Fun run, cheer leading and bubbles!

The kids ran in a fun run for the school to earn money. The boys and I went and cheered on Emma and Charlotte in the morning and Benjamin in the afternoon. Emma was my little speed demon! I don't know where it came from but she did amazing and ran so fast! All the kids ran over 2 miles!!!!! Noah loved watching them run by and would yell their names and clap, he sure loves his big siblings! I was so proud and loved being able to watch, yell and cheer! 

Emma and penny have been doing a cheer class for the last month and have absolutely loved it. We have been hearing these cute fun cheers and finally got to see them perform for us. Emma's teacher Mrs. Rodriguez is who taught them and she did a great job. They did our team is boom dynamite, v dot that I rock that ctory for victory, spirit, colors cheer and a dance. Emma get quite shy sometimes but she did really well especially the first half of the performance those were her favorite cheers and mine too. 

Benjamin and Noah took a bubble bath at grandma and papas and I don't know if they had very much water in that jet tub!!! They were so cute and cracking us up, I just had to share! 

Madi wedding week

Madi is officially a Zurkle! It is so crazy we all joke that we could set up a family law firm with Schraft, Bierstedt, Funk, and Zurkle now. 

We all went to the temple on Tuesday and it was so amazing being there with all of our family and loved ones. Kylee came into town so we had so much fun auntie and sister time. She is 8 months pregnant so we are so glad she could make it here to celebrate. We can't wait for that little munchkin! We celebrated kylees 24 birthday a little early while she was here too. Grandma and grandpa Jardine came and I took grandma to Zumba and we took her shopping for some cute outfits that included leggings! If you have great legs why hide them even if you are almost 80! She was awesome at Zumba and we had the best time. My mom, grandma j, all of the sisters, and Kelsey all went out to get out manis and pedis done. Then met grandma s, aunt Joyce and Nancy met us for dinner and pizookies. It was so great chatting and having fun all together.

The kids were so excited to have family here. Emma did grandpas hair and Noah was so cute saying "papa jack and Peggy".

My mom and all who helped with the wedding did an incredible job. The yard and patio looked beautiful. The food was great. We love our fair food that Madi requested!!! Madi and Vernon are just perfect for each other and we wish them the best of happiness. Congrats Zurkles!

Noah is 2

These two years have gone by so unbelievably fast. We have cherished every moment. Noah is such a big boy. He talks up a storm and really well. My favorite words he says are pumpkin which he says "punkin" and if you say uh oh or ouch something goes wrong he says "what happen?" He has the sweetest voice. We love how he says everyone's names so well. It's just too cute seeing so many words come out of such a little body. Noah loves to play with all boy stuff; balls, cars, blocks, bikes, etc. One of his favorite things is to color. He is still having stomach and weight issues but we are in the dr process still. Hopefully we will figure it out soon. We went to Noah's first movie in the theater, hotel Transylvania 2. He did really well the first half of the movie and just wanted to be held and standing for the last little bit. I was so proud. He tried making breakfast for the first time also by cracking and smashing eggs on the couch table and rug.... Yes so much fun! He loves when you read him books or when he reads himself. He also loves watching movies on our phones. She asks for Elsa, Anna, Olaf for frozen and yes he sings along. For big hero six he asks for baybay (short for baymax). For hotel Transylvania he asks for," blah blah blah" it's too cute! 

He got so spoiled for his birthday and thank you to everyone that made it! Noah's favorites are cake pops and donuts and he chose a donut cake so we took a trip to Krispy Kreme and he loses watching them cook his donuts.  He got so many fun gifts bike, cars, books, but one of his favorites was a fishie from

Nana and papa. He loves it and still has to check on it when he walks by. He loves his bubba and Emma. He thinks he is such a big boy when he plays with them and he will also be content entertaining himself. He has the best personality!

I love you Noah and we are so grateful for your sweet love, cuddles, and spirit in our home and forever family! Happy birthday! 

Fall festival

Benjamin and Emma's school had a fall festival. Of course we had to get all dressed up as a princess, m and m and a cow! They had so many games and bouncy slides, houses, obstacle courses. We went through a haunted trick or treat down the hallways and hit up all the games and rides. We won so much soda at a ring toss that was the kids favorite. Benjamin even dunked one of the teachers in the the dunk tank! We had so much fun. Noah blended right in as a cute little cow in the petting zoo. He loves animals and was so excited to be in there with them! We had a great night! 

