THE RACE IS ON...Kelton's Space Derby for scouts

The Big Race this morning started off with a big race to get this family out the door and down to Taylorsville by 10:00am! LOL That was my race for the day anyways. I swear the days we have something going on the kids sleep in but any other day they are up at 6:30am. Anyways, that is not what is important...it is all about Max and Kelton working so hard on this Space Derby and they wanted so badly to have the best one there was. This is all new to Max and Kelton though because this is his first time in scouts. The first heat their Space Derby was in they took FIRST! Can you believe it? It was so cute the look on Kelt's face, he was so proud. Then come to find out they do about 10 more heats (seriously it took forever, LOL) So then Kelton took 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. So in the end overall he didn't place in the top spots but they are winners in my book. Max keeps saying that now he has seen the others that next year he will know all the tricks and they will win so we will see but I think their space derby was awesome. It was about them making it together anyways. Max kind of laughed too because all the other space derbies looked perfect. Max was like you can tell the other kids dad's just did all theirs. Max on the other hand really let Kelton do a ton of the work on theirs, so ours looked a little make-shift...I loved it!

The first official Philpot Space Derby

My handsome boys...seriously could it get any better than that?

SPIDER UPDATE! Our Craft from an earlier post

Ok I dont really need to write anything. The pictures explain it all and it is hilarious. Some of my craft attempts turn out ok but this one is a far cry from perfect! LOL

What the end result should have looked like...

The addition to our family...the PHILPOT SPIDER

My Awesome Little Stepson...well not so little anymore!

I haven't posted about Kelton in awhile mostly because he is too busy hanging with his cousins and friend's to take pictures, LOL. Hence I usually only post when I have a picture to go with it. So I thought I would do a little proud stepmama post. Kelton has been doing so good with 2nd grade. He has got 100% on his spelling test the last two weeks in a row. I am telling you this is a great accomplishment for him compared to last year. His words this week are a little harder for him so if he only misses one tomorrow than he gets a treat. Cross your fingers for him! He has also been doing scouts. Dad and Kelton have been working on a space derby and the big race is this coming Saturday. Kelton chose to spray paint it black. I will take some pictures on Saturday of him so I can post them. He cant run from me then! LOL

Another little funny thing about Kelton and getting older...when Gracie and I pick him up from school he is so funny. Gracie will have Minnie with her and usually be running around yelling "BuBu" BuBu" and when Kelton walks out she yells "Hi BuBu" and he gets so embarrassed! I cant believe that he will walk way off to the side of us or way infront of us and not even say hi sometimes, LOL. I think his little sis is embarrassing him so it is so funny. I will say Kelt your sister said Hi and he will say "Hi Grace."

He is getting so big! I love him so much.

GRACIE'S bang's get cut AGAIN!

This wraps up her personality into one picture...my little cutie!

Gracie got her bangs cut some more. I swear this girl's hair is the weirdest thing. The whole top half of her hair flows forward so she always has it in her face and eye's. So we cut her bangs before and nope it didn't help because the rest of her hair was flying forward. So I had them cut again pretty far back this time. I think they will be way cute. The reason why I said I think they WILL is because I had them cut a little short so I wouldn't have to go back so soon. So when they grow out a little she will be a stylin mama! The one great thing is NO MORE HAIR IN HER POOR EYE'S!

Oh and her poor dad if he had it his way she would never get her hair cut so he was sad but I was thinking more for her poor little eye's and seeing! LOL

BuBu's (brother) Froggy Towel

I got Kelton's froggy towel out of his closet the other day and thought oh my heck it has been so long since he wore this and it could fit Gracie now. The funny thing about it is that Kelton was like "I never wore that linds" and I said you want to bet. I have the cutest pictures of you dancing in this towel and pulling funny faces. I told him that was back when he was 4 and 5 and not too cool for a frog towel :) So anyways, we put it on Gracie and she thinks it is so cool. She was cracking up at