Summer time

Yay, it is finally summer.  We have been very busy already this summer.  I tried to cram everything in to the beginning of summer, knowing I would be huge and hot by the end of the summer!

We finally got moved into our new house!  It has been awesome.  We absolutely love how much more space we have.  We feel spoiled and very grateful to be able to live in our new house!

The big girls started off the summer by taking swimming lessons for 2 weeks.  I wanted to have them practiced up so that we could use our subdivisions pool this summer!  We have LOVED being able to go to the pool whenever we want.  And it has never been busy when we have been there.

Our house already had a garden planted and ready to eat from when we moved in.  I have never gardened before, so we only figured out what things were by people coming over and me showing them the garden, and them telling me what was in it!  The girls have loved playing out there and picking the stuff that is ripe.  We have; lettuce, strawberries, peas, cilantro, chives, mint, basil, beets, radishes, and carrots (and maybe some other stuff we dont know about.  The girls have to help weed and water the garden weekly as one of their chores.  Its been great to get in some practice for when we decide to plant next year!

The kids have also been doing a fair amount of bike riding.  Greg has to take them since this momma can barely walk without being out of breath right now.

I have been keeping busy with one of my hobbies: couponing and price matching.  I like to challenge myself and see how much money I can save our family when shopping.  I have always loved a good deal, but kind of taken it to the next level.

Shopping has a mission for me: To save the most amount of money possible

For example:

I spent $10 and got all this:

 Spent $10 and got all this:

 I spent $32 and got ALL this!

 All this costs over $70, but I bought it for $30

 I love bargin shopping on everything.  I got this awesome canvas painting that cost $70, for $14 on clearance.  Its going to go in Brylies Room.

 Kaden changed the theme of her room to owls, and to redo her bed, get this cute owl cut out for her wall and recover her bulletin board with owl fabric cost us about $15

The big girls are also going to summer school for two weeks.  They have only been doing fun activities!  They have had lots of fun.  Its only half a day, so that leaves me home alone with this crazy kid again.

She loves making everyone laugh.  (She was eating a chic covered donut and making faces)

And we have been preparing for the arrival of our baby boy.  The girls helped me paint his dresser recently.  Im finally having a boy, so you better believe there will be BLUE everywhere!  We have been consignment and garage sale shopping, and gotten all the clothes we will need for the first year!  Daddy set the crib up and we have arranged his room.  His room is going to have a dinosaur theme.  Gma Kelli is still working on his bedding, and I am working on some wall art that matches.

We have already had a little scare with him trying to come early  I was having continuous contractions one day last week.  I finally went in after having 20 in 2 hours.  It took them 5 hours, 4 different shots and 2 bags of IV fluids to get them to go away.  I am already dilated too, so I am supposed to be taking it easy now to try and keep him in longer.  

We are so excited to get to meet him soon, but want him to wait until he is healthy and strong enough!

As you see, we are plenty busy around here so thats why I haven't been blogging as much.  We are loving summer and having a blast!

Spring Soccer

The girls Spring Soccer Season came to an end today.  Both of the girls did so good this season.  Kaden who plays on a team against 3rd-6th graders improved so much over the season.  She scored her first goal and was so excited and proud about it.  She learned to be aggressive and fight for the ball.  She was one of the smallest players on the field most of the time!

Brylie did well also.  She played on a team that was 1st and 2nd graders.  Being older this year gave her an advantage.  She was aggressive and always going after that ball.  She is a little nervous to have to play up against 6th grade BOYS next year, but ready to try it out!

Im so proud of my cute little soccer players.  They were a lot tougher this year than last!

GO WIZARDS AND PIRATES!!

(Next season they will be on the same team, we will see how that goes!!)

Going Private again

After our baby is born, we will be going private again for a while for safety issues.  Everyone who sent me there email last time should still be able to see the blog.  If your my Facebook friend, dont worry, you will see LOTS more pics and updates there anyways (as Im sure you already know).  But send me an email or leave a comment here with your email address (no one else will see it bc my comments are private).  Thanks guys.

Grandma- Dont worry, I will email you lots of pics and updates too!!!

Its a BOY!

We are so excited to be able to announce that we will be having a baby boy this summer.

He sure is a cutie already!

