Graduation

May I present to you, my graduate of the class of 2009 Mrs. Ryan's am kindergarten class of Reed Elementary CARTER PERRY JOHNSON!!!!

I am so proud of Carter today. He graduated from kindergarten. His teacher was amazing. After the ceremony we all went to his classroom and she showed a DVD that she had made of the kids and we all got a piece of cake. On the DVD the kids were asked what their favorite part of kinder was and what they wanted to be when they grow up. Carter said "must do's" and he wants to be a police officer.

There are three classes that graduated and they all performed three very clever songs together. Complete with dancing. It was so cute!!!! The songs were "See ya later", "moving on", and "Me Gusta".

Wrestling match

Evelynn was truely made to be in our family. She doesn't hesitate to join in with the boys when they wrestle with daddy. She even got a good forhead shot in. See picture with Tyson gimacing! It is so funny she squeals the whole time so eveyone knows where she is and if she is about to attack.

FUN WITH COUSINS

Here is the gang. Derrick absolutely loves his cousin Marleigh and she like him too. Marleigh is moving all over the place and Evelynn is doing her darndest to keep up. Ayla is the beauty in the middle and Carter finishes up the end as the oldest grandchild on my side of the family. What a grown up:) They are all such joys to have around. My sister in-law worked her magic to get this picture. It is priceless.

Future Daddy. Carter is so good with Evelynn. It is like Evelynn has three daddy's. It is so fun to watch the boys talk to her and play with her and watch out for her.

Evelynn's hair is getting so long

Evelynn clipping coupons!! She is just cute cute cute!!!

Maybe the game of "lets bonk heads" isn't such a great idea

The Race

I have completed a 5k this morning. It is my first race ever and I did it in 30 minutes!!! This may not sound like much of an accomplishment to some, but I am so proud of myself. The energy there was amazing. There were cheerleaders along the race and a band playing as well as the radio blaring and scouts handing out water. All around are breast cancer survivors and people touched by the tragedy that breast cancer can leave behind. There were over 15,ooo runners/walkers. I was extremely lucky to share this experience with my wonderful sister-in-law Michelle. She trained with me some of the time and motivated me to keep on going. I really love that remarkable woman. I will truely miss her when she and her family move for school. I also want to express my sincere gratitude for my husband. Lets just say he is not particularly fond of crowds but he braved through it to watch my accomplishment. He has been supportive throughout my training.

Last but no least thanks to my brother for watching the boys for us so we didn't have to worry about them getting board or lost among those 15,000 + people. Love you!

ARMY MEN

Trapped

My Monkey

Ok so Carter has a new found talent. Tree climbing. Oh joy. What a monkey

Fun with a bucket

Evelynn is so pretty and playful. She is a very happy baby especially now that she is mobile. Let the fun begin!!!

Playing with the Boys

Fun with Daddy!

Evelynn loves to be with her brothers. She is so interested in what they are doing and she can now crawl to where they are and see whats up.

Hangin' with Marleigh

Evelynn loves to play with Marleigh and it

is a good thing because Marleigh gets Evelynn to crawl and sit up. They have so much fun together and getting an early start to the woes of sharing.