Tatum's Soccer

Tatum's soccer team had a tournament last weekend.  The girls played great

and they were runner up in their age group!  Way to go girls!!

The entire "Blast" team - they have been playing together for a year 

Tatum and her good friend Reese

Talia and Mommy

Talia & Mommy were coordinating (actually not on purpose) at

a friend's BBQ the other night - so we got a quick picture of the two of us!

Wedding

My cousin Brandon got married a few weeks ago in Nebraska.

It was a beautiful wedding and a great reception!

We all had a blast dancing and catching up with family!

They had a photo booth with props - my girls spent half the night

dressing up with the props! 

Bikers

We finally got our bike situation figured out so we can take family bike rides!

Tatum rides her own bike, Talia has an extention off of Daddy's bike, and

Taizley rides in a seat behind Mommy's bike.  

One of our favorite family activities is riding our bikes!  

Even Grandpa and Grandma have joined us on their tandem bike for two!

Dress Up Days

Since sisters are gone at school - Taizley spends the day playing with mommy

and her favorite thing to do is dress up!  She has a different story line that

she makes up everyday - so I never know if she is the teacher, mommy,

princess, doctor, dentist, vet, librarian or hairdresser!   She has such a great

imagination!  Fun to play with her!

She picked out a pink hair extension at the beauty store

and wears it around most days! 

Punk Cowgirl?

First Day of School

The first day of school was August 14, 2013

Tatum started 2nd grade and Talia started Kindergarten

Taizley had no idea that her sisters were going 

to be gone for the day :-(

Talia (5 yrs old) Kindergarten  

Tatum and Talia 

Tatum (7 yrs old) 2nd Grade - no glasses 

 Tatum - glasses

Talia (5), Taizley (3), Tatum (7) 

Sophia and Talia 

Talia sits in the exact spot that Tatum did in Kindergarten 

Storytime 

Gym Class 

Mommy and Talia - saying goodbye at the door :-(

School Open House

Tatum and Talia had their open house the night before school - they got to meet their teachers

and see some friends!

Talia (Kindergarten), Zach (5th), Tatum (2nd), Luke (3rd) 

Talia (K), Sophia (1st), Saylor (3rd), Tatum (2nd) 

The girls were very excited for their new teachers

Talia has Mrs. Westberg (Tatum's Kindergarten teacher) 

and Tatum has Mrs. Bergsten

What a fun year it will be!

Kindergarten Rocks

Talia spent her last day before school in her Kindergarten Rocks shirt - and she rocked it!

Sophia (6) and Talia (5) 

Wow!  She looks so grown up to Mommy - makes me sad :-(  Love you Talia!!

Kansas City Trip

We did a quick little trip to Kansas City before school started.  Friday was spent at Worlds of Fun with cousins and then we had Owen's 7th birthday party the following day!  Fun weekend!

Whole Crew 

Taizley and Eden on the carousel  

Elle, Eden and Talia on the boats 

Taizley and Olive 

They loved the ladybug!   

Taizley posing with Snoopy 

Tatum and Evie 

Talia and Elle 

Owen's birthday party was so fun - it was at a gymnastics center in Kansas City 

Taizley jumping 

Taizley and Eden 

Taizley and Evie

New Driver

Taizley has finally learned how to drive the big cars and everyone had better watch out!!

Her favorite thing to do now is drive her sisters around!

Talia (5), Taizley (3) 

Talia had wanted to get out, but Taizley wanted her to stay and ride longer! 

Love this!  I'm sure this will be them in 13 short years driving off down the street!

Makes me sad already!

More Lake Time

We finally made it out to the lake with Grandpa - it was a relaxing afternoon 

with some swimming and tubing!

Talia tubing 

Talia decided she needed goggles 

Taizley having fun 

Tatum getting wind blown and showing off her newly painted nails! 

Taizley driving with Grandpa 

No lake trip is complete without a ride on Super Mable!

Fair Time

The fair is always in town the last part of July and we usually try to go several days.

This year was no different!  I never know if the kids are having more fun there or daddy!

Tatum wanted to all the rides this year - here she is with Rachel 

The pony ride was the first thing Taizley wanted to do - she loved it 

 Talia

Tatum and Talia - they tried to pretend that they were too cool 

for the ponies, but they loved it! 

Talia and Kacie 

Tatum and Taizley

Taizley got into the car said "pretend this is a black Jeep like Grandpa's" 

Taizley on the fish ride 

Tatum and Cassidy 

Talia 

Taizley and Talia

Taizley and Talia were so cute they would hold hands and run to the next ride! 

Talia & Taizley with Chloe and her cousin

 Taizley was on the fish ride again - this time with Chloe

Taizley, Talia, Cassidy and Tatum

Funny Faces!! 

All the kids won several stuffed animals playing games.  Not sure how much money was 

spent trying to win them??!