TEETH

Kendra was born without a tooth in front, she had to have braces and an implant. Hadley had to have his pallet expanded to make his mouth bigger and then had to have braces. Kaden had an extra baby tooth and an extra big tooth, had to have them both pulled. His mouth was big enough but his teeth were spaced too much, he gets braces this year. Ryan has to have a lip bumper on the bottom to make his bottom jaw bigger, a pallet expander on top, may still have to have teeth pulled to make room, and will have to have full braces later. My poor kids never had a chance at a perfect smile without the help of an orthodontist.

Race for Red 5K.

We all ran the 5K that the hospital puts on for heart health awareness.  We all did our best and had so much fun.  I am so proud of all my kids for running. 

Dad of the Year

I got called in to work last night.  We finished up late and I had to work this morning.  So I slept at the hospital in our sleep room.  It really makes me miss home.  Yesterday while I worked, Burke took two kids to the orthodontist, went to work, picked up the house, made them all dinner, and made a midnight run to the grocery store for a sack lunch for Ryan to have for school tomorrow.  Through out the first of our marriage, Burke never did dishes, never did laundry, and didn't always know how to deal with the problems that having kids brings.  Now, with the long hours that I have to work, he has been a great help.  He does dishes, laundry, and is a loving dad that helps me more with the kids than I ever imagined he could.  After this week, he's definitely getting Dad of the Year.

Learning to Walk

Kendra was 10 1/2 months old when she learned to walk.  She wouldn't really crawl before that, she rolled to where she wanted to go.  Hadley learned to walk before he learned to crawl.  He was such an easy-going baby that he didn't care if he crawled, he just sat on the floor and played.  When he did learn to walk he didn't want to let go of our hands, so my mom would put a golf ball in each of his hands and then he would walk by himself.  Kaden did an army crawl.  One arm bent in front of him pulling his body behind.  Then he learned to crawl using one knee and one foot.  Uncle Stan and uncle Bryce then taught him to walk across the countertop at our house in Genola the day before his 1st birthday.  I think Ryan just learned to walk trying to keep up with his older sister and brothers!

Paint some toes...lose a child.

Sunday dinner at my moms house, us girls painted toes while we were there. This is a picture of what I painted on Kendra's toes. When we left, Burke and I were in separate cars so some of the kids went with me and some with him. When we got home me, Burke and Kendra were sitting in the front room talking and eating cookies. Kelly pulled up and Hadley got out of his truck! We had left him at my moms and hadn't noticed! Poor Hadley...Good thing he has a good sense of humor.

Jr. Prom :)

Kendra's Jr. Prom. She was so beautiful! Her and Clay looked amazing and they had so much fun. Before dinner they had time to waste and so they went to Sportsmans Warehouse in their formals! They ate dinner at the Olive Garden and after getting pictures taken at the dance they watched movies at one of their friends house.

Game Night!

Our second family game night went well. Lots of card playing, laughing, and treats.

The kids had fun running around playing and watching movies.

Now that Kelly is home from Afganistan it was a good excuse to get together. Fun was had by all. :)