Our cute kids!

How cute are they?? Ready for church last night!

Trying to get them both to stand STILL and SMILE and LOOK AT THE CAMERA all at once apparently is just too much for them!! I guess 2 out of three ain’t bad!

This is one Sweet girl!!

Officially Summer

It’s HOT and the mosquitos are AWFUL. So, yeah. It’s summer in Arkansas again.

What we do when it’s hot. . . .

. . . We go to church!

Sweet Little Sisters- Arden and Emma Kate

and their silly Big Brothers- Stratton and Sutton

. . . We go out to eat!

Stratton’s new fav place to eat is Buffalo Wild Wings. He wanted to wear his crown to school the next day.

. . . We party at the pool with friends!

This was Arden’s first swim of the year- she wasn’t a big fan to say the least!

When we got in the water with her she said “No Water!!”

And when it’s too hot to do anything. . .

My personal favorite. . . .We Nap!!

A trip down memory lane. . .

Isabella, Alexandra and Stratton and Arden. . . .4 years in just a blink of an eye!!

All but the ones of the girls holding Arden were taking at church or church activities! We are SO SO blessed to be able to attend the same church! Especially since we are all so busy we at least get to see each other there! I love these sweet girls So much and can’t believe how big they are getting!

2010 - After VBS heading to get ice cream!

2011- This was at the Easter Egg Hunt

2012 -VBS

2013

I couldn’t find one of them all together, these are from Al’s bday.

Family Fun day 2013

2014 - VBS

OBEY??

Saturday morning Jarrod went to work and of course the kids got up at the crack of dawn, despite being out late and not getting to bed till 10pm!! Well, they were terrorizing the house and driving me crazy playing while I was in the kitchen cleaning up breakfast (it’s about 6:45 am) when Stratton brought me a piece of paper and asked me “what does O B E Y spell?” Ha!

I guess he’s learned something in bible school! Too bad the meaning of the word failed to make an impact!! He does know what it means, he just doesn’t put it to practice very often!

Here he is with his paper. . .

He’s so proud! And wanted me to take his picture!

. . . now, did you notice anything in the background??

Let me zoom in for you.

Caught red handed! Yep, that’s Arden drawing on her paper on the wall. Thankfully, most of the BLACK (of all colors!) crayon came off with a magic eraser! Of course a monumental meltdown ensued after I took her crayon away and told her she can’t color on the walls! Fun times.

The Circus!

Friday Morning, ready for his field trip to the Nature Center

Friday night we took the kids to the circus at the convo

They were mesmerized!

I think Arden liked it more than Stratton!

She loved the elephants and preforming animals. They had some dogs that rode on ponies and they both thought that was funny!

They were crazy, dancing fools!!

All Stratton was worried about was getting cotton candy (and snow cones, and toys and light up junk) and of course we (conveniently) ran off and forgot to bring cash with us!  Arden fell asleep about 10 mins before it was over!

Some summer time fun

We got the ball sprinkler out, finally!

Stratton loved it, Arden hated it.

“No!! WAIN!!!” she said!

She really liked her bathing suit. . .for the first 5 minutes. . .

Then Off it went!

Her hair is getting thicker and it’s got some wave to it!

Bathing suits make better hats!

Dirty, grass covered and loving it!

Arden needed a power nap!

Then Stratton needed a sun tan, he said

Daddy had to share his gatorade

Summer Excel

This summer Stratton is attending the Valley View Excel Summer Program.We went to a parent meeting last Sunday so they could fill us in on everything and Stratton met his teacher, who is actually one of the college girls that was at the Excel After School program he went to every day after school! He was really excited. And his “homeroom” is one of the 2nd grade classrooms and it has a reading loft and he thinks that is just the coolest thing ever! He also thinks he is officially a kindergartener now because he is classified as one in the program. Big stuff!!

He is going to have so much fun all summer, they keep them REALLY busy!! Every Tuesday they take all the kids to the YMCA to go swimming, Wednesdays they go to the Jonesboro Library Events, Thursdays they have sports camps taught by local coaches and on Fridays they have a field trip! I don’t think he’s going to be telling us he’s bored anytime this summer! And they have good lunches, they have Pizza Inn pizza, Dairy Queen chicken strips, and McDonalds cheeseburgers (not the healthiest, but the kids like it!).

Their activities change weekly, but the schedule stays pretty much the same. They do most activities before lunch then have a rest time in the afternoon, which I am so glad for!

Here is a sample of his weekly schedule (which we get emailed to us every Sunday morning). . .

Monday: On campus rotations. Enrichment: Spanish, Art-Reading, Lunch: Pizza, Drink, & Dessert

Tuesday (Swim Day): Swim & Picnic. Enrichment: Math/Cooking, Lunch: Students need a sack lunch.

Wednesday: Library Events: Mad Science, Explosions, Experiments and more. Enrichment: Science, Lunch: Chicken Strips, Fries, Toast, Drink & Dessert

Thursday:  Sports Camps. Enrichment: Math/Cooking and Spanish, Lunch: McDonald’s Burgers, Chips, & Dessert

Friday (Field Trip Day): Putt Putt Golf and Picnic. Lunch: Students need a sack lunch.

Cute picture I took of Jarrod and Stratton walking down the hall and Arden tagging along!

Also, Arden will be making a change soon as well! She will be starting at the Montessori school of Jonesboro on July 14th! I am pretty anxious about the move. It’s so different from a regular daycare. But since they really promote independent thinking and learning, I think it’s really going to be a good fit for her. We will see!!