Happy Birthday to Jax!

We had a great celebration in honor of Jaxon's 6th birthday this year! Since it was our last weekend in Ohio, we decided to invite our favorite families to come to the pool with us. It was totally casual and relaxed (I was not about to throw a formal party 2 days before moving..). It was a really great time! This is a pic of Jax with his best buddy, Jeremy. Those two are going to miss each other a lot. I have a feeling that primary is going to be a lot quieter now that these 2 aren't together...!

Jax was incredibly lucky this year because he was able to have grandma and grandpa Smith and Adrie, Annie and Daniel there for his special day! He selected a skateboard cake this year, in case you can't tell (I know, not my best work, but it tasted AWESOME!) He got more presents than he'll ever know what to do with, and was especially thrilled about Lego Star Wars! He had a great day, I can't believe he's already 6. He's such a little stud-muffin! He has the girls lining up to marry him already. Luckily he'll be really rich because he's going to have about 6 professions: a builder, a teacher, a guy in the pit crew (only because mommy won't let him be a race car driver, and the pit crew is the next best thing...), a baseball player, and a doctor. But then he also tells me that he wants to be a girl so that he doesn't have to work, like me. I gently remind him that my job is quite hard and I don't get paid any money. Maybe he can just have a job where he works from his home. He likes that idea a lot! I love my Jaxon, he is such a character, always keeps us laughing. He is such a fun kid. I am pretty blessed to have him in my life!

Our little gymnast!!

I have been wanting to post these pics for a month now!! I had Araleigh in a little toddler's tumbling class and it was the cutest thing ever! She LOVED it! I think her 3 favorite things had to be the bar, the donut, and the "spiderman". She really loved dangling from the bar and putting her legs "together, apart". She thought that was pretty cool. Now anytime we go to a park with a bar, she points and looks at me with those huge blue eyes and says "toge-er apar?" The hardest part is getting her to let go, she'll hang on there forever!

The "donut" is this big cushy cylinder that the kids loved to climb in and out of. And in...and out...and in again...and out...what, it's circle time? Oh, well I'll just get back in...and back out...and maybe in again... well, you get the idea. The teacher had to remove it from the room on several occasions. I don't know what is so enticing about a big foam circle, but apparently it's "the place to be".

And finally, there's the "spiderman". Araleigh's teacher was helping her this time, but she can do it all by herself. And she does. All the time. She spontaneously feels the urge to be upside down, so she'll go to a wall, or the couch, or whatever happens to be closest to her, and she'll do "upside-down". It's pretty funny. She'll be very good at yoga someday.

So, anyway, that was our fun gymnastics experience! I'll probably do another class with her this fall, it was really fun! She would get soooo excited when we'd pull into the parking lot, and scream "class! yay! class!" I was sad when it ended!

A little catch-up...

I know, I know, it's been like MONTHS since my last post and I am sure you are all anxiously awaiting more updates and pictures. Well for now I'll start with soccer - I wanted to put up some better pictures on a sunny day (yes - we had one of those).

The boys finished up soccer on May 16th. They had such a fun time! Traeden was "goalie of the year"! They both improved a ton over the 8 week season, it was really fun to watch them progress. Araleigh loved cheering them on as well. I had to put this picture up, it is the only time in her entire life that she has actually left her sun glasses on for more than 3 seconds!

And, finally, I had to share this picture 'cause I think it's awesome! We had those Lo Mein noodles with our dinner the other night, and my clever boys used their artistic abilities to spell out their names. Take note these were crunchy noodles. I think my boys are pretty funny, they keep me laughing! I'll post more soon, I hope, I have a lot to update, but I am in the middle of moving!