Homecoming 2015

Wade has such a good big sister!! He has extra sensitive ears. Kate was willing to help out when his arms got tired.

 The Mighty Rebel Band

 Rachel was in a good spot for pictures.

 There she is with a smile.

 Wade liked the fire truck.

 And the limo.

 This was the cross country float. Our cousin and babysitter Matthew was on this float.

 He spotted us!!

 If Rachel had not been in the band, she would have been on the Orchestra float.

 Luke was on the Varsity Colts float.

 There he is with a smile. He knows what makes Momma happy.

The parade was fun for everybody. Kate and Wade enjoyed lots of candy, and Rachel and Luke had a good time being in the parade. Rachel had to walk/march the whole way and she thought that was a little long. Good practice for Washington DC this summer.

Wade's First Day of Preschool

Wade started his first day of preschool on August 31st. He is going to Heritage Preschool this year. He was very excited to start school! He was most excited about the massive amounts of sand on their playground.

Wade has been at school for over a month now. Everything is going great!! He really likes his teacher Miss Jessie. He is starting to write his letters and enjoy all the artwork. His favorite part is still the sand on the playground. He brings home plenty of it in his shoes everyday. So far so good, I hope he keeps up the good work!!

First Day of School 2015

Today is the first day of 9th, 6th, and 3rd grade!! This morning they all seemed pretty excited to be going back. It feels like we have already started back since Band, football, piano, and gymnastics have all started up already. 

Kate has the same homeroom teacher she had last year. They both moved up to third grade this year!! We were very excited to have Mrs. Powell again this year! In fact, Kate's reading/English teacher is also named Ms. Powell. That will be easy for the kids to remember their teachers names. Actually, they are both named Jennifer Powell. How are we going to tell them apart???

Pretty girl is growing so fast.

Rachel is starting high school this year!! Wow!! She has been ready for school to start since about the third week of June. At this age they like to see their friends everyday. Since band started on August 1st she has been able to see her friends for 8 hours a day. She is already tired!!

We measured her the other day. She is 5'9 1/4". She has only grown about 1/4 inch this year.

Luke is in his last year of Elementary school. He has Mrs. Townsend for his homeroom teacher. She is young and cute. He should like her. Haha She did pass out cell phone rules on meet the teacher night and they have to pay $$ to get their phones back. His stayed at home today.

We measured Luke for football. He is 5' 1/2" and 84 pounds.

We are to go meet Wade's Preschool teacher on Friday. He will start his school on Monday.

We are praying for a great year with lots of learning and good friends. I can't wait to hear all about their first days this afternoon.

Easter 2015

One of the traditions my kids look forward to every year is Easter at Fluvanna. All the Stansells get together and have dinner with a big Easter Egg Hunt. The kids get a ton of candy and have the best time.

 Luke, 10

Sydney, 5

 

Tenley, 9

Miles, 7

Madison, 3

Tye, 3

Ian, 7

Mac, 5

Wade, 4

Rachel, 13

Sweet Girls

Kate, 7

Caroline, 9months

Chris with his cousin Ben

I love looking back at the pictures each year. What wonderful memories our kids will have about Easters spent in Fluvanna.

Halloween 2014

Wade has been asking me every day for almost a month if today was Halloween. Yesterday I finally got to tell him YES!! We were all excited for the big day! I love to see all the kids in their costumes!

Luke seems to have a theme every year. He always has a new favorite. This year it it Minecraft. He spends hours and hours playing Minecraft and watching other people play it on You Tube videos. He decided to be Steve, the lead character in the video game.

Kate wanted to be a kitty cat. She found this costume and fell in love. She is a tigress. This is totally a Kate costume.

Wade was Spiderman! I am in love with his muscles!! So cute!! He even has shoes that match.

Rachel went trick or treating with her friends. She needed a costume in a pinch and decided to be Batman. Turned out cute!!

Up, Up and Away

Memaw always comes to spend Halloween with us. She has the most important job of passing out our candy.

Bonus picture of Steve.

The whole gang.

Memaw at her post.

Wade and Memaw getting a little practice in before we headed off.

We had a great time!! The kids have tons and tons of candy!! And now we can't wait for Christmas!!