And Now She's 6!

I know.......it has been "FOREVA" since his Mama has made a post.
No...I have not quit my blog. Lets just say I just took a little "intermission".
I needed a break from it.  But now I am Baaaaack!!!!
and boy do I have a lot to share with you

Yes, it is true. We are now parents of a six year old. Totally Insane. Awesome. And unfathomable all at the same time.

Well Miss Kennedy had quite the "friend" party this year.
We let her choose between having an inflatable for her party or face painting. And my smart girl chose wisely!!! She must have known that the wind would be blowing "Gale force" that day.

So here is a peek at her awesome day

I was very proud of myself. I did not have to spend money on anything for her party other than the face painter. Everything else I already had!

Kennedy and Reese

Our very own Miss "G" or as her Dad calls her sometimes......"G-Wizz"

one of her little bff's Jill

 Here are the stages of Maddison getting her face all done up! She picked the perfect one!

This is little sweet Lauren.  She got to come with her big sister Monica. Lauren and Gentry are good friends and go to preschool together. She is such a doll.

 

Here is the whole group...minus Gentry.  She was having a...uh.."rough spell" at this moment and wanted nothing to do with being in the picture.

Jill and Maddison

Kody and Kenisyn

Kennedy, Kody, Kenisyn and Mariah were all Twinkies and picked the same face design <3

Here she is opening gifts. The gift giver got to sit in the chair beside her. Lauren and Monica are watching her open their present!

Then the next day on her actual birthday...November 20th she got to celebrate with family and neighbors

Blowing out all six flames!!!!!!!

Kennedy and Lane on their 6th birthday that they will forever share!

I made a new chocolate buttercream frosting recipe for her bday and cake and OH MY LAWD.......it was totally awwwwesome! Well I thought so anyway. And Kennedy did too so I guess that's all that matters! HA!

Well that wraps it up!

My next post will be all about Gentry's new room!

Before and After Pics!

Fall Festivities

This weekend was our little fall festival here in town.
The older two girls were both in the parade.
The temperature was great......But....there's always a "but" it was sooo windy. Oh that dang wind.

Gentry rode her bike in the parade. She participated in the "decorated bike" part of the parade.
And Lane and Kennedy rode in the girls' mustang as the future Queen & King!!!! Ha! Ha!
Cina (Lane's mom) and I thought it would be pretty cute

And surprisingly enough......I think Lane and Kennedy found it equally as fun!

Here they are heading up our street. The parade started out at the beginning of our street.

Here is Emery getting ready to watch the parade!

And here comes the Band

Here is video of Lane and Kennedy in the parade. You might have to skip the video ahead a little bit. It took them a while to come around the corner after I started filming!!! But boy were they a hoot!

You will have to scroll to the bottom and pause my playlist music before you start the video

And here is some video of  Gentry riding in the parade with her Dad's supervision!

CHEER!

Last night Kennedy and Gentry got to perform at the football game in town.
They participated in the mini cheer camp that our cheerleaders put on.

Here is a video of their performance
Gentry is obviously in the front of the line waving the poms poms like a wild woman....appropriately.

Kennedy is a few girls back, wearing the brown jacket. The ONLY girl wearing a jacket. Could have been worse. It is hard to see her at certain points because of the high school cheerleader.

Don't for get to pause my playlist music at the bottom!!!
It was a crack up.Gentry of course had no clue what was going on and about wipes out everytime she bends over.....that hair flip will get ya everytime!
And I did have to bribe her to do it with a pretzel from the concessions.
It worked. She did it. And loved it. And yes, I use bribery.

Kennedy has been dying to do this since she did it during basketball a year and half ago. She really did pretty well! And she ends the routine with a nice nose wipe on the arm of her jacket. Can't blame her though, the high school cheerleader does it at the beginning!!!

Ironically, Dana missed the performance AGAIN. The last time he was gone for some updated training for work. This time he was in Irvine, CA for...yep you guessed it......training.
The one time he is gone all year for work.
Thank goodness for video cameras.

Here are some pictures before

 Jill and Kennedy

Jill, Kennedy and Kenisyn cheering

Emery sitting on Jaydan's(Jill's big sister) lap. Jaydan is sooo good with babies.

and Emery shakin' her bootay!!!

