5K Fun!!!

Free photo slideshow personalized with Smilebox Such a fun day!!!  We are so very proud of our crew!!!  After spending hours the day before in traffic, getting here late, headaches, throwing up in the van and Hunter having a high fever, they were still all smiles and completed the run!!!  Go Team Kearl!!!  We will never forget this day and look forward to doing it again!

Crack me up!!

Nathan totally cracks me up.  He is bit of a worry wort and a  perfectionist.  Which  in many cases can cause some anxiety and low frustration levels.  However,  here is he is at speech with a balancing game that he was playing. (Jayson tried this game for the previous hour and finally gave up and just played with the penguins.)  But not Nathan!!  He was determined to balance all those penguins on the boat and he did it!!!  

 Each year we are followed by the UCLA cranial facial team for submucoul cleft palates. We had the palate repair at age 2 1/2  and continue treatment with our team. ( this is somthing that is usually diganosed at birth and fixed earlier, however we were not diagnosed until 2.) These appointments are always fun and  interesting. We , the boys and I, sit in a room while the following doctors rotate through the room: a pediatrcian, audiologist, ENT, speech therapist, dentist, orthodontist, and plastic surgereon. The boys always get a little squirrly but they seem to have fun.

 

 As you can see, they make me smile, year after year.  The doctors also get a kick out of seeing them and love to see how much they have grown up year to year!!!

1st Kearl Detention of 2012-2013

Yes, I know it is hard to believe that this gorgeous little face is the one that had to serve the 1st detention.....I realize that those brown eyes may have gotten him out of it up until 6th grade.....but the truth is NOT THIS TIME! This earns him the award for being the 1st Kearl to break in the new wardens!!! (We can only be so good ya know! )

So....... why did he have detention you ask?!!?!? (even if you are not asking I will tell you)  In the 6th grade their entire day is worked around a 3 ring binder (AVID notebook).  He left it home. Naturally, I had reminded all the children the night before to make sure they all had their stuff ready.  I even nagged some more as we were walking out the door asking about lunch boxes, water bottles, homework, etc.....  "Yes, yes, yes, mom we have everything we need!"  Hmmmm...so when his teacher called and asked me to bring it to him and informed me that he was going to be serving detention.... Honestly, I thought it was pretty fair.  I would like to say I am sure it won't happen again......but I am sure that is not the case.  LOL.  (I mean, come on, we have gotten all the way to school to realize that one of the kids got out the door with no shoes on.)  What can I say?!?!? 

2012- 1st Day of School

Okay, even after the weird, crazy summer we had I will still say WOW..... where did the summer go?!?!?And furthermore, where did my babies go? I cannot believe how grown up my little ones have become. It really does seem like just yesterday that  they were scattered through the house in various devices to keep them quiet and in one place. (baby swings, bouncy chairs,high chairs,and walkers)  Today?!?!?! They are running around like wild ninjas and making a WHOLE lot more noise!!  (I know alot of you may not believe that is possible....but trust me it is!!!)

What a fun year it is going to be though!!!  We were lucky enough to get into the new STEM school of choice this year.  The principal was at Sundown Elementary where we started 3 years ago. The kids love her and know her well.  Plus we got lucky, in that, a lot of the fabulous staff moved with us.  The kids wear uniforms, play before they eat, there is a lot technology and just plain "cool" . (according to the kids).  Two days down...... and the verdict is...... they love it.  I do think one  of my precious ones was bragging about how they have less homework.  Hmmmmm.. might it be because we have only been attending for a day and a half.  (Let's not tell them.) 

 Here we go.....  Hunter 5th grade (he just wanted to leave )    Bryan 3rd grade  Cassie 3rd grade  

Nathan 3rd grade   Tanner 6th grade (I am not old enough for a sixth grader!)   Jayson 3rd grade 

Proud of my Six-Pack!!!  Good job kiddos!!  Now sleep in tomorrow!!! :>



Wind Caves

One of the things we wanted to do this vacation was enjoy the outdoors.  And what better way is there to do that than to take a hike.  So after some prodding, (on Jay's part) we decided to take the kids up to the Wind Caves, in Logan Canyon.  I was not so sure about this hike......mostly because it had been 15 years since I had done the hike. All I could remember about it was that it was farther than I thought it should be.I remembered it being really awesome when we finally got to the top, however,  it seemed to take a really long time to get there.  (After climbing Mt. Whitney that is now all relative!)  When we got to the spot....... the hike was described as a difficult.  I was a bit concerned!!! (keeping track of six kids is one thing, keeping track of six kids on the side of a mountain with a drop off is entirely different!)

Turns out it was a very great hike and the kids had fun.  This picture is the end of the hike and they are still smiling.  It was about 4 miles round trip and I was very proud that they did such a great job.  Daddy only got lost once with his group (Jayson, Hunter, and Tanner).  And we only had a couple of times where we slipped a little and thought we might fall off the mountain. 

After the hike we went to Texas Roadhouse.  Whew, we were a hungry and very sweaty, stinky bunch!!!  I would not have wanted to be our waiter!!!  On the way back to the cabin we had to stop and play in the river.  So much fun!!!  Learning how to skip rocks and just cool off the feet!!!

