Go Diego Go (and Dora too)!

Matt and I got invited to a Halloween party for big kids this year @ the McMullin home. So we dropped the kiddies off at Grandma and Grandpa's house and partied hardy as Dora and Diego. They had lots of good food, great music, and fun friends. Thanks for a great night Pam and Phil :)

First Day of Preschool!!!!

A week later and another first!! Carson's first day of preschool is today. Unlike his sister Carson needed so prepping and alot of pumping up to get excited to go to big boy school :) I am happy to report that neither Carson or is Mommy cried on his first day of preschool!! I can't believe he is big enough to go to preschool. I still look at him and see my baby!! He just seems so little to be going to school even though he is older than Ellie was when she started preschool. Well he's growing up along with the rest of them rather I like it or not, and he looked so handsome for his first day :)

Finding his name and signing in for school.

Sitting on his animal on the circle time rug.

Carson and his teacher Miss Brittani with the picture he shared with the class

Can't believe how grown up he is getting and excited for him to learn lots of new things and make new friends!! Hope you have lots of fun at your big boy school my BIG BOY!!!

First Day of Kindergarten!!!

Today was Ellie's first day of Kindergarten and to my surprise I did NOT cry! A little chocked up maybe, but no tears :) I think it helped that she was so excited and ready for school to start. Literally the day after preschool ended and throughout the whole summer she bugged us asking when she got to go to her new big girl school? Well the day has finally come and I can hardly believe I have a little one is officially in elementary school. These past 5 years have flown by and we couldn't be prouder of our little girl and the big girl she is becoming!! Good Luck our Ellie Ray you are going to have a blast this year I just know it :)

Ellie all ready for her first day @ school

This is Ellie's new "big kid school"

Ellie in line with all her classmates waiting for their teacher Ms. Mattier who I've heard only wonderful things about :)

Have a great day my love, can't wait to hear all about when you come home!!!

Pee Wee Soccer!

So Carson has been bugging us to play soccer all year and now that he is 3 he is finally old enough to do something about it. The city has 6 week sessions of pee wee sports with soccer being one of them, so we were all over it! He was so excited to go and could hardly wait, but once we got there it was a different story! He wouldn't do the stretches, I had to run the field with him and couldn't leave his side. I was really worried that this was going to be a LONG 6 weeks, but once they gave him a ball he was a totally different little boy! He loved dribbling it with his feet, playing red light, green light, squishing it like a bug and throwing it in over his head (phew!) Although he never warmed up to warming up :) he thoroughly enjoyed his pee wee soccer experience and so did we!!
Carson squishing his ball like a bug.

Throwing the ball over his head (that was probably self explanatory)

Dribbling the ball down the field while playing red light green light. So green light was kick the ball hard and fast, yellow light was dribble the ball slowly, and red light was to squish your ball like a bug! My favorite was to watch him squish the ball like a bug :) His little legs are so short it took a lot of effort from his part to stop the ball, and it was really , really cute!!!

Way to go my pee wee sports champ! Mommy and Daddy had so much fun watching you play soccer :) You did a great job and we can't wait for you to do it again!! (hopefully next time it won't be so blazing hot!!)

Macie's Blessing

Not only is today the day we celebrate the birth of our country, but also the birth of our Macie Leigh. Macie was blessed by her Daddy along with her Grandpa Moss, and Uncle Rich at church this morning. Baby blessings are always so sweet to me and filled with love from our Heavenly Father and surrounding family. My poor Mother missed the whole thing because our son Carson has impeccable timing and had to use the restroom right before Matthew went up to bless Macie. Lucky for me I have a great Mom who let me stay and listen while she took Carson to the bathroom! I am so grateful for this perfect little angel who we added to our family. I can hardly believe that I have been trusted to raise this innocent little being and I can only hope and pray I do a good job. The blessing went smoothly and after we had the gang at our house for lunch. Thank you to everyone for loving and supporting our growing family! We love you all so much!

Our sweet little Macie Leigh Moss

Our Family (well some of them, it was 4th of july weekend and a few of them were out of town): Aunt Carey, Mirissa, Oma M., Oma, Papa, Macie, Mommy, Daddy, Hunter, Uncle Rich, Aunt Julie Sadie, Grandma Shelly, Grandpa, Logan. Bottom row: Michael, Ellie, Carson, and Blake

Our friends the Rodriguez's came out for the blessing (we've missed them so much since they moved to orange county!) Olivia, Ryan, Stephanie, Mckenna, and Karley


Grandpa, and Grandma

Oma Montgomery

Papa and Oma

Four generations

The Moss Grandkids (minus kayla and austin) Carson, Hunter, Ellie, Macie, Logan, Sadie (the birthday girl) and Blake

The new and improved Moss Family :)

A Backyard Camp out

So Daddy decided to give Mommy and Macie a peaceful night and take the older kids on a backyard camp out :) The kids were so excited we ate dinner outside, and Daddy set up the tent and made s'mores, yum, yum!! So after dinner and s'mores Macie and I wished all a good night and went inside for some sweet dreams. Even though it was a peaceful night for Macie and me poor Daddy had a rough night of keeping 3 kids that move ALL night long in their sleep under blankets and on the air mattresses! It's the memories that count though right? And if that's true then it was a total success!! The kids had a blast and ask almost everyday when they get to camp out again? :) Daddy?


My 4 sweet babies all jammied up and ready for their camp out :)

Daddy cookin up some yummy s'mores!!

Hunter enjoying his first marshmallow treat ever :)

Carson and his s'more. Although he loves them, he hates getting sticky :)

Ellie on the other hand could care less about being sticky. I think the sticky they are the better they taste :)

Good night my crazy crew. Thanks for being such a great Daddy Matt!!! Next summer all the kids will be old enough and we can use all our great camping gear for reals :)

Dance Recital

Ellie had her dance recital today, and even though I am a bias viewer I think she did AWESOME!!! It is so much fun to watch her perform, and I am so proud of her! She has come a long way since last year and I thoroughly enjoy watching her grow :) She did 2 routines for the recital. A jazz routine "Hey Baby" and a tap routine "Doctor, Doctor". She absolutely adores her teachers Miss Melissa, and Miss Jessica so hopefully they stick around for awhile :) You did a GREAT job my Ellie Ray Ray I am so proud of you!!! p.s. thank you Papa, Uncle Mark, Allie, Grandma, and Grandpa for supporting our little girl! And thank you to my Mom and Oma who watched Macie and Hunter so I could watch my Ellie dance :)

Ellie Jazz costume
Alana, Ellie, Leilani, Katie, Dani, Kora, Madeline, and Madelyn

Miss Melissa, and Ellie

Ellie in her Tap costume

Miss Jessica, and Ellie

Mommy and Daddy with our little dancing queen!!