Gabe' Birthday

I'm going back  to post the things I missed because of being so busy.



***a little Justin Bieber Fan....its that age I guess!

Gabe has been to Scout camp for the last week. I am actually cheating cuz I took this shot before he left but wanted to use it today for my post. I love this guy more than I feel I can express, mostly because I am not a good writer.
I feel my boy is so brave, venturing off to Scout camp with a ward he barely knows and doesn't have a single friend to hang with. He called us the first night he got there with a migraine, of which I have now writing this out...can't sleep, anyways he was in tears because it hurts and he wants to come home....not fitting in and misses his family. We calm him down and wait for what tomorrow will bring, maybe another phone call wanting to come home and sure enough we get the call after church. He's ready to come home so we give him permission to do so with one of the leaders. Gabe then says "no, I will give it more time" "I can't quit that easy...he thinks to himself" gotta love his tenacity. I do have to say it breaks my heart to hear him having such a tough time and how he is a victim to his circumstances. I know he is capable I know he can do it but HE doesn't. How do I teach him is worth and value? I can tell him til I am blue in the face but the fact is he has to believe it himself. It hurts. I can see so much potential in this Child of God. I only hope and pray that he will see his potential soon so he can live life confidently and enjoy every moment as he ventures of to the dreaded junior high experience. Sometimes I think what did I do wrong to make him believe this but maybe its not me and he was just born this way. I'm at a loss I'm just not sure how I can teach him to believe in himself and have confidence. I love my kids more than anything and the momma bear inside of me wants to take away any pains they experience but I can't he gets to have his experiences to grow.

Asleep in my arms

Its on record that Beckam fell asleep in my arms tonight. When he was an infant he would sleep all the time in my arms and then he grew up and went mobile...no snuggling for me unless I wake him up early and steal the snuggles.

Last Day of School

We made it to the last day. It was tough but we got there. We even did homework the last month. Everyone graduated and has moved on to the next grade. Went to Gabe's 6th Grade Graduation and all Greg could think about was the scene on Incredible's

Helen: I can't believe you don't want to go to your own son's graduation.
Bob: It's not a graduation. He is moving from the 4th grade to the 5th grade.
Helen: It's a ceremony!
Bob: It's psychotic! They keep creating new ways to celebrate mediocrity.

So they made it thru the year and will be moving up to the next grade.

This is Elly and Braden's 2nd grade teacher Mr. Felt he is AWESOME and teaches with music and now she wants a guitar. One of her favorite songs they sing at singing time is Animal by Neon Trees. The bass guitarist in the band his daughter is in the class. She loves it.


Bryn and some of her friends. I let her take my camera to school the last day.

6th Grade Celebration

We prayed for SUN and it came (if you don't know its been raining sooooooooo much its like we live in Seattle)
Its Gabe's last year in Elementary school. He's moving on to bigger and better school's...Mountain Ridge Junior High here I come. I had to volunteer to do something on their 6th Grade Day of FUN!!! So I said I would do a Crazy Photo Booth. It was a hit. The night before Gabe asked if he could stay home from school. WHAT! No way. He didn't care much for it but I made him go since I was doing this last ditch effort to be one of the room mom helper's before its not needed in junior high.
Here are some of Gabe's photo booth out takes.


Here are the 6th grade teachers

And now its time to get hosed down by the fire department