Our Cute Little Guys!!!

I am So Far Behind! SORRY!!!

Aug Update

Well I know that I am way behind so here are all our pic’s and a little update. Mike is doing well he was just promoted to Chef Warrant Officer 2. He is also the Defensive coach for his unit football team. Cameron is getting ready to start Kindergarten and has just pass 40lb and can finally sit in a booster seat. William is happy to start school but, is sad that he has to be in his own class. He is just shy of being able to sit in a booster but, I guess that gives me a minute to get a second one. Kadance is finally potty trained he rarely has a problem. He has also just started to ride his bike with out training wheels. Tristan is off the bottle and is climbing like a monkey. He has to be watched at all times. His favorite place to be is on the kitchen table. As for me I am the happiest women alive I have a wonderful hubby, cute kids and I can now make my favorite cookies what else can a girl ask for. I hope everyone is doing well. Till next time, Liz

On Our Way Back & Home

Utah

Before Utah

Well to give you a report from the dentist’s office, the only person to have a cavity was Liz, the one who didn’t eat candy for breakfast. The boys love going to the dentist and it was Kadance’s first time to get to sit in the chair. He loved it and the staff and dentist loved having all my boys there. The Dentist said, “They all had great teeth but Liz”. Well my Dad and Mom flew out for a short trip because I am supposed to deploy but who knows what’s going on with that???????? I went and picked them up from the airport and took them strait to the Bowling Ally on base here Liz and the boys met us. We bowled away and eat dinner there. Then Dad and I took the boys home and Liz and Mom went shopping for some grub. The next day we took them to a ball game in Kinston which I think Dad really enjoyed. The boys had a great time for about the first five innings and then they were ready to go home. It was Star Wars night and minus no Luke, Ob One, Anikan or Darth Vader it was pretty cool. Grandpa let William wear his Reds hat and could get him give it back. He even tried to buy him a new one at the ball game but William wasn’t having it. He wanted to keep Grandpa’s so of course my Dad let him have it. Cameron and Kadance both got new Kinston Indians hats from Grandpa at the game and thought they were cool. Sunday Mom made her classic Sunday dinner for Liz’s Birthday and then Dad watched the kids while me and Liz took a nap, which Liz consider to be her best birthday present. Monday morning I took them to the beach, were Mom collected a bunch of seashells and Dad watch the boys and me play in the waves. (It was cold the boys are tougher than me.) Later Liz bought us lunch (pizza) at the beach and then we packed up and got Dad and Mom ready to head out. What a weekend, I think they had a good time and I’m sure they were tried after the eventful trip they had. Well last weekend the boys (Cameron, William and Kadance) and me packed up and went to the Stake Father and Sons Campout. We left Mom and Tristan home to go shopping and they did. We dragged Mike Pruitt (from Leamington) and his boy, Jonah, who is the same age as the twins with us. We shared our tent with them and had a great time. The boys ran around hunting snakes with their toy guns and Kadance ended up getting wet trying to chase a canoe that when out on the lake. Mike had to grab him up to get him back to the tent site. Before we headed home Mike and I loaded the boys up on a paddle boat and paddled around an island that was on the lake. The boys loved it but what a workout for Mike and me. Another big event that has happened is Cameron and William have learned to ride their old John Deere bikes without training wheels. They are awesome when they want to be able to do something, they never give up. (I help a little to keep them trying but not much.) Kadance can do it with a little help when he starts but then he always gets worried and looks back and hits the breaks which make him fall. He will have it down pretty soon I’m sure, just a little scared still, I think. Now on to Tristan’s big events. He had to get tubes in his ears due the multiple ear infections cause by the allergies he got from me. He seems to be doing better now that he has tubes but I’m sure it will be an on going battle like it has been with Kadance. He has also started to just walk all over the place and it will not to long before he can keep up with his big brothers. You can see it in him he just wants to be able to play with them and loves to get right into the thick of things when he can. Well I can’t forget Mothers Day. Cameron and William each brought Liz a flower that they grew at school for her and I rubbed her feet for a good hour that night while we watch LOST our new show. Well I think that wraps this month’s major events up, until next time.

Just For Fun!!!

What Is New With Us?

