Brinly's 1st Day of Kindergarten

I can't even believe that it has been 5 1/2 years since we had Brinly. Now she's starting Kindergarten and all day for that matter. She is attending George Washington Academy ( a newer Charter School in the fields). We thought we would try it out and see if Brinly likes it or not. So far the first couple of days have been good for her.

Stapley Family reunion

So I know this is a little late but I thought I should post some pictures I took of the Stapley/Elmer Reunion.


DeLayna put together a cute little "fairy hunt" and story time for the kids to go on with some of the moms.




Here are some of the boys at the small shotgun shoot we had. It gets pretty intense over there.

I guess these two were worn out from the long day! Aah, cute!
Thanks Elmer/Gray/Barr family for putting the reunion together. We appreciated the hard work you put into it! We had so much fun! Thanks again!!!

I am Cinderella, who are you?

You Are Cinderella!

Dignified and hard working. With a gentle and soft-spoken manner you have something many people don't. Patience. Even through the moments of heartbreak you're still able to hold onto all of your hopes and dreams. Bide your time; your dream will come true.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

I found this quiz to be little interesting. I don't think it is totally accurate, but I'll take it since this is my girls favorite Princess. Good luck with your quiz!

Skylar's Blessing

We blessed Skylar this weekend and now that it's over I feel like a lot of added stress has been lifted. Aahhh! The weekend was nice. Our yard got finished just in time (thanks to our neighbor James Dotson). Brianna strolled in town by Sat. afternoon and ran last minute errands with me before Sunday. Elicia and Kris and their two kids showed up that night, and my mom, dad and two of my other sisters (Sierra and Shawna) came but got in town just before they had to be to Tuacahn to watch Les Miserables (which I heard is wonderful and we need to go see it)! We had church at 9am on Sunday, and had a great turn out with family and friends (thanks for all the support)! Brad gave an absolutely beautiful and sweet blessing to Skylar. Don't tell any one, but I love when Brad shows his sensitive side. It makes me love him even more. Thanks hun for that wonderful blessing you gave our fourth little girl. We had lots of people at our home for a luncheon. I am so glad that Chantel and Jake were also able to make it down, as well as everyone else who made it that I have not mentioned.

24th of July

So the 24th was pretty low key for us besides the fact that we were trying to finish our back yard landscaping for Skylar's blessing that weekend. We invited Devan and Shanell over for a small BBQ then decided to go swimming at Papa and Grandma's before we went to watch fireworks.

Grandma and Papa were in Chicago having a fun time watching a Cubs baseball game that day so they weren't there. We went and picked Grandma-Great up so she could watch the fireworks with us.
The kids sure did have a lot of fun. Thanks for comin' with us Devan, Shanell and Taylee and Grandma-Great. It would not have been as fun without you guys!

Brinly's swimming lessons

Brinly started swimming lessons for the first time on the 14th thru the 25th. She was so excited to be finally starting them since the summer is almost over. What the heck took me so long? I guess it was the fact that I was pregnant and due in the middle of June and just wasn't up to running Brinly (with all of the girls) to lessons just yet. But needless to say, she finally got to go to swimming lessons atleast once this summer. She did so well that next time she'll be able to advance to the next level. Yah!!

Convention in Vegas

After the 4th, we went to Vegas for the annual Mckesson Convention. The final night event was a dinner and concert with LeAnn Rimes. We're not quite sure how well the girls enjoyed that, but I got to hear a few songs before the girls got too worn out!