HAYLEY'S 6TH BUILD A BEAR BIRTHDAY

I am finally getting around to posting Hayley's Birthday. Hayley turned the big #6 on August 25. I can't believe that my little baby girl is 6. She has been anticipating turning 6 for some time now, because her grandma Peggy takes the kids to Build A Bear for their 6th birthdays.

So, grandma took Hayley and Sophie (who will be 6 in December) to Salt Lake to pick them out a bear. Hayley fell in love with this little monkey she named "Lucy." Grandma let them both pick out 2 outfits, 2 shoes, a pair on underwear, and an accessory. It took Hayley forever to pick out what she wanted. It had to be just right. But she loves her Monkey. She puts it to bed every night in her doll bed, and gets her dressed every day.

Hayley also wanted a Spongebob and Patrick cake for her birthday. Well being the not so wonderful mother that I am, I threw a little party together last minute for her. Didn't have to time to order a cake. Angie didn't have time to make a cute Spongebob cake, so using the not so craftiness that I have, drew these lovely looking characters on her cake. And all that matters is that she loves the cake...she loved the cake. Hayley had a great birthday, and yes, she is doing better with school.

First Day of School...Happy or Sad??

Many yawns after a very hard morning

Brock was so excited to have a "shoulder" bag this year.

I actually did get one smile out of her that morning
But that was all.

Her awesome backpack and her cute hair

Of course, Jordan and Chandler didn't want to get left out.

Brock looks like she is poisonous or something.

I thought that the first day of school was supposed to be an exciting event. Well for Brock it was, for Hayley, not so much. She had herself in such a worry that she has not let me out of her sight for over a month. The first day of school comes, and she cried all morning long. I got her to school and she went with me to drop Brock off, and I took her to her class and she had a come apart. All of the other mom's felt so bad for the little girl who was crying. Her teacher Mrs. Waldram, (JennaLee Stuart) called me a little later and told me she calmed right down. She ended up having a great day.

Brock as always is my easy going little guy, who gets a long with almost everyone, and he had a fantastic first day of school.

BEAR LAKE

Last week we decided to go down to Bear Lake for the day. My mom, Angie and her kids went down too. It was so beautiful. The water was perfect and it wasn't too blazing hot.

Hayley really wanted to build a sand castle, so Spence helped her. It even had a moat and bridges. They worked pretty hard on it.

Jordan loved to collect little tiny sea shells.

Chandler and grandma enjoying the warm shallow water.

Love ya mom!!!!!!!!

I guess that Hayley was a little worried about drowning!!

Brock wanted to be buried in the sand, so Spence buried him and turned him into a mermaid or I guess I should say merman. He thought that was pretty funny.

Chandler absolutely loved playing in the sand. He threw sand into that water all day. I also think he ate his fair share of sand too.

Brock also dug out a little chair in the sand. He liked to sit and relax in it.

And spence was worn out, and got a little snooze in the shade for a few minutes.

We had a great time at the lake even if it was for only a few hours. Can't wait to go back!!

T-Ball and Coach Pitch

What a great season of T-Ball and Coach Pitch we had this year. Now that it has been over for quite some time, I finally found a few minutes to post these pictures. Hayley decided that she wanted to play T-ball this year. She didn't love it, but I told her that she had to finish the season since she started it. I guess that I am a mean mom. She pulled through each game, because she knew that there was a treat after them. That's my treat loving girl.




Brock, hopefully for his dad's sake, will always love baseball. He was thrilled to not be in T-ball this year. He was so good and always had a smile on his face. He was sad that this season ended, but he always is practicing with his dad for next year.

And of course Jordan found the mud puddles during the games. I can always count on him to find the water. That's my boy.

Sorry I forgot to flip this picture, and I am not going to start over my computer is way too slow.

Over Memorial Day weekend the Armstrong family went to McCall and stayed in a cabin that my parents rented. It was a BLAST!!!!! We were very laid back. We went to the fish hatchery, the freezing cold Payette Lake and dipped our toes in and found out that Spence, Justin, Brock, Bailee, and by accident, Jordan were the toughest at braving the very cold water. The guys went fishing and Brock caught and ate his own fish. He said that they were the best fish he had ever eaten. We played cards until our Poker faces were worn out, and laughed until we almost peed our pants. We had plenty to eat too.
Mom got us all matching sweatshirts so that we could all get some new family pictures taken. What a chore to get everyone to look at the camera at the same time. My dad sure ran fast after setting the timer. This family picture was taken just out the back door of our cabin.
We ate ice cream to our hearts content, and no worries for the guys, we had satellite so they could watch the basketball playoffs. We were never without a pop. I have a great family and we had the time of our lives.

Finally

Brock has finally lost his first two teeth. He has been waiting so long to lose a tooth. He had some friends that were losing them in pre-school, and he has been feeling pretty left out.

They were really loose and he wanted me to pull them out, but he was also very scared about it. We started counting and had the first one out by the time we counted to five. The second one pretty much fell out after that one. He didn't even know that they had come out he was so stressed about it. The tooth fairy hasn't come yet, he wanted to take his teeth to school for show and tell today. He was also very excited, because he lost them while he was still in first grade.

Brock also thinks that he is cool, because he and Mattie both have holes in their teeth now. I had to pull hers out for her a couple of weeks ago.