Avas first soccer goal!

Ava scored her first goal today! She was so excited and proud of herself. We are so happy for her!

Dog Days of Summer

N is now walking about 95 percent of the time.

My cuties!

Ava's First Day of School

Here she is! Her comments were:

-"The girls didn't make fun of me"

-"There wasn't play time, just story time" (after I left)

All the parents pretty much stayed there the whole time. They had a scavenger hunt around the classroom, made a face of themselves, hung pictures of their families, read, did puzzles, and more. It was great!

She wore the same dress I did my first day of school.

Changes

Ava starts school tomorrow. My mom asked, " Are you excited about it?" After thinking about it, I really discovered that I am not. Ava is over the moon excited. But to a mom this step ushers in more shuttling kids back and forth, less time for doing whatever the heck we want to do, and a little more peer pressure both for Ava and for me. It's not that I want her to stay a baby forever, it is more out of a love for our somewhat isolated life. For some reason I have always felt extreme expectations from others. I do realize that life will always move faster than I can keep up with, and I do realize that I have to live my own life, not anyone else's, but homeschooling for preschool has completely taken out that element of life/stress. Ava is smart, she had a father's blessing last night and she is ready. Here we go!

Home again

It's been really quiet on this blog lately, hasn't it? We've finally moved in, most our boxes are unpacked, and I'm slowly shuffling into a new routine.

-Ava is registered for school. It was a hard decision, but the school is great, and she is excited.
-We've cut down a tree and have one more to go. We're also refinishing the deck which is a huge job.
-The girls are having fun in the backyard. The more they are outside the better!
-With old, thin walls, I hear every single peep North makes. He's also had a nasty, nasty diaper rash that I'm thinking needs some attention in the hot washing department.
-Milo has escaped a handful of times, but seems to enjoy running in the yard and eating some sort of plant.
-This feels more like home than at any time during the past two years. I seriously love our little old house. I love my paint colors, appliances, clean grout and wood floors.
-We both already have callings. Tyler's serving with the Young Men and my calling is very similar to what I have been doing for the past few years with the children.

If you forget what our house looks like you can see here. The only rooms that are completely different are the last pictures, because that room is now fuschia and white (the girls' room) and our room is now in the back of the house and a cheery-green color.

I will try to pull out my camera soon and take some pictures. Violet has to debut her Ava-styled haircut. :)