Friday, July 18, 2008
Show me your scary face!
As prissy as Avery may come across, she is still being raised with 2 older brothers. Below is what they have taught her to do!!
a little behind
Happy super late 4th of July!!!
Sorry these pictures were just too cute to not post.
We spent the morning at our new favorite summer hot spot,Bounce U! Then we went down to the beach for dinner and fire works.Nothing exciting but good family times were had by all!
Uncle Sam and the Kids-this is what most of the pictures looked like-Avery just will NOT stay still,Drew is way to cool for my geekie photo shoots and Bruno eats it up!
Sorry these pictures were just too cute to not post.
We spent the morning at our new favorite summer hot spot,Bounce U! Then we went down to the beach for dinner and fire works.Nothing exciting but good family times were had by all!
Uncle Sam and the Kids-this is what most of the pictures looked like-Avery just will NOT stay still,Drew is way to cool for my geekie photo shoots and Bruno eats it up!
I have mentioned in previous posts that there are some major changes happening in the Boyens house.Well,I figured now is the perfect time to spill the beans.
After 5 long,wonderful,crazy years home, I am going back to work!!!! I was offered a teaching position at a local private school and they made me an offer I could NOT refuse-FREE tuition for all of my children!!!! It has been amazing to sit back and watch God work this out for our family. I was not looking for a job,I was not looking to change the boys schools-it seriously fell into my lap,then just worked itself to fit my life perfectly. When I was made the original offer,I only thought the school could accommodate Bruno for VPK.I did not know that in the 7 yrs since I 1st taught there they opened a 1 year old room for Avery and started an LRC (learning resource center) for Drew. Call it coincidence but I call it GOD!
Next Friday is my official last day of daycare.Can I get a Whooo Hoooo? I am beyond ready to reclaim my house,my kids toys,my sanity and my family! Daycare has been good to us and has allowed me to stay home with the kids all while bringing in decent money BUT my time is up! Like my last post said,I have other kids in my house from 6:15am till 5:45(and a night time girl till 11pm) I can't even tell you how ready I am to leave for work,do what I love,be there with my kids,leave with just my kids,come home and take care of JUST MY KIDS! Not to mention all the added benefits teachers receive-paid holidays,summers off,awesome hrs,etc.
The boys are so excited.It absolutely broke my heart when I told Drew the news and his 1st response to me was,"You mean those stinkin kids wont be at our house anymore and you can pick me up at car circle?-AWESOME !" I think this will be so fantastic for Drew's academic success. The ratio's are so much smaller than public school plus he gets as much time in LRC as they feel he needs not what some standardized tests claims.
This has also been a reason for my lack in postings.If you know my personally ,you know I am a little bit of a perfectionist/freak/Martha Stuart(minus the cooking part)/theme oriented type of a girl. I love to decorate and my classroom is no exception. I have all next week to get in my room and put the "Grace" touch on it. I will be taking before and after pics to post for you all.
Wish me luck!!!!!
After 5 long,wonderful,crazy years home, I am going back to work!!!! I was offered a teaching position at a local private school and they made me an offer I could NOT refuse-FREE tuition for all of my children!!!! It has been amazing to sit back and watch God work this out for our family. I was not looking for a job,I was not looking to change the boys schools-it seriously fell into my lap,then just worked itself to fit my life perfectly. When I was made the original offer,I only thought the school could accommodate Bruno for VPK.I did not know that in the 7 yrs since I 1st taught there they opened a 1 year old room for Avery and started an LRC (learning resource center) for Drew. Call it coincidence but I call it GOD!
Next Friday is my official last day of daycare.Can I get a Whooo Hoooo? I am beyond ready to reclaim my house,my kids toys,my sanity and my family! Daycare has been good to us and has allowed me to stay home with the kids all while bringing in decent money BUT my time is up! Like my last post said,I have other kids in my house from 6:15am till 5:45(and a night time girl till 11pm) I can't even tell you how ready I am to leave for work,do what I love,be there with my kids,leave with just my kids,come home and take care of JUST MY KIDS! Not to mention all the added benefits teachers receive-paid holidays,summers off,awesome hrs,etc.
