Oh man I dont feel so good".  The laughter and tears begin as we realize once again he is going to pass out.  He lays his head back and rubs his belly as he begins to sweat all while still repeating, "Oh man I dont feel so good, Oh man I'm going to puke, oh mean my belly hurts" and then we lost him! Kaylee grabs him and holds him so he didnt fall out of his chair and he slept it off for about 10 min.  A few dips of orange juice and he was back to bideo games!

Transformation Tuesday

Holy hell!  I dread the gym everyday and as I put together a transformation pic for a health group I am shocked!   This is why I still go no matter how much I dread it.

Pizza party

Snow, lincs bday

Matt says are you ready and linc says yeah hit play.

Superbowl 50

First snow day

Dhs dance

Mouse trap car

Kaylee had to make a mouse trap car for school that would drive 2 meters.  Hers drove 11.2 meters! Needless to say she got an A!

The Halloween party was a Tripp!

Today was Lincoln's Halloween party at school.  His teacher Mr. Tripp did a great job at keeping the crazy under control.  As always I am very grateful that I can attend even though for this party he seemed to care less that I was there.  As I was wondering why I go he came home and told me how happy he was that I was there.  He is such a sweet boy!

Thank You Little Debbie!

I went to get something for Lincoln's Halloween party tomorrow and our families favorite snack.  So it is not even Halloween yet and I just bought our first box of Christmas cakes for the season!

New car, well new to Kaylee!

Kaylee was given a car today! Mom got a new car and she gave her old car to us for Kaylee.  She will get her permit next month and she cant wait to get behind the wheel!  I am so grateful to have such a good daughter who is deserving enough to be given a car.  I am also very greatful and appreciative of my parents for doing this for her. They helped us out tremendously!

Our 1st Cricut project!

I am so excited that Sam bought a new Cricut.  Mostly because of the endless possibilities when it comes to making our own tshirts.  This is was our first attempt and Kaylee's first pick..we needed something easy to start with.  It turned out awesome!

Hilarious!

Kaylee got a new app on her phone called Face Swap.  That is pretty self explanatory. ..check out the pic!  We all laughed histarically especially at Lincoln's new face!

Fall soccer champ!

Mr Creative

Vineland Haunted House!

Linc's wanted to go to the haunted house at his school.  It was advertised as kid friendly so I called the Heines to see if they planned on going.  Bryan was taking Sophie and Joey so we decided to meet up with him.  I guess you could say it was our first date, we paid as a family (for the discount) and we were asked if 'our' son Joey would be attending pre-school.  Once it was our turn we were told that there would be kids that will jump out and scare us but that they can not touch us and we cant touch them.  I am pretty sure both the kids and adults needed that warning once we were in.  The first half was pretty scary with the kids jumping out at you and walking through the dark halls.  The kids where leached on to Bryan's arm the whole time and looked terrified, which I understood because I was too!  I had no idea that was nothing compared to the second half.  We were not even all the way in and Linc was crying and Bryan was carrying Sophie and Joey because the were banging on the floor.  In this half the teachers were dressed up and would jump out at you and get really close.  I just held on to Lincoln and kept him as close as I could and kept telling him to close his eyes in hopes that they would stay away from us.  I just stared at the back of Bryan's hat and stayed as close to him as I could.  What felt like an eternity was probably only about 5 min and we were so excited to see light in the hall which told us we were almost done.  As we walk in the cafeteria and Linc is wiping his eyes he yells "that was NOT kid friendly"!  Bryan and I were amazed at how scary this haunted house was for the elementary school kids.  Neither one of us expected that and we wont be taking the kids back anytime soon.  I myself will never do that again!

A Converse Homecoming!

Kaylee was so excited for her first homecoming.  She found the perfect dress, found her a date and had the perfect converse shoes!  She was more than ready.  I was still in the hospital that day so Kaden's mom took them for pictures and dinner to the Pasta House.  Since I was not able to be there I hired April to take pictures of Kaylee for me.  She did an amazing job and Kaylee had a couple of her friends there too.