I can't believe it!!

Anyone who has had a child has heard the words, "They grow so fast!" I can't count the number of times that I heard those words when my kids were little. However, like many things you just don't know until you experience them for yourself! I am here to say that all of those people were right! Yesterday, my little man who I still see as this:

Turned 10!!!

Yep that is right. I am the mom of a 10 year old! It sounds weird, but I don't know where the last 10 years have gone! My little baby...the boy I always dreamed of... my little man is turning into quite an amazing young man. It brings tears to my eyes to think that I only have 8 more years until he leaves the nest and even fewer until he doesn't want to hang out with us anymore! I will cherish every moment that I have and will adore him forever! But just for my own amusement enjoy a trip down memory lane with me!

1 year old!

2 years old!

3 years old!

4 years old!

5 years old!

6 years old!

7 years old!

8 years old!

9 years old!

and now 10!!!

Luke, I love you more than words can say and I am so proud of the wonderful young man that you are growing up to be! I look forward to another 10 years!I hope that whatever you wished for comes true!

 

Catch up

Oh my! Since we started school I have not been good about posting! Here is my attempt to catch you all up on what has been going on.....

We started school! Here are our "First Day of School" pictures:

Joerg ran the Disneyland half marathon... again. He beat his time from last year by 3 minutes. Pretty impressive considering he only ran 9 times before the race! Our passports expired so we went to a couple of museums with Grandpa. It was so much fun!

The kids played dress up at one museum!

Although Sami was a little shy about her outfit...

I had no hesitation in embarrassing the kids with my rendition of a Native American by the Christmas tree! It was hilarious!

Luke held true to his normal form....

We went for a short bus ride...

Joerg looks a little too happy to be driving the bus!

Then the kids flexed their muscles!

They both impressed us with their upper body strength!

When we got home it was time for Michael & Becky's "I do's"

Obviously we all had a blast!

 Along with the wedding came a visit from my brother and niece! Our family had so much fun together for the short while that we had!

I asked Adam if I could post pictures of Andrew and Seth and he asked that I don't, so even though not shown the boys were there too and we all had so much fun! All 5 of the cousins really enjoyed spending time together and we hope that Ashby can come visit soon so that we can have fun and play with her too.

Now life is going to be calm for a little while! Well... as calm as life gets in this stage! I hope that this finds you all well! We love you all!

The end of summer break

HOLY COW! That is all I can say about this summer break! I have to say that I think this has been the best break yet! It is our first official summer break since the kids started school and to say the least we have had fun! I can not think of a single thing that my kids wanted to do that we haven't done! As you all know we had our 3 week European vacation which was AMAZING, we also have gone roller skating...

Played at the arcade

Had sleep overs and makeovers

Went to the children's museum

Had special nights out

We even went on a special surprise trip to Disneyland! Just the mommies and kids with the Popes!

And of course got to spend several Mondays with our favorite twins! We have had so much fun this summer! I wasn't able to capture everything that we have done but to say the least we are exhausted.....

... and ready to start school. I hope that next summer these fantastic kids and I can have just as much fun, excitement, and learning opportunities!

Watch out school here we come!!!