October 2015

A year gone by in a flash, filled with wonderful memories I want to remember forever. Aug 2014- Sept 2015 has been a year filled with a family trip to the mountains, gymnastics, soccer, t-ball, lots of swimming and a surprise trip to Disney world. I have once again let too much time go by between posts, but better late than never. Following our summer beach trip last year, kids began Kings Kids school and loved it. They were in Mrs. Amanda's class and had so much fun learning and meeting new friends. Braden, Brooks and Kate showed off their athletic sides with soccer with daddy as assistant coach.  Halloween was fun with Braden as Michangelo Ninja Turtle, Brooks as Superman and Kate as Ariel. As the Christmas season approached, we planned to go on Polar Express Train with Pops and Losi. Kids were very excited to ride on the train and see Santa. We were loaded on train awaiting our departure when Braden fell limp into my arms and began having a seizure. After the scariest 10 minutes of my life, Braden began coming to and we were taken by ambulance to Vandy children's hospital. At Vandy, they determined Braden had experienced an afebrile seizure due to a sudden spike in temperature. He was stable and discharged that same evening. At follow up appt with our pediatrician we discovered Braden had the flu which was likely cause of fever spike and seizure. Scary times I will never forget. Times like this in life help me remember what is truly important in this life. After the flu ran rampant through our house (we all fell victim to flu of 2014) we had a wonderful Christmas, blessed more than we deserved.  With the start of 2015 came fun times with playing in the snow. Kids continued at Kings Kids and Braden and Kate wanted to play soccer again in the spring (Brooks preferred to be on the sidelines with a book:). Soccer in the 4 y/o league was a little more intense than we had seen the previous fall with Kate losing interest and Braden showing a new timid side. As summer approached, Braden and Brooks tried out T-ball with Pops and Daddy as their coaches. They had fun and learned a few basics about the game. The kids took swim lessons with Mr. Rick and after a rough start (literally screaming for mommy to help and me having to walk away) the kids did great and by end of the week were swimming with no floaties! Summer continued with lots of swimming and a fun trip to the Blue Ridge Mountains with the Cox family. The kids returned to Kings Kids this fall for their last year of preschool before they begin Kindergarden next year.  They are in Mrs. Heathers class and learning so much to get ready for "the big school". Kate resumed gymnastics, but has had to stop with casts being put on both of her feet (for 8wks!) to try to break her from her habit of toe walking. 4 days in cast so far and she is doing great, such a trooper with not even a single complaint so far. The most fun we have had this year would have to be our trip to Disney world. We surprised the kids with a day to Magic Kingdom and a breakfast with Mickey and friends. It was an exhausting day, but so much fun seeing the kids faces light up with excitement. Hard to believe the holidays are just around the corner again. Kids have decided on Halloween costumes for this year with Kate wanting to be Aurora from Sleeping Beauty (her all time favorite princess), Braden wants to be the Hulk and Brooks wants to be David (David and Goliath). Kate loves all things pink, Princess anything and Barbie's. Braden loves sports, helping his daddy and Ninja Turtles. Brooks loves anything Bible related (esp David and Daniel), books and is great at creative play.  They all love swimming, riding their bikes and playing on iPads.