Roller Skating

There's a great roller skating place by our house that us quite popular. We finally decided to check it out and now we're hooked. Indiya had her birthday party there and part of the birthday party package was a free pair of skates for the birthday girl. Then I hit the thrift stores and found a pair for Josie and Kaia. I couldn't find any used ones for Zoey so I found cheap adjustable ones at the toy store. Jaed has no real interest in skating. He's tried it a couple of times but hates to fall and doesn't think it's worth learning if he's going to fall. He comes but normally brings a game to play or a book to read! Here's some pics of our adventures at 'Skate City':

Here's the girls all ready to go skate:


















Indiya was skating around like a pro after about the 3rd visit there. I was amazed at how fast she caught on to it!























Kaia was so scared of falling that she wasn't quite as risky or brave as Indi, but she kept right on moving out there:
























Josie had the hardest time with the skates, but everytime she falls she jumps back up and keeps trying!
























This picture was taken of Zoey right after she fell and got back up. Normally she just shuffles around out there and does a great job:
























Josie became the mini mom to comfort Zoey:

No cares

Kaia is our child that really has no care in the world. Especially when it comes to what she wears. She could care less if she matches or even if the clothes are on backwards or not. Really, if it was up to her she would not even wear clothes! She has no interest in learning which shoe goes on the right feet and having her hair combed. One time I told her to come to me so I could comb her hair and she said, "Momma, I'll just do this and it will be fine." she was patting her hair down while she was saying it.

Last Sunday we were all ready to go out the door to head to church when I looked down to make sure everyone had shoes on and this is what I saw on Kaia's feet:










































Here older sisters just kept saying, "Um, no Kaia, no. You can't wear those!".

Poor eye

Kaia had a baseball bat and was swinging at the bushes when Zoey decided to see what was going on. Well, she got in the way of the Kaia's swing and the baseball bat and eye connected! For two days, everytime she laughed or cried she would hold her eye and say it hurts. Poor thing! She's doing better now.

First Pinewood Derby

Jaed participated in his first pinewood derby and he had a great time. Thayne helped him make a truck out of his block of wood. Unfortunately, Jaed lost the nails to the wheels and we couldn't seem to find any nails that fit perfectly in the slots so Thayne tried gluing the nails in and it worked for the first couple of races. Jaed even won those races but on the third race a wheel came off. He put the wheel back on but the next race, two wheels popped off. Again, he put the wheels back on but the last race THREE wheels came off and a nail popped out and was never found, so his racing time was over!

(Here's jaed with his awesome truck!!)


















(Jaed's putting his truck on the track and is about to win!)





































After all the problems with the wheels it was no coincidence that Jaed got the "Most Explosive" car award! All in all, it was a great night and Jaed was thrilled that he won some races and got an award!

School presentation

Josie and Indi were in a school presentation a couple of weeks ago. They didn't have any major parts but they looked pretty on the stage and sang great when it was time to sing!

Here's Josie standing with everyone else. She was so excited to be there and couldn't wait to sing!
























Josie is singing her heart out! She couldn't remember all the words so they let her have a cheat sheet.
























Here's Indi sitting patiently for her turn to sing.
























Indi is getting ready to perform. I swear she was the best behave child up there!

Switched Rooms

We decided to give Josie her own room again since we keep finding her in the bathroom with her toys because that is the only place she can play without be bothered by her siblings. We found a bed and some other things to go in her room just for her. She also decided to put "rules" on the wall for anyone who is invited in her room. I took a picture of them:

(No hurting people)


























(No girls or boys under 5 coming into my room. Notice the pictures she drew of Kaia, Zoey and Chase with an X over them. Chase is a friend of Kaia's.)


















(No being naughty)
























(No being bossy)


























So now Indi shares a room with Kaia and Zoey and they all sleep in the same bed. It's a full bed and they all sleep side ways. It's pretty dang cute. Here they are:



















Here's Josie in her own room!

Soccer has come and gone!

We signed Kaia and Indiya up for soccer this spring and I am happy to say it's over. It's tough having two kids in the same sport at the same time. Thayne was able to coach both teams because the sport director was so happy to have him that she made sure the girls games were one right after the other which was nice.

This was Kaia's first soccer season and will definitely be her last. She just isn't aggressive of competitive enough. She was more excited to twirl, skip and hold hands with the other girl on her team that I think she kicked the ball only a handful of times and I'm not sure how many of those time were actually on purpose! If you ask her, she had a great time but I think we'll find something else for her to do. It drove me insane cuz I'm a competitive person and telling her to run and kick the ball did nothing. I think ballet, gymnastics or even swimming are more up her alley. Here's pics of Kaia and her team:

(Here she is doing a little side step dance move while her team is running around trying to get the ball.)
























(Here she is hanging with dad, her coach, while he's trying to get the rest of the team to score.)























(And here's her team! I think the coach is dang cute!)



















Now Indiya is just the opposite. She scores at least one goal every game and she's a go getter. She loves playing soccer and is pretty good at it. She's got the competitive streak in her, like her mom and dad! If she gets hurt and wipes out, she jumps back up and keeps going towards the ball. She's a blast to watch and cheer on as she takes off from the group with the ball and makes a goal. Thayne said he had a blast coaching her team! Here's some pics of Indi and her team:

(Here's Indi right before the game starts.)























(Here's Indi's team. Another dang cute coach!)


















(And here's the awesome coach and his two soccer players!)

Swimming with Grandpa

Thayne's parents came to visit us and one of the great activities, when they are here, is to go swimming at their hotel. The kids have a blast.....and I think Grandpa does to:

(Everyone is trying to get to Grandpa so they can hang on.)


















(Grandpa carried Zoey and Kaia A LOT while swimming.)


















(Kai loved to hold on to the edge and just swim around the pool.)


















(I snap this shot right when Indi came up from being under water.)
























(Jaed is giving Josie a ride around the pool.)
























(Zoey loved to get out of the pool and jump to Grandpa.)














































(Here's everyone when it was time to get out. It's never long enough time to swim!)

The hunt is on....

We had an Easter egg hunt after church and the kids were so excited. Here's a few pics of the kids searching HIGH and LOW for all the eggs:

ZOEY:
























































KAIA:















































INDIYA:

























JOSETTE:















































JAEDON: (ok, well after I got pics of the girls I looked around for Jaed and he had finished finding his eggs so this was the only picture I got of him. He was the speedy one in the egg hunt!)

























Malia & Marquis (cousins!):

Easter Dresses

I finished the girl's Easter dresses about an hour before church. I am such a procrastinator! I bought the shirts at Walmart for $1 and then cut them off and made the rest of the dress. You can't tell in the picture but there are green leaves and green pocka-dots.....so the it really does match! :)

I decided they needed something to put in their hair so I made the hair thingies (not sure what to call them). Everything turned out better than I hoped!


















Thayne's parents bought Jaed a new suit so we he got to wear it for Easter. He looks so handsome!! Aren't they just a great looking bunch?!!!