Girls night and madis bridal shower

I'm Our night started with Kelsey and I going to look for "gifts" for Madi for her bridal shower. We went to the mall and had a blast! We found amazing deals that might have detoured from Madi to us ;) We took a lot of pictures and tried on clothes. We then went to our store for Madi and laughed so much! Looking for Madi (and Vernon) was quite the feat, I am pretty sure we got it covered though! 

After shopping we ended up going to a movie. It was such a good night having girl time with no schedule and just fun with lots of laughs!

Saturday morning we woke up and got ready for ghe shower. We had fruit crepes and bisquits and gravy! They were so amazing. Really really good. I'm not going to mention how many we ate ;) Gift opening was entertaining as always! We got our sister covered!!!! Hahahahaha we played a game where you listed words and names and then we plugged them into a story of how Madi and Vernon met. I was crying laughing at how some of them ended up. We are happy for the soon to be couple. Wedding bells are just around the corner for the soon to be Zurkles... Haha I had to say that I can't believe my little sister is about to be a zurkle?!

Pumpkin fun

On Thursday night we went to dinner with grandma DeeDee and grandpa Fadi. We went to red robin and we love that place! The kids love getting balloons every time. Afterwards we went to the pumpkin patch that's over there. The kids were so excited. Benjamin and Emma love the bouncy slides and obstacle courses. Benjamin was such a big kid and wanted to go on some of the rides by himself. The kids got going and spinning so fast in a couple of them. Emma and Noah loved the swings. It was so fun to see them laughing every time it went by. Noah was just kicking his feet and loving it. He wanted to go on all the rides with the big kids. At the end I went on the slide with him so I could help him up the ladder. I couldn't see his face while we were going down, but as soon as we started bouncing and hit the bottom he let out the biggest giggle! I love hearing and being in those little moments. Noah loved having grandma walk around with him and play. We ended the night with a

Giant bag of cotton candy and had such a fun time. Thanks grandma Dee dee and grandpa Fadi. We had a great night :)

Fun times

We have had fun times and busy times! 

We have been in school for a little over a month and the kids are doing so great. Emma loves Ms. Rodriguez and is learning so much. I am so glad that she is connecting with her school work and loving it. Uniforms are a bliss! I couldn't imagine fighting with this girl over outfits hahaha. She does really well just getting her uniform on and we have do her hair. We will see if that cute, curly messy bun comes back before the end of school. ;) I love having time with just her while Noah takes a nap, she is the sweetest girl. I am still so amazed at how amazing she is. She stays out of drama and is so good and removing herself from not fun things. She is smart and kind. She is still very motherly and a doll! 

Benjamin is doing amazing at school. This kid is just so smart and social. I love how happy he is and how much everyone loves him too. This kids smile will definitely break hearts! I have started teaching Benjamin piano and he is doing really well. He gets frustrated sometimes to practice but he gets the songs memorized and whatever else I teach him within days. He loves when he gets it right and says it sounds so good and can't wait to play lots of songs. I can't wait either. I love being able to bond over something with him.

Noah is so good. We are really enjoying our little mornings just the two of us. He is getting so big and I will fill you in more on him next week when he turns TWO! What?! I know. 

I am babysitting cash and penny now so we are busy and crazy over at this house when we have 5 kids! Between hair clients, errands, cleaning, laundry, ect... I am a little crazed sometimes!! The weather is getting colder and I am loving it. It is such a stress relief to me not having it be hot. The fall and the holidays just calm my nerves. I have been working out five to six days a week at the gym and it's exhausting but I love it! 

 For general conference we went to my parents house and my mom made traditional homemade pretzels and lots of dips for them. SOOO good! We played a jelly bean game between sessions where you spin a wheel for a color. each color either is a good flavor or a bad flavor. I got puke and literally almost did everywhere! Poor Benjamin got canned dog food and it was so bad he started crying and couldn't get it out fast enough. He is such a good sport. The talks were all so good. They seem to be just what we need to hear and I definitely needed to hear some of those words of wisdom. I love being able to listen to the prophet and his apostles. I love being a member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints! I am so grateful my family will be together forever.