My new nephew!

 Welcome to the family Braxton John Yepsen!

Soccer Saturdays

It has started. I shuttle Chloe to soccer practice every Tuesday and to soccer games every Saturday. We travel via minivan. It must mean one thing...I'm officially a soccer mom!!

The Green Sea Turtles look FIERCE!!!

Chloe's first game.

Cameron enjoys the games. He loves chasing balls and finding abandoned water bottles!

Chloe definitely gets to do a lot of RUNNING!

"Kick it Chloe!"

What a cute soccer player!

Shaking hands with the "Pink Team".

Chloe's 1st Day of Kindergarten!

 Chloe had her first day of kindergarten earlier this week....at home. Yes, we are homeschooling her this year! We tried to make it extra special for her. We took pictures in front of the tree with her new Dora backpack.

 We had breakfast together with Daddy and I made her favorite....WAFFLES!!

 I displayed some of the books we will be studying. We are using Heart of Dakota curriculum. The Kindergarten year is called Little Hearts For His Glory. We are also using Singapore Math, Explode the Code Phonics and AlphaPhonics, and A Reason For Handwriting.

 The kids wanted to ride to school on their bikes so we took a bike ride before we got started.

 Cameron was excited for the first day of school too (or maybe just the waffles; I'm not sure!)

I can't believe my baby is a Kindergartner! Even though we are homeschooling it is still a BIG milestone for this girl and her Mommy! I know that you will do well Chloe!!

Cameron is One-Derful!!

 I can't believe that this little guy is One TODAY!!! Happy Birthday Cameron! It doesn't seem like it's already been 1 year since he made his surprise entrance into our world. The day was like any other Saturday. Chloe had her last day of swim lessons so I took her to that. I did a few things around the house during the afternoon and then Kyle and I took the kids to some friends and went on a date to Applebees. We were also supposed to go to Walmart (aren't we exciting?!?) but we never made it there. Our interesting date ended with a baby born 3 1/2 weeks early! I am so thankful for Cameron. He has been such a joy to us. Here is a little bit about him NOW at 1 year old...

Foods he likes: Spaghetti, macaroni and cheese, chicken and grapes. He LOVED the chocolate zucchini bread that he's eating here in this picture. He finally has 4 teeth (just in!). He also has a strange LOVE for water. He's pretty easy to please!

Here he is with his 1st bites of birthday cake. He doesn't like getting his hands too dirty but he enjoyed the cake!
Things he enjoys: Climbing stairs, opening and shutting doors, getting his hands into the toilet, playing with the fan remote controls, standing at my bookcase and removing all books, standing at Chloe's dollhouse and removing all furniture and dolls, swinging, driving Caleb's big trucks.
Things he DOESN'T enjoy: Getting his pants changed, being told no.
What he says: Mama
What he's doing: Crawling, pulling to stand, climbing stairs, grinding his front teeth together, waving, clapping.
What I love the most: His sloppy, wet, open mouthed kisses!

Chloe's Church

Chloe was not thrilled to take this picture but I just couldn't resist! She was pretending that she was singing in church like Mommy. Caleb was working in the nursery with the babies.

Just to clarify...I've never worn a two piece to church before:)

Celebrating the 4th Of July

We have a few traditions for the 4th of July. Here are a few!

1. We must watch the parade and run after CANDY! Possibly getting hit by parade traffic is part of the fun...

 

2. We must utilize all available resources (ie Grandma) and totally exhaust them and baby involved.

3. We must run the Sully Freedom Fun Run. Yes, Chloe and my Dad ran too this year! I am so proud of them!

4. Kyle and I must ask, "Why do we always run the Sully Freedom Fun Run?" after obtaining another 5K PW (personal worst).

5. We must play with water balloons at the Dunsbergen's. This is not negotiable.

6. We must stay up really late and watch fireworks. Yep, Kyle reports that this is a "MUST" on our summer list! Hope your 4th Of July was fun too!

Our Most Recent Fun

The kids are having a blast with our new pool that we set up.

This picture just cracks me up. They are freezing because we had just filled the pool with ice cold water!