The Condra's: August 2011

Well it has been a long time since I have sat down and blogged. So much has happened in our lives and the kids have done so much! I guess it is a good thing in away that we have been so busy with life that I could not sit down to write about it. Here we go...

The three major events this summer...

We went to the wiggles July 8th in Dallas...It was a blast!!!! All three of the kids where so excited to go and see them. We got there and Brezlyn just was in shock it was too cute. She danced and waved and clapped the whole time. First one of our three to do this and it made it so much fun. She waved her roses so hard for Dorothy the dinosaur and screamed Ruff to wags! Laughed at all the silly things they did it was so precious. Paisley got in on it too just to be a little proud mommy and play with her. She is so much like me it is not even funny. Keyton loved the show but he did bit through his lip good right at the beginning of the show. Did not spoil it for him and he did get to hand his bone for wags right to Murry the red wiggle! That made up for the lip thing. He watched the show through the pain and even smiled with a big old fat lip too! At the end we got the girls a wiggle character head band and Keyton a bucket hat that he wears alot! We had a great time and such great memories every time we go. They are already counting down the days til next years show LOL, guess we know what we will be doing for vacation again. So worth every Pennie it takes to see the joy, excitement, star struck faces, and Love from all 3 of them.

July 25-27 was VBS! This was the first time for both my big kids and boy did they love it! They where excited every morning and almost sad when I came to get them. They crafted, sang, and learned about the lord. It warms my heart how much they both love Jesus and church. They still sing the songs they learned almost everyday and they tough them to Brezlyn who now loves to sock-it to the devil! Love their little hearts

We then had a wedding where 3 out of the 5 of us where in. It was Tryon's sister's wedding on Aug. 6 in Abilene. The big kids where the flower girl and ring bearer and Tryon was an usher. They all looked so cute in there wedding clothes and did so well at walking down the aisle! I was one proud mommy. The Wedding was beautiful and was just a perfect picture of them. The bride was glowing and the groom handsome. Such true love and beauty! It was a wonderful time and seeing family made it that much better. The kids got to play with their cousins and see all their aunts and uncles from that side. Was fast and short but so wonderful.

New with the family...

Paisley: She is growing up so much every day and it is just a joy to watch! She retains so much that it always knocks me off my feet when she tells me things. She is learning to sound out small words and spell them which is wonderful. She can count up to 40 with no help and if I tell her the tens she can go on forever! She loves to dress up all day everyday and is never in her normal clothes if we are at home. Her imagination is just wonderful! Now she is a little mommy and tries to "help" me out with things around the house! She loves to change diapers and pick out her own clothes. Also she has started loving to sit with us which is a true blessing because as a baby this was something she would never do. She is also becoming quite the artist and will sit and draw, color, craft all day if I would let her but baby sis makes that hard. She is so excited that school is starting back up on Thursday to learn more things and I am sure to show off just a little. She is a sweet heart that is funny all the time. Singing and playing all she can. Such a joy in my life.

Keyton: His bad run has some what slowed down to almost stopped. After the wiggles he did break his little toe. It was off to the side and he had to wear crocks for about 3 weeks or so. No more broken bones since. His count is 4 just this year and we are hoping for no more. He has had the normal bumps but nothing that has sent us to the ER again. He is also growing up so fast. He learns alot from just watching Paisley and he loves to paint. He will paint every piece of paper in the house. He loves to play outside so this hot hot summer has not been is fav. He is also learning to spell small words and working on his sounds for every letter. He can count to 20 by himself and with paisley up to 30. He loves to do his training book and is learning to write letters. He is into Pirates right now! He runs around all day being Jack Sparrow hiding his sward from Barbosa in daddy's boot LOL. Yes that is right Daddy let the big kids watch the 1st one while mommy was gone one night. Then they watched all 3. He loves them so so so much! Daddy just took him to see the last one at the dollar movie and he was so excited and was so happy. This is who he wants to be for halloween now. He is also fully potty trained but at night!!! Finally and it is so nice to have him this way...thank goodness for the potty watch. He is really becoming such a sweet little guy who is going to start School this year for the first time! He is over the moon to start the year. I will miss him during the day but it will be good for him.

Brezlyn: She has changed this summer so much. She has gone from a quiet little baby to a loud, funny, energetic little girl. She loves to make people laugh and will do what ever it takes to make you smile. She is finally done teething just this month, the longest one out of the three. She loves to dance and does every chance she gets. She is talking in sentences and saying really big words now. She loves to learn new words too and always ask. Now her fav. word is still baby and yells it out everytime she sees one. I love her spirit!! She is also trying so hard to be as big as her big sis and bro. She is always following one of them around all day. She is also in the copying stage and it is so funny. Loves to change peoples names too...like with my dad he is Poppy but she is now calling him Papa and wil not go back to it...and keyton is only Kiki and paisley is only Babies LOL don't ask me why she can say all the right ones she just does not want to. Her new thing is the pirate thing too and she says Yo ho all the time and Jack Sparrow! LOL she says Pirate, tail and sings along with the pirate music we have. It is so cute and she is just as smart as the other two. She is a real blessing to our family and is the one who can always make us laugh. She is also starting Potty training! The first day we did it she went 3 times in the potty and stayed dry for a long time...I was one proud mommy...but I learned with Keyton not to push to hard and just go with the flow for a while. We are going to get her a potty watch to help out some it work wonders with Keyton. It will be nice if she would soon to have a break from diapers LOL.

Us: I have started making the kids clothes and really enjoy it. They also love it and it helps me to want to try new things. I still do all the normal stuff like bows and painting but have loved this also. It is so fun to make them things I could not buy for them! Tryon was trying to get on at the Police station here but it did not work out but we are hoping for things to get better where he is so that we can take down our dept so that he has a better chance later. He is doing well just working crazy hours still and we miss having him home more. We do love Daddy's day off and enjoy it while we can...good things to come but more about that later. We are also trying to have another baby and hoping it will happen soon. That one will more than likely be it for us and is sad to say that part of our lives is almost to an end. We are also still working hard on remolding this house. We have the living room done, cabinets (thanks to my dad) redone and panelling in the hall is gone. Now just need to get the wall re-textured in the hall, kitchen and both baths so that all we will have is trim, baseboards to paint and walls to do!!! so excited to be this close. Then one day will put shutters up and change the carpet but for now we are close to being done. Life is good and we are excited to see where it goes from here.

It has been a good summer and we are starting to get ready for the fall and winter...Lot to do there with Halloween, Christmas and two birthdays parties to through! Cant wait for it to start.