They Make Our World Go Round

Too long

2009-08-01T11:58:00.000-07:00

Wow, it's been too long! Time to update. Summer has been busy, and good to us. We went on vacation with stinky grandma and papa, Aunt Krista, Uncle Henry and Ivan to Mackinaw. It was a good time. We had lots of fun. The best part for the kids was the indoor waterpark. It was cold and rainy, and mom wasn't so prepared. We didn't have enough warm clothes. But, a good time was had by all.

Mya and Isaac played T-ball on Vestaburg's Orange Team. It was so much fun watching them play and learn a little about baseball over the weeks.

I'll update more soon, and post some pics, I promise!

Take care, sara

Isaac Ryan is 4!

2009-04-20T05:33:00.000-07:00

Newborn Isaac: 3/20 /06-He was always such a happy baby!

8/28/05-mmmmmmmm food. I'm catching up quickly!

His 4th Birthday!

Lydia and daddy rollerskating!

Brother in laws!

Rj and Rylei

Ooopss, they really need to fix that floor!

Oma, Kain and Rylei

The mischevious 4

We couldn't get Maci Lynn away from the cupcakes!

Mya helping Shayden!

I can't remember if I like this or not

Stinky grandma and Lydia

Papa Dale and Mya

The Chingana's

Chloe, Abbie and Nolan Spencer

The birthday boy couldn't wait to try the cupcakes!

Thank you so much to all of our family and friends for sharing this special day with us! We had a great time. It is wonderful to have such a great group to share with. We appreciate you all for coming. We had a great time, and hope that you did too! Thank you so much! You guys are the best!

Happy Birthday, buddy!

Giggles and smiles....They really do make our world go round!

2009-04-14T12:32:00.000-07:00

We are so blessed to have three wonderful, resiliant, happy children!

Mya, Isaac and Lydia...

Thank you for your unconditional love! We couldn't ask for better children. Mom and Dad are so proud of the little people you are becoming. You never cease to amaze us! We love you so much. Stay true to who you are, ALWAYS!

Love,

mom and dad

2009-03-18T02:51:00.000-07:00

We're back, lol

2009-03-17T20:16:00.000-07:00

No really. I've been wrapped up in the world of facebook! Do you have it? It's great to catch up with so many people, that I might not otherwise chat with! I love it.

So, what's new here.....Isaac will be 4 next week. It's so hard to believe that our little preemie, is now a strong, healthy little guy! He is having a rollerskating party, his request to celebrate! Lydia is a little chatter box. She listens to everything, and is saying so many sentences, and "big" words. Mya is still enjoying school. She acts like such a big girl sometimes. I'm just amazed at how quick they grow, and how resilient they are. They are such amazing people. The other day we were shopping at Home Depot, imagine, all 5 of us. Yes, I was stressed, just a little. Then this lady came up, and said, "wow, you have such a neat group. They are great. Just look at them!" I stepped back and thought, yes, you are soooo right, and thank you for pointing that out to us!

We are getting ready to paint the kids bathroom, and the living and dining room in the next week or so.

Will post pics soon! Take care, sara

Meet Miss Ellie

2009-01-25T07:54:00.000-08:00

Ellie is the newest member bringing joy to our family. She is a mini-schnauzer/westie cross. Right now she weighs about 5 lbs. She is 7 weeks old, and tons of fun! The kids really miss Molly. Rainbow loves that she now has a playmate, and Merlin is okay with her too. Isaac said, "Mommy, that is the bestest surprise ever." Mya said, "ohhhh, Daddy. Thank you so much for letting us get a little puppy!"

2009-01-25T07:43:00.000-08:00

Daddy's idea of funny! See they do like each other!
Cute babies!

Bring your pillows!!!!!!

2009-01-04T14:43:00.000-08:00

...not the whole house, sara! That is what Aunt Jaimee and Gunkle Bryan were saying when the kids, Chey and I came for the sleepover! He he....

Here's Miss Sweet herself, with her favorite uncle!
And the Three Muskateers!

Winter fun!

2009-01-04T14:25:00.001-08:00

These are from just before Christmas! Grandma and Papa Huckins got us a new sled for xmas, so we can't wait to try that out! The kids love that we have our driveway plowed because now they have "lot of big hills to play on!"

Lydia's Favorite Past time

2008-12-23T14:11:00.001-08:00

We LOVE the preschool field trips!

2008-12-11T04:28:00.000-08:00

First, let me say, I'm sorry, but for some reason I'm still unable to upload pictures.

This week has been a great week!

