American Girl Birthday

I just love this picture of my girls.  It doesn't relate to this post, but I had to stick it somewhere.

These are all out of order, so use your imagination to put them in the right place.

Mok sent Sunny an amazing birthday package this year.  Sunny (and Lila, as you can tell by the pictures) was so excited.  I loved the look on her face as she was opening it up.

She is so thrilled.  She has been coveting that desk set for a long time and she didn't think she would ever really get it.  She also loves Julie's new outfit and ballet sketchbook.

Thanks so much Mok and Pok.  It was a wonderful birthday and Sunny loved it all.

Long Board

Ryan and I got Sunny a long board for her birthday.  All the teenage girls in our neighborhood use them and they are pretty popular right now.  She has been sharing Ryan's old one with Jackson, so she was so happy to have one of her own.

What would a post about Sunny be without some glamour shots.  This child loves to pose.

Putting it to good use.  She is getting better and better. (Cam is pretty good too.  He amazes me how well he can ride for being so young.)

Soccer With My Boy

I love playing soccer with my Gman.  Quite often he says to me and Ryan, "When we play soccer, you go hard on me and I go easy on you and I totally kick your butt!"  He has quite the little ego.

Soccer practice finally starts this week and his first game is on Cam's birthday.

Sunny took these pictures of Griffin and I playing soccer one afternoon last week.  She took them with some kind of filter and I love how they turned out.  She has an eye for anything artistic it seems.

First Grade

First grade is... "Awesome!

Who do you hang out with..."Umm, this girl Brooklyn from another class and this girl who used to be Olivia's friend last year.  I really like her and we hang out a lot."

What is her name..."Yeah, I don't know.  I keep asking her and then I forget."

These Boys

Now that school has started, these two have quickly become good friends.  When the other kids are home, they tend to not play together all that much.  Griffin likes to play with Lila and Jackson the best,  and Cameron and Sunny are best buds.

 We went to Arctic Circle for lunch last week and we were the only people there.  The boys had the whole playground to themselves.

 We have taken several trips to the park, despite all the rain.

We made Sunny's birthday cupcakes together.

They were acting pretty goofy when I tried to film them, but I love trying to catch their personalities on video.

School 2008-2014

I try to post these every year.  I love looking at how the kids have grown.  So here we go, school through the years for the Blair Family.

2008 Manilla Elementary

2009 Pony Express Elementary

2010

 2011

2011

Must have forgotten the group shot that year.  It was like a week before Cam was born, so maybe I was just too dang tired and pregnant to care.

 2012

2013

Lila in Kindergarten 2013

2014

1st Day of School 2014

Sorry in advance for the picture overload :)

Sunny and Mr. Wood

Jackson wouldn't let me take any pictures at school, so they ones I have are just random shots I took from far away when I thought he wasn't looking.

He did agree to pictures at the house.  I love this one of my 6th, 5th, and 1st graders.

Because I know you wanted to see what the back of her hair looks like :)

Jack's class line.  He is with his best friends Chance and Mac.

These two! 

 We have taken this same picture every year since Kindergarten.  We love living next to this sweet girl and it has been fun to watch them grow up together.

 Seems like just yesterday I was dropping him off for his first day of elementary school and now we are already to his last year.  Lila was a brand new baby then and now they are all at school together.  Jack is such a good kid.  Smart, kind, and really funny.  I hope this year goes by slow, because I am not ready to send him off on the bus to middle school next year.

Griffin and Cameron were so sweet.  They kept wanting to wave and hug the kids!

My sweet Lila.  She had a cute dress on for her first day of school that she had been looking forward to wearing, but she had a little wardrobe malfunction when Cameron ran into her with blue toothpaste.  That stuff would not wipe off, so we did a quick change.

She is so fun.  Always so excited for new things and new people.  She is my only child who has never cried about going to school or preschool.  Today was no exception.  She was first in her class line and I was amazed at all the kids who kept coming over to say hi to her.  She is quite popular it seems, but that is not surprising.  She is such a sweet and happy girl.  I will miss her a lot now that she will be at school all day.

Lila and her friend Tylee from down the street.

Jackson doing whatever it is that 6th graders do before school.  He is loving finally being in 6th grade and being the oldest kids in the school.

These two needed one last hug from big brother which he kindly gave them, even with all his friends watching.  They might have snuck a hug from Chance too.  What sweet kid we have in our neighborhood!

And these two!

Sunny and her best friend Rakel.  These two are like peas in a pod.  I can't imagine one without the other.  They are so excited to be in the same class for the 4th year in a row.  From what I could see of their class, it looked like there were only 4 girls on A track.

When did sweet Sunny get this big?!?!  She is just ridiculous.  Ridiculously sweet, smart, talented, and kind.  I love every thing about her and I know she will really love school this year.