You know it has been a long time when you have to check your own blog to see where you left off. So After Kadance’s birthday Mike and I were able to attend the Amphibian Assault Battalion Birthday Ball. It was nice to have a night out. We will start with the youngest this time……At Tristan’s 9 mo. Check up he weighted 22 lbs and was 29 in long. He has started to clap his hands; every time he gets excited he grins and starts to clap. He is also standing on his own really well and is taking 3 to 4 steps at a time. He had decided that baby food is for the birds and has also switched onto a bottle (he likes to bite). He now has 5 teeth 3 top and 2 bottom. The biggest accomplishment in my eye is that he is now sleeping threw the night. As for the rest of my boys, Mike has had some time off and he was able to take Kadance and go on a school field trip with the boy’s class. They went to a locale park with a play ground and nature trail. All three of the boys enjoyed free play at the play ground. The nature walk was a good time too all the kids got to pick up little pieces of nature and put them in their bags. The next day at school they used them to make projects. The whole class was suppose to eat at the park but they were the last class to do the walk and ran out of time. So Mike got the boy’s lunches so that him and the boys could eat at the park before coming home. We had family pictures that afternoon so the twins got to get out of school early. We made it to the mall to get Tristan’s 9mo, Kadance’s 3yr and family pictures done. While we were there we saw the Easter bunny and rode on the carousel. So as you can see that was a big and busy day for Cameron, William, Kadance and Dad. Mike took the boys out of school a little early on a Friday so that they could go camping and do some fishing. Kadance, William, Cameron and Mike all went with Travis and his boys Alex (17), Nick (9). Where they went was to an island in the North Cape Fear River which is a part of the game lands. They always went fishing for Catfish which I don’t care for one bit, but Mike seems to have a good time when he brings them home. This trip they only bought one home but he was a big one, 33 lb Flat Head Catfish. Travis and his family ate him so I didn’t have too. Each boy got to go out on the river with Alex, or Travis by their self and the other two stay with Dad and got to shoot REAL GUNS! Travis has a cricket .22 so Mike showed the boys what a bullet could do to you and let them each shoot it. Then the twins got to shoot a 4-10 shotgun with it in their shoulder. Both of them did great and said it only hurt a little and wanted to shoot it more anyway. Well that night is rained on them but Mike had them all asleep and in the tent by the time it started so the only one that got wet was Mike. Kadance fell asleep in his lap sitting by the fire and Cameron and William feel asleep in the boat while Travis and Mike were checking the lines, in fact they were both asleep when dad pulled the big one into the boat. I would have to say it sounded like quite the camping trip and they all want to go again. And now for the whole family adventures, Then after church on Sunday we hit the road and headed to Virginia to go see Maria Cross, Mike’s cousin and her family. First things first we headed to the zoo it was packed but, well worth the trip there were a ton of animals and they were all active. The next day we when to the National Museum of Natural History it was really neat the only bad part was loosing Cameron. We had a great time! I don’t know what could be better then Family, good food and some card games. Poor Maria was probable ready for a break by time we left but we hope to return the favor sometime. On our way home we stopped at the National Museum of the Marine Corps. It is a really cool place. I wish that when JoRae and Sylvan were out last time we would have had more time to check it all out. We also took another small detour on our way home and stopped at the Cliff of Neuse State Park and took a little nature walk and got some really cute pictures. Once we arrived home it was time to color Easter eggs. Yes the Easter bunny is a little slow around here but, we still had a great time. Once our eggs were colored we set them out with the baskets so the Easter bunny could see them and hide them. Easter morning the boys were so excited mostly because Mike told them that they could eat candy for breakfast. (That is a good thing to do since we had dentist appointments the next day) They had a blast finding all their eggs and a few more that the Easter bunny left for them. Anyhow I think that that catches us up. Till next time.

All Our New Pic's

Tristan is Amazing

Thank You Grandpa & Grandma Lovell!

Kado's 3rd Birthday!

