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Monday, October 22, 2012

Fall Art Project

I have been working hard on doing "School" with Soley in the morning each day.  We usually only do it about 3 days a week because of her classes that we take.  I finally got a new camera for my birthday!!!!! I have been wanting a dSLR for so long but we did not want to take the plunge.  I got a wonderful camera from my inlays 2 years ago and it was working great until it broke and it was going to be more then half the price of the cost of it to fix it so we decided to get a new one.  Also because I don't have a iphone anymore I have not had anything to take pictures of! Well thats all about to change! Get ready for tons of pictures to come!
    Anyways, here is a few pictures from our school today.  We went outside this morning, with our baby in our stroller and collected leaves on a walk for our project today.  We then colored over top of the leaves to make a print of them.  We also made leaf men and women, and did our color of the day worksheets, BLUE!









Sunday, October 21, 2012

First Recital

This is Soley's second time around in dance class, each class is 30 min long and goes for about 10 weeks.  She absolutely loves it, and I just love how cute they are!!! So today was Soley's first dance recital! I was so excited for this day to come! We have had a very busy weekend Soley was the flower girl in a wedding yesterday (more to come on this) and did this today! I was not sure how she was going to do but I think she did amazing! Her teacher's name is Mrs. Audra and she is amazing! She is so sweet and kind with the kids, and Soley LOVES her! Soley got a little caught up in watching her friend Evie, but I think she did great! Hope you enjoy!




Do we look alike?

My mom always says that Soley looks like me when I was little, but none of us really believed her.  My grandfather passed away recently and we were bringing out old photos to put on a bulletin board for the funeral, and we came across these, what do you think? My vote is yes we look alike just me with dark hair and dark skin.  Soley is so fair with blond hair but i see it!! I just love this little girl! (the picture of Soley is from a long time ago, but I wanted to find one where we were about the same age in the same position!



Sunday, October 14, 2012

BFF Weekend...

This weekend we are keeping Soley's Best friend Olivia (Eia- what they call her).  Her parents went to Florida on friday to buy a house, they are moving there Dec. 1st.  Olivia's daddy is a interventional Radiologist and got a new job there! So they had yet to go down and look for a house to buy yet, so they asked us to watch Olivia for the weekend and we were excited! I think Soley was the most! Every morning when she gets up she asks, "is Olivia still here?"  Here are a few pics from there adventures this weekend, her parents get home late tonight, we are going to miss you little girl! Hope you guys had a great weekend! The girls are only 3 weeks apart and met when they were 7 months old! They call each other best friend! We have a busy week ahead! My birthday this week, a wedding, and Soley's first dance recital!!!






Thursday, October 11, 2012

Birthday Party and Great Great Granny Spencer!

This week we went to All About Kids for Open Gym to celebrate Amelia's 2nd Birthday! The girls had a blast and we are so thankful for our friends! Happy Birthday big girl!!!  We also went out to eat with Soley's Great Great Granny, my Great Granny! I know crazy she is 96 years old and still going strong!



Sunday, October 7, 2012

What kid does not love the park!

Soley loves going to the park, and it's a free outing so we love it too!  She loves the curly slides and the tube slides! Enjoy off to "big church" as soley calls it!


Friday, September 28, 2012

Gymnastics...

I wanted to follow up with some pictures from my post the other day.  Jon was able to come to gymnastics with us today so he got a little video of her!  I can't believe how much she has learned! I really think this is her sport! She has just learned to flip on the rings, she is learning it on the bar, it's called skin the cat.  They take their legs and pull them through their arms and land on their feet.  Too cute.



Thursday, September 27, 2012

iphone...

So I mentioned in my last post that I no longer have a iphone, I was going to touch on that.  For a while now I have been feeling like I needed to make some changes in my life regarding how I spend my time.  I have been wanting to get rid of my iphone and our cable, but have never had the courage to actually do it! Well I really felt that God was telling me that this is what I need right now so I went ahead and did it! It's been a little rough with out t.v in our house, but we are making it! The first night that we were with our t.v me and Jon actually sat in bed and talked for 45 min before we feel asleep, I can't remember the last time that we did that.  We normal just watch sports center and fall asleep with the t.v on.  As far as the phone, it's been fine.  The only thing that I have really missed is the GPS, but we are making it just fine.  It's so nice to not feel like I need to check my email or do other junk on my phone that I don't need to be doing. I just have a plane old jane phone, no data, just text and talk, it's actually a GO phone! (the cheapest you can get)  I go so many places with Soley during the day when I see moms on there iphones while there kid is playing or trying to get their attention and I did not want to be one of those moms.  Now I know that this is not the right choice for everyone but it was for me right now.  I have the personality that can't really limit myself, so if I have it i'm going to be on it all the time, this way I don't have to worry about it.  Life is VERY short and I don't want to wast my time doing pointless things that can wait, God gave me the gift of a wonderful husband and the most perfect little girl in the world and I plan on soaking up every ounce of them every chance I can get.  Pray that I continue to stay strong and focused on God the way that I should, and I will do the same for you.  Goodnight!

Busy Busy...

