First Roller Coaster Ride

We took the kids to Six Flags and Hyrum got to go on his first roller coaster ride. I was a little nervous since you just went with Hannah and I was holding Grace while Taylor was on a ride with the older boys. But he was so excited to get on and had a great time! 

When we first got to the park Taylor took the three older kids straight to Iron Rattler so there wouldn't be a line. They didn't really have time to think about what they were getting into so none of them were able to back out. It was super scary and Taylor says one of the steepest roller coasters he's been on. Really fast and it corkscrews almost upside down. They had a blast but none of them wanted to go on it again. 

The whole trip was a lot of fun just a quick five hours and then we went to Freddys for hamburgers and milkshakes before driving home. Pretty perfect day! 

Sewing Lesson

Matthias and Hannah have been begging me to teach them how to sew for ages. Finally we decided to make Halloween pillows after school one day. We all had a lot of fun and they were super happy with the finished products. We have plans to make some scarfs in November!

Preschool For Hyrum

Hyrum started preschool in October at the Y. He goes twice a week for two hours and loves it. Pretty sure what is most exciting to him is that he gets to pack a lunch when the big kids pack theirs in the morning. This two teachers Miss Amanda and Miss Hannah are a lot of fun and he loves playing with the kids in his class. Since it's October they've been doing tons of Halloween crafts so he also thinks everything is just for his birthday. He's getting so grown up!!

First Day of School 2015-2016

These have got to be the best kids ever. I super love them and am excited for all our new adventures in school this year. 

James has Ms McGuire for home room. He has a big year in 5th grade because they start rotating teachers his year. Ms McGuire for science and math. Mr Rackowitz for English and social studies. 

Matthias has Ms Ngyuen for 3rd grade. He got Minsung and Jack again this year but they are missing Austin. 

Hannah Mae has Ms Briceño for 1st grade. Her best friend Teahyun is in her class again this year. 

Hyrum gets to stay home with Mom and Grace for 3 more years! :)

4th of July

We went to the Tarrytown parade in the morning. It was 15 minutes long which was awesome and the kids got plenty of candy to make them happy. For lunch we had to Phil's icehouse for burgers and root beer. 

Relax most today the Barlow's came over for pizza dinner and to hang out.then we walked down to the Marbridge to watch the fireworks over Lady Bird Lake. It was a longer walk than we thought but everyone had a lot of fun. 

We kept hoping all day that Grace was coming for her holiday birthday but she did not make an appearance. Still it was a really fun day and glad the Barlow's could come down too!

Grace Arwen

Grace was born July 8, 2015 at 3:03 am. She was 9 lbs 6 oz and 21 inches long. Labor was long and hard. First six hours really random contractions and still not sure if true labor. Last six hours very rough, back labor, and just hard. 

She wasn't breathing on her own when she came out so needed some resuscitation. Very scary moment but she perked right up and is doing great. 

So happy she is here with us now. We have been excited for our baby Grace to join our family. 

Barton Creek West Barracudas

Swim team this year was a little crazy with all the rain. Two meets were cancelled and a bunch of practices. But we still had a fun year and both Matthias and Hannah did great. 

Hannah really took off this year, cutting her freestyle time by like 18 seconds by the end of the season. And another 10 off backstroke. She also swam a qualifying butterfly time at one meet. Super proud of her. She worked really hard, made friends and had a ton of fun. 

Matthias swam well and improved all his times. He enjoyed doing the IM this year and swam it at several meets. He really improved his breaststroke after watching some youtube videos and working on it in practice. Also he was able to go to All Star invitationals this year with his relay teams, swimming on both the medley relay team in freestyle and the 100 freestyle relay. 

James of course broke his arm and so he took the year off which he was wanting to do anyway. Win-win. Or maybe lose-win.