Purple Belt!

Another belt testing night has arrived for Kylie.

It's so hard to believe that she has already been taking martial arts classes for a year already!  She has come so far, we are so proud of her!

That board is not easy to break, but she didn't let that or the fact that her hand was a little sore deter her from getting what she wanted.

Whoo Hoo and exciting new purple belt.  She worked HARD for this belt.  Future belts will not be easy to attain but I have confidence in her that she will have the determination and the desire to work hard for them.

Here she is with her instructors Mr. C3 and Mr. C. making their TOUGH faces!  Don't they look so mean?!?

Playing Soccer

Here are some clips from the latest soccer game on Tuesday. She has really come a long way since the beginning of the season:

My favorite part is at the end, when she says "I got it!" and is so proud of herself!


Love the look on her face when the girl from the opposing team steals it from her :)

Swimming Update!

It's been a long time since I posted a swimming update about Kylie. She recently began to take private lessons, we have been so happy with our decision to go the private lesson route. I really wished we would have done it much sooner. The reason we made the decision to do the private lessons is we seen how Kylie thrived with the one on one attention in the pool and she's in the water for almost the entire 30 minute lesson versus the 10 total minutes she might have gotten in the classes. That depended on the class size.

Here are a couple of videos of her I took on Saturday at her lesson:

Here she is swimming with the float board

Here she is doing the elementary backstroke

Kylie jumping off the dive pad

T-Ball Game!

In addition to Soccer, Girl Scouts and swimming Kylie is also playing T-Ball this summer. Yes we are very busy between practices and games but it is so fun to watch her play. It also gives her a chance to try different things to see what she likes!

Here are a couple of videos from her T-Ball game today:

Up to bat!

Crossing home plate!

Lacey's Video Birth to One Year

It's hard to believe that one year has already gone by...wow! We love you Miss Lacey!

Kylie reading "My Cat" all by herself

Kylie has really shown a great interest in reading. Here she is reading the story all by herself, it is great to see such growth!

16 birthday song

Kylie was in a singing mood yesterday. She sang me 3 songs, it was my job to pretend I was the audience and clap for her when she was done. This is the second of the three songs.

Watch for the dancing towards the end of the song....priceless

4 years old in pictures

Lacey's Video from birth to age one month...seems like so long ago

Graduation Videos Finally!

I finally got all of the songs they sang at Kylie's Graduation uploaded! IT's only taken me over a week but better late than never right?

"I Took A Bath in the Washing Machine"


"Tooty Ta"


"Take Me Out Of the Bath Tub"


"Peanut Butter and Jelly"

Our backyard

Here are some pictures of our backyard Kylie took. I think for 4 1/2 years old she's a pretty good photographer, what do you think?

Singing, Courtesy of Kylie

Here is another video of Kylie singing for Mommy. She was having lots of fun, enjoy!

Kylie's Medley

Welcome to my world, Greg and I were entertained tonight by Kylie singing a medley of songs that she made up. It really is entertaining, enjoy!

Da Da can you hear me?!

Lacey just started saying Da Da! It appears as though Lacey is going to follow in her sisters footsteps and start talking early. Kylie is so happy she is saying Da Da because she taught her how to say it! She has been working on getting Lacey to say it for quite a while now, we were both suprised when she said it this morning. This video isn't the greatest for hearing her say it because everytime I turned on the camera she would stop saying it, naturally...you can also her Kylie at the end making the same sounds as Lacey :)

Can I get a YeeHaw?!

Lacey jumping in her jumperoo, she has soo much fun with this. She should be an excellent cowgirl at this rate : )

Lacey Rolled Over

Yesterday for the first time ever, Lacey rolled over all by herself. She rolled from her belly to her back. I was quite shocked to say the least, because, well I hardly ever put her on her belly. I was suprised at how good she was doing on her belly and then all of the sudden she was on her back, just that fast! Kylie didn't belive she did it by herself so I rolled her back onto her belly and then again she went to her back - of course I didn't have my camera with me. Sooo, I went and got my camera and what do you know, she wouldn't do it again....rrrrr. Anyway here is a cute video of her NOT rolling over - just being cute :)

Lacey Singing

Lacey has recently discovered her voice because of this she has been doing a lot of 'singing' lately. It is so cute I had to video it. Here is enjoy!

Another Swimming Video

Here is Kylie swimming again, I just can't get enough video of her because we are so proud of her! She is doing such a great job and has come quite a long way since we started the swimming lessons:

Rub a Dub Dub

Lacey has so much fun playing in the tub s you can tell by this video. Really she is getting too small for this tub, it won't be long and Ill have to get her a new one!

3 Months Old!

I can hardly believe it, baby Lacey is 3 Months old already! Where does time go? She is a wonderful addition to our family.