The boys are so excited.It absolutely broke my heart when I told Drew the news and his 1st response to me was,"You mean those stinkin kids wont be at our house anymore and you can pick me up at car circle?-AWESOME !" I think this will be so fantastic for Drew's academic success. The ratio's are so much smaller than public school plus he gets as much time in LRC as they feel he needs not what some standardized tests claims.
This has also been a reason for my lack in postings.If you know my personally ,you know I am a little bit of a perfectionist/freak/Martha Stuart(minus the cooking part)/theme oriented type of a girl. I love to decorate and my classroom is no exception. I have all next week to get in my room and put the "Grace" touch on it. I will be taking before and after pics to post for you all.
Wish me luck!!!!!
Monday, July 14, 2008
relaxing summer???
Sorry for not posting lately-many,many many changes happening here in the Boyens house. I will start slow and hopefully be a blogging fool today to catch you all up! BUT first...
I am in need of a serious break! Summer is to be relaxing,right? Well not when you have 3 kids and run a daycare! I know it's my fault,I am the one who plans all of our little adventures.My kids are fine with packing a lunch and heading to the park for the day. I don't know why I am such a super freak and feel the need to be constantly entertaining my children.And with Bobby's work schedule ,It is mostly just me and the kids.So I am the one who plans the outing,packs the bags,gets the kids ready,takes them where ever,sets the rules for the day,feeds them,snaps all the pictures,answers the countless questions from the boys,comes home to bath and feed them,not to mention: unpack the bags,clean out the van and start 1 of the 3 loads of laundry we created that day. Sooo,there hasn't been much time for blogging!
Don't get me wrong we have had tons of fun and made many wonderful family memories.I have spent more money this summer on entertaining my kids then I have all stinkin year! We are on the go everyday! And to top off my summer madness-Football starts this Wednesday-so we will be at the field 5 nights a week from 6:30-8:30.The only good thing about being at the field is it will keep me from spending money.
Well I am done venting my "Mommy Blues" and off to start our day.But before I go let me just give you my schedule for the day.
6:00 wake up to find all the dogs bathing stuff on the living room & bathroom floor
6:15 first daycare child here
6:15-7:30 on computer,blogging,paying bills,checking email also threw in a load of towels
7:30-8:30 wake kids up,make breakfast,get everyone dressed,make beds,pack lunches
8:30- another daycare child arrives
8:30-9:30 work on the massive pile of paperwork sitting on my coffee table,and laundry
9:30-10:00 load all 5 kids in my van and off to Drew's test(will explain later)
10:00-11:00 Drew in testing while I try to creatively entertain 4 other children???
11:00-12:00 drop off prescriptions, get van inspected for new insurance, pay Target bill
12:00-1:00 get the kids lunch and play at the park
1:00-3:30 unload and put everyone down for a rest-fight with Bruno for an hr to lay down-while kids are sleeping,even more laundry,iron,clean out closet,organize DVD's that are all over my living room(thanks Avery) and I am sure there will be dishes
3:30-5:30 snack time,fold and put away blankets,play w/ kids ,start dinner and then daycare kids leave but my night time child arrives(shes great though-10 yr old girl who helps!!)
5:30-7:00 off to the gym for some serious cardio
7:00-8:30 dinner,clean up, bath for all 3 kids,story,dessert,brush teeth and bed
8:30- 9:00 scrub kitchen floor and Avery's high chair,wipe down bathroom and yell at Bruno for not staying in his room
9:00 Bobby gets home!!!!
Happy Monday!!!!!
I am in need of a serious break! Summer is to be relaxing,right? Well not when you have 3 kids and run a daycare! I know it's my fault,I am the one who plans all of our little adventures.My kids are fine with packing a lunch and heading to the park for the day. I don't know why I am such a super freak and feel the need to be constantly entertaining my children.And with Bobby's work schedule ,It is mostly just me and the kids.So I am the one who plans the outing,packs the bags,gets the kids ready,takes them where ever,sets the rules for the day,feeds them,snaps all the pictures,answers the countless questions from the boys,comes home to bath and feed them,not to mention: unpack the bags,clean out the van and start 1 of the 3 loads of laundry we created that day. Sooo,there hasn't been much time for blogging!
