He Turned 12!!

My "middle child" turned 12 on August 26th! Following in his brothers footsteps, his voice has dropped and octave and he grew 3 inches and gained 30 pounds in about 5 months! Chad is still a happy kid, and always ready with a hug for his mom! ( I know there are people that think we don't hug in our family, but we do!)
Chad has a good friend from church, and school, that turned 12 this summer also. Since they have mostly the same friends we decided to have a combined party. With vacations over the summer and the start of school we had to put it off til this last Monday. It was little late but they didn't mind. We have a great pavillion at church, with a nice hill! We used the hill to make a giant slip 'n slide. They had a great time, took a break from the slide for a game of kick ball, ate hot dogs, and giant cupcakes!!

Happy 12th birthday Chad!!

First and Last

Yesterday my kids headed back to school. I am usually full of excitement when my kids go to school. I have never felt sad, even when it was a little one going off to Kindergarten. I think part of it is the freedom for me, but also that I LOVED school!! And for the most part my kids do to.

Well, this year was a little different. As I was taking the annual first day of school pictures, it hit me hard that this would be Zac's last first day of school!! He will be graduating this year and so next fall (well, summer) he will not be a part of the tradition! He is getting closer and closer to leaving us, and it KILLS me!! I will miss him like crazy and have decided to just stop thinking about it.

So here are the photos!!

Kamrie - 2nd GradeScott - 5th Grade
(here that means middle school! And I
fixed his hair before we left!)
Chad - 6th Grade
(took him to the Dr, in that last 5 months he grew
3 inches and put on 30 pounds)Tyler - 10th GradeZac - 12th Grade!!

They wear uniforms to school, I didn't make them
wear matching clothes for the photo!

Just for Fun!

My friend Mandee had this on her blog and I had to try it too. I don't know how accurate it is, I did get different results with different pictures.

Chad's 10 Years

A Decade

What can I tell you about Chad - if I had to choose one word to describe him it would be endearing. I have always been a little protective of him. Maybe it's the middle child thing we have in common. I always tell my big boys, "I know what it's like to get picked on by older siblings, so I am not going to let you do it." (I am sure that my older siblings may say this didn't happen, selective memory)

Chad is extremely intelligent and very creative. He loves to draw, and even though he doesn't like people to know, he has a beautiful singing voice.

I thought I would share a story he wrote at school this week. I believe the assignment was to write a story using their spelling words.

Me and the Man From the Moon

When I was walking home from my friends house, a man started floating down from the sky and said, "I am the man from the moon." I asked, "Do you have a name like Billy or Fred?"
"I never thought of that. I was here in search of a bed and now I am in search of a name.

The next day we went to the store with my Dad but he was too tall to fit in the car so he said he would follow us. I asked how fast he could fly?

He said, " A hundred miles an hour."

When we got there, we had people vote on his name. His name was Bob. He flew away and gave me a moon rock.

Here is a sampling of what Chad is drawing now.