It was a wild evening with the three of them to say the least
Thanks to some wonderful friends I had some really great help

SHE IS O-N-E!

Yesterday she turned ONE YEAR OLD.......it seems impossible!!!
But it is not. Because she really turned one.

Sunday was her party.
It was cRazY!!!
But fun!
Some parts were a little too much for her. After all she is only ONE.

Obviously she liked it. In fact she really tore into it and we had to take it away from her because she more than exceeded what amount of sugar a one year old is probably supposed to have. But she thought it was great!!!

Here is what her cakes looked like before they were dismantled! Triple Chocolate M&M on the left and rainbow on the right. Even though you can't tell it was rainbow.  It looked pretty awesome once it was cut into.  No picture of that though. Sorry.

Some Lemonade!

Kids' party favors

Here is Emery with her babysitter.  She Luuuuvvvves her Misty!

She had A LOT of help opening presents. Can you tell?!!! She freaked out shortly in to it and I ended up opening them for her with the assistance of these many small children!

Her big gift! From Mom & Dad and both sets of Grandparents. It's Pottery Barn's Anywhere Chair. And that's a slipcover.......so it's washable. Oh Yeah!

 

We also served a meal at her party.

BBQ pulled pork sandwiches, potato salad, watermelon & cantaloupe, veggies

Then last night on her actual birthday we made a trip to good ole DQ to celebrate!

 And then she got in some more play time on her chair when we got home.  She has plenty of years to grow with this thing for sure!

I think she had a pretty darn good first birthday.
She definitely did not lack for any attention......at all

She shares her birthday with her Aunt Ann (Dana's sister) and now she shares it with two more family members! Kris and Amber had their twin boys Colton and Easton yesterday morning!!! So now she has cousins with the same birthday too.

We Love you so much Miss Emery Grace. Can't imagine our family with out you. You are so sweet and beautiful. You are simply a gift from God with out a doubt.

Another First

Today was another "First"
It was Miss Gentry's first day of preschool with Miss Dana
Theeeee Most Awwwesome preschool teacher hands down

It is amazing what she can do with these kids. The things she teaches them. She truly has a gift.
I don't know where Kennedy would be without her.

So now it is Gentry's turn!
And boy was she ready! You should have seen that kid hop out of bed this morning.
It was the first morning since I can't remember when that I didn't have to fight her.
Now if we can just keep it that way!

 Acting Shy.....emphasis on the "acting"

 

Showing off her back pack

Ironically (Seriously Weird) today I was cleaning some drawers out in the basement and fell upon this picture.
On the back it says...Kate's first day of preschool Sept. 1987.  I would have been just shy of  4 yrs old.
So about 4 mos older than Miss G.
As you can tell the girls get their light hair from their Father. His was so blonde as a kid. You would think at least one of the 3 would get my dark hair. After all it seems like it would be a dominant gene.  But NOPE!

Walking into the School

And a picture with Miss Dana!

And so it begins!
This will be my fourth year in a row dropping a kid off atMiss Dana's!!!
Kennedy went for 3 and now Gentry.

1st day!!!!

 

Here she is!

On her first day

Pancakes w/ Peanut Butter for breakfast!

Our traditional picture on the front step

This picture doesn't need words

 Walking up to the school

Kennedy and Lane

Walking In!!!!!!

And on our way back to the suburban we met Miss Maddison
All smiles of course!

Can you tell Miss Emery hadn't been up long?

There are 3 kindergarten classes. Kennedy's has 15 kids in her's. Perfect class size. I hope and pray it will be a good year!

Oh Tomorrow.....

Tomorrow is the day
It all changes
She becomes a Kindergardener

I thought I was ready
She thought she was ready

Today she cried because she is nervous
Today I cried
I tried so stinkin hard not to
But when this cute loving face said to me through tears that she was going to miss me and she was really nervous I lost it.

GOD give me strength to be strong for her tomorrow
Oh and for myself too
I am really going to need it.

Everything Changes
I don't think I handle change very well

After all I clearly remember getting on the bus my first day of kindergarten.
I remember it like it was yesterday.
I even remember what I wore.

And now I am a mother of 3 girls.
Pardon me...but where the HELL has time gone.
My mom and I have this discussion all the time.  It's a hard thing.  Watching your babies grow so fast.

So. Dang. Hard.
Harder than I could have ever imagined