My Darling little Averie and some family updates

Averie flying her new kite. Perfect timing for the wind to come

Danton's work had LuauMadness at work last weekend and he brought home some goodies for Averie.

Averie and her flamingo

Isn't she lovely!!

My two little cuties.

Family Update.

Danton- He is busy studying away and is loving every mintute. He also went back to his previous job and is going to be working in Boulder. He will probably start there in a few weeks. We enjoyed a great Father's Day yesterday. First was church and then we took him to lunch and enjoyed some good quality family time.

Averie- She has been enjoying the pool and is getting her groove back very nicely. She meets a new friend everyday. Today she started her summer Ballet class. She is doing a Swan Lake Ballet class. She did such a great job and the teacher's love her.

Mr. Lincoln- What a delight he is. He is not often interested in toys he is interested in climbing everything. He makes so many noises and he loves to giggle and play chase around the house. He is also getting his two bottom teeth.

Rebecca- I don't really have anything new to report. I am just enjoying the pool and park time with the kiddos. I enjoy the time that I get with Danton. It isn't quantity right now but it quality.

Have a good week everyone. Can't believe it is almost July. Mr. Lincoln will be 1 before we know it )=. Time goes by so quickly so enjoy every minute.

Family and Picture Updates

About three weeks ago my Grandma came from Georgia to visit. This was the first time she met Mr. Lincoln.

Averie was very excited to start riding her bike without training wheels. The attempt lasted about 1 minute before she told me that she is supposed to wait until she turns 6. What a cute cookie. She is now working on it again. We will see what happens.

Averie before she got on the bike


A minute later and she is all done.

Now that Mr. Lincoln is on the go all the time it was time for us to add some protection. Here he is checking out his new hardware.

Last week Danton's sister Kayla was in Denver for a few hours so we all met up with her.

There was a flight exhibit that day so she got to ride in this pink plane.

I let Averie loose with the camera and this is what she came up with.

Love this one. Look how awnry he looks!!!

Just thought this one was pretty.

She wanted to take one of me!!

Danton- He is now in his 5th week of school. He is absolutely loving it. It is challenging and fun all at the same time. We will see what he has to say when he does his ride along and clinical. His ride along is scheduled in the 27th of this month and his clinical in on the 10th of July.

Averie- She is enjoying the summer but really missing her friends at school. Today we went to the pool and she had a great time. She told me she met 5 new friends.

Lincoln- He is VERY busy. He is sometimes interested in his toys and he is always interested in climbing and getting into EVERYTHING. He has had a couple good bumps and I am sure they are just the beginning.

Rebecca- Pretty much the same. I saved all my birthday money this year and put it toward my pedicure fund. So, today I got to go and relax and enjoy a wonderful pedicure. Very nice! On Sunday before church I met up with my friend Angela for breakfast. We enjoyed a much needed girls time out. I am excited for the pool because it really helps Averie burn off some of that energy and she is getting some good Vitamin D at the same time and did I mention she sleeps GREAT. Taking Lincoln is a new adventure as well. I dunked him several times and he was a trooper, he loves the water. Ah, summer how I love you!

Mr.Lincoln's Baby Dedication

Danton introducing all of us
Waiting our turn. Isn't little Sophia cute, she is in the pink hat. She is one of the many girls born close to Mr. Lincoln. Her parents are very nice! Oh, who will he choose? He is 7 months today. He is now officially closer to one than a newborn baby. I have such mixed emotions on that. Enjoy every moment, they go by so quickly.

Enjoying the day!

Mr. Lincoln and his Papa

Our church had baby dedication today. They held it at a park close to church. The idea was to get people in similar life stages to connect in a fun enviroment. I have to agree with my dad though. How many people really ventured out and met new people. We didn't. We sat with our group of friends and connected with them. I am not sure if that was due to the sense of being comfortable or the fact that it was SO incrediably hot and we were just trying to get through.
Nontheless we did have a good day despite the heat. Averie was so excited to see Piper and Lily. She was sad she didn't get to hold them because they slept most of the time, but she was very excited that they were in matcing dressess. Two more precious girls for Mr. Lincoln to choose from!!!

What a large order to fill. Raising kids! This may be a shock but I am learning that I am not super mom and I do make mistakes. The nice part about that is God is gracious and is walking right beside me. They are not mine but God's and I am given this wonderful gift of raising them.

One thing Averie has been learning this week is that life is sometimes hard and that she has to decide what she is going to do with that. I told her one day this week that when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. After a long discussion about what that meant she said "yeah that is what I want to do, take something sour and turn it into something sweet". I want both Averie and Lincoln to know your life may not always go the way you planned but with God you can turn your lemons into lemonade. Isn't that easier said that done?

Well, enjoy your week everyone. It has been a long week here and I am ready to get a good night sleep and start it all over tomorrow, yeah coffee!!

