Labor Day Weekend!

Labor Day Weekend started off with me realizing that my baby girl was now almost 10 months and she was pulling herself up and starting to get into things.  Good times. :)  

 Looking back at these pictures I am feeling bad.  Before we hit the beach in the evening we spent Saturday of Labor Day weekend at my cousins house in Simi Valley at our annual Johnson Family Reunion.  This is my Dads side of the family, and this reunion is how we stay in touch with them so it is important to our family, but sadly I did not take any pictures.

After the reunion, we decided to hit up the beach.  We only stayed for an hour or so, but we still had a great time with my family!  :)

 Kamryn and Owen

Logan and Ansley

 My big brother, Jeremy

The crew

I caught this picture of Kamryn helping Logan write his letters.  (Morning of Labor Day)

I, again, did not do a good job of capturing Labor Day.  We spent the day at an old friends house in Orange County and we all had such a great time.  Jason bbqed ribs for the first time and made his own bbq sauce.  It was the hit of the day.  :) 

Mommy/Son Date Night!

Chick-fil-a does a lot of things right, and one of those things are date nights.  I took Logan to a Mother/Son Date Night at the end of August and we had such a great time.  My friend Karissa came with her two boys too and it was such fun!  Logan got to make his own shield.  Then, we got to go on a Limo ride around the parking lot which was pretty cool.  They had a balloon guy there and some fun jumping apparatus'.  It was so fun to spend time with my little buddy!  

August in a Nutshell!

I keep thinking I am going to retire the blog, but then I sit down and get the urge to post some pictures for my maybe 5 readers so I have decided I will try to get in the rest of this year and then I may just exclusively post pics on facebook or start a new blog.  Not sure.

Anyway, so August was the end of summer for Kamryn.  She started first grade!  Time is a flying.  Before school started we decided to hit up the beach one last time (or so we thought...went again in September).

Kamryn was extremely excited to be back in school.  I wonder what year in school that starts to change?  Anyway, for now I love her enthusiasm.

Kamryn with her friend Amanda.

Here are just a few cute shots of my 9 month old!

 A rare shot of these two happy!  :)  Usually, Logan is terrorizing his little sister.

We also had one more baseball game.  Unfortunately, our two baseball games were not that fun to watch considering the fact that the Angels got worked, but we still had a fun time hanging out as a family.  

Finally finishing off July

A cute baby!  

 An  adorable three year old at his first Angels Game!

 It's one happy family at this game!

Mommy was having a good time too!  

 Sweet Sisters!

 July was an awesome month!  :)

She's 6 years old!

My firstborn turned 6 years old in July!  Right now, she is obsessed with horses.  So, we had a horse party and I think it went really well.  Kamryn had such a great time and she had so many friends come to play with her.  I really can't believe she is 6.  Everyone says that about their kids and it's because it's true.  Having her as a daughter has taught me so much about myself.  I have learned that parenting is a learning process and you don't have all the answers right when your child is born.  I thought I knew how to be the perfect parent and how to raise the perfect child, but I learned through Kamryn that there is no such thing and that it's okay.    Kamryn makes me smile.  Her imagination is incredible and she is so creative.  She loves music, animals, dancing and reading.  She knows her mind, which I appreciate.  Her strong will has definitely been a challenge and I am still learning how to direct it in a way where I don't stifle her individuality but that she understands that there are rules and boundaries.  Overall, my journey with Kamryn so far has been memorable and eye opening.  I love her with all my heart and feel sublimely blessed to be her Mother.

 My happy 6 year old!

Swim Lessons

I have two children who have had issues when it comes to swimming.  Kamryn has always been hesitant in the water.  Logan used to be crazy in the pool and loved the water, but after an incident where he fell in (even though we were there to grab him and pull him out quickly) it kind of freaked him out and he took a couple steps back.  So, I put them both in swimming lessons and they worked like a charm.  Logan is back to himself when it comes to the pool and Kamryn has FINALLY put her head in the water.  Yes, it took that long and it is a big deal!  So, hopefully by next summer both Kamryn and Logan will be swimming on there own.

 Bought the kids goggles to see if it would help them in the pool.  It didn't, but they loved wearing them outside the pool.

 They loved their new backpacks too.

4th of July and other random pics!

4th of July means outdoor play.  We didn't have a pool available to us so we made the best of it on this hopscotch water toy.  Good times!

 Kamryn burned her finger badly on a smore stick so we were lucky to have our buddy Joe there to make it all better!  Her tears disappeared!

 Can Maryn look any better??  :)  Jason's parents and stepsister Shaina came over also to celebrate the day.  It was a good one.

 Had to throw in a couple random pics of the kids.  Only Logan could fall asleep wearing his helmet. :)

 Maryn is advertising for sunscreen.  It's important people!

 I love my beautiful red heads!!!

Dance Night at the Riley Family Reunion

Kamryn showing off during the girls fashion show.

Logan showing off his moves!

Jason's brother John singing Neil Diamond.  It is amazing how much he sounds like him!!