Sometimes, time gets away from you! We were so busy getting ready for our two long vacations that I have gotten away from blogging! Oh well, here is goes...
   For those of you that know us, or me, we like to stay busy! And that's what we have been doing! I have Soley enrolled in three classes, sounds like a bit much, but it's really not considering we stay at home all day and Jon works late hours a lot! We go to Ballet class, gymnastics and music all once a week.  It's all so much fun, I am sad a little bit as Soley gets older because when she is 3 I will not be able to do the classes with her, except for music.  I guess that's just how then get better and independent!

Ballet: Soley LOVES this class, she is doing so well.  Her teachers name is Mrs. Audra, and she is so so sweet and has more patience then anyone I know! Soley actually does VERY well, she listens and follows directions almost the entire class.  Right now they are practicing for there fall recital. I KNOW HOW CUTE!!!  I am just praying that she goes up on stage and does it! I have visions of here being that child that runs off the stage scared to death.  Soley is usually a pretty shy person but not in her classes, I think that she feels very comfortable and is able to open up.

Gymnastic:  I think that this is her favorite but it's hard to tell because she excels so well at the other classes.  Soley's gymnastics teacher is Mrs. Jill, and she is amazing! This time around there are only 3 people in the class including Soley and she has been doing it for over a year now so she really challenges Soley to do new and harder things.  Soley's latest trick is that she hangs onto the trapeze bar and swings while she brings her legs up and hangs on the bar upside down.  It's really cute!  I have to remind myself that she is only 2 because it's easy to get caught up into thinking they can do more bigger and harder tricks!

Music: Soley also LOVES this class, she is really into singing songs and doing hand motions and dances to go  along with them, and this is what this class is all about! Her teachers name is Mrs. Karen and she is super sweet!  They sing a hello song every week and a goodbye song.  They always have scarves, balls, parachute or other stuff.  They all get to play with a big tub of instruments and ride on the tub like a train, it's such a cute class!

In addition to this we like to go to open gyms, parks, zoo, science center, basically whatever we can do to stay buys.  We are debating adding a soccer class to our routine in the fall, don't know if she is the soccer type but thought it would be nice to try.  I know for sure she can play when she turns three, not sure about 2 year olds playing will probably be crazy, oh well!

My camera is broken and I no longer have a iphone, will post about all that next! Very exciting news for us! Have a good day! Soley has finished sleeping her 7.5 hours through the night so we are off to keep her busy! Oh what it would be like to have a sleeper! Oh well, she is so special!

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Hilton Head

Too cute! I just loved it there! Thanks Mom and Dad!

Hilton Head

So after we returned form being gone to Canada for 17 days, we were home for a week and then went to Hilton Head with my parents! Sounds like a lot, but it al worked out perfect! I have a few picture to show you, i forgot my charger for my camera so I had to buy a new cord half way through the week, oh well.  For any one who has not been to Hilton Head I suggest to GO! It was wonderful!!! We rented a house on the beach, the second row.  It was 50 steps from the beach and had it's own pool it was amazing! The one thing we loved about Hilton Head is that you can Bike everywhere! We will hopefully be going back there next year with my brother and Sister in Law and there Kiddos two! (Depending on how Isaac (Due Late Nov) is at traveling.  Typically babies in our family are horrible travelers and we don't go out until they are 2!

















Monday, September 10, 2012

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Where have we been???

SO SORRY! I have not forgotten about this blog of mine, we have been out of town for a LONG time! We just got home late last night, around 11:30 p.m. to be precise!  We have had a blast being gone, but it is always good to come home!  Where have we been? Well... We went to Canada for 17 days to visit Jon's family and to attend Jon's Cousins wedding, Karalee!  We had such a awesome time, the weather was a little tricky, rained almost the whole time but thankfully not for the wedding!  But we still managed to have a awesome time! It's always very hard leaving Jon's parents, we love them so much, and Soley is so happy when she is with them!  I will post more pictures later, but when we were in Canada we went to a farm that turned out to be a blast, who would have thought a two year old would love zip lining! I only have the one video but just play repeat about 15 times and you will see what we went through she LOVED IT!

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Soley's Birthday Party

Thank you so much for everyone who made it out to Soley's Party! We had such a blast, I can't wait for next year! Seeing the pictures makes me so happy! I hope you enjoy.  I had to upload the video to YOUTUBE because it was so large it would not load to blogger, click the link below and it will load the video for you! Let me know if you have problems!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDwqGMUstHo&feature=youtu.be

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Hockey!

Soley loves to watch Jon play hockey, so we took along her best friend the other week! They had a blast. Soley loves hockey! We were at a bats baseball game last week and the first hit of the game Soley screamed yeah!!! He hit the puck! Lol, her Canadian relatives would be proud. We explained to her it was a baseball.

Friday, July 6, 2012

Potty Trained!!!

I keep meaning to post! Soley is now fully potty trained! I don't really think its easier but it makes me excited! She is not trained through the night yet but she does often wake up dry! Can't believe she is 2 and potty trained! Goodnight :)

To Cool for School!

Tom's, sunglasses, bikini.... What else does a girl need?? Oh ya potato chips! How cute is she???

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Elmo toes!

A little girl down the street painted soley's toes! Supposed to be Elmo :)

4th of July!!!

Happy 4th!!! See there are benefits to your child going to bed at 11pm. We always get to see the 10pm firework shows! Soley loved them!!!