The kids started swim lessons at the end of June. There instructors were Paul and Brandon.
They had Paul last year and loved him. Kasen and Avery were so much more daring and willing to do what they asked.
Kamden waiting for his brother and sister.
Kasen was having his first birthday party with friends on Saturday the 11th. So on his actual birthday he wanted pizza for dinner and we sang to him. Usually we just have family over and his cousins. Kasen was so excited to have friends. Little did I know that 10 boys would be a little CRAZY!
I was trying to get ready for the party but of course Kam was making things a little more difficult. I looked out the window and this is what I saw: clothes, shoes and him just laughing as he played in the sprinklers.
Kasen wanted a football theme party so I came up with a few fun games. They had to through nerf balls into trash cans filled with water, tied a hoop high in the tree in which they had to aim and throw it in and I spun them 7 times and they had to see who could kick the football the farthest. We also had hot dogs, pinata, presents, cake and ice-cream and the boys just played.
Kasen of course liked all of his presents. He got a lot of football stuff, water guns, money and this Captain America set.
Kasen insisted on a football cake. I Thought this turned out great thanks to Albertsons.
Kasen, D'Angelo, Kai, Aiden, Teddy, Alex, Matthew, Gunner, (ALex and Grady were off playing)
The little goody bags were filled with candy, a football, coaching, whitles and football tatoos.
The boys played well together and Kasen said, "It was the best birthday ever!"
The last day of school we have field day. Kasen is so competitive and tried his hardest at every event. He said it was like the funnest day of his life. He had a wonderful first grade year. His teacher was Ms. Eisner who he adored. I loved her to. She cared so much about the kids and did everything she could to make learning fun and interesting.
Kasen had outstanding behavior, got student of the month twice and was on the A honor role. He ended his first grade year reading at a 3rd grade 5 month reading level. As a mom that makes me so proud. We had a school close this year and teachers ahd to be moved around. I will be heading to a different school which made Kasen a little sad as he will go whever I go.
Kasen and his good friend Damien Welch.
My student Leo Finkler brought this to me on the last day. It is a big cookie and it was so good. I will miss working at Floyd but I am sure I will like my new placement. 
I would say it is safe to assume Kam played with the spaghetti more than he ate it!
Happy Birhtday to my wonderful husband! It was a hectic day. We had just got home from Yuma the night before. We worked all day and right from work the kids had a T-Ball game. My sister in-law offered to make Nick's cake and did a fabulous job. Thanks Nikki. Nick loves banana cake so she made a white cake with banana filling. So yummy.
The boys had fun dressing up and acting crazy.
We invited the immediate family over for pizza, cake and ice-cream. It was a fun time.
Nick's grandpa Bud passed away so we headed down to Yuma Arizona for his Memorial. The drive was 7 hours and we were not quite sure how the kids would travel. The kids did surprisingly well for the first 6 hours. That last hour was hard. Nick's grandmas property was beautiful. Big trees, very open and fenced around. The perfect playground for the little ones. We brought bikes, scooters, balls, and different toys to play with.
Our family and grandma. Our hotel was really nice and the kids enjoyed swimming in the pool with Chase and Matthew their cousins.
The boys and their cousins Candi and Danny. It was the first time I had met them and they were really really nice. Nicks relative Nikki loved playing and entertaining our kids. Avery was attached to her the whole time. The kids got to see tortoises, and ride on the rhino and just had fun.