Our Mya turned 5!

It is so hard to believe! We are celebrating on Sunday!

Yesterday, Ryan, Isaac and I, went on her field trip with her! It was a blast. We went to a ceramics place, yes with 31 PRESCHOOLERS! That was my thought exactly! But the kids were great. They were each able to paint an ornament of their choice! We then found a new winter hobby, we went ice skating! It was great. I, of course, was not going to skate, but I ended up with some prodding from Mya and her best friend Tabitha! LOL, it was great. And much easier than roller skating! There is an awesome indoor sports complex, right in Mt Pleasant! So we will definately be making some visits there over the winter!

I will try to email some pictures out to you!

Hope that this finds you well! Hugs.

Back to the 80's!!!!!!

2008-11-09T05:10:00.000-08:00

It felt like we went through a time warp last night! I was unaware of it, but there is a roller rink in Crystal. We were invited to a birthday party there last night. My boss's daughter, Tiana, turned 4! I was unsure about going, as I just got home from a certification course! But I'm so glad that we did!!!!! We had so much fun!

Isaac took about 2 seconds to learn how to "skate"! He was so cute. He didn't want me holding his hand or anything. Just let me goooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Grrrrr.....for some reason the pics aren't uploading. As soon as they will I will post them.

They are priceless!

Mya took a little longer to warm up to it, but then I couldn't get the skate off of her!

They are both now asking, "when can we go back!" LOL

Great family time, and it will be great to have that as an outlet for the kids this winter! I'm excited.

2008-11-05T15:29:00.000-08:00

She had so much fun! Mya asked her grandma, "Is that the tallest store you ever saw?" LOL, I forgot that she has never been to a big city like that!

Marcia said that it took her 3 hours, just to pick out her doll,(faint), the second day they went down to Navy Pier and to the Children's Museum. Then grandma asked her if she wanted to go back to the American Girl store, to look around and take some more pictures. Mya said, "Yes, then I can get a whole collection!"
Grammy quickly changed her mind, and to Navy Pier they went!

TRICK OR TREAT

2008-11-02T13:11:00.000-08:00

SNOW WHITE AND SLEEPING BEAUTY ARE OUT WITH THEIR VERY BEST FRIEND THE RED POWER RANGER

SMILE MISS LIDDY!

MOTHER GOOSE!

DADDY'S LITTLE PRINCESS

Chey, joined us, and helped with trick or treating. The kids had a wonderful time, and were tired out after 45 minutes, and ready to go home. "Patsy's" grandma came over to spend the night, as Miss Mya has been hounding her "to stay at my house grandma." So they bounced off the walls all night long with Grandma and Chey!

Happy 2nd Birthday, Miss Lydia!

2008-11-02T12:17:00.000-08:00

It's hard to believe that it has been two years. You have grown from our tiny little miracle.....

Into our bashful little 2 year old!

This is the beginning of singing "Happy Birthday"Now hiding under the table

Thank you to our wonderful families for celebrating Lydia's birthday with us. She loves to carry around her baby. Her is her lil' chef outfit. She had a wonderful day. It was great to see you all. Thank you so much for sharing with us!

Whoever said....

2008-10-21T07:55:00.000-07:00

that SLEEP is overrated, must have always had enough..........

"When I grow up.....

2008-10-18T13:03:00.001-07:00

....to be a princess, who's gonna marry me?"

That was Mya a few days ago. She is back on her princess obsession. She was playing in my workbag, and found a Disney vacation mailing. She opened it, and there was a picture of Cinderella. "Mom, the real life Cinderella wrote me a special letter. She wants me to come see her? Does she live a long way away?" As she came running down the house with it in her hands. She had the biggest smile on her face! She continued to leaf through it, and saw the map of Disney World. She looked up and said, "See mom, she sent us a map! It tells us how to get there. Look it's really easy!!!!" She was sooooo happy! So we are going to have to work on making that dream come true!!!!!!!!!

2008-10-11T10:30:00.000-07:00

Fun in the Rain! Check out Lydia laying in the sled with her baby. She was insistant upon Mya and Isaac pushing and pulling them around. Our two handsome guys! My two favorites!
Campfire!

Just wanted to share a few new pictures. Mya is settling into school nicely. Isaac starts Kindergym the first week of November, along with Mya in dance class. The kids wanted to camp out in the camper, so Stinky Gma and Papa brought the camper up, and we had a camp out. The kids have fun, and it was nice to just relax and visit.

Getting off the bus!

