An Update on Our Benny Boy

Benson is growing too fast!!! I'm sad yet happy at the same time. He's constantly on the go. The only time he sits for a period of time is if he's tired or sick. He thinks he's as big as the older kids, and runs after them, when they are trying to run from him. His vocabulary is growing more and more everyday.
Some of the words he says are
*Mom
*Dad
*Doggy
*Hot
*Kay(for Kaden)
*Kennen(Kennedy)
*Co(Cole)
*Ja(Jocelyn)
*mik(milk)
*ball

*wa(water)

*lunch
*din(drink)
*stuck
*wh u(where are you)
*ci(paci)
*go go(when he wants to go outside)
*cracker
*co co(cookie)
He has also figured out how to open the back and front doors. If we don't keep them locked he's out the door running. We've found him in the front yard several time. He is a climber too!! He's always on the table in the kitchen, or on the kids craft/drawing table getting into anything he can get his hands on. He is really good at giving hugs and kisses. The best thing to wake up to is when Kaden gets him out of bed in the mornings and brings him to our room. He climbs on our bed gives the biggest smile, and just lays down on us and gives us hugs and kisses over and over. I love his curls, and big blue eyes!!!

Birthdays.....

Kennedy, Kaden, and Cole all celebrated birthdays this summer. We kept them low key this year. I made a cupcake ice cream cone cake for Kennedy and Kaden.

I still can't believe that Kennedy is 11, and Kaden is 10!!! They grow way to fast!!!
KENNEDY, is such a great helper. She is always willing to babysit for us or anyone else who calls. She loves to make cookies, or help cook anything else I might be making. We also call her our Valley Girl. She always has something to say that would be straight from Clueless or Legally Blonde. We LOVE it!!
KADEN, is the kindest 10 year old you'd ever meet. He's always nice to everyone. He's a Call of Duty addict. He's a great reader, and read about 10 books this past summer. We laugh at his comments daily. Just the other day Kennedy asked what a pharmacy was and Kaden replied by saying "That's where they do drugs" He's also a great helper around the house and with Benson.

Cole wanted to go swimming with his cousins for his birthday, so we went to the outdoor pool for a few house and finished it off with a Cars cake.
COLE, cannot wait for Kindergarten to start. He has the funnest personality and is such a joker. I don't know how many times a day he'll tell me something, and then say right away, "I'm just kidding" He's full of spunk, and is the biggest sweetheart. We can't believe that he's 5.

All Stars

Kennedy was chosen to be on the 9-10 year old All Stars team this year. She was really excited to play with all girls that were her age. She did so good, and we were really proud of her. It was really fun to see her play, and improve throughout the season. Her team took 3rd in our region. We hope that she will get to play again on the team next year.

The team.......
She wanted to decorate the car with window paint.

Her regular season team called her Pee-Wee power. She was the smallest girl on her team, and would hit the ball most of the time, she hardly ever struck out.
Our second baseman.....

Hitting the ball.....

Slacker

I've been a slacker in the blog front for a while now. So from now on I am going to try and post at least once a week. Whether it be blog worthy or not, or just be a picture here or there, or just plan bragging of my children, or the great(or not so great) things we've done.

So here's to getting caught up, and never getting behind again........starting tomorrow, of course.