Living the Life We Love

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Been Busy Living Life

Every time I long into blogger to see if anyone has posted anything for me to read I always think 'dang, it's been so long since I've blogged...I will do a post soon.'

Usually I always blog with pictures, which is a big part of why I haven't blogged because I am too lazy to get my memory card out of my camera. When we went camping my 8 megabit SD card was full and because of my procrastinating nature on certain things, I was trying to download thousands of pictures the night before leaving...I was getting frustrated, so Vinny just went and got me a 16 megabit SD card, which means I still haven't done the 8 SD card and now I am filling up the 16 SD thinking 'man I have so much space, no need to transfer pictures yet!' And yes I do realize that in a few months I will most likely just go buy another SD card to replace the full one...but with the state of things here I am just happy I am still taking pictures (not that things are bad, just busy and since Vinny is home, I am much more in the mood of being in the action instead of behind the camera.)

So here is a very general recap of things since Tucker's b-day post
1. Vinny, Trey and I have each celebrated a birthday, making our ages 32, 8, and 28 respectively. (Ty turns 5 in November...I try not to think of how old my baby is!!)
2. Vinny and I both have been working our butts off in college! It's a lot of work, but we are both doing pretty well. We both are over half way done with our degree program.
3. Tucker, Trey, and Ty all excelled in school. Tucker and Trey both ended up earning the highest renaissance cards each quarter. Ty finished up his first year of preschool with flying colors. His original teacher moved over Christmas and when I did the end of the year conference with his new teacher, she told me "he is proficient to move onto kindergarten in all areas except for one." I told her that because of his November birthday, he has one year of preschool before kindergarten. (The one thing he wasn't proficient on was his shapes because he knew all of his shapes, except for a triangle, and to be proficient he must know the triangle. So we worked on it and he learned what a triangle was within a week of that time.
4. Summer was fun and busy. I worked full-time, Vinny went to school full-time. The boys spent quality time with my mom. They all played baseball. We went camping and did a lot fishing. Vinny taught Tucker and Trey how to paddle their kayak all on their own.
5. We did some running and races as a family. We took the big boys up the incline and Trey smoked everyone. This kid can seriously run, so he joined a local kids running club. As a 2nd graded he took 3rd place over all (out of kindergarten through 5th graders) in the mile run with a time just under 7 and a half minutes. Tucker and Trey both ran their first 5k this summer and Trey, yet again, smoked Vinny and I. I love that he loves to run!
6. We have have some down time in between school, work, and sports, which honestly has been a little weird, but nice.
7. Currently, we are all back in school, Vinny and I both full time in college, Tucker is in 4th grade and Trey is in 3rd grade. Ty is in his second year preschool (my goal is to have him reading by the end of the year, but we will see, I know he is capable, but he can be stubborn.)

That's my recap...I want to promise that I will be better about posting, but I honestly don't know if that is going to be a reality. All I will say is that when I have the time I will post something :)

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Tucker's Birthday Weekend -- 9 years old!

Tucker's 9th birthday was last weekend on Sunday. On Saturday he had a wrestling tournament and he did awesome again! I am seriously impressed with his wrestling, he is listening and using actual moves instead of just muscling people to their backs. He took 1st place again (so he is still undefeated for this season). I have been horrible about taking pictures lately and didn't even get a picture of him with his 1st place medal. And we stopped and at Texas Roadhouse for his early birthday dinner (again I didn't get a picture of it...ugh). It was delicious as usual!

Look at him actually using moves...nice cradle buddy!!

Sunday morning he woke up and asked for a ham and cheese omelet. The weather on Saturday was very cold and snowy and since we had to be out for the tournament, we were glad Tucker just wanted to hang out at home for his birthday. It was a good day of hanging out and watching the Super Bowl! He was cheering for the Seahawks and was happy they won.

Beautiful big snowflakes!

Helping frost his own cake!

My birthday boy!

Very Excited - he got an Ipod

9 years old!!!

Cutting his own cake...He is getting so old and I am just going to pretend that he is not on his way double digit age!

Loose Teeth!

Trey is 7 and a half years (almost 7 and 3/4 years old :) and he has still only lost his 2 bottom teeth. Finally a couple of weeks ago the two side bottom teeth were finally loose! Last Saturday morning they were so loose, but he just couldn't get them out (he, unfortunately, has very long roots that just are not dissolving.)

Can you see how loose those teeth are?!?!

Thursday night he finally pulled out the one tooth!

Saturday morning he pulled out the other one!

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Renaissance Time Again

Yesterday was the big boys 2nd Quarter Renaissance Assembly. It was a football themed assembly and both boys earned a gold card again!! I'm so proud of them and their hard work!

Official Start to Wrestling Season

We have been going to wrestling practice on and off for a couple of months now, but we finally had a free Saturday 2 weeks ago, so Tucker and Ty had their very first tournament of the season. Ty thought he was all ready for it, but it was a lot harder than he thought...so he had a rough go of it. But despite the crying, he didn't give up. 2 weeks ago he took 3rd and then last week he took 4th. He decided that he doesn't want to wrestle at tournaments anymore, so he is going to take sometime off for awhile.

Tucker was a little nervous because he hasn't wrestled in such a long time, but he got out there and just did awesome. Tucker's main problem is his head, not his wrestling skills, but he went out there with a clear head and listened to his coaches. He has been working on being a more technical wrestling instead of trying to muscle everyone to their backs. So far it's been working and he is undefeated so far this season!

Well, I have to admit these are all the pictures I have so far. I have been helping coach the 4 and under wrestlers in our club, so it's been hard to get pictures taken (and plus I forgot my camera the first weekend and my phone has been shutting down every time I take a picture.)

Monday, January 6, 2014

New Years Day 2014

New Years Day was beautiful...a little bit breezy, but very nice, so we decided to head to Garden of the Gods for a picnic and a hike. It was a great way to start out the new year.

Pikes Peak in the background

climbing up high

This day Vinny and I celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary!

Saturday, January 4, 2014

New Years Eve 2013

Our New Years Eve started off with wrestling practice and then back to Kim's house for a Mexican Food Fiesta. We ate a ton and played some board games and popped some poppers to welcome 2014. I have been bad about bringing my camera a long with me places lately and plus my phone has been shutting off anytime I try to take a picture lately...so here is one I stole off my dad's phone...

Ty wrestles hard at practice, he fell asleep on the floor in the living room (with a bowl of Nilla Wafers) around 11ish, and slept through the all the poppers.

2013 ended on a good note for us and we are looking forward to 2014. We want to wish you all the best it has to offer.

Ice Fishing

Vinny and my dad took the boys ice fishing last week. They went to Monument Lake and the ice was over 8 inches thick. They didn't have much luck, only 2 little Perch, but they did have fun and the weather was beautiful.