Adriana riding her big girl bike!

I keep forgetting to write a post about this. At the beginning of summer Adriana began riding her big girl bike without training wheels! I was finally able to get t picture of her riding around this past weekend. Another big girl accomplishment!

A look at the past!

Here is a look at the years past.......
1st day of 3 year old preschool.......

1st day of 4 year old preschool......

1st day of school at kindergarten.........

And 1st day of 1st grade......

It goes fast!

Adriana's 1st day of 1st grade!

Today was Adriana's 1st day of 1st grade. I thought it would be easier after kindergarten, but it was still just as hard to drop her off this year. Maybe a little harder because I'm realizing how grown up she is getting and she is not the baby at the school anymore. I held off my tears until after I dropped her off, and yes I cried a little.........She did awesome and was excited to get back to school to be with all her friends. She was also excited about getting the teacher she wanted but her best friend was in the other class which was her only disappointment. I think its a good thing because they tend to make a little trouble between themselves.
Here are the pictures from her big day!





So here is to another year going by and my babies getting bigger. I can't wait to hear all about all the things she will be learning this year!

Herman's Farm!

I have been wanting to try canning with my mother in law (who is awesome at it) so she told me about a little farm off of north Highway 94 that sells canning tomatoes. She said they also have pick your own peaches, tomatoes, and green beans for the kids to do. Well I thought this sounded like a lot of fun so I called up my friend Debbie to see if she would like to join us. So we picked Debbie and her daughter Reece (Joey's little friend) up and headed out to the farm. When we got out there we were told that the green beans were all picked already but we could pick the peaches and tomatoes.
Here is the kids picking the peaches. They were pretty picked over already but we were still able to pick enough to feed us for the week.



Next was the tomatoes. Unfortunately we picked a very hot day to go so we only picked for a short time before we were all over heated, which is a good thing on my pocketbook!



Here I Joey and his friend Reece taking a break!

Everyone enjoying a nice break on the swing before heading out!

It was a cute little farm that is close to our house which is perfect. Next year we will remember to go earlier in the year when everything is not so picked over. I was able to get my canning tomatoes at an awesome price which was perfect!

Not again!

We will be putting my car back in the shop this weekend. My car is only 4 years old, what is going on?! This time it is saying my 4 wheel drive needs servicing. We just need a break to pull our savings account back together, just a month is that too much to ask! This is so frustrating! Dang American cars!

Big truck day!

This past Sunday we decided to head out to the big truck day at Kemp Auto Museum after Church. I thought this would be perfect for the boys given that they are so crazy about big trucks. Andrew loved it and was in awe with all the big trucks. Joey was a bit scared because all the kids were honking the big horns. But I did get to manage to get a couple of pictures of him there.









It was really neat to see all the trucks up close and best of all it made for a family fun day for free!

Our trip to the City!

With the weather being so hot this summer, we thought it would be a fun day to go down to the City to visit MawMaw. MawMaw works in a building right next to the City Garden so what a perfect day to spend.
First we headed to pick up PawPaw then off to the Metrolink we go. Here we are waiting for the Metrolink to get there.

Finally on our way riding on the "train" as the kids call it.

Once we got down there we headed out to eat lunch at Charlie Gittos since I have never been there. Let me tell you that this was the best pasta I have ever had! Yummy!

We headed back to my mom's work building so the kids could meet everyone in her office and change into their swimsuits.
Now its time for some water fun! And these kids had THE BEST time playing in the water. They wanted to go swimming in a few of the fountains, but my mom said she has seen too many homeless people taking baths in the water and it kinda grossed me out......I might have even thrown up a bit in my mouth thinking of my kids playing in the water and possibly drinking it with the nastiness of it plus there is no clorine to clean it at all......yuck! So we stuck with the water shooting out of the ground.







Now it was time for a break and yummy ice cream! They had this little truck out there selling ice cream.....how cute is that!

Joey definitely approved of it!

Before we headed out, we went to play over with the sculptures for a bit.



It was a very fun day. My mom drove us back to the Metrolink station but I drove home alone since my boys both crashed out before we made it to my car. I can't wait to do this again next year!

Soccer camp!

Two weeks ago, Adriana went to a soccer camp with several kids from her school plus kids from other areas. It was only a week long camp that was at a very reasonable price so of course it worked out for summer camp. Although the week was crazy hot, Adriana did great and loved it everyday. I've been waiting to post the one picture I had from the week because there was supposed to be someone that was taking pictures all week and woulld have a place for us to download them, but I haven't received the information yet so I'm sure another post about this week will be added so.
Here is a picture of all the camp kids plus the counselors. Wow what a big group!

It was a great week and I actually got Adriana to take a nap one day, which she hasn't done in years! Definitely a must for next year and if anyone is looking for a cheap soccer camp for kids aged 5-12, this was perfect!

Fun with friends!

I forgot all about these pictures from my camera. A couple of weeks ago we went to Jump 4 Fun with my friend Debbie and her kids, Chase and Reece. Of course I didn't get any pictures from there but afterwards we went to Pizza Street for lunch. After eating we let the kids play for a little while. Here is a couple of cute pictures of the kids playing.
Chase and Andrew riding on the roller coaster.

And Adriana and Chase riding on the motorcycle.

I promise Joey and Reece were there, I just didn't manage to get any pictures of them.

Just need a break!

Well we have all recovered from being sick, but onto more problems. My check engine light came on last week and we brought it to the first repair shop. After fixing a part they said it should be fixed. They had me drive it for a bit and bring it back. Well the engine light came back on. So after checking it again they weren't sure what was going on so they told me I should bring it into the dealership. So made an appointment for there and they found the next part that was broke. So after spending about 10 hours between the two dealerships and costing us $1365.00 we finally have our car back and fixed.......woohoo!
Next we had an accident a couple of days later where Andrew dropped one of my 10 lb had weights on Adriana's foot. She screamed the loudest I have ever heard her scream for a good 15-20 min. Her foot immediately turned black and blue and she couldn't walk on it. Because we just changed insurance companies 4 days prior to this, of course I didn't have an insurance card yet. So I called my insurance company to verify our insurance and to get the information I am going to need for the urgent care. So we head out to the urgent care and luckily her foot wasn't broke but it was very badly bruised. They recommended we get her some crutches to help her walk easier. So the next day I tried to find some kids crutches....you know how hard it is to find crutches for a child? So I finally found some and it cost me $50 on top of my $75 charge to urgent care. So now we have put a huge dent into our savings but I have a healthy happy daughter and a vehicle that is running great again, but can I please be done for a bit?!
As far as blogging, I will be getting back to that soon, I have lots of things to post about!