SNOW DAY

We had 2 snow days in a row this week.  The kids were very excited to be out of school.  The big girls loved playing in the snow and were out there for about 3 hours each day!  Here are a few pics:

During the snow

 Our back deck

Kaden helping me shovel

Yo Gabba Gabba

Ellie went to see one of her favorite TV shows LIVE!  For her birthday she got a ticket to go see Yo Gabba Gabba.  She was smiling and happy when the show first started.  But during the rest of the show she was just seriously watching every move they made.  She never looked away from the stage.  She was even drooling a few times because she was so into it!!  It was a pretty awesome, fast paced, high energy show.  At the end they sang a good bye song.  When it was over, she was a little sad that we had to go.  During the whole ride home she was singing the goodbye song that they sang and talking all about the characters.  We are pretty sure she had the time of her life!

Kaden turns 10

Today my first born, Kaden turns 10 years old!  I can not believe that 10 years ago today I became a mother.  Kaden's birthday was the most painful/awesome day of my life.  I could not believe how much I could love someone that I had just met!  I believe in love at first sight!

Kaden spent the night at her dads last night.  She woke up to a breakfast of pancakes, sausage and toast in bed.  I made her a requested dinner of all her favorites: noodles with alfredo sauce, fried okra and peaches.  Instead of a cake this year she wanted a brownie/cookie bar thing she loves.  We opened presents and she said she got EVERYTHING she wanted.  

We were going to bring treats for her class on friday but school got cancelled for a snow day!  So, we will bring them on Monday and Ellie and I will join her for lunch also.  She wants us to bring her Sonic for lunch!  

Kaden has grown up so much in the last 10 years.  She has always been such a caring girl.  She is always concerned that everyone else is happy and having fun.  She is a great big sister to all her siblings.  She has always been my best helper.  Brylie and Ellie have definitely had a second mother, having her around. Kaden is also a stubborn child who likes to sometimes be bossy.   :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KADEN!

Ellie turns 2

Today is Ellie's Birthday!  We can't believe our baby is 2 already. Ellie was excited about having a birthday.  Since Daddy and Brylie just had theirs, she knew what she was in for....attention, cake, and presents!  In the morning she got to open her big present that Daddy bought her. She LOVES her horse.  She named her "Chocolate Chip Cookie" She rode on her all morning until it was time to go to church.  She had a fun time at church.  After about 30 mins at church she kept saying "I want to go to my class'.  She loves her friends at church.  There are 4 boys in her class and she is the only girl.  But she is one tough girl, so that is great.

   

 Later Ellie got to open the rest of her presents and have some cake.  Mommy and Daddy also got her tickets to go see Yo Gabba Gabba LIVE which is one of her favorite shows.  We think she will be sooo excited to see them!
It was the Superbowl also, so we watched that and partied together all night.  Im pretty sure Ellie loves being 2!  Ellie is such a sweet, smart, beautiful little girl.  She has brought so much joy to our family.  Ellie is everyones buddy and brings our family all together.  Mommy loves getting to stay home and spend every day with Ellie.  I love getting to watch her learn and grow each day.  Daddy is probably Ellie's favorite person.  She LOVES hanging out with her daddy.  She is so excited when she hears the garage open in the evenings, and runs screaming "Daddys home, Daddys home".  She is a daddys girl (right now anyways....I still have time to work on her). Kaden and Brylie love playing with Ellie all the time.  They are so good with her and make her so happy.  She loves it when they get off the school bus and come play with her.  She is also buddies with Jaren.  Jaren follows her around and never leaves her side when he is here.  He likes getting to play with her!

We ALL love our Ellie!

Announcement.....

Its Great to be 8!

Today is Brylie's 8th Birthday!  I cant believe how old my little baby is getting!  Today Brylie gets to pick out all her favorites.  For lunch she wanted Taco Bell.  Ellie and I brought it to her at school and ate lunch with her.  She is having a party with her class and brought donuts and chocolate milk to celebrate.  Today is also the 100th day of school, so it is a double fun day.
For dinner Brylie wants to have steak, french fries, and fruit salad.  So thats what we will be having!  She is getting a strawberry cake in a flower shape with strawberry ice cream.
It is her weekend to spend at her dads, so her dad will come here and party with her, then take the girls home with him.  Each year the girls get to do something fun for their bday too.  I think Brylie finally decided on going roller skating.  We will have to do that soon!  It is bday season at our house, so we will have to find a time to squeeze it in!
Next weekend Brylie will be baptized on Saturday.  She is very excited about this.  She gets to share this day with her best friend from church, their birthdays are only 2 days apart.
Brylie has grown into a wonderful young girl!  Although she is still the "best" at getting out of helping out around the house.  She always has the greatest excuse or perfect timing of needing to get something else done at that exact moment. She is doing great in school, she is one of the smartest kids. She is reading 6th grade level books and getting 100% on her tests over them.  She is an aggressive little soccer player too.  She will be starting piano lessons next week, so we will see how she does with that!
Brylie is a great kid and I am so happy and proud that I get to be her mom.
I love you Brylie, Happy Birthday!!!!!

