We love Camping!

Last month we went camping as a family.  We went to Pickett Post and had a great time!  This was Lacey's first real camping experience.  She did really good, except for the close call from a scorpion!  Yikes!  She was sitting on a blanket just playing and Devin was next to her when he started yelling that their was a big bug.  Ben ran over there and found a scorpion about 2-3 inches long crawling to her.  Scary!   Other than that, we were good!  :)  Carson was the photographer, so these pictures are all from him.  Unfortunely there are no pictures of him.  But you will see Ashton, Calvin, Caleb and Devin.

Reed Grandkids

A few weeks ago, everyone was down visiting, so we decided to get pictures of all the Grandkids.  This is what we came up with...

We took pictures of the kids that are about the same ages.

Guess who this is?

Weston, Lacey and Brogan

Mayley and Chisolm

Colton, Devin and Bridger (classic)

Ashton, Dayton and Tillison

Calvin, Caleb, Carson, Briley

Here are all of the kids, except the babies:  Weston, Mayley, Lacey and Brogan.

Now that's alot of boys!

Grandpa gave them M&M's if they were good.  Yummy!

Now here is everyone!  Finally!

Halloween Treats!

Here are the Ghost cupcakes that Brittany and I made with ALL of the Reed Grandkids!  We had an assembly line going and everyone had alot of fun!

Tillison, Dayton and Ashton showing off those muscles!

Ashton and Caleb

Bridger and Devin

Amazing Calvin!

Calvin was chosen to be Mr. Cosper's Student of the Month for September.

Here is what Mr. Cosper said about him:

"Calvin is the first student to wear the Cosper Student of the Month jersey.  I have really enjoyed having Calvin in class this year.  He is one of the most polite, respectful, and responsible students in this school.  Even if I make a mistake Calvin nicely asks if thats what I meant to say.

Calvin comes to class each day prepared with his homework ready and his desire to learn and have fun.  He is the kind of kid that you'll never hear complain.  He does what is asked and seems to enjoy every minute of it.  I am very pleased to have Calvin as my September Student of the Month."

This is Mr. Cosper. He is a great teacher and Calvin loves him!

Here is the jersey!

Calvin was also P.E. Student of the Quarter.  Every quarter Coach picks a boy and a girl from each grade to be honored at the assembly.  Calvin was chosen as the boy from the 2nd Grade.

He was also awarded with Academic Acheievement, Perfect Attendence and meeting his AR Goal (Accelerated Reader Goal).  He is one great kid!  We love him!

Grrrr! Bears!!!!

Caleb and Carson worked really hard and received their Bear Award in September!  We are so proud of them!  They had to get inside the tent and wrestle a BEAR! aka: Dad.  They had so much fun.  Hopefully it will encourage them to keep on with the scouting!  (By the way, they have AWESOME scout leaders!)

Where has the time gone?

Here are a few pictures taken in September of Ashton, Lacey and Devin at Grandma and Grandpa Reed's house. 

Happy Birthday Devin!!!

Well, I'm a little late in posting due to just plain busyness and moving.  But we celebrated Devin's 4th birthday on the 19th of September.  It was quite a day because we also had a yard sale that day.  But that evening we had a little barbeque and opened presents.  I made him a little crown to wear that said "Birthday Boy Devin" so everyone would know that it was his special day.

Devin is my little shadow.  Every where I go, he is there with me.  As a baby, random strangers would stop us and say that he was the cutest baby they ever saw!  He was definitely a cutie and still is! 

He loves to play with his olders brothers.

He is a great helper with Lacey and loves to talk to her during the day when the boys are at school.

He is very smart and knows how to add small numbers and knows his ABC's.

He loves Preschool.

He loves learning and will literally spend hours working on his "homework" books.

He loves doing mazes and is really good at them.

One of his favorite things to do is get the puzzle box out and do puzzle after puzzle.  He asks me to help, but he really only wants me to watch.  :)

He can memorize songs and poems so quickly.  One day Ben was singing a song that he has listened to all his life when Devin told him that he was singing it wrong.  And then Devin sang the whole chorus!  Ben was impressed because he didn't even know the words!

We love Devin and love having him in our family!

Student of the Month

Ashton was Student of the Month for his Kindergarten class.

This is what Mrs. Adolph said about him:

My August student of the month is Ashton Richardson.  Ashton has three older brothers to watch and learn from and he came to kindergarten showing all the qualities of a child ready for school.  Ashton likes to play with everyone at recess, look at books and sing color songs.  Ashton, thanks for being ready for kindergarten and I can't wait to see all of your accomplishments this year.  Keep up the super job!

Is That a Smile?

Calvin lost lots of teeth around the same time. I don't know how he even eats!

Preschool!!

Devin started his first day of preschool on Wednesday and he loved it!

He had a great time and is looking forward to going every week!

There are five kids and each week us moms rotate teaching. The curriculum is great and the kids get along great! We look forward to this coming year!

First Day of School

The boys started school on July 28th. We have quite the parade as we walk to school. Lacey and Devin usually ride in the stroller, sometimes Devin walks and Lacey gets the pleasure of being carried.

Here are all of our school boys. Caleb, Carson, Calvin and Ashton.
We have 2-4th graders, a 2nd grader and a kindergartener.
They are all doing great in school and have wonderful teachers!

Compliments from a 4th Grade Teacher

Caleb and Carson's teacher emailed a sweet note about them. It's always nice to hear good things about your kids.

Mrs. Richardson,
I just wanted to let you know that the boys have been very helpful in the classroom. I really appreciate all they do to help and their wonderful manners! Have a great day!

Mrs. Salitore


And on a side note, Carson is Vice President of his Elementary School! We are so proud of him!