This is how you do it dawg!

Hey little ma ma how'd you get so Funky!!! And when did she grow up? My baby girl is growing up so fast. This weekend London and Kaden danced at Schnepf Farms! I cried (as did a few others I know) when I saw how amazingly beautiful my children are. I am emotional, its no secret! But when I saw London walk on the stage, I was overwhelmed with excitement. Anyone who knows her, knows how shy she is. Okay, she is selectively shy. Just last June she went out on the stage, and I think she might have bounced once, maybe twice. She has come a long long ways in just 4 short months. Baby steps, each time we do something, we get better each time. And thats all we strive for, love and encouragement will work wonders. Some may think I am crazy for involving my children so much so young, but for me, it is sooo much more. I grew up dancing, it was always my dream to have kids that would love the same things I did. The confidence they build through dancing is, to me, amazing. And I love music and I love Dancing, even though I cant shake it like I use to (I do a mean Kitchen Dance) I guess I can confess that I am living through them somewhat.
Kaden has been dancing with the boys crew for just under a month, and they pulled it together and stole the show!!! Kaden was sooo stinkin cute....he kept up with the big boys. They are all a bit older than him, but I think I have said it before, Kaden has got some groove. And he loves it. He has improved leaps and bounds in just the last few weeks, a mothers joy. Okay, and we are proud, but aren't we aloud to be. They hold our

heArTs!!! He watches the older boys, and soaks it all in. They are all making me so proud, they are all coming out of their shy shells in one way or another. They all have amazing teachers. We couldn't be happier anywhere else.

I can not forget Dylan. He is taking classes also. But you know Dylan, sweet and shy. He loves to dance, but he is holding back a little, don't know why. Maybe he is just waiting for that perfect time to WOW us. Oh wait, he already does. In everything he does.....he is my angel. I think he's holding out for Football! I am good with that. With them being so close in age to each other, I think they need to grow up supporting one another, and being different. I would love to see them encourage each other, not compete.

Tagged.....

Michelle tagged me....I had to go into my pictures and pull out my third file eight pic and post it. I guess it could have been worse. This was our trip to Mexico with the Rasors and the Mowers a couple of years ago. I couldn't stop with just this one (by the way this would not have been the one I would have picked) self portraits are never good. So lets take a trip down good ol memory lane while we are here. We went to the aquarium, lots of fun, we lost london on the way out. I had never been soo horribly scared in my whole entire life. So much time had gone by and I thought for sure she was long gone, carried off by a stranger. Cute little blonde's are a treat down there, good luck I've learned. We found her, she was hiding back behind the turtles. We had looked there many times, the place was empty! Mothers worst nightmare!! But besides that, so so much fun.

We can not forget the DOG FISH......with the big old warning sign.....fish bites. Yeah right they wouldn't have it in an open tank if it bit....or would they. Ask Clayton....the darn thing practically jumped out of the water, he must not have liked your shirt...or he was just trying to say to you, "here's your sign"

While we are remembering......you CAN NOT forget all of the sweet smelling POOP!!!!! Michelle, you remember it all. Lets see there was our tank with no water....stink, stink, and all Brad had to say was good luck we gotta get on the road. (He was heading home) All of the dump pipes started overflowing.... you had to be there to appreciate the hard belly laughs!!!!! (High tide maybe) Michelle thought she could get rid of hers before, well I'm not quite sure what she thought. I love you Michelle....lets just say it was a really big mess, and the dogs (not ours) thought it was snack time. We enjoyed watching the crusty ladies dog chow down then run home to open arms and kisses....ha ha....if she had only not taken the good mango's away from us...cutter...we wouldn't have let him lick her whole face before we let her know what he had been up to. Cleaning or dumping the poo tanks are never ever fun....but there is always a good story. After the back up problem got resolved, someone in the camp, we wont say who, put a hose down the crapper to get it good and clean.....and lets just say it was like Niagara falls coming out the front door!!!! We laugh NOW. right Michelle. GOOD times, ones we will never forget.

Now feel free to play along........

Misty, Stacey, Kris Ann, Amy, Tenneal

A priceless moment.

