Is he really only 3??

All you have to do is watch this video and you will ask the same question.....really?? just 3??

It all happen this morning at 9:00am while I was upstairs getting ready for church. Luke runs in the house and says "Mom, you'll never believe this....come outside and see!!" and what you see on this video is what I saw. He's trying way too hard to grow up.

Labor Day Weekend

I have a few things to "catch up" on. I just realized that I haven't shared pictures of the fair or our Labor Day trip. So this is where I will start....Labor Day.

We decided that it had been way too long since we had seen Ben's family in Prosser and Yakima. So on Friday after Ben got of work we headed south to Nana's in Prosser. We stayed there for two nights then on Sunday morning we headed to Grandma Olson's house in Yakima.

I didn't take as many pictures as I should have but I took some.

Nana has some great climbing trees!!

All of the cousins came down to hang out with us too.....it was fun to get all of the kids together.

Here's all four kids with Nana!!! I sure wish Papa was here to see those three Abshire boys!!

Now here's some from Grandma Olson's house. The boys are here playing with all the same toys that Ben and Aunt Becky played with when they were kids. They thought that was pretty cool. We also got to go swimming a couple of times while we were there. I forgot to take my camera to the pool with us so you will just have to try to picture it. It was fun!!

I will try to get the fair pictures up soon too. The boys went Mutton Bustin' for the first time. If you don't know what that is you will just have to check back to see the pictures. They should not be missed!!

Another Zac Post....

When Ben left for work this morning Zac ran out with him and said "Daddy, want to see my cartwheel?" He did it, and it was funny. Then, Ben came home for lunch and when he was leaving to go back to work, Zac ran out and said "Daddy, want to see my cartwheel?" It was the same as this morning, so I thought I better share Zac and his cartwheel (and Luke too).

Zac the Big Boy!!

Zac, my 3 year old, seems to be growing up overnight to me. It all started about a month ago when he decided he was ready to wear underwear. We are officially down to one kid is diapers, it's been almost 5 years with 2 in diapers!! I have to say that it's really nice and I know our budget will enjoy it too.

So, Zac is usually the first one up. I think he knows that if get up before his brothers and sister he gets to climb up in bed and snuggle a little with mom and dad. Can't say that we really enjoy being awoke to the little, sweet hands of our third son....POUNDING ON OUR BED!!! but he's sweet and he just has to smile at us to forget that we were just sound asleep. The last 2 mornings he's wanted to take a shower when his dad does. Of course I let him because then I don't have to give him a bath later and it a lot easier then filling up the bath tub, kneeling down to wash his hair, etc..... So that also makes him seem a little older, and then to top it all off he's enjoying dressing himself these days.

This is what he chose for today.....it's pushing 90 degrees this afternoon and it took awhile for me get him to change his shirt at least. Isn't he a handsome boy??

Jacob....the 1st Grader!!

Well it happened, I've got a first grader. I can't believe that he is old enough yet to be in school all day long but he is. He started on Thursday last week and he loved it!! So far he is still loving it and if you asked him what his favorite part was he would absolutely say RECESS!!! Here's a few pictures of my very grown up boy.

Here's Jacob and his dad...Ben just told me that he remembers like it was yesterday taking pictures with his dad like this.
Checking out his desk....Grandma came for his first day. He really enjoyed showing her his new desk.
Here's the brothers. I think Luke and Zac wish it was them but no way am I letting them go yet, I know it will be like tomorrow when they are all gone.
Here he is...my handsome boy all ready to start his school career. I've got some adjusting to do....

Trauma at our house....

So I failed to fill you in on our trauma experience about 3 weeks ago. I know, I know....bad blogger. How could I fail you :)


In the 6 years that we've had kids we had our first stitches. Yes, our poor Luke was the victim. I should have made the bet that he would be the one, he's always the one. It all happened because Zac was being the Incredible Hulk. I wasn't aware of this but I guess the Incredible Hulk throws things?? Who knew?? Zac, in his attempt to be the bestest, strongest, most incredible Incredible Hulk threw something from the top of the stairs to the bottom and then, you guessed it, Luke's head was the landing. He was a trooper our Luke. We found the closet Urgent Care (right across from Ben's work) and told them there that they would probably get to know the Abshires well in the next 10 years or so. He ended up needing 2 stitches and was a very brave kid. I was proud of him and the way he had to sit still with the paper thing on the back of his head. The stitches are out now and that trauma is all over....


and then last night happened......I thought we would be making another trip to the Urgent Care or actually is was late enough that it would have been the ER. We didn't end up having to go, it looked worse then it really was. As is a family tradition, the boys were wrestling with their daddy and it can to a crashing halt with Jacob biting his lip. It looked really bad but once the bleeding stopped it wasn't so bad. As you can tell, he's got quit a fat lip though. Good thing school doesn't start for a week, it should be back to normal by then.

At least he's still smiling.....

I'm starting to wonder if I should have gone to nursing school before having kids. At least they will have an aunt that's a nurse before long and there are a couple of doctors in the family. That always helps.

Baby Ben pictures

Hi All! I just wanted to let you know that Becky's friend Daiquiri posted some great pictures of Ben on her blog. She takes great pictures and I have to say these of Ben are amazing. He is so cute. I'm in love with him already and I've only seen pictures. If you want to see them click here . You won't be sorry that you did.

I know that I haven't put many pictures of us up lately but there's just not a whole lot going on around here. I am sorry that summer is almost over. I love the warm weather. We have had a pretty cold week and I'm afraid that it's just the beginning. On an exciting note though....Jacob starts 1st grade on the 4th of September!! I can't hardly believe it. He is very excited and we are going school shopping on Saturday. If you hear of any great sales I would love to know about them. I'm looking for deals

Have a great weekend everyone!!