Kyra's Preschool Graduation

The Big Graduation Day!!

The kids sang songs and then they each had a little paper read about them by their "Big Friend". In Kyra's we learned that her favorite word is "whatever"! We also learned that she only colors at craft time with her favorite colors and you can't use a color if it is not on her list of "favorite colors". It was fun to hear about what she is like when we are not around!

Kyra and her "Big Friend" Kelsey

Kyra, Adrie and Tate enjoying the cookies afterwards!

Kyra's "Big Friend" Danielle!!

Kyra and her friend Jaxon!

Kyra and her teacher, Miss Julie. Kyra was glad she didn't have to say goodbye to Miss Julie for good because she lives in our neighborhood! Lucky for Kyra!

GOALLLLL!!!!!!!!

KYRA SCORED TWO GOALS AT HER SOCCER GAME!!

She was sooooo excited and she was expecially excited that her uncles were there to see it! She told them that she only scores goals for them so they need to come to all her games! The team we played was funny because they only had 4 players and only one of their players actually played. The one who played was really good and Kyra was the only one on our team who would dare to get near her. It is so fun to see how much Kyra has come out of her shell in the last year. A year ago she wouldn't have gone out on the field and now she is scoring goals and loving being out there with people watching her.

Adrie is Kyra's biggest cheerleader! She likes to cheer on the sidelines and says that when she is bigger she will play soccer and Bree will cheer for her!

Ellie's birthday

Happy Birthday Ellie!


We went swimming in the day for cousin Ellie's birthday and then went to Brick Oven for dinner. The girls were so excited when the balloon man said he could make any Princess-including Tinkerbell. So Mazie and Kyra of course chose Tinkerbell!

Adrie chose "Rell-Rell" (Cinderella) and she even wanted to sleep with her balloon princess that night!

Spring is Here

Adrie was excited to get out her new sunglasses and put them to good use outside at the park!







Bree stretching out in the shade!

We went to the park and had a picnic-grandma Linda style. She brought one of her delicious salads that she just creates with her unique little twists and we ate and ate and ate some more while the kids played on the playground with uncle Jess.

Cousin Tate

It has been lots of fun having cousin Tate (and Lida and Brandon) living with us. The kids think it is great to have Tate "sleepover" every night. Tate is now saying Kyra (in his own way) and he looks all around the house for "bbbb" or Bree. He also calls Kyra's doll Bree and is learning how to play house with the girls. They haven't dressed him up yet-lucky for Brandon. We have spent lots of time outside and at the park because the weather has been warming up and that makes mom and kids much happier people!

Bree's Blessing

It was so fun to put Bree in the same dress the other two girls were blessed in! We have got good use out of that dress. She looked so beautiful and sweet! Kris gave her a beautiful blessing and I was emotional as moms always are at these things! It was great to have all of our family there with us (Chaly and Cam we missed you!)

More Blessing Festivities

Bree is so lucky to have two beautiful sisters who adore her-sometimes they adore her too much!

Mom and little Bree!

Smiles for Papa

Bree was all smiles while Papa Steve was holding her. She would smile so big her whole body would light up. Bree has a very contagious smile that makes your heart melt!

Food and Family

We had four generations on both the Cox and Hutchings side of the family. It was really neat.

Cousin Tate and Ava were the only cousins who would hold still long enough to take pictures. The others were too busy playing!

Bret and the Rubicks Cube

Bret wanted to be a part of the blog so he showed off his Rubicks cube talents so I could post something about him. He really is great at it and can do it pretty fast. He was trying to teach Kris how to do it and now I am on a mission to find him a cube of his own. Good work B-man!

Ky's Soccer

Well Kyra had her first two soccer games last week! When we first asked her if she wanted to play soccer she said "mom, I already told you I want to be a ballerina!" So when I exlained that there were no dance classes right now and that soccer would not interfere with her ballerina carreer, then she was excited about it. The first one was really fun and funny to watch! I was so proud of Kyra for getting out there and trying! She went right out when it was her turn-well as long as Halle was with her! Kyra and Halle were more interested in eachother than the ball but they did run around in the general direction of the ball and the rest of the herd. When they were on the sidelines they would make up cheers like "kick that ball, kick that ball." They had a great time and Kyra loves practicing in the back yard with her pink ball. She is actually really good when she plays in the back! It is cute!