Holli and Lee got MARRIED on Monday in La Jolla CA. London was lucky enough to be their flower girl. As if getting married on a beach isn't romantic enough, everyone was in tears. You can judge a wedding by how many people cry.....and if you have an ugly crier in the audience, you know it rocked. You can call me a sap, I was a mess. London did sooo good. For anyone who knows her, knows how stinkin shy she is. When we got there she said to me "mom I am not doing this!!!" My biggest fear was coming true, and then out of no where she headed up the stairs to line up with Savanna. When I saw her coming down the stairs looking like a little bride, I bawled.


I envisioned the day she was to be married.....and it made me so sad. We don't get them for very long. They are growing up so fast right before our very eyes. We need to cherish every moment that we have with them. They are so fragile, and so sweet. The are soo eager to learn. I pray that throughout this life I can be the example that this little girl needs, a friend, a mom she can look up to. Teach them while they are young. Hold them in your arms, and on your laps as long as you can. And when the are ready to spread their wings and fly, Love them.

Grab a board dude. . .

How sweet is this boy!!! On the outside he looks like a little rowdy punk, long haired skater. Baggy shorts and long hair is definitely deceiving and masking the ever so sweet personality that lies beneath. He has one of the biggest hearts I have ever seen. His emotions are real, his desires to be good are true. Anyone that knows him, knows how genuine he is. People give him a hard time about his hair, but when we mention a hair cut, his eyes well up with tears. He cares for just about everyone. I have to share a story though, sorry Dylan.... the other day Kaden came in the house screaming at the top of his lungs... "He shot me with a gun". At the same time Dylan yelling, "Dont believe a word he says". I guess if your going to fib....make sure there is no evidence to convict you.

His plea was..."Kaden pointed the air soft gun at Malibu and I didn't want him to hurt the dog, so I shot him so he would know how it felt." Lessons learned....and today Dylan is a better kid for learning things the hard way. He cried for hours, not because he was in trouble but because he knew what he did was wrong. I put him in charge of picking his own punishment, and sad to say, but that was punishment enough for him. I LOVE you Dylan. Keep making good choices and someday you will do incredible things.

High "FIVE"......

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LONDON

London turned the big "5"... she is our little rock star. She is sooo much fun these days. She loves anything and everything girly. If it sparkles and shines, she is all over it. She is a little diva. London has been dancing at SAS since June, and is doing so good. She is a little shy still, when she knows someone is looking at her she holds back, but that girl shakes it when nobody is watching. She loves music and the little mama loves to "pop" it!!! We are blessed to have such a sweet little one in our home. She definitely adds spice to our life! She is 5 going on 15. Being the only little girl in the house isn't easy. 3 brothers are rough on a little girl. There is not very many quiet moments in our house. But we love it, crazy is fun....right?!

We LOVE you London! Hope you had a fun day!!

Its Big and Hairy, and its not Brad!

HALLOWEEN is in the air!!! And doesn't Matix make a cute girl.

So last night Dylan came in and said there was this huge spider in the yard and it had popcorn. So we ran out to see it....it was huge and had its egg sack on its back. Of course we had to catch it cause no one would have believed it unless they saw it. This morning when we woke up its egg had hatched and it had babies all over its back. As you can see, CREEPY!!!! At one point I thought the jar was falling, and I tripped out and my entire body began to tingle. All of those dots on its back are babies. Well, I no longer need to worry if they are going to escape in my house, I sat the jar on the trash can outside and forgot about it......now the thing is t-o-a-s-t!!!!! Crispy spider ain't getting out in my house (or car)

So, to make the story more interesting, Kaden came in the house last night and tells me to come see something. It was a spider spinning a web outside our front door. Very cool, not something you see everyday. But both spiders all in one hour? Very cool to see a spider in motion.......Its masterpiece was something to be impressed by.

Our night didn't stop there. Brad had ran to the store and upon returning home he tried on a pair of shorts he had just bought. When he knew they fit he went to rip the tags off and right there in the waistband of the shorts was a spiders egg woven into the inside of the shorts with tiny little webs!!!! So, is Halloween coming or do we need an exterminator????? All in one night! Can you say arachnophobia!!!!!!!!