Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Minions Movie

 Derek took the 3 big kids on a movie date to the Minions. He spoiled them all rotten and got them their own Minion to take with them to the movie. It is so much fun taking the kids to movies now. Kael and Eden do great, and Elara is almost there, but she did awesome during the Minions!



Texas Creatures

Summer brought all sorts of creatures to our home. Within a week I found a scorpion, bat, frog, spider, and a snake. Derek and Kael helped to catch most of them, but I SHARICE BRADLEY caught the scorpion! They are my new worst enemy!
Everything is bigger in Texas and I'm so done with the creepy crawly things!





Monday, December 07, 2015

June






End of school carnival. He wanted to have his face painted to look like Darth Maul because he is cool like that.
From the garden. We got only one giant zucchini and a couple small carrots and green beans. Its a fun learning process.

 The boy and his huge lizard.
 I FINALLY got a picture of all 4 of them. Don't mind they are all in pajamas ready for bed. I knew it was a moment to capture or it might not happen again while Connor was little.

Because he is adorable!

 My homeschool set up that I still haven't used 6 months later.
 For once I cut Kael's hair "before" summer was started... Usually I can't stand to part with his curls and after a long hot summer I cut them off. He asked for short hair so I got tough and just did it. 
These are the before pictures to show how long it got! I miss his curls but he loves the "big kid" short hairstyle.



Sunday, December 06, 2015

End of school 2015

 The last week of school Kael had an awards ceremony for academic success. He did wonderful. He got good citizenship, math Olympics, and a good grades award. He worked really hard all year and became such a great reader and loved math. At the beginning of 1st grade his teacher Mrs. Brown showed me his reading level which was a little behind. He was reading short sentences. Then, she showed me where he would be reading by the end of the year. Small paragraphs per page... It was hard to believe, but success happened and Kael met that goal. I LOVE seeing my kids grow each year and the accomplishments they achieve. 
Eden learned how to count to 20, sound out all the letters, and memorized songs and nursery rhymes and has a love of learning. 
I'm so proud of these two kiddos learning accomplishments this year and their desire to keep learning.

Kind of a funny story, but my first grade teacher was Miss Velders. The end of the school year she moved to California and kept in touch with writing letters until I reached middle school. She ended up marrying a guy whose last name was Brown. So Kael and I both had first grade teachers with their married name as Brown. And both were awesome teachers!



The last days of pre k and 1st grade. They have grown so much over the last year. They looked out for each other and loved going to school.

Sharice's 30th Birthday June 16th

I knew that I would be having Connor around my 30th birthday and I wanted it to still be special somehow. I mean, you only turn 30 once right?! It felt like I truly became the woman I always wanted to be and I was/am living the life I always dreamed of. (Watch Mom's night out, it explains how I was feeling perfectly...) With a newborn there was no way to run away from life and feel like I was 20 again, I did it, I hit 30 and life responsibilities! And THAT is what I wanted to celebrate. I made this awesome paleo German Chocolate cake. I wanted to celebrate with the people who matter most and it was fun! We filled a couple hundred water balloons for the kids, made party hats, ate yummy cake, ate yummy Mexican food, and opened presents. It was PERFECT! The little people and my main man made me feel like the most special 30 year old on the planet. Derek got me a piano and went all out. Kael and Eden bought me gifts with their own money. Eden got me and ankle bracelet and toe ring, and Kael got me a hot cocoa mug.

Life is kind of amazing when you can say I am right where I want to be, doing exactly what I want to be doing. "Even if those days are long and hard." 

I was blessed, loved, and spoiled rotten.
I LOVE THESE PEOPLE!