What we been doin' round here....

First of all I stand corrected! Thanks for all the comments girls...its nice to know you all visit me every once in a while! Keep up the comments! =)

Here's a little update:

Memorial Day Weekend: We took the kids over to the Whites and Michael taught Jaxon & Kenna how to ride dirt bikes! They both did awesome! Kenna was a natural and of course she went as fast as the bike would let her!

My girl doin' her thang!

Jax taking the hill with no problems!

This is almost a daily occurrence....swimming with friends and some sort of cold treat to finish the day off! Who wouldn't love summer if this is all it entails!

This is my FAVORITE! Every time I turn on music Hudson and Ty run for what Ty likes to call their "tah tar (guitar) and dum stids (drum sticks), and they ROCK OUT! Every time! Hudson is usually the lead guitar and lead singer and Ty gets his stool and straws out to bang the drums (or the hearth). I love turning on the music each day with this to look forward too!

Jam session!

Here is my girl listening to her classical music....she does this twice a day for 15 minutes each and she loves it.

Library Books! We are trying to make it to the Library each week to get new books to look at. Jaxon reads about 5 books a week so at that rate I cant afford to buy him books!

Here is Huddy looking through his picture books... I think we have checked out every I spy book more than 3 times each!

And last but not least, Huddy learned to ride a two wheeler! He learned in about 2 minutes and 30 seconds!!! Now he's outside every day taring up the pavement!

I just love summer! So many fun activities and the change in the regular school schedule is like a breath of fresh air!

End of the school year

Wow! It has been a while! Ive missed some things the last few months and just decided it would be better to start fresh than to try and go back and upload all of those pictures! This is mostly for my mom cause I don't think anyone else really checks this! =)

Anyway, this was the last week for school for Jaxon and Kenna. Other than ERB testing, they had a good time. Yesterday was the Epilogos (or the conclusion if you don't know Latin...I don't) for the 4th, 5th & 6th grades. Its actually an awards ceremony for those kids who excelled this year. As much as they would love to award every kid there just wasn't time for it so they awarded those with the highest achievements. To our surprise Jaxon received 3 different awards! I was shocked and in tears! I know he's a great kid and he works really hard but this school is full of smarty pants so you never know! These are the awards that he received:

1. For making the Headmasters List with a grade point average between 3.5 & 3.78
2. He received an award from his teacher for being one of the most diligent students through out the year
3. And he received the National Physical Fitness Award! (which was the only one that didn't totally surprise me since he is the 2nd fasted kid in the 4th-6th grade! He ran the mile in 6.58 min.)

We were so proud of him! After the Epilogos we headed to a park in Meridian and had a big picnic with the families of Foundations. Jaxon played soccer (of course), Kenna took the little boys on the giant blow up slide that was there about 15 times! She's such a good big sister! We are so so so proud of Kenna this year too. She worked so hard in school this year and she is moving on to the 2nd grade!!! Way to go Kenna! I just know that when you get to go to Epilogos, you'll get awards too!

Here is Jaxon receiving the NPFA award!

Proud Daddy!

Proud Mama

Jeffrey and Jaxon- the two boys in the 4th grade to get the Diligence award! Way to go boys!

Here are all the awards that will be scrap booked shortly!

Cora & Kenna at the end of the year Pioneer Days party! This is Kenna's best school friend.

My little Prairie girl!

Wash those clothes....I told her she would have to wash her clothes by hand this summer if she didn't keep her room clean! hee hee!

Jaxon's end of the year party was a Middle Ages Theme! This is Jaxon's buddy Spencer who he also rode the 25 mile bike ride with!

Sir Jaxon Hughes!

Disney world Day 6 (Hollywood studios)

Our last day was spent at Hollywood studios. We had a really great time and loved the roller coaster rides at this park.

They had American Idol auditions that morning and Kenna, Jay and Jaxon kept trying to get me to try out....I chickened out! So this is as close as I got. =)

Radiator Springs!! Finally we got to see Lightning and Mater! The little boys had been waiting all week for them to show up! Hudson was very excited and said he hoped the "Life is a Highway" song plays when he is getting his picture taken. And Ty said he was gonna "hud Mater when he dot up dare". And he did!

This was the BEST ride!! The Hotel of Terror! It was an elevator ride that dropped you an insane number of floors and then took you back up to do it again! So much fun! Kenna and Jaxon loved it! Mamo hated it but Papa made her do it!

We got to see a short reenactment of Beauty and the Beast....Kenna and I were singing all day long!
My little Beauty! She said Belle is her favorite princess!

Lights, Action, Stunts and Car chases! Things were blowing up and burning rubber, guns were shot and a man caught on fire! Very entertaining! Hudson LOVED it!

Waiting for the show to begin!

Kenna loved the High School Musical concert in the street.

Papa and Mamo with the little guys. It was so fun having them there with us. An adult to kid ratio is highly recommended! Plus it was just fun for the kids to build that memory with them! Thanks for going with us Mom and Dad!