Funny story.....as we were hiking back down the trail we passed 3 college students on their way up.  2 boys (who of course had taken their shirts off because of the extreme heat) and a young lady.  As we pass them.... Cassie turns around and says to me, " they are soooo strong!"  (oh no, whatever are we going to do in a couple of years?)  I giggled and thought how that would have been Jay and I 15 years prior and here we were hiking the mountain again but this time with six little ones in tow.  Who would have ever thought?  Certainly not me!!!

Who Knew?!?!?

Who knew that dear sweet little Natey had such a revengeful spirit?  It was his turn to drive the boat on our vacation........   I must say he was hilarious!!!  The louder the kiddos screamed and expressed their fear the more motivated he was to scare "them".  I am not sure I have laughed that hard in a  very long way!!!  It was crazy!!!  Such amazing fun stories, I will post more soon.  But for now enjoy the look on his face.  PRICELESS!!!

Funny Questions: Part 2

Sooooo...after reading the funny answers to the questions...... Jay became curious about what the kids would say if they were talking about "DAD" instead of "MOM".   Of course, I then decided it would be fun to see the differences.  So here we go:
Somebody on Facebook recently posted 23 questions to ask your kids and write down their answers. I thought it would be fun. So here are the questions and the answers. I asked them the questions when none of their siblings were with them so that the answers I would get would be their own, and I did it over a period of several days. (For those of you that need a reminder:Tanner is 11 1/2; Hunter is 10 1/2; Cassie is 8 1/2; Nathan is 8 1/2; Jayson is 8 1/2 ; and Bryan is 8 1/2)


1- What is something Dad always says to you?
T-You're a fart smeller
H-say yes sir
C-Hi little munchkins
N-Don't touch my car
J-Go to bed
B-I love you

2- What makes Dad happy?
T- when I help out
H- saying yes sir
C- when we follow directions
N- his car
J- when I tickle him
B- all the kids

3. What makes dad sad?
T-When I am rude to him
H- me being bad
C- when we don't listen
N-I don't know
J- not following his directions
B-us being mean

4. How does your dad make you laugh?
T- when we play games because he tells funny jokes
H- tickles me
C-he tickles me
N-when he tries giving me kisses in bed
J-tickling me
B-says funny stuff

5. What was your dad like as a child?
T-mean to his sisters
H- he didn't talk much
C- smart,nice and good
N-he never told me
J-I don't know
B-funny

6. How old is your dad?
T-40
H- 40
C- 40
N- 40
J- 40
B-40

7. How tall is your Dad?
T- 5 ft 6 inches
H- 8 ft
C- 45 ft
N-10 ft
J- 20 ft
B-6 ft

8. What is his favorite thing to do?
T- play with his kids
H- playing video games
C-play games on his computer
N-drive in his car
J- go to bed
B-play on his computer and drive his mustang

9. What does your dad do when you are not around?
T- works
H- play video games
C-play video games or take a nap
N-go to work
J- play games
B- call us and work

10. If your dad becomes famous what will it be for?
T- Best Test Pilot Ever
H-flying planes
C- dancing
N- having quads
J- Best player gamer ever
B- working

11. What is your dad really good at?
T- his job
H- working
C- singing
N-getting his work done
J-playing games
B-flying a jet plane

12. What is your dad not really good at?
T- nothing
H- beating me at video games
C- putting us to bed
N-he's not a good cooker
J- sleeping
B-cooking

13. What does your dad do for a job?
T- Test Pilot
H- fly planes
C- works in the air forces flying planes
N-pilot- i guess
J- fly airplanes
B- works at Edward's Air Force Bast

14. What is your dad's favorite food?
T- Everything
H-enchiladas
C- candy
N-candy
J-brownies
B- cheese enchiladas with jalapenos

15. What makes you proud of your dad?
T-That he spends time with us.
H- When he works hard
C- that he's my father
N- he's a good pilot and never dies in the war
J-his flying airplanes
B- him being nice to us A LOT

16. If your dad was a character what would he be?
T- A dragon rider
H- Mickey Mouse
C- a bunny
N- He-man
J-Pluto
B- a spy

17. What do you and your dad do together?
T- we fight (fight play)
H- run errands
C- cuddle
N- jump on the trampoline but not often though
J- snuggle
B- play games on the trampoline

18. How are you and your dad the same?
T- We like playing games
H-I have his eyes
C- smile
N-we have the same color skin
J- we do the same things
B- because he says it a lot

19. How are you and your dad different?
T- He has a job and I don't
H-his nose is sharp
C- he's a boy- I'm a girl
N-he's big, I'm small
J- different noses
B- hair

20. How do you know that your dad loves you?
T- He says it ALOT
H-He shows by hugging me and playing video games
C- he always says it
N-he comes in at night and give me kisses
J- he told me
B- because he says it a lot

21. What does your dad like most about your mom?
T-she buys him new wedding rings when he loses them.
H-That's a hard one....her cooking
C- that she cooks dinner for him
N-He gave us a home and family
J- I don't know
N- She's pretty
B- she's pretty

22. Where is your dad's favorite place to go?
T- Chili's
H-place to buy Mustang's
C- vacation
N- work
J- work
B- Disneyland

23. How old was your dad when you were born?
T- 29
H- 30
C-25
N-in the teens
J- 24
B- 15

Once again.......I will say I  got a good chuckle out of this and I still say...... "kids say the darnest things." ENJOY!