2008-09-27T08:48:00.001-07:00

Mya was anxious about riding the bus. So she asked that we all be there when she got off. Well, the first day, the bus driver drove right on by, but the second day, he stopped on key. Here she is.....

Here we are waiting for her

And Miss Lydia when no one else is home, and all she has to play with are her dolly's! To whom she is a very good little momma.

Happy Birthday Uncle Rory and Aunt Renae

2008-09-27T07:49:00.000-07:00

Happy birthday to you.........Our baby bro is now 25 years old! Aunt Renae is now 22! They just bought a beautiful piece of property. So we have a few pics to share of our afternoon at the park!

Love birds!

Here's a better one....

You're funny

Here's our Preschooler!

2008-09-22T07:04:00.000-07:00

Isn't she sweet. She had her first official day at Vestaburg preschool on Sept 16th. Mrs. J and Mrs. Peglow, her teachers, came out to the house the week prior to meet us, which I think made a big difference to her. She was a little nervous, but did great! She said that she had fun, but doesn't have any friends there yet. She was ready for bed by 5:30 pm! Isaac is sad, as he still doesn't have his "own school" yet. This is a picture of Mya up in the "house" at preschool, on her first day. Isaac was right there next to her. Overall a successful day! Gosh, I just can't believe how old she has gotten!

Busy, Busy!

2008-09-13T07:56:00.000-07:00

Our little daredevil, giving her baby a ride!

Anyone for a game of water soccer?
Trio of smiles!

The kids have been busy. We met Mya's teacher last week. Mrs. J and Mrs. Peglow came for a visit. Mya enjoyed the visit, and will be starting school next week. We have been debating about her riding the bus, but she wants to. So we were talking to her about the bus, and she says she wants to ride. So we said, "Do you still want to ride the bus if mommy and daddy aren't on with you?" She had a look of terror on her face, and shook her head NO. We had a chuckle out of that one!

Over Labor Day weekend, we went to a cookout at Becky's and went swimming. The kids had a great time. I will include some pictures below.

Not to much else to report. Busy as usual.

Busy Summer!

2008-09-07T08:35:00.000-07:00

We had a wonderful family day. We had a picnic at the park, and the kids played. They LOVE to swing. The other day, I took the kids alone, and Mya and Isaac kept asking me to "go under." For the life of me, I couldn't figure out what she was talking about. Well, when daddy goes this is what he does..He gives UNDERDOGS!!!!!! They also love the tire swing. Funny from the park, I had climbed up the stairs to show Lydia where to go down the slide. I stayed up there for a little while, and Isaac asked, "How did you get up there, momma?" I chuckled, and said "like Spider woman." A few minutes later, or course with people all around, Isaac says, "Can you climb on your belly too, momma?" I almost died. Ryan has been laughing about that since! Just picture it in your mind!

After the park, we heard the football game at Alma college in the distance, so we went and watched for awhile. Isaac did not want to leave. So we promised him that we would take him to a Friday night football game soon.

Mya will be starting preschool on the 16th of September. She will go on Tues and Thurs from 7:55 a-3 p. We have been trying to find something for Isaac to get involved in so that he doesn't feel left out. In the mean time, Mya was signed up for soccer, but Isaac was too young. Well, poor communication led to us searching for something that they both can get involved in. Low and behold, we found a gymnastics/dance studio in Alma. When given the choice she chose dance, of course! So we will be going next week to check out the studio, and sign up!

Just a few cute pics!

So, I'm going to try this out!

2007-07-15T23:29:00.000-07:00

This is one of my favorite pics!

I've been thinking about having a place to write updates about the kids for a long time now! So I think I'll give it a try! I wanted to have somewhere to gloat about my pride and joy, and not have it get lost. I'll try to update this blog weekly for everyone to check in on us, and see the newest updates on the kids. I really wish that I would have started this sooner. I'm sitting at work tonight, just chuckling to myself at the last sight before I walked out the door. As most of you know, Mya is the queen bee at our house amongst the kids! If she says jump, Isaac says how high. Well that is all changing now, and she doesn't know what to do! Isaac has resorted to trying to tell her how things are. He is getting very good at giving her "Tine out, Mina!" and pointing to the time out chair! It is so funny. Well today, as I'm leaving for work, he is just picking at her, trying to get her to fly off the handle. Standing real close to her, touching her on the arm/back as he goes by, and laughing his butt off, when she erupts!!! Lydia is crawling around like a little maniac, as she likes to be right in on the scuttle butt! She is also starting to pull herself up on things. She still only has the two teeth, but is working overtime on a couple more! They are truly the light in my life!