Merry Christmas from the Dombek Bunch.  

This year I didn't get around to typing out a letter to send with our cards.  Maybe after Christmas time, I will write on here what we were up to this year.

Always busy, busy

We are always just busy busy around here.  I dont feel like we do THAT much, but even doing a little with 4 kids, can sure keep you busy.  Some of the things we have been up to:

 Music Concerts (Brylie)

 Getting ready for Christmas

(I took a friends family pictures by this huge tree at zona rosa, and a few of the kids too!)

Decorating the house for Christmas

(Our tree and outside lights are up and ready for our non traditional christmas this year!)

Attending Pirate Birthday Parties:

(You can never have enough fun birthday parties to go to)

Christmas shopping

(She will forget what she's getting....right?)

 Playing

 Potty Training

(our first attempt didn't go so well)

Attending Church and working on our callings

(The girls like to try and match the color of our outfits for church, today cousin Kari was going to church with us, so we got to get a picture!)

It seems like there is always something to do.  Besides, the laundry, dishes, grocery shopping and trying to keep a house clean in case someone calls and wants to see it (Yes, our house is for sale!) There is always homework, school activities, play dates and church meetings to keep us busy!  But we wouldn't have it any other way.  After the holidays we will be adding gymnastics back in and piano lessons!

Happy Veterans Day to my 4 favorite vets this weekend!  I am so proud of my strong, brave family members who put everything they had on the line for me and my freedoms!  I could never do what these men have done, so I THANK YOU and I thank all the men and women who serve or have served our country!

Field Trip

Today we took all the kids on a fabulously fun outing (thanks to Groupon).  They got to pretend to be doctors and vets, work on a farm, paint and make art creations, play in a water table, go under the sea in a submarine, build with legos, and much more.  This was a great place, the kids had a blast and Greg and I got to just sit back and watch their creativity!

October

October was a busy month around here.  Here are a few other things we did this month:

We PLAYED: Ellie had a friend over and this is what the play room looked like after 2 hours.  They had a blast, and its easy to clean up...so its worth it!

 We ATE: I am into couponing and price matching.  We scout out the good deals!  This day we got ALL this food at Taco Bell for FREE!!  I even tried to buy some drinks and the guy gave them to us for FREE too! The kids loved the fun outing.

 We DATED: There is this really hot guy that Im dating that brought me these flowers before our last date.  I really am a lucky girl!

Halloween

Flo (the Progressive Insurance Girl), My scary Vampire and Little Elmo had a great Halloween!

We made warm Italian soup and Mummy Hot Dogs for dinner.  We got all dressed up and went trick or treating in our neighborhood.  My girls, their two dads and Cousin Kari went with us!  We saw lots of friends while our trick or treating.  We thought Ellie might get bored and have to go home early, but she never let up.  After every house she would say, "More Caneee, More Caneee"  She would dig through her candy bag between each house.  She couldn't concentrate on walking.  We brought the wagon, but daddy ended up carrying her most of the time! It ended up being a pretty warm night, the kids never even asked for their jackets.  We were done at about 8:00.  We got to bed later then normal, but slept in this morning and got driven to school (on time of course).  It is fun to have kids that get so excited about trick or treating.  It reminds me of my younger days and loving Halloween just like they do.

Halloween was a success!

Out with the OLD and in with the NEW

This picture reminds me of my life right now, haha.  The kitty on the left was Kaden's FAVORTIE toy as a little kid.  She had to take it everywhere with her. Although it was washed regularly, this is as clean as it gets.  It was well LOVED but its no longer needed.  Our family has been trying to get rid of the things that we have held on to that we no longer need as well.
Ellie found this kitty and fell in love with it too!  She wanted to take it everywhere.  After a trip to walmart when I gave in and let her bring it in, I new she needed a new toy that wasn't so gross.  I found this new one online and Ellie now has her own kitty.  We are always in search for new in our life.  Sometimes the new is better then the old, and you wonder why it took you so long to change!  You can always look at the old and know that it was loved, but be glad you have moved on.

Fall Activities

Fall is upon us.  We have been busy with cheerleading and now soccer games.  We went to the pumpkin patch with a group of friends from church.  

What a difference one year makes!

My 3 girls with the pumpkins

Ellie wouldnt hold still!

There were tons of baby kittens walking around, the kids LOVED bugging them. 

 Ellie loves cats and dogs!

Playing in the Hay Maze

Kaden was in the Homecoming Parade! She is on the far left.

                                      

 It was freezing outside, here we are watching.