Gentry has turned into the little story teller lately! He is so cute and gives very specific details (even if they aren't true)! This week he is going to VBS and has been learning about about Peter. Here is G telling the stories that he is learning, he even incorporated a boat and little pirates to show me what was going on! The pirates are Jesus and Peter, so don't be confused!
He was telling the story and then had to go get his props for the story, so we had to take a quick intermission from story telling!
I am pretty sure this is an account of a couple of different stories involving Peter and Jesus, but it was still pretty cute!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
A little gymnast in the making!
I can't help it!!! It's in my blood!!! I have been teaching Gentry how to do flips on the trampoline and in the pool. Here is a video of Gentry and Caitlin in the pool doing some back flips!! The good thing is, he actually loves learning and doing the flips!! It might be a sad day for me if he hated gymnastics. Good thing e actually told me that he wanted to be in "g-nastics" so he could flip like spidey, so in the fall I think we are going to venture into a gymnastics class!!!! As you can imagine, I am super excited!!!
Monday, July 27, 2009
Am I crazy????
Last week I took Gentry, Nate, Christian, and Olyvia to a pool here in Longmont. There was 2 big slides and Gentry kept bugging me to go down them. I couldn't leave the other kids and take him so I kept telling him no. I was sick of hearing him ask and I figured he wouldn't go without me since it was a pretty big slide, so I told him if he went by himself he could go. Little did I know him and Nate took off!!!!
About the time they got up there it was adult swim so they sent all the kids back down the stairs. Everyone that is except for Gentry. I was watching and realizing that he was not going to come down those stairs, and he was coming down that slide no matter what the lifeguard said. The lifeguard had turned around and wasn't watching my little devious son scheme his get away into the slide. I literally watched him creep behind her and jump in the slide!!!! I was seriously so mad and scared since the other life guard had left the bottom area since all the kids were not supposed to be going down the slide!!! As soon as the life guard heard Gentry hit the water in the slide she turned around only to see the back of a little blonde headed boy! She then turned down to the other life guard who was sitting on the side of the pool and screamed "Hey!! There is a little one coming down the slide!!" About that time he came shooting out of the slide all smiles! He plunged into the water, and then came up floating on his back about the time the life guard got to him and picked him up. His expression was priceless because he just couldn't figure out why she had rushed over and picked him up, and he was seriously having such a good time! Needless to say he had to sit in time out and got a spankin when we got home because he didn't mind. Secretly I thought it was really funny and such a great depiction of the fearless side of little boys, but I had to play mom and dicsipline at the time. Although, someday I will share the story with him of how God made him brave and fearless from the begininning!
I guess the real question from this story is...Am I crazy for taking 4 kids to a public pool and letting my 3 year old go down a really big slide all by himself as I watch from the bottom? Probably but then again, I wouldn't have any good stories to blog about!!!
My little dare devil coming down the slide backwards!
Sweet Nate enjoying the slide!
Gentry floating after he got off the slide because he couldn't touch.
The boys waiting in line for the slide! They look like little tiny ants up there!
The slide that Gentry and Nate had to try all on their own!!
About the time they got up there it was adult swim so they sent all the kids back down the stairs. Everyone that is except for Gentry. I was watching and realizing that he was not going to come down those stairs, and he was coming down that slide no matter what the lifeguard said. The lifeguard had turned around and wasn't watching my little devious son scheme his get away into the slide. I literally watched him creep behind her and jump in the slide!!!! I was seriously so mad and scared since the other life guard had left the bottom area since all the kids were not supposed to be going down the slide!!! As soon as the life guard heard Gentry hit the water in the slide she turned around only to see the back of a little blonde headed boy! She then turned down to the other life guard who was sitting on the side of the pool and screamed "Hey!! There is a little one coming down the slide!!" About that time he came shooting out of the slide all smiles! He plunged into the water, and then came up floating on his back about the time the life guard got to him and picked him up. His expression was priceless because he just couldn't figure out why she had rushed over and picked him up, and he was seriously having such a good time! Needless to say he had to sit in time out and got a spankin when we got home because he didn't mind. Secretly I thought it was really funny and such a great depiction of the fearless side of little boys, but I had to play mom and dicsipline at the time. Although, someday I will share the story with him of how God made him brave and fearless from the begininning!
I guess the real question from this story is...Am I crazy for taking 4 kids to a public pool and letting my 3 year old go down a really big slide all by himself as I watch from the bottom? Probably but then again, I wouldn't have any good stories to blog about!!!
My little dare devil coming down the slide backwards!
Sweet Nate enjoying the slide!
Gentry floating after he got off the slide because he couldn't touch.
The boys waiting in line for the slide! They look like little tiny ants up there!
The slide that Gentry and Nate had to try all on their own!!
Sunday, July 12, 2009
The 4th of July and Camping
How cute is that sweet boy!!!
The most important part of the weekend! To bad his parents forgot the bait and hooks...sorry sweet boy! He didn't seem to mind to much that he didn't actually catch anything!
G's hair was crazy all weekend since I had to put sunscreen in his hair! It was so cute!
Getting ready for his first ride!
My sweet boys!
G did alot of eating over the weekend!
Our weekend wouldn't be complete without a little dirt time!
I love these sweet boys!!!
Courtney, G, Raphael, Me, and Jeff
His first EVER Smore...and yes he loved it!!!
Louis teaching G to play Hearts!
