Natalie's 5th Birthday Party

Tonight we celebrated Natalie's 5th birthday with family and friends!! Our house was packed but it was fun. Natalie loved her gifts from everyone! A HUGE thank you to everyone who made it tonight! You are all amazing! Here are some photos from the party.

The Cake! made by Amanda with AJ's Cakes it was AMAZING!

Natalie beginning to open presents

a book and sweatshirt from Auntie Kimmy

opening gifts from cousin Shelley

a box ...

filled with nail polish, earings, and a watch!

Natalie and her cake

and even her own personal mini cake

singing "Happy Birthday" to Miss Natalie

the gift from mom and dad.. yeah a target bag wrapped it.. so shoot me!

OMG! yeah SO glad I caught this expression! She has been asking for an iPod since the older sister got one last year! I even took her to Target to pick out which color she would get after I had already bought the gold one (which is the color she chose too)

Barbie case from Auntie Vicki

and a Barbie, bath set, and photo book!

Clothes

she just learned that the paper in her hands is valid for a sleep over at Amy & Matt's house

another Barbie

and lip gloss! she was so sweet when she found the 2nd one she said "I'm going to share this one with Kaylee"

a Barbie doll and DVD combo from Grandma & Papa B

getting the card open from Grandma and Papa R

A SCOOTER! She was excited when she realized what it was!

a gift from big sister Kaylee and Benji

Flash cards and gum!

and another barbie from K & B too!

Natalie's 5th Birthday Invitation

So my Natalie is just 15 days shy of being 5! Not sure where the time has gone, but I do know that she is growing up way too fast! I have been slacking with blogging and doing any computer activities because my computer had a nasty virus and had to be taken in to Geek Squad! They fixed it and now it works like perfect! Anyways since I didnt have my computer in working condition I didnt get a chance to create Natalie's birthday invitation and get it in the mail so I facebook-ed it to people hahaa!

First Day of School

Today Kaylee started at the private school in town. I pulled her out of the public schools on Thursday after she was choked on Wednesday by the girl who has bullied her for the past two years! I have dealt with the principal on this matter since first grade and he sat on his thumbs and didnt do anything besides 'talk to the girls'. At the end of last year he promised both Kaylee and I that he would make sure that this girl would not be in the same class as Kaylee for this year. Kaylee came home after the first day of school and told me this girl was in her class. I immediately called the principal on this! He again 'talked to the girls'. I asked him to switch this girl out of Kaylee's class because she was not on the class list at open house! His solutions were to move Kaylee to another class (why should she be moved if she was never the child causing the problems?!) or it was to 'talk to the girls' and tell them that they need to behave themselves. SERIOUSLY?! Obviously Mr O., your talks did not do a damn bit of good!! How dare this other girl lay a finger on MY daughter!! It started out as verbal abuse and harassment and turned into physical abuse and harassment as time went on. First grade it was spitting on Kaylee and hitting her. Second grade it was both of those things plus punching and pulling her hair. Then third grade and she decides its ok to choke my kid! That didnt fly!! I had enough of dealing with this irresponsible principal who never contacted this girls parents with the issues in the two years prior! Really?!

So anyways, Kaylee was very excited for her first day at the new school! She was more extatic that she knew she wasnt going to have to deal with this other girl and her 'shenanigans' as Kaylee called them.

Kaylee in her uniform

On Saturday Kaylee went and did the school Marathon with the neighbors. She rode her bike. She came home excited and ready for the new school adventure! Thank you to my awesome neighbors for taking her!! Also on Satuday, I had my first ever car accident.. Yup! Carrie the caravan, the three youngest kids and I crashed into the vehicle in front of us who then crashed into the vehicle in front of them.. I was a hysterical MESS! I still am to say the least! I havent even had a speeding ticket before! I made the mistake of trying to soothe a crying baby in the back seat and turned for a split second and BAM! I think my van took the worst hit of all of the vehicles involved. I need a new grill, bumper, and hood! It just so happens that the car I hit was also a red van just like mine but a chrysler! I felt terrible!! I cried like the worlds biggest baby! No one was injured, but it didnt help that I had three kids in my car, the van in front of me had a gentleman in a wheelchair sitting in their back seat and then the car in front of them it was a middle aged couple. Everyone involved was so nice considering I just smashed their cars! I called 911 right away and then tried calling my insurance agents office (which had just closed for the day 13 minutes prior to the crash) and then I called Joe! I told him he needed to come get the kids. When he showed up the lady that I hit scolded him and told him that he better not yell at me because I had already been through enough. Haha! She was seriously the sweetest thing! And her passenger was too! They all gave me hugs and tried to comfort me. I just felt SO terrible!! All cars were driveable. When I got home I immediately called the claims department with my insurance company to get the claim started so people could get their cars fixed. Then my mom showed up so we could go to her cousins baby shower. That was nice seeing family. It sure didnt take my mind off of what had just happened a few hours prior.. As a matter of fact, I didnt sleep much that night nor last night.. Too much on my mind with the move to the private school and then the accident.

Anyways that is my update for now. I have to go to the clinic to get Kaylee's immunization record for the school and then pick Kaylee up from school and see how her first day went! Praying for awesome news!

Stevie & Erinn's Wedding

So I am really behind on blogging lately! I have even tried converting to wordpress blogs but havent been sucessful in that and have given up hope..

September has been a very busy month for our family and here is one reason why.. Stevie's wedding..

Here are some pictures that I have from that day..

Open House, First Day of school and beyond

Kaylee started school last week! Third grade! I cant believe she is going to be nine in just a few months!!! here are some pictures from open house, her first day, and one even of the second day!

she picked a desk

and found her locker

waiting for culvers ice cream

walking down the hallway to find her classroom

natalie keeping up with kaylee

an upstairs classroom this year!

very excited!

outside her classroom

she wanted a picture in front of this because it looks 'cool'

headed back down to find grandma

waiting while grandma takes lunch money

natalie in grandma's chair

the first day of third grade!

there is a smile!

(notice no house numbers)

on the boat

with the babies

all four of my little hams!

Sage Lane! yup thats us!

kaylee and I..

getting on the bus! she actually has my old bus driver and neighbor as her bus driver! how awesome!

following her to school!

getting to school

getting off of the bus

the second day of school (notice the house numbers! - I hung them after asking Joe for three months to do it)