Well I keep telling Mike that he needs to type up an update for the blog but, you can see how that went. This last month flew bye I am not sure why but, it’s gone. My guess is that until Mike deploys the time will keep flying. Then as soon as he is gone everyday will feel like an eternity. Anyhow back to the update. Starting with the oldest 1st, Cameron is so excited about coming to Utah everyday he gets off the bus he asks me “Now are we going to Utah ”. That is what I get for telling him that we’re going when school gets out in the summer. His gymnastics teacher loves him he is the only one who doesn’t cause problems. He is my little mother always trying to make sure everyone is following the rules. Although he has been quit whinny lately! I think he must be in a growth spurt because he is always hungry. He eats breakfast before he goes to school then eats breakfast again at school. I have tried to break this habit but no luck. Now for number 2 William. He is soooo excited to go to Utah . He is already talking about his birthday. Actually I don’t think that he has quit talking about it since last year. He got a prize at school the other day for always making good choices. His teacher said she has only seen Cameron and him argue once and it didn’t last long. It ended with William telling Cameron “WAIT TILL WE GET HOME!” I am just glad that they are good for other people. Their teacher thanked me for having such good children. I thought to myself, are we talking about the same kids???? Because they aren’t good for me. On to number 3, Kadance has made my month he is all but potty trained WAHOO!!! Only one left in diapers! I asked Kadance what he wanted for his birthday and he said “Birthday Cake”. He is so easy to please. So I let him look at picture of cakes and pick the one he wants. You are all going to have to wait and see what it is. Now for the youngest, Tristan loves to do the one legged crawl it is so funny to watch. As soon as the bathroom door is open he races to the bathtub. He is just now starting to feel better although now that he is off his antibiotic I am just waiting for him to get another ear infection. I sure hope he doesn’t get one. He doesn’t sleep at night and doesn’t eat when he isn’t feeling good. Till Next Time, Liz

Here is a tag at the request of Celeste.

Rules: 1. Go to the Document/ My Pictures Site On Your Computer 2. Go to Your Sixth File 3. Go to Your Sixth Picture 4. Blog about It 5. Tag 6 People This Pic is at Cameron and Williams 1st Birthday party. Some of my favorite pretty girls! Ashlee, Alexis and Adi Doesn’t Abi look so cute in the outfit I gave her!!! I Tag Heidi, Kristen, Dallas, Kaijsa, Sara&Carrie

Hello hello hello here I am once again slow (not as slow as Robert and Kari) as always. We have had a great month! The 3 big boys have started a Gymnastics class. They go every Thursday for a 45 min class. There is only a max of 5 kids per class. Funny enough our kids are the entire class. They are really enjoying it. At first Kadance was in time out quit a bit and the teacher constantly had to correct him and keep him in line. After the second class she recruited an aid or helper. I guess it must have been too much for her but after about 4 classes Kadance has started to get better. Also this last month Tristan has really mastered crawling and is standing himself up to everything. He is starting to try to travel around stuff but, it is really scary to watch. I had to take him to the Doc this last week and he is now a whopping 20lb 8oz. My Mom, Sister Becca, and Brother Mike came to see us and stayed for a week. We had lots of fun we were able to go to Cameron and Williams’s school and spend sometime playing and interacting with all the kids. Mike was a hit for some crazy reason all the kids wanted to play where ever he was. Cameron and William loved to have visitors at school to show off. We had a birthday party for my brother which we all know there’s nothing like a good party and some cake!!! We were luck enough to get a couple of warm days so we hit the beach, since last time Mike came out we didn’t make it. Anyhow, tomorrow I am going to a speech meeting at the boy’s school and they are going to be discharging from the speech program. They say they are all caught up and are doing really well. Hoary!!!!! As for me I started on a softball team then quit. Long story anyhow I am quit sad about it but I have high hopes that I will find a team that will work better for me. Then there is Mike, I never know what to say about him he works, works and works some more. I can say that after all the time he spends at work he still comes home and helps me get the kids feed, cleaned up, bathed, dressed for bed, reads stories and all tucked in. He is amazing I am so thankful that I have him. I don’t know how I have ever survived with out him.

I just had to show off my pretty little Lizzy!

For those of you who had to see this post before I found it I am sorry for any trauma that it may have caused you. Mike was trying to get back at me for posting his pic of him in his dress blues. Anyhow I appreciate all the kind words and I love you all too.