Sparklers!!!
Gentry's friend Apollo...and yes Apollo spurred G's desire for a dog!
Gentry and Mikaela catching frogs!!!
He was a very good flag boy :)
Relaxing in the tube
The whole gang!!!
The dirty tired face of a little camper boy!
This was right before we left...I think he was done at this point!
After it was all said and done, G slept great for a couple of days making up for all the fun he had over the weekend!
Monday, July 6, 2009
Favorite Conversation of the Day...
Gentry: "Mom, I really need a baby sister with curly hair. Christian has a little sister with curly hair, but I don't"
Ashlie: "Do you think it would be fun to have a little brother or sister someday?"
Gentry: "Ya cause I don't have a little sister with curly hair, and my brother doesn't live at my house, it's just me at my house"
Okay seriously G your killing me!!!! Maybe someday God will make me ready to have another but for now we will have to enjoy your cousins down the street, and uncle Nate (or as you call him, brother that doesn't live at your house) from afar until then! And if God never changes Jeff and I heart, I promise G we will give in and get you a dog!!!
While the conversation made me a little sad for him, I couldn't help but think how sweet it was that he wants a baby sister with curly hair!!! How hilarious and detailed is that!! Anyways after this conversation, I tried to keep him really busy cause I felt so bad, like he is bored with me. Oh well I know God has a plan and I don't know if it includes more kiddos or not, but He will either provide Gentry with kiddos close by like his cousins, or He will change Jeff and I!!
Ashlie: "Do you think it would be fun to have a little brother or sister someday?"
Gentry: "Ya cause I don't have a little sister with curly hair, and my brother doesn't live at my house, it's just me at my house"
Okay seriously G your killing me!!!! Maybe someday God will make me ready to have another but for now we will have to enjoy your cousins down the street, and uncle Nate (or as you call him, brother that doesn't live at your house) from afar until then! And if God never changes Jeff and I heart, I promise G we will give in and get you a dog!!!
While the conversation made me a little sad for him, I couldn't help but think how sweet it was that he wants a baby sister with curly hair!!! How hilarious and detailed is that!! Anyways after this conversation, I tried to keep him really busy cause I felt so bad, like he is bored with me. Oh well I know God has a plan and I don't know if it includes more kiddos or not, but He will either provide Gentry with kiddos close by like his cousins, or He will change Jeff and I!!
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Welcome to my World...I'm Blue!
You can imagine the relief I felt after sprinting outside when I saw a glimpse of Gentry's face thinking he wasn't breathing looking out my kitchen window, only to find that he and Olyvia had colored themselves with chalk because they were playing incredible Hulk and the Blue Spiderman!!! Aaahh, you think I would learn by now, not to worry or stress out but that kid gets me every time!!
Date Night!!!
Last Thursday Jeff called at about 4:30 and said he had received 2 tickets to see Phil Vassar that night at 8! I was really excited and wanted to go because I LOVE Phil Vassar, but usually spontaneous dates don't pan out. We were also keeping my sister's kids that night while she worked so it seemed unlikely we would get to go. At about 6:30 our faithful babysitter Caitlin called and said she would come right over!!! YEA!!! I jumped in the shower, got ready, scurried around trying to get the kids ready for bed so Caitlin wouldn't have that much to do, and at 7:20 when Jeff walked in I was surprisingly ready to go!!!!
We drove to Greeley and hurried through the Greeley Stampede to find our seats thinking we were late since it started at 8, but since it was raining the concert was delayed until 8:40 so we didn't miss a thing! It might have been my favorite date ever! We were surrounded by cowboy hats, the smell of animals (sounds gross but seriously growing up around animals, it brings back so many sweet memories), it was lightly raining through the whole concert, which I LOVED! It reminded me of our wedding day, it lighlty sprinkled through our entire outside wedding, and was super romantic! The rain was so great, his songs were so great, our time was so fun!! In case you can't tell...I LOVED our spontaneous date night! Phil Vassar has so many great songs but here are the lyrics to one of our favorite ones, it reminds us how much we love being married and are so thankful for God bringing us together!!! Even though we were super young, and little G came super early, we love the life we have together! By the way you should all go out and buy Phil Vassar's Greatest Hit cd, so good!!
In a Real Love
I was 18 makin' minimum wage
With a letterman jacket and a Chevrolet
Thought I was cool
Yeah I ruled the school
You were Cum Laude with the strawberry lips
Had the whole world danglin' at your fingertips
Your senior year
And I was your daddy's worst fear
We ran off on graduation night
Thought a couple of left hand rings would make everything alright
With a little bit a live
Little bit a learn
Little bit a watchin' a few more candles burn
And findin' out what life was
With a little bit o' fuss
Little bit a fight
Little bit a kiss and makin' up all night
And one day wakin' up in a real love
Well I was 22 workin' double overtime
I was spendin' dollars and makin' dimes
We were overdrawn and barely hangin' on
Then one night you came to me
With tears in your eyes and an EPT
And said "guess what, yeah, baby ready or not"
Well, I just smiled but I was scared to death
How am I gonna' have a kid when I'm still a kid myself
With a little bit a live
Little bit a learn
Little bit a watchin' a few more candles burn
And findin' out what life was
With a little bit a fuss
Little bit a fight
Little bit a kiss and makin' up all night
And one day wakin' up in a real love
Yeah baby, it's a real love
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