so much fun!

We had a GREAT summer! It is amazing how FAST it flew by!!! We were able to enjoy lots of family time, a few great trips, lots and lots of swimming and... a MOVE! Yep, we made the BIG move, just across the river. We are thrilled to call Vancouver, our new stomping grounds.

 

As summer came to an end, we all geared up for what we knew would be a busy Fall season! And... we were right! Both kiddos are LOVING school. Still hard to believe Jackson has started kindergarten!!! He is doing great. He has made both Brian and I so proud. He has made many new friends, overcome some BIG fears in regards to attending a big elementary school, is on track to becoming a great reader and loves math!

Not only is he doing fantastic in school, he is also showing us what a fabulous athlete he is! He started TBall at the beginning of September. He really seems to love the game of baseball, and works so hard at each and every practice and game! It's amazing to me, when watching him, how much his skills have drastically improved in just a matter of a few weeks.

 

Maggie is attending Pre-K this year. She seems to really enjoy her new school, teacher and is also making many new friends. Her days are a bit shorter at school, than Jackson's. But, I've enjoyed having some one-on-one time with our sweet girl. She loves to read books, play with her babies, paint (or really any type of art... the messier the better!), dance, sing and all things girlie!

She will be continuing with dance class, starting in October.

 

We moved at the beginning of August, and thankfully were still able to head over to Sunriver for a little mini vacay, less than a week after our move.

We, as we do every year, had a WONDERFUL time!

 

Both kiddos took swimming lessons (3x p/week!) all summer ... and were so excited to show off their great swimming skills at the fun pool in Sunriver!

 

We had fun this year in the bouncy houses and riding driving the bumper cars!

 Heading into a maze of bouncy houses!

 

 Jackson cruising down a fun and FAST bouncy house slide!

 Mommy going down the same slide... it was fast!!!

Maggie having fun at the Sunriver Artists Bazaar. She made and brought home a few great works of art!

Boys and their Bumper Cars...

Maggie and Jackson taking a little train ride through Sunriver Village

Little Lady ready to hit the pool!

Jackson is ready to go too!!!

 All ready!

Fun times at Ft. Rock Park... We love that the home we rent in Sunriver is walking distance to such a fun park!

 Faster, Faster, Faster...

More Pool Time... and some pretty cool tricks!

Couldn't resist sharing this great shot of our good friends (Jeff and son, Hayden) going down one of the BIG slides! We were so happy to see them, (along with the rest of their sweet family) and be able to spend a fun afternoon at the pool together!

We've been blessed with amazing weather, lately. Especially for Oregon and this time of year. But... today is the first day that it's really beginning to feel like fall. The temps have dropped, the sky is grey and we've had some rain... I think fall is officially here... to stay.

I'm looking forward to a wonderful fall season, and although it's already shown to be BUSY BUSY BUSY... we are all ready to go!

All our Love. The Weeks Team.

Summer is ... here!?!?!!

Summer is ... HERE.
I could try to come up with a bazillion excuses reasons why I have neglected posting to our blog for so long...
But, rather than attempting to play catch up...
Catch up of the past 8 (8?!?!?!???!!!) months, I'll try and start from here... today... now... and hopefully fill in the gaps here & there.
I'm not making any blog posting promises... but, am really really going to try to update more often... (more often, than say 2x p/year).
Last week was the LAST week of preschool for both Jackson and Maggie. It's so hard to believe we've already come to the end of their school year. And... the end-of-preschool::hello-ELEMENTARY(???)-school-this-FALL for Jackson!!! Yep, our sweet guy officially GRADUATED (!!!) from preschool last Sunday. He had an AWESOME school year, and has grown so much! He, truly, is no longer, our little guy, rather our amazing sweet BIG GUY!!

Jackson William, approx. 3 months old young

(ok... we all know he was NEVER truly our little guy... he was an amazing sweet BIG guy from the start...  Exhibit A: photo above, just in case a reminder was needed...)

 Preschool Graduation

June 2, 2013

Jackson William, 5.5 years old young!

Jackson's preschool graduation was really great. It was so fun to see how excited the kiddos were, to hear them sing songs they've been practicing, and of course... receive their "graduation diplomas"!
Their head teacher, Ms. Tonia had asked parents a few weeks prior to graduation to send her a photo of our "soon to be graduate", when they were just a babe... Exhibit A (above) is the one Jackson and I picked. Ms. Tonia put together a very sweet slide show, which included each graduate's photo as a babe, as well as a photo she had taken of each kiddo, during their last week of school. Amazing how much they've all grown, yet still look so much like their baby pictures. It was so fun to see not only all the baby photos, the last week of school photos, but so many GREAT photos of our kiddos having so much fun throughout the entire school year. We have really LOVED St. Matthew's Preschool, and feel so blessed to have had both kiddos attend preschool there, this past year. We couldn't have asked for a better fit for our amazing (and very different personalities!) munchkins! Next stop for Jackson: Kindergarten this fall!!!!  *sigh...*
Maggie will continue at St. Matthew's this coming fall, in their Jr. Academy Program (more deets on that to come!)

Maggie's 3's Preschool class, the last week of school.

Her teacher, Ms. Cathy is truly wonderful.

Can you pick Maggs out?

She's the sweetie standing to the left (blue shirt) of Ms. Cathy.

What a bunch of cuties!!!

Maggie had a fabulous year (her FIRST year!) of preschool. She absolutely LOVED school, made great friends, adored and is adored by her teachers. She learned so much that sometimes I can't believe she'll ONLY be 4 years old in July!
She has also grown SO MUCH ... especially just in the last 4-6 months. Her legs seem to be growing a mile longer every other month, and at times I find myself just in amazement over the conversations she has (both with me, with Jackson and of course, with herself, her "babies", her "animals", etc... ha!). Next stop for Maggs: Jr. Academy at St. Matthew's in the fall!!!!
We have LOTS more pictures (and so much to catch up on!!!) to share! My goal in keeping things updated around here is to try to keep things short & sweet... in hopes I won't feel completely overwhelmed and in turn... let what feels like my middle name, guide me... PROCRASTINATION!
Hope you're enjoying this amazing gorgeous sunshine... we're LOVE LOVE LOVING it! We were able to get out and plant some flowers (and carrots... we'll see how that goes... ) yesterday. Looking forward to getting out in the "garden" (we don't really have a garden, as much as a shaggy lawn... ha!) again this afternoon.
Much Love.
The Weeks