Don't get me wrong we have had tons of fun and made many wonderful family memories.I have spent more money this summer on entertaining my kids then I have all stinkin year! We are on the go everyday! And to top off my summer madness-Football starts this Wednesday-so we will be at the field 5 nights a week from 6:30-8:30.The only good thing about being at the field is it will keep me from spending money.
Well I am done venting my "Mommy Blues" and off to start our day.But before I go let me just give you my schedule for the day.
6:00 wake up to find all the dogs bathing stuff on the living room & bathroom floor
6:15 first daycare child here
6:15-7:30 on computer,blogging,paying bills,checking email also threw in a load of towels
7:30-8:30 wake kids up,make breakfast,get everyone dressed,make beds,pack lunches
8:30- another daycare child arrives
8:30-9:30 work on the massive pile of paperwork sitting on my coffee table,and laundry
9:30-10:00 load all 5 kids in my van and off to Drew's test(will explain later)
10:00-11:00 Drew in testing while I try to creatively entertain 4 other children???
11:00-12:00 drop off prescriptions, get van inspected for new insurance, pay Target bill
12:00-1:00 get the kids lunch and play at the park
1:00-3:30 unload and put everyone down for a rest-fight with Bruno for an hr to lay down-while kids are sleeping,even more laundry,iron,clean out closet,organize DVD's that are all over my living room(thanks Avery) and I am sure there will be dishes
3:30-5:30 snack time,fold and put away blankets,play w/ kids ,start dinner and then daycare kids leave but my night time child arrives(shes great though-10 yr old girl who helps!!)
5:30-7:00 off to the gym for some serious cardio
7:00-8:30 dinner,clean up, bath for all 3 kids,story,dessert,brush teeth and bed
8:30- 9:00 scrub kitchen floor and Avery's high chair,wipe down bathroom and yell at Bruno for not staying in his room
9:00 Bobby gets home!!!!
Happy Monday!!!!!
Monday, June 30, 2008
1st Birthday Party
What a wonderful 1st birthday party!!! Thank God for holding out the rain for us even though there was an 80% chance on Saturday. I guess I forgot to pray about the heat...ahhh it was a hot one!
Avery was spoiled beyond belief-I am still working on finding space for all of her new toys. Not to mention hanging up the massive pile of new clothes...thanks Grandma!!! And we still have her playhouse from my sisters being delivered on Thursday!
I uploaded tons of pics and just don't have the time or energy to arrange them in order. Enjoy them-it was such a special day!
Bruno pushing the birthday girl in her new car stroller from Granny
She just loves her new car!
The cakes! They were absolutely adorable but as you can tell the heat got the best of the big one and it started to fall over!
The cake/ present table-sadly this was taken before half the guests got there-you couldn't even see the table! She is one lucky 1 year old!!!
Handing her the cake after we peeled the fondant(sp) icing off!
Not so sure about this
Taken as we were singing happy birthday to Avery-Make a wish!!!!
Yummy-I love cake!
Making one heck of a mess
Everybody look at me!!!!
Dear God-I love this face she makes!
Mommy and Avery opening presents-OK-I will admit it,I enjoyed this part more than she did!
Her new beautiful and stylish dress from Grandma-once again this part is totally for me!
Ohhhh-look what Avery got-this was her favorite gift-her new princess car from Kat and Krista
The naked birthday princess with all her presents
Had to strip her down after the cake!!
At home in all her Birthday glory-seriously where am i going to put all this stuff?
Poor baby-no nap,cake,heat,an hour of gift opening= Avery asleep before we even had the van loaded
Mommy and her 1 year old-I am so blessed!!!!
Avery was spoiled beyond belief-I am still working on finding space for all of her new toys. Not to mention hanging up the massive pile of new clothes...thanks Grandma!!! And we still have her playhouse from my sisters being delivered on Thursday!
I uploaded tons of pics and just don't have the time or energy to arrange them in order. Enjoy them-it was such a special day!
Bruno pushing the birthday girl in her new car stroller from Granny
She just loves her new car!
The cakes! They were absolutely adorable but as you can tell the heat got the best of the big one and it started to fall over!
