Sports and VBS!!

Well, as we begun August and were not doing much traveling it was time for some new and fun activities. D and D both are attending a "Small Fry Basketball Camp" at the city recreation center. It is every Sat morning for 50 minutes. They think they are so cool. New shoes, learning words and skills and shootin' hoops! They are in need of lots of practice, but they are having fun!

They also went to VBS for a week and enjoyed that as well. They went with good friends of theirs and learned about serving. The photo was from the evening program they sang in. We are still (10 days later) singing the songs on the VBS CD. It was really cute and I love to hear and see them sing and praise God. C and I enjoyed some one on one time in the mornings, mostly running errands but it was a treat for both of us. He also likes to join the big boys in singing!

Another task we are trying to accomplish is memorizing part of Psalm 100. It is so good for my boys to remind me that we haven't done our memory verse today! They are doing great. We will have a fun reward when we all memorize it..hopefully in the next 2 or 3 weeks~!

Summer is winding down.

25 weeks and counting!

It is so hard to believe that we are 25 weeks or over 6 months in the journey to meet #4!! We have not found out the gender for those of you who may be wondering-this will be the surprise at the end one. Can't say it has been easy. When ever I see a summer sale and think hmm is there a chance I should by girl clothes or when I think about IF is was a girl what will we do to decorate differently. But truly we are very excited to meet this little one as it comes into the world.

The boys always have a different idea or opinion on what it is or what they want and even what we should name the baby. Friggit was thrown out today (the name they also gave a stuffed frog) or traffic (name of a stuffed cow). Baby gets at least one vote a week. They like to feel the baby kick and are convinced it is always hungry, which I can confirm is true :)

This middle trimester is definitely the best part. Not as tired, food is not an aversion and you actually start to look pregnant! The down side for me, which is a good reminder as to why this body will not be making more babies, is the lovely appearance of some varicose veins! Yuck!!!
But if that is my biggest down-I'm not complaining. I know there are lots of my friends who have suffered morning sickness to no end so my sympathy is for them.

So we eagerly await #4 while pressing on with the things of summer and looking to planning for fall.

More Travels

Preparing for the pool!! How do you like C's muscle suit??

The boys with Curious George at Children's Museum

Long lost brother??

Fireman in training

The 3 boys and I recently returned from almost a week in Memphis with grandma and papa. We had such a good time. The Children's Museum of Memphis, yummy grandma's cooking, afternoons in the pool and bubble baths in the jacuzzi (for the boys) just to name some of the fun. The big boys had just taken swimming lessons but really preferred to have their "swimming muscles" on, but they enjoyed every minute in the water. They even got Papa with the "super dooper water shooter" kick boards-don't ask for a better description.

We had a short visit with my sister and family before the jetted off to Orlando for my nephew to play in the under 9 AAU national basketball tournament. They place #5!!!!



We were so fortunate to have grandma along for the ride both ways. She flew down, drove up, drove back to dallas and flew home-whew!!! This allowed daddy to stay home to work and to do a few major house projects!! We now have beautifully repainted dining room and play room. He replaced old yucky AC vents and new outlets (since our plugs wouldn't stay in the old ones-can you say fire hazard!). He was fantastic and it all looks great!

Kiddos in CO

Swee smiling at the city park where we had breakfast (coffee, donuts, egg burrito, etc) every morning.
The 3 boys by the lake that we drove up to, hiked down to and fished. It was quite chilly at approx. 14,000 elev
The twins and their friends enjoying ice cream!
Albert Einstein in Vail
Big C, making the wind chimes "ring".

We had such a great family vacation. Mornings started early-kids don't care about time change:) But we headed out around 7am, got donuts, coffee, egg burrito, the paper and went to the small park in the middle of Breckenridge. Where our kiddos played for at least and hour and 1/2. One morning we walked around the city and window shopped. On Tues. we went fishing at a lake just outside of Breck. It was chilly but the scenery was fantastic. "we" caught 1 trout (not us, our friends, who have experience fishing). One morning we had to take daddy to the medical clinic. He had a case of altitude sickness as well as some kind of bug that knocked him out for a bit. Our last morning in Breck we finished souvenir shopping. Afternoons were for lunch at the condo, some swimming in the indoor/outdoor pool (heated), and naps-sometimes for all of us. Then we would head out for more adventures and dinner. It was very relaxing, but very fun and new for us.

After Breckenridge, we went on to spend 2 nights with friends of my family who have a place in Silverthorn, CO. A beautiful house with lots of space and a toy/play room. They were fantastic host/hostess. Cooked us dinner, showed us around Silverthorn and Dillon, walk around the lake, farmers market, playground, and drove us around including up to the Continental Divide-where it was really windy and cold! We (parents) got out for a photo op and left kiddos with our friends in the car.

All in all it was the vacation of a lifetime, once we got past the first 2 nights of sleep adjustment (C got to sleep in a bathroom in his pack and play) and daddy recovered from his illness-which he really didn't let it slow him down much. We hope to go back again someday! Thanks to both sets of friends that showed us around and hosted us!!!!

Vacation in CO!!!

Sheer beauty!!!!! Having lived in Texas for 6 years and only visiting CO two other times that I can remember (one was 20+ years ago) it was truly amazing!!!! As we drove up the mountains to Breckenridge I just marveled at the beauty. There was still lots of snow on the mountains, in fact, many people had skied the weekend before! As I looked around and took in the sights, I just makes me think how can you live or visit this and not believe there is a mighty God that created this amazing landscape!!! Of course, a friend of mine said one thing she will ask God when she gets to heaven is what happened to TX? Was that the warm up?

PA visit!

Next we took a trip to PA to visit nana and pop-pop. On D & D's birthday we took a flight to PA. They got a look into the cockpit on our way out. Pretty cool!

We got to meet our new cousin, Juliana. She was about 6 weeks old. Such a cutie!!

All the Kedersha cousins at Nana and Pop-pop's house!

We got a peek at the New Jersey Shore, at Aunt B's house. It was quite chilly and very windy!

This was a trip to a local zoo. These are the "big cousins"

We had such a great time. We played on Pop-pops big hill, ate yummy food, celebrated Uncle Chris' graduation from master's program, went to the zoo, the shore, played on the playground at on the bay (C's favorite), saw where Washington crossed the Delware River, walked around cute little towns and over bridges and of course celebrated D & D's birthday 2 more times-yikes! Good times, Great memories!

Birthday Number 4 X 2!

Mommy, has fallen behind on blogging, things got a little busy with end of preschool, birthday, trips, weddings, etc. So here we go.........D and D celebrated #4 birthday with sports cookies at preschool. Then we had a small party at our house with Sport cupcakes. We had a basketball pinata that required adult help to break it! It was quite a warm morning, but lots of fun was had by all.

Happy Birthday boys!!! Oh, there big gift from mommy and daddy are new "big boy" bikes! They can't wait !