An Update

Danton- He is now is his third week of school and is enjoying it. It is a lot to learn in just three short months but he is doing a great job. He had his first test last week and did a great. He was also offered another job at another dealership that would focus more on financing and it also pays more. We decided it would be worth looking into to help pay off some of the debt that we are carrying from the business. Things got a little crazy when he gave his notice though, they don't really want himto leave and are really trying to get him to stay. Oh, decisions. I am just glad that we have a job because we know what is like to not have a good job. And we know so many that are struggling with their jobs.
Averie- She is now officially in her last summer before she starts school. We have been enjoying a lot of outside time. The local park is right down the street from us and we go there at least once a day. The local pools open this week as well and we will be frequenting them several times a week. She is also going to do VBS at my parents church this next week.
Lincoln- Well Mr. Lincoln has kicked into high speed. About two weeks ago he started crawling and he hasn't looked back. He decided to add climbing the stairs and pulling himself up on things to his credentials. He is into anything and everything. His world just expanded and mine got busier. I will get a video of him up soon.
Rebecca- Well other than keeping up with Danton's new schedule and keeping Averie entertained and making sure Lincoln doesn't kill himself my world is pretty much the same. I had to order baby gates for Mr. Lincoln because our current one didn't fit our banisters. I origianlly planned on one until he decided that he needed to climb the stairs. So, I just received my TWO gates today and tomorrow they will be installed. That should help some. Also, this last week we started having an ant situation in our house. That has created an extra dilema because of Lincoln crawling everywhere. We have sprayed with a natural kid safe killer but that doesn't get rid of the problem. We are now having to put out a chemical to hopefully get rid of them for good. That means that the kids and I are having to plant ourselves upstairs and let the ants do there thing. I am really hoping this will only take a few days!!!

Well that is what is going on with us. It has been pretty crazy and I find myself drinking more coffee these days but I know this is a season that will end. Right now we are just enjoying all the adventures that are coming our way.

Additional Videos from Averie's Graduation

This is the song they often sign before they have snack










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Crawling, School, Garage Sale, and much much more

Garage Sale 2010

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Lincoln enjoying the great weather we had during the sale and eating his sister's sparkle pony
Averie loved playing and flipping on the ladder

Mommy and Averie enjoying the sun and the sale

Look who is very hard at work!!

Ann you are looking very serious, good thing we have responsible people looking over the the money handling

Lincoln getting his usual nap with Papa. He isn't spoiled at all.

Everyone hard at work.

My mom puts on great garage sale every year. This year was no different. We had lots of goodies for sale and got rid of most of it!!! One man's trash is another's treasure. What helps make it such a fun sale is all the fun people involved. Thanks to all who kept Averie entertained.

This was also a very busy week for us other than the garage sale. Lincoln decided this was the week to take off and do the crawling thing. First he liked to do it with no clothes because he wouldn't slide around and then toward the end of the week it didn't matter he was just a crawling machine.

If you read the previous blog you also noticed Averie graduated from pre-k and that was mentalling draining for both of us.

And lastly Danton started school on Tuesday night. His class will go through the middle of August and is every Tues-Thurs from 6:00-10:00. So I am now back to figuring out a new schedule and trying to conquer it. He will probably have Wednesday day off and of course Sunday's so that will help. I will be doing several zoo visits and taking the kiddos to have lunch with Danton on either Tuesday or Thursday and hopefully we will be able to spend quite a bit of time at the pool. Last year Averie became quite the little swimmer and is excited to start back up again. Mr. Lincoln also enjoys the water and so he will get to try his had at the pool.

I don't know about all of you but we are having wonderful weather here. Today we went to church and then we enjoyed some family time outside. Lincoln loves being outside. We laid out a huge blanket and he played with toys for about an hour while Averie played in her sand box. While they played we made some brats, beans and potatoes and then joined Lincoln on the blanket and ate lunch. A very nice Sunday hope you are all enjoying yours as well.

Averie's Pre-K Graduation

Averie with her Diploma

When you watch the video this will make more sense!!

If you remember back to the Halloween Pictures you will notice Nicholas. Averie is going to miss him more than anything. She has informed me that she asks him to marry her everyday and he keeps saying "NO". I was talking with his mom today and she said that he couldn't even eat breakfast today because he was so sad that he wasn't going to see Averie everyday. He has also asked his mom if he had to get married and his mom asked him if he wanted to and he said yes but that he just wanted to be Averie's friend right now. We are all going to miss Nicholas in our house. What a sweet boy he is.

Averie and her incredible teachers. I can't say enough how much we are going to miss them. They have put so much of themselves into Averie and she has grown so much because of it. Thank you Miss Melody and Miss Kathy
Cowyboy Larry.
His wife told me today that Averie is probably the most proud member of his fan club she is probably the only one as well, she LOVES Cowboy Larry. She can remember everything about all his horses and she can't wait to go ride them this summer, since Cowyboy Larry invited her to visit. There is also a picture I didn't include of the two of them eating lunch a kid table together. Very cute.


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I am having a hard time not crying while typing this, okay I am crying! We have had two great years at St. Stephens and I will miss going there several times a week. I will miss the exciting things she learns and tell us about. And yes I will miss the art projects even though there are a lot of them. I will miss her excitment of seeing her friends.
I didn't see this coming. I didn't think I would have such a hard time watching her graduate from Pre-K. and dealing with the thought of her starting Big Girl School in a few short months. So far 5 years old has been pretty emotional for me. A lot of changes take place this year. It reminds me to cherish the little things and enjoy her every single day. This is just the beginning!
On a lighter note the other day was Kindgarten assesstment. She was so grown up about it, even telling me that she wanted to go in with the teacher all by herself and she wanted me to wait in the hall. I convinced her that I would sit in the back and let her up front all by herself. She agreed. She did a great job. When asked to spell her name she spelled it and Lincoln's. If you were asked the difference between a fork and a shoe what would you say? I would say a fork you eat with and a shoe you wear. But not Averie. "A fork is made of metal and a shoe is made of fabric". Composition over Use. Only Averie. She is very ready for school. It is just mom who has to catch up. Good thing I have until August.

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