Schools Out For Summer....

Braiden's 1st Day of School

Braiden's Last Day Of School

Braiden's last day of school was today, his preschool put on a little program that was so cute. They sang songs and had little motions to go with the words (I will post video later), and Mrs. Macrae put together a really cool slide show of pictures of the kids taken throughout the year. It is amazing to see the growth that Braiden has had in one year (both physically and mentally). He is looking forward to summer but he is a little sad he won't see his friends as often.

We hope everyone has a great memorial weekend.

Stay Safe!

Higher Daddy...

Okay, please do not judge us by these pictures. I hate when Jeremy does this with the kids, but they LOVE it. I have heart palpitations every time he does it, and usually I yell something like "Jeremy don't do that" and he usually answers with "what, they like it, and I don't do it that high". When he did it with the boys we lived in a house with low ceilings so he couldn't go very high, but with little Audrey we have vaulted ceilings. So do the math, low ceilings with extremely large children equals not very high, & high ceilings with petite child equals extremely high. So I decided to brave watching and take a picture so Jeremy could see just how "not vary high" he was going. You decide, (and please ignore the large smile on Audrey's face), because he just laughed and said "she likes it" when I showed him.
Also, I didn't get a chance to write about our weekend, I posted pictures yesterday. We went "campin"!!! We had a perfect little camp spot at the bottom of Coleman that had a small run off stream running though it. We went with my mom, dad and Kyle (Brilee and Martins oldest boy), and Tana, Scott, Jarrett, and Tyce came and visited for a couple hours. We had a ton of fun visiting and watching the boys. We had a hard time keeping the kids out of the water, they spent a majority of Saturday in it. I always knew that camping was fun and dirty, but going with kids takes it to a whole new level. We only went one night and came home with a garbage bag of wet, filthy clothes and shoes, and 3 kids that were camouflaged with nature because they had so much dirt on them. I forgot how much I love the hills, Jeremy and I haven't laughed as hard or as often in a long time. I think this was the first of many more trips to come.

Camping...Redneck Style

Mrs. Macrae had a farm...

Look Amaw I am riding english, but don't get any ideas!!!

Sack races

Can we get a puppy, please, please, please.

Candy in a straw stack!

Mrs. Macrae had a farm....(cont.)

Do you think my tractor is sexy?

I need one of these!!!

Baa, Baa Black Sheep

I was never any good at this race, but Braiden was.

I am writing this post outside in the sunshine, YEAH!!! You have got to love lap tops.

Yesterday was farm day for Braidens preschool. I have to laugh now because yesterday was one of those days were "murphys law" was in full force. Here is a brief run down of the days events;

poop (Trevor, not fun),

Audrey takes big fall,

Braiden wouldn't wake up,

walking out the door to get informed that NOW we are hungry,
forgetting the snack for Braidens school,

tripping and falling,

being late to get to the "Farm",

when I got there, we had to park almost at the end of the long lane (this wasn't really that big of a deal I don't mind walking under most circumstances, this wasn't one of them),

finally arriving at the "Farm" to realize I forgot the snack again in the car,

walking to the car and back and then realizing I forgot the camera,

fun at the "Farm",

going to the grocery store with three crabby kids,

Audrey thinking sleep is overrated,

and then cooking all afternoon for friends and family (with my new shadow, Audrey).

When you have these days all you can really do to get through them is tell yourself "I am so blessed to be able to have kids to stress me out because some people don't get this opportunity". I love being a Mom, there are days were you question your birth control decisions, but I wouldn't have done it any different. You may have bad days, but when you have one GOOD day were they make everything worth it, you forget the bad ones.

Anyways, enough ranting about kids, we had a BLAST at "farm day". Mrs. Macrae out did herself yet again, we had pony rides, farm games, a petting zoo, giant bouncy house, planting flowers to take home, face painting. Braidens was so tired when he got home, it was all he could do to get through lunch.

We only have two more days of school before summer, how sad. Braiden has grown so much in the last year, he is recognizing letters, shapes, numbers, and his drawing has improved. He is coloring inside the lines and he is using his imagination to free draw. We are so proud of him.

He's a Whopper...

Brilee, Martin, and Kyle welcomed Samuel Cruz into the world Thursday May 8th at 6:45 p.m. This is a special day for the Tutor house already being that it is my parents wedding anniversary.

He was a big boy weighing in at 9lbs. 14oz. and 20 1/2 inches long. Brilee was a champion, she pushed out almost a 10lb. baby without any drugs (she might be my new hero!) He is doing everything that he should be doing, he is a little piggy and she said so far he is sleeping really well (I hope the best, with babies it could change daily).

Sweet Baby Boy!!
All the hard work was worth it!

Proud Big Brother Kyle!
Kisses!

Lunch...

I just took these at lunch today, and I thought they were so cute. Audrey finished her lunch and managed to get it all over herself (she LOVES soup, any kind as long as it has texture to it) so that is why she had no clothes on, and Trevor is already growing out of the pants I just pulled out of storage for him so that is why he is pant less. Kyle (Brilee and Martins son, my nephew) is such a big helper with Audrey, so I think that she just assumed if she got close to him he would share his food with her. We have to laugh though because even at an early age she still thinks that she rules the house and all should obey her (we are going to have to let her know differently soon).

Also, just to update everyone, we are on the count down to meet Baby Bernal. Brilee's due date was the 5th so any day now, how exciting!! Kyle is going to be such a great big brother.

TO BIG TO FAST...

Our little girl is pulling herself up now. We are in big trouble!!!! We thought she was never going to sit up by herself, but about 2 1/2 weeks ago she just started doing it and now she is pulling herself up and standing on EVERYTHING! Even though this is our third child, the little milestones still amaze us everyday. They grow to fast!!