It's Hard to believe

I can hardly believe that I have a one year old. This year has gone by very quickly and I feel like Brrrr is still a wee little baby.

 

There is something about being around the age of 1 that makes you realize the baby stage is over:

Climbing chairs, up on the couch, the words "no" coming out of the mouth. The bitting, the adventures in the toilet, the dirty looks when mom takes away the object of effection-usually a phone, ipod, glass jar, or deer antler.

 

 I am the first to admit that my home is not baby proof. Heck today Brian pushed a kitchen chair over to the fridge and climbed on it and started hitting the buttons on the front.

He is cruzing furniture and has taken a few steps, but doesn't want to walk and that's ok by me. He's a boy through and through and this is different for me. I am not sure if I am completely ready for the terror he's becoming.

 

On the morning of his birthday we went to his 12 month well check.

 

Dude is 22.7 lbs, & 31 1/4 inches tall.

 

 

He wasn't quite sure what to do with a candle

 

 

A good choice of green frosting?

I think so.

 

My sweet birthday boy!

 

You keep me on my toes. And I am loving every minute of it. Thanks for a great year and hopefully many more to come!

I love you Brian!

 

El is a Silver Bullet

 

 

El agreed to play soccer this year. She is on a team with several kids from school and church and she is loving it.

Her jerseys are silver so they voted for the team name of the Silver Bullets.

 I thought that maybe El had played a little bit of soccer in P.E. but 'she hasn't, so I am happy that it's all coming together for her.

 

 

 

 

It was her first game and it was at 12:00 and it was so humid and hot. She was very red in the face by the time the game was over.

 

Her second game, and her turn as goalie.

 

A pre-game chat with Coach Amy. El is number 15.

 

We are so lucky to have a great coach and assistant coach and a team of hard working 6-8 year olds.

Another 1st Day

Where did the summer go and how is it possible for me to have a:

 

 

 

 and a:

 

 

Wow! It's crazy that Ki is in 4th grade. I remember 4th grade really well. We moved from Montana to Colorado that summer. My teacher was Mrs. Grigsby. One of our new neighbors was in my grade. We were best friends for the summer. Then we went to school and I made new friends. I am embarrassed to say that while playing four square at lunch, I ripped off my bbf necklace and threw it at the poor girl because I found a new bbf at school. I started caring about what I wore, and how I looked, who I ate lunch with and what the boys were doing. 

I want to protect Ki from mean girls-like I was. I know she's a strong girl but it's just the begining of the drama of being a girl. I am scared for her!

 

And then there's my little El. She lost one of her front teeth the day before school started.

She has Mrs. Tropea-a penguin loving rock star of a teacher. 1st grade is so important for building the foundation of learning and I am glad that El has a good attitude.

Only 5 more years and I will be sending my baby to school too.

 

Ward Campout

 

We fit in a camping trip before school started.

We went North up I-17 around Camp Verde it was a bit cooler than down here and we didn't really even need sleeping bags because it was still so warm.

There was good food and games to keep us busy. We had a good time.

 I hope that as it gets cooler we will camp more.

 

El

 



 

Steve

 

Brian

 

Ki and I were there, but I guess I don't have proof of that. And I think that Ki's blanket that Grandma Lois made got donated to the forest-I can't find it still.

I like camping with my family!!!

Banbury Hot Springs

When things settled down (I use that term lightly, we still had 16 people crammed into the Stott house), we went to Banbury Hot Springs in Buhl, ID it's about 40 minutes outside of Twin Falls.

It is more like a lukewarm pool than a hot pool which was great. We ate a picnic lunch and then played for several hours.

Me and Brian

Brian is tired, Mom and I probably have our eyes closed behind those sunglasses

We all made it on or to the log

Aunty Hailey and Brian

Ki on the slide

El such a stylish girl

Grandma is one adventurous lady!

She is always willing to try something fun for the grand kids sake.

We love her for that!

Still Gathering

I hope I speak for all of us when I say it was so good to be together again. We ate good food, swam, rode horses, played games, told stories, shopped, fished, golfed and laughed together and it was awesome. 

We try to get together at lease every other year. I know that the kids had so much fun together and I have fond memories of my cousins and getting together so I am glad that we can instill that family is so important to them too.

Thank you to my dear brothers and sister, for traveling with your families to spend time with us. I love and appreciate you all!!!

Annie and Beckam

Caleb told Annie that it was NOT okay for Beckam to ride the horse, but he was in Texas, so Pops talked them into getting on the horse.

 Uncle Jeremy and Brian

Hailey, Pops, Annie, Beckam and Jennifer

Cousin Pile-as apposed to dog pile

Jordan

Brian and Aunty Jenn

A. blowing bubbles

Lisa and Shiloh

Lisa and Mom

Jeremiah, fresh off the plane from Taiwan

Some mighty fisherman

Family Gathering 2012

It was no simple task, but I think that we managed to get all 13 Stott Grandchildren in a picture

I didn't say that they were all smiling

Pops, Beckam, Lucas, A., L., Oakley, and Holt

Rhea, Ainsley, Brian, Mum, Ki, Taryn, El, and Tye

In all their glory...

 or not.

Family Gathering 2012

The 4th of July isn't over until you see the fireworks.

The only problem is that it isn't getting dark until 9:00 pm so we kept the kids up

El, Ainsley, Ki and Oakley

A truck full of kids

Hailey, Rhea, and Jeremy

They look so excited too!

Taryn with sparklers

Jeremy was handing out the sparklers

Aunty Hailey with Rhea

It was a late night but the kids had so much fun running around and watching the fireworks.

Family Gathering 2012

Just some of the Peeps at the Stott House today:

Pops with Brian, & Mum with Beckam

This little sweet thing is Rhea

her big brother Lucas

and the youngest grandchild, Beckam