I'm So Excited!

I have a horrible habit of deleting pictures off my camera and memory card before I have them saved to the computer or to a disc. I actually did that last summer, wiped out Gwynie's first day of school and a lot of other stuff. Luckily Jake had some things saved on the computer, but I did lose a lot. I even have a Christmas where we only have about 10 pictures...it's really sad and I have been lamenting the loss of other pictures too...Brady's first haircut for one.

So why does my title of this post suggest that I'm excited? Well, when we were at Jake's Mom and Dad's I asked if I could look at the pics they have saved on their computer to see if there were any they had taken that I wanted to snag for their scrapbooks. Lo and behold! There were pics from 2004 that I thought I had deleted and lost forever! Here are some of the little gems I was able to recover! I have tons now that I can scrapbook the forgotten memories! Yay!

Gwynie's VERY FIRST Mini-Cheer at Cyprus High. This cheerleader loved her and always carried her wherever they went.

Jake and Brady at Mini-Cheer wearing their matching Tar Heels Hats. Go NC!

This is when Gwynie was in Kindergarten and they had crazy hair day. I turned Gwynie's hair into a beehive - literally!

A close up. I used yarn and then I made all those bees out of pipe cleaners and stuck the bees and flowers into her hair with bobby pins. Yeah, it was a lot of work, but it was so worth it!

Awww!!! Look how cute and teeny she is!!! They did crazy hair day on Halloween because that year they weren't letting them wear their costumes to school. Gwynie and Brady wore their shirts my Mom got them for Halloween! And I put a bee on her shirt and one on her shoulder with safety pins.

And I did Brady's hair crazy too! All gelled out and spiky looking!

Brady's First Haircut!

Look how long his hair was! I knew once we cut it that baby part of him would be gone forever so I procrastinated it as long as I could. But he was looking too shaggy so it had to be cut.

Jake held him, but he hated it sooooo bad! He screamed and cried the whole time. We gave the lady that cut his hair a really good tip because he was so difficult. It's so fun to look back on these because Brady just loves to get his hair cut now! He chats and flirts with the girls when they cut it and is always so proud of how cute he looks afterwards.

HOLY COW!!! Aww we look so cute!!! We were at a Jazz game. I miss my highlighted hair (oh and the fact I was about 20 pounds lighter)! Jake looks about the same though. Now I want to get my hair done again, but it just costs so much for something that has to be done every three months!

Family Fun

Gwynie performed at West Fest today! She had a lot of fun and did awesome as usual! Here are some pics of the performance!

Who knew she could levitate?

And here's Brady ! He got a hair cut this morning and Jake bought him some blue gel. He loves it! He had this blue balloon and it popped, he was so crushed that another little kid came over and gave him a new blue balloon!

Oh the sun was really bright!

A blue balloon, blue hair gel and a blue tee shirt...bet you can't guess his favorite color?!

We didn't go on any rides, but we grabbed the kids some cotton candy. They were munching on it on the way home and of course had to pull faces.

We drove past this sign when we were going to get gas. Jake always jokes that "Scrapbooking" is really "Crapbooking" so of course I had to take a picture of this! Who knew he was right?!

Our Family Blog!

Well I (Kandi) have had my own personal blog, and a craft blog, but we wanted to have a family blog to share with family and friends. So....here we go! Our kids are the best and we love every minute we spend together. This summer is already starting to get busy and we know it will just keep getting busier! Here are some fun pics from the kids' most recent activities!

Brady loves to play Tee Ball, and sweep the dirt under the bases! Jake is helping to coach and they both have a blast each week! The boys helped pick the team name too....the Red Sox, what else?!

When the boys aren't playing baseball, they are golfing! Jake recently played in a Golf Tournament for work and took Brady with him. The boys had a great morning, and of course wore their matching Boston Red Sox caps!

Gwynie just finished up her Cheerleading and did awesome at their year end recital! They have one more performance, and then she starts Tumbling for the summer.

Gwynie and her teacher Aubree.

Gwynie with her medal.

Gwynie just turned 9 yesterday, too! I will post those pictures later, but it was a fun pool party! We can't believe she is already such a big girl...er, little lady! It's hard to believe she is 9 and still wears a girls size 6! She is so itty bitty, Brady only weighs about 5 pounds less than her!

Well, we hope you enjoyed our first post! Hopefully we will stay caught up in sharing our wonderful kids and their crazy adventures!