The cake/ present table-sadly this was taken before half the guests got there-you couldn't even see the table! She is one lucky 1 year old!!!
Handing her the cake after we peeled the fondant(sp) icing off!
Not so sure about this 
Taken as we were singing happy birthday to Avery-Make a wish!!!!
Yummy-I love cake!
Making one heck of a mess
Everybody look at me!!!!
Dear God-I love this face she makes!
Mommy and Avery opening presents-OK-I will admit it,I enjoyed this part more than she did!
Her new beautiful and stylish dress from Grandma-once again this part is totally for me!
Ohhhh-look what Avery got-this was her favorite gift-her new princess car from Kat and Krista
The naked birthday princess with all her presents
Had to strip her down after the cake!!
At home in all her Birthday glory-seriously where am i going to put all this stuff?
Poor baby-no nap,cake,heat,an hour of gift opening= Avery asleep before we even had the van loaded
Mommy and her 1 year old-I am so blessed!!!!
Friday, June 27, 2008
Happy 1st Birthday Avery
One year ago today, June 27th- My 3rd angel from heaven came into this world! What a year it has been! Tomorrow we are throwing her the party of all parties.I keep telling Bobby(every time he asks how much this is costing us) that I have been planning this birthday party since the day I found out she was a girl! So yes, she is having a pink princess party with 75 people!!!
Avery's 1 year old stats
Ultrasound shot at 18 weeks
Me holding my ready-made sign-I just knew from the moment I saw a positive sign that God was sending me a shopping partner for life. When the sonographer said,"It's a girl" I started sobbing uncontrollably-then I immediately started calling my sisters!
Waiting for her arrival
I know it's gross but come on-how freaking amazing is this???
Welcome to the world Avery Noelle
The first time I saw my princess-she looked just like Bruno!
First kiss from Mommy-look how tiny!!
Avery's hospital photo
Going home day!!!
And....
Thanks for letting Mommy play dress up with a real life doll everyday!
Avery's 1 year old stats
- Weight 22 lbs 8 oz
- Length 31 inches long
- Head Circumference 49cm (finally on her own growth curve,girls just got a big Ole' melon)
Ultrasound shot at 18 weeks
Me holding my ready-made sign-I just knew from the moment I saw a positive sign that God was sending me a shopping partner for life. When the sonographer said,"It's a girl" I started sobbing uncontrollably-then I immediately started calling my sisters!
Waiting for her arrival
I know it's gross but come on-how freaking amazing is this???
Welcome to the world Avery Noelle
The first time I saw my princess-she looked just like Bruno!
First kiss from Mommy-look how tiny!!
Avery's hospital photo
Going home day!!!
And....
Here she is my beautiful,sassy,loving,amazing pure blessing
from above one year later
I am not one for writing and I am finding it hard to come up with the words to describe how much I love and adore her.How do you do that?
All I can do is thank God for sending her my way.
She has made our family complete.
She has her Daddy wrapped around her finger and
her brothers are so very loving and protective of her.
(I feel sorry for her 1st boyfriend)
from above one year later
I am not one for writing and I am finding it hard to come up with the words to describe how much I love and adore her.How do you do that?
All I can do is thank God for sending her my way.
She has made our family complete.
She has her Daddy wrapped around her finger and
her brothers are so very loving and protective of her.
(I feel sorry for her 1st boyfriend)
Happy 1st Birthday Princess
Thanks for letting Mommy play dress up with a real life doll everyday!
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Bounce U
Not to much to blog about-just adorable pictures to share!
Avery LOVED bouncing
Drew ready to fight!!
And,Drew getting his face kicked in!
Bruno was cracking the ball,every time
Thank God Drew is an awesome football player cause baseball,Not so much!
He did master a double flip though
Peek A Boo!
Bruno going down the jumbo slide
Mommy jumping with Avery
Us again- may I point out how freaking AWESOME my legs look here?
Crawling away from me so she wouldn't have to get out!
Totally a fun way to spend our Saturday morning together while Daddy was on a conference call. Best part,it was only $5.00 for the family. Second best part,after jumping around for 2 hrs all 3 kids took a nice long nap!!!!
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