This is as we were driving out of the park for the last time! Good Bye Disney World!

Disney World Day 5

Day 5 was a down day. Our tootsies were tired so we stayed in our jammies till noon and then hung around the hotel. The kids swam but I sat in the lounge chair with my jeans and jacket on...trying to soak up the sun.

Disney World Day 4 (Animal Kingdom)

Day 3: Animal Kingdom...this was fun but our least favorite park. Except for the roller coaster ride Everest....that was AWESOME! Of course my camera died 30 minutes after entering the parks so only a few pics....lucky you!

The safari ride was fun too. We saw rhino's, giraffes, cheetah, elephants, all sorts of gazelle like things, some sort of chimpanzee and that's about it.

Sea World Day 3

Sea world was our day three adventure. I think we got robbed on the whale show....apparently just 4 days before we arrived they decided to try and have all 8 killer whales live in the same tank at all times. Because of this the whales aren't cooperating as well since the females are trying to determine who is queen bee! They started late and cut the show early...oh well...they were still a sight to behold!

Hudson's first roller coaster...kid style!

He liked the first so much he wanted to try others!

The Dolphin show...really entertaining!

At the end of the day Jay, Jax, Kenna and Papa went on a ride called Atlantis....it was one of those wet rides that I opted out on!

SHARRRRRK!

Disney World Day 2 (Half Day at Magic Kingdom)

Day Two: This time we took the ferry across the Disney Lake to get to the Magic Kingdom. We stayed on the East side of the park and visited mostly little kid rides! It was very enjoyable!

Jaxon was such a trooper...helping make a big deal out of characters and rides for the little boys!

On the Disney Ferry

The Buzz Light year Ride was our favorite!!!

Oh NO! They've been captured by Zurg!

The Hughes with the ever loved Buzz! Hudson and Ty would shake Buzz's hand but they wouldn't go near Mickey Mouse!!!

Ty in line to drive the race cars....again!

The Family waiting in line....again.

Going up! Ty and Hud were troopers!

Family Photo with Minnie & Mickey!

Disney World Day 1 (Magic Kingdom)

This is Day One! Of course my pictures show up all wrong and are not in order but I'm too bugged to go back and change it! We had such a great time and the first day was for sure the most exciting! All the anticipation, everything is new and exciting. My mom and dad came with us and it was so awesome to have them spend this fun filled vacation with us. I will post by the day since I have SO many pictures and cant choose! Come back for more if you dare!

DAY ONE!

Crazy kids and their crazy hats!

Everyone loved the tea cups!!



Spaceship rides with Papa are the best!

Space Mountain...Awesome!

The Last picture of the day however not the last picture on the blog!! What a great day it was!

Here we are just arriving! Oh the fun we were looking forward to having!

First ride of the day...Aladdin's Carpet ride.

Mickey Ears!!!

Hudson was all upset that I had his name put on the back of his hat....apparently he doesn't want anyone to know who he is. Little stinker!

A much happier boy who LOVED driving the race cars!

How can it be that my baby is 3?

Time really does go by so fast. I even try to savor the moments....well most of them, but I just cant slow down time. We have always joked with our kids that when they turn 4 they just have to stay 4...we don't want them getting any older than that. Reality is hitting me that Ty will be 4 next year and that wont be funny anymore! I love 3 year olds and I look forward to all Ty will bring with his 3 year old verbiage. Almost everything they say and how they say it is funny and I eat it up!

Here are some pictures of my baby over the last 3 years...he gets cuter every year and I think he started off pretty darn cute!

Tyson Brady Hughes

Born February 28th 2006

8 lbs 13 oz

(1 week old)

Ty-ger age 1

Look at all that cuteness just ooozing out of him!

Ty Ty age 2!

Ty loves his family!

T-Y age 3

My little Tyson, Tyger, T Y (tee why), and Ty Ty....Buddy you make me smile everyday by just giving me your big tooth and gums smile. Its never a grin its always a full on cheese! I love you with all of my heart and oh how I wish I could slow down the clock. You want to be so big and I want you to stay so little. I think your winning cause you get bigger each day, your words become more clear, your sentences longer and your obedience better. I love how much you love your family...every single one of them is special to you. I cant imagine our family without you. The Lord knew what he was doing when he added you to our family...we need you to make us laugh to teach us patience and to make us whole. I so look forward to seeing how you grow and I pray that you would be all that the Lord would have you be. I hope that you will come to know Jesus at an early age and that you would show the world his love through your life and your bright smile. Jesus made you approachable with that big grin of yours and I hope one day when someone asks you what your so happy about, you will be able to tell them about Jesus! You will always be my baby no matter what! I love you Ty!

Here he is showing me how big he really is...he can hold up the 3 fingers...that's big stuff!

Super Boys!

For Valentines Day I got the little boys capes with their initials on them. They LOVED them and have been playing with them non stop. I just love these pictures!