The BIG 10

David and I celebrate our 10 year anniversary this month and I have been thinking a lot about what we have accomplished over this past decade. (Geez, I feel old). We got through nursing school, three children + one adoption; four surgeries, 8 cars, 2 homes, 5 dogs, 5 moves, lived in three states, and no partridge in a pear tree yet!
Overall I have a lot to be thankful for, and I am glad we are in this mess err chaos err life together!! He is my one and only; I don't think I could of handled this with anyone better:) Happy ten years to us, and many more to come! David surprised me with a cruise for our anniversary in October to the Bahamas!!! He ACTUALLY planned part of it; see babe you can still amaze me:)
These are pictures from our engagement photo shoot, and then the wedding....ahhh to be that thin and naive again, one can still dream right?

Bike Riding

I have had three goals for Josh this summer; to be a better swimmer, to learn how to ride his bike without training wheels, and to work harder at mastering subtraction 1-20.  Since all of them to me are a right of passage; I thought it would be important for my kids to learn as well.  Here are some pictures of Josh in action trying to learn with Daddy helping him.  He gets frustrated and intimidated with the breaking part of the bike.  The bike is a little bit to big for him as far as him putting his feet down, he can't quite reach the ground except on his tippy toes (barely).  I am proud of him for trying though, and I know he will get it:)  BTW..I am not sure who was getting the harder workout; David or Josh??

Talent Show

Hailey decided to participate in Bradley's talent show this year, and I was very proud of her!  She had four girls in her group, and they practiced really long and hard for their 3 minutes in the spotlight.  I was disappointed in some of the other musical tastes that some performers chose.  They had bad language and inappropriate gestures in alot of the performances.  I was surprised a school would allow it, but apparently it was ok.  They did a really good job coordinating outfits and trying to keep to the beat of the music.  They were the first ones of the day, and set the bar pretty high in my opinion:)  We are so proud of Hailey and all her accomplishments.
I had someone else take pictures, while I videotaped, so they didn't turn out as great as I had hoped...

                                     

                                                                                                         

   

I tried to download the video twice, but since it is 4:01 minutes long it will not accept it:(

Memorial Day

This weekend was full of  adventure and sadness.  As I reflected on my Dad (his birthday was the 26th).  I decided to do some things that he would of enjoyed if he was still with us.  He was a HUGE movie buff, so David and I went and saw Battleship.  On Saturday we cleaned and watched some more movies at home; and Monday we went and picked up our trampoline (that our insurance so graciously re-payed us for), and set it up, plus went swimming at the pool here on post.  Overall it was a good weekend, and even though we had to change our plans, we are glad it was spent with family.  Happy Memorial Day everyone:)

Soccer in Kansas

It is soccer season for the Sobek crew! They have soccer season here in Kansas during the Spring unlike the Fall in Hawaii, so my kids were excited to already start playing again. Although their team names are "unique" to say the least, their teams as a whole are pretty hard to miss, they really have some good players on both teams.! Hailey's team (The Flaming Leprechauns...ummm yeah) are 2 and 3. Josh's team (The Fire Flames..notice there is no orange in their uniforms) is undefeated as of yet. It is exciting to see how much they have improved and developed new and existing skills throughout their seasons.

Carry On, Carry On, Carry On!

This month has been quite exciting with all the changes happening in the Sobeks' life.  My favorite is that I got a job at  Eisenhower Elementary.  I feel extremely blessed to have the opportunity to work with and be around children (i.e. my children) and have the same hours they do.  We also had quite a scare with a possible Tornado, which luckily didn't hit us, but we had wind damage as we were woken up to our trampoline coming through our family room window. it definitely has changed my opinion of wanting to live in the Midwest for sure! 
Our twin girls are going to a friend's house for the six weeks left of school; (which is definitely a change for them for sure), and with the opportunity I have of starting at the school these last six weeks of the school year; I actually get to pick where I want to "aide" in the available classrooms next year.  We also had the greatest opportunity of all to attend the Kansas City open house with some great friends of ours from Hawaii.  They are stationed at Fort Leonardwood, MO, so they drove quite a distance to come and see this beautiful site, and have a spiritual experience to boot.

Easter Weekend

This past weekend we had the pleasure of hosting a really good friend of mine from way back in the day (he, he) Kristina and her two little girls. Her husband is deployed so what better reason to get out of the house right? She got here on Friday evening, and we were on the go until they left Monday morning. It was a whirlwind of fun. We went bowling and to the zoo on Saturday. My camera of course died halfway through the bowling excitement, so needless to say I did not get to capture all the fun moments. Later Saturday evening we died Easter eggs, and on Sunday we did TWO Easter egg hunts. One in the morning before church inside the house; and one later after dinner with confetti eggs outside of the house. One of MY favorite things I got to do was play with a little one again!!  Little Addison is only 6 months old, and such a cutie pie!  She has the chubbiest cheeks and melts your heart with her smile.  David got attached pretty quickly, (even though he would never admit it), and was sad to see her go.  We both miss that fun stage of holding and playing with a little one for sure.  My girls had a blast playing with Miss Gwen and are already asking when can they see her again:) Although I can't say for usre what the kids' favorite part of the weekend was, the trampoline was a definite contender:) Thank again Kristina for the good times, it was well overdue!