Another Summer has come and gone

The summer has almost come to an end and to me it is bittersweet. As much as I love my summer with my kids, I am ready for the fighting to stop! haha! I know mine aren't not the only kids that argue but man I don't know how my parents or anyone's parents did it. My children fight over pointless things such as who sat in a certain seat at the dinner table the night before. I have to constantly remind myself that they are great kids and they are still learning (as am I!).

I am not really ready to let my Stella go. You moms who have sent your children off to school know what I am talking about. With Riley I was sad but I was excited for him to start this whole new adventure. With Stella it's different. I know what school brings. They change once they start school and they never go back to being your baby or your "little helper". They get a sense of independence and learn some good and not so good things from their peers. Those magical years where they mock mommy and learn solely from the people you choose for them to learn from are over. These past 5 years have gone by way too fast. Though challenging to say the least, these years have been so rewarding and fabulous. I can't even describe the joy Stella has brought into our lives. Oh I must stop before I cry.





We have made it through another year of summer sports and now onto my favorite time of year FOOTBALL SEASON!! Stella had her first year in T-ball. She had a lot of fun and enjoyed having her Daddy help coach. Though deep down I hope she doesn't want to play next year. Softball just isn't one of my favorite sports. Of course if she insists I would never tell her she can't. Riley had another good baseball season. He really perfected his fielding and worked hard on his batting fundamentals. He was rewarded for his great play by being on the All Star A team. It was so fun to watch him play. He impresses me every time he plays. God has blessed him with a gift and I can only hope he takes that gift and does great things with it. Stella also took swimming lessons and she is getting a lot more comfortable in the water. She has shown tremendous improvement this year. Riley took his first tennis lessons. He showed some interest last summer but we were not able to get him into lessons. Once again he showed us how athletic he is. I don't know how he will choose what sports to do when he gets older. Right now he plays football, basketball, soccer, baseball, and tennis. Crazy but so much fun to watch.





We made it through all that and now another year of school is upon us. Riley will be a 3rd grader and Stella our Kindergartner! Good luck to all the kids this year and praying for great teachers!

Update on Drake. Thank goodness I will still have one child still at home. Drake is 10 months (just about 11 months) and he is all over the place and talking up a storm. He is walking around furniture and with his toy car. He has started to let go and try to balance. It won't be long before he is walking on his own. We have had some issues lately with not keeping his food down and getting hives. We think he has a food allergy and we never knew it would be this hard to diagnose. Neither Jason nor I have ever had an allergy so we had no idea how difficult it is to figure out. We hope to get an answer soon. This has also caused some issues with not sleeping. He won't take naps in his crib and wakes up in the middle of the night. It has been quite frustrating but I know we'll figure it out. He is gorgeous and smart little boy and we are just so lucky and blessed to have him.