The Myers Family

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Back to School 2014

So a quick update. School started last week! Can't believe it has taken me a week to get these pictures posted. Leah started Kindergarten! She and Emma are both gone all day now. It was super quiet-well kind of-Becca talks my ear off! Leah seems to be liking it and Emma is happy to be back at school too. We even went to the back to school picnic-I know shocker! Grant and Niki went to a large social event by choice! The things we do for our children.
Emma is liking 2nd grade and continues to read a ton. She is currently reading the Emily Windsnap series about a half human half mermaid girl. She wishes she had her own room and somehow convinced mom to let her have a free electronics day yesterday and loved every minute of it. Her favorite game on the kindle is the mary kay make over app.
Leah is settling into Kindergarten. She has her good friend Lizzie in her class. She says she likes it but on the way home the first day she said school was great but when is friday? She says her favorite part is PE and math centers/tubs. She is super excited to start soccer on Saturday. She has initiated a game with her sisters called "mommy" where she is the mom and then she takes turns picking one of her sisters to be her baby and if they are naughty they lose their day.
Becca is obsessed with the move "ice" otherwise known as Frozen! She loves to help out with chores and especially loves cooking. Every time she puts in an ingredient she says "that's awesome, it will taste awesome." I think awesome is her new favorite word. We started working on potty training but I think we have hit the I don't want to be bothered with it stage. Not even chocolate can entice her anymore. Oh well part of the process.
Alicia is crawling everywhere! We are all getting sore legs from trying to jump over the barricades that keep her corralled. She is also experimenting with pulling herself up (sigh). She loves to try new foods and liked the bananas and avocados we gave her this week. Although they had to be in little chunks and not pureed or she gagged. She likes to copy things you do and will copy if you say da da, shake your head no and wave at her. She growing up too fast!

The girls in their homemade tye dye shirts

Fun ate Bounce U with Dad!

Alicia looking cute!

Emma's first day of 2nd grade

Leah's first day of kindergarten

Sisters!

"let me out!"

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Beach Trip and other stuff

I can't believe we have been home from Utah for a month now! We have been enjoying the recent cooler summer weather and spending lots of time outside at parks and going for walks. A week or so ago the girls had a princess pajama party with some friends. We watched a movie, painted finger nails and had lunch. Everyone seemed to mostly have a good time. This last Saturday we did a monster day trip to the beach in southern New Jersey. We were able to meet our friends the Killions there and had a great time. We played in the waves and the sand and enjoyed some pizza from Sams Pizza and even had famous ice cream from Springers!
School is starting in just under 2 weeks and I am not sure who is more excited-Emma or me! Leah is excited and a little nervous for Kindergarten. She announced yesterday she has her first loose tooth! I can't believe how fast the time is gone and that I will have two graders now, as Emma used to say. Becca is having lots of fun with her sisters home and I am sure she will miss them terribly. She is really into reading books right now and her favorites are the brown bear series of books and there is a nightmare in my closet. She continues to be precocious and use big words. The other day at the pool she asked me to grab her flotation for her. She also likes to sing the song from the Lego movie "everything is awesome, everything is cool." Alicia is about to crawl anyday. She also likes to dance aka rock forward and back while sitting up. She has a funny piglet grunting noise she makes that makes me laugh.
Grant and I continue pray and hunt for a job opportunity. It is stressful and unnerving not knowing what the next few months will bring but at least we have each other and our girls to help us see the joy in everyday. Here are some pictures from our recent adventures!

Princess Pajama Party!

Yummy channel changer

I wouldn't be smiling if I was laying like that!

at Cape May, NJ looking for "diamonds"

Just chillin and eating tater tots on a Sunday afternoon

Sunday, July 20, 2014

Utah Visit 2014

Here are some pictures from our trip to Utah. The drive was long but the company was great! So glad we decided to go despite all the uncertainty in our lives at the moment. The best part was finally getting to hug my mom, dad, and brothers. It was also fun introducing our family to Alicia.