My First Born

 My first born has turn 11 and I can't believe it has flown so fast!!!

To my first born son, eldest of three.

Whom I've always loved and adored

You're such a good son, and also a big brother

You've always made me proud to be your mother

 

From the moment I knew you existed

The live that I felt for you could not be resisted

The elation that I felt as you grew in my womb

The joy I felt in my heart as I started to bloom

 

From the first time you kicked your Dad in the ear

Until the glorious day you actually appeared

Upside down and much quicker than planned

You changed my life that instant, you understand

Becoming a parent was scary from the start

You hope you do the right thing by following your heart

You give your love and guidance each and every day

Hoping to raise your children the best possible way

But you never receive any specific guarantee
That they'll turn out exactly as you want them to be
You pray that you've influenced them positively each day

In decisions they make, what they do, what they say

You hope and you pray that you've done everything right
But you never know the outcome, not just overnight
So you share in their lives, through the ups and the downs
And try to support them and always be around

So while raising you I tried to do the best that I could do
I don't know exactly what I did to deserve you
But I definitely must have done something right
Because having you for my son has been pure delight

I'm so very proud of the wonderful young man you've becoming

(Hopefully, contributed in part by something I have done)
I hope that my love and guidance has played a small part
I know the most important part comes straight from your heart

I'll always be there for you in any way that I can
That won't ever change, even when you're a man

You're my flesh and blood, an important part of my life

And will forever be.

 I found this poem and it describe exactly what I feel for you and I'm been so blessed to have you as my son.

 So this year we decided that you could have a birthday party...the last one was when you were 6 and we lived in Utah. You wanted a pizza and laser tag birthday party...everyone had a BLAST!...So the day of your birthday day, you got to open your presents and you were so surprised!

 Even your siblings joined you and you all had a grand time playing those instruments.

So you decided for breakfast, you wanted German pancake and bacon.

For Lunch, you wanted a Subway sandwich...that I bought to you for lunch at school with a candy lei.

For dinner, you wanted a crab salad(which the first time he didn't want lasagna!)

For your cake you wanted a pumpkin cake

Happy Birthday to my first Born!!!

Her Freedom With Her Wheels!!!

Ever since Mya learned to ride her bike without training wheels, she's rather ride than walk. Especially going to school and coming back...it's so cute to see her with her backpack riding her princess bike.

 It been such a joy watching her spread her wings and ride...

A New Year And A New Beginning!

September 2nd was the first day of school for my kids...which mean that all my kids were going to school!!! My kids all received the teachers they wanted and I was happy for them...and a little sad, that my baby was going to Kindergarten...I truly started to feel my age!!!!

 My first born is entering the fifth grade...where the heck did the time fly to!!!...he only has two more years of elementary school until he enter middle school!!!! His teacher is Ms. Shaw and he was truly excited about that.

 My baby boy is entering the third grade...WOW!!! All summer he was waiting to know if he got the teacher he wanted the most in the whole world, Mrs. Current...I think he wanted her because Isaac had her in third grade and because she was AWESOME....soooooooo, he got his wish!!!!

 My last born...my baby, started Kindergarten...it was bittersweet seeing off to school but she was so ready!!! She's only away for two 1/2 hours everyday, so I don't know really how it is to be home without kids through the day, I'll find out next year, when she's in first grade...she was so excited to learn that her teacher was Mrs. Blakley!

So have you ever try to take pictures with all your kids together...it's a nightmare...you would think, now that they are older that it would be easy but NO!!!! If it's not one child that doesn't want to take a picture, it's the other child who can't stay still or  all you kids give you the FAKEST SMILE ON THE EARTH...like they forgotten how to smile naturally...you would be LUCKY to get just ONE photo with them looking at you...so anyhow, I decided to make a collage, of all the poses they gave me and to remind myself this is what my children are like when a camera is in their faces.
But my favorite photo, wasn't perfect but it shows my children true personalities!

Farewell My Friend Until We See You Again!

 Summer was here such a short time, about five weeks but we did enjoy it while it lasted! Here are some of our adventures we took before school started...first stop was to Medical Lake for some fishing on our canoe.

My cute kids getting ready for their canoe ride but first, photos shoot.

As my family were fishing on the canoe(too much of a coward to get on it with my kids...worried that I trip the canoe and my kids would fall in!) Anyway, I kept myself busy taking pictures of the beauty of nature!

The photos of the bee was a challenge but I had fun taking the photos.I was very fortunate to capture these beautiful birds on film, on top is a young golden eagle, then a male Brewer's Blackbird and below is the female Brewer's Blackbird and last is a ofspray.

This was the beautiful lake that my family was fishing on. So I have developed a fascination was the beautiful cloud formations that I have seen in the skies in Washington and it was especially beautiful on this day. Here are some of my favorites.

So enough of my fascination, here are some more photos of Mya's newest fascination.

She even got Nathan to play with her...I never thought a game that I played as a kid, would have such a fascination with my little girl.

Our another adventure was a family hike with our dog. It was truly a beautiful place...and I'm so glad that it's near by...we'll definitely go back again, so we can finally find the pond!

 

Another milestone that occurred was Isaac receiving his arrow of life and moving on to Scouts. My first born is growing up too darn fast! Stay tune for back to school photos!