Summer has arrived!

Well Wednesday marked the arrival of summer here at our house. It was Aubrey's last day of school. With our year round schooling here that means only a 4 week, not 3 month, break. But to be honest I LOVE year round schooling. I was resistant to the idea at first but now that we've done it, I think it's fantastic!

Addison is officially two months old and continues to be a HUGE baby. She just had her checkup on Friday and she weighed over 12 pounds putting her into the 75th percentile for weight and was 25-3/4" long putting her off the chart for height. I'm seeing either volleyball or female mud wrestling in her future! :-)

Both Aubrey and Natalie just finished their start of summer swim lessons, Aubrey had a great deal more success than Natalie. Natalie is more of a dip in the pool and lounge on the deck kind of girl anyway.

We also just scored a Wii Fit. I know! How awesome is that? I have to say I was surprised at how good of a workout you can get on it. This thing is definitely NOT a self-esteem booster though, I'll tell you that much. So we were setting up our initial profiles and as all of you know Jared is...a bit rounder than he used to be. So this thing weighs you every time you get on to give you an up to date BMI. Well Jared gets on and sadly hit the top (not in a good way) mark. So his character puffs up like the Stay-Puffed marshmallow man and falls on his rear shaking his head. We must have laughed for 5 minutes straight on that one!! And then yesterday I got on for the first time after setting up my profile on Wednesday and how am I greeted "Oh I see you were too busy to work out the last few days" What?!? Am I supposed to be motivated by insults? Then I get on the silly thing and it says "You've gained 1.5 pounds since your last visit. Why is that?" Good grief! But I really do like it, I think.

Update with Photos!

So my sister-in-law who hasn't posted in six months got her blog up to date and my brother-in-law (who happens to be unemployed right now--IF YOU KNOW OF ANY GREAT JOBS PLEASE EMAIL ME!!) has been posting like every day. So I figured I better get my tushie in gear and get something new up.

I have a shameful confession to make, I am totally addicted to MarioKart Wii. I love this game! I realized it had reached a new level when I went online to find out how to unlock all the characters, levels and cars and PRINTED it out to keep with the game so I know what to work on next. Yikes! But what else am I suppose to do when it's 115 outside?!? Although Jared wants me to point out that I've been this way for a while. He dug out this picture as proof (this is me at our first Christmas together).

On June 1st we blessed Addison. Here's the good news it was an awesome blessing and such a great experience to have her blessed. Here's the bad news, I tried to record the blessing (hey, don't judge me I know you do it too, I just admit it openly). Only all I got was Natalie (bless her sweet heart) singing while her sister was getting blessed. I can't even say she was singing church music, it was High School musical songs.
Aubrey started Taekwondo almost a month ago. She earned her first stripe yesterday and will most likely get her second stripe on Monday. She is so cute!!

Natalie is just as busy as ever. We just got the call on Friday that the preschool I was hoping to get her into has a spot for her. Hooray!! She is so excited to start school. She's already informed me that she needs a Diego backpack. :-) Such a cute kiddo!

Blogging Hiatus

So it's been a while since I posted...just shameful! I admit having three wonderful girls keeps me busier and I've been spending a lot of time on my first (hobby) love; digital scrapbooking. Jared got me a new toy--12x12 printer so I have instant gratification!! So I'll do a quick update and promise to provide pictures and more to come (hopefully it won't take me another month)

Aubrey; just lost another tooth! Had a great 7th birthday, she's growing up so fast!!
Natalie; just about the cutest 4 year old ever.
Addison; started smiling this week and OMG it just melts your heart! I forgot how rewarding those first smiles are. Yes she is a sleeping champ...the kind of baby that tricks you into having more. Thank goodness we took care of that.... :-)
Jared; not much to report other than a FUNNY story to completely embarrass him. We went out to dinner last night, the older girls stayed with a sitter and we brought the baby with us. The parking at El Torito's is always a nightmare so Jared dropped me at the door and went to park the car. So I get our name on the list and wait for him and Addison. About 5 minutes later in walks Jared--without the baby. And I look at him. "What?" (Jared). "Seriously?" (Emily). "Seriously, what?" (Jared). "The baby?" (Emily). "Oh crap!" (Jared). Yes, he left the baby in the car and totally forgot! I teased him mercilessly all night about that one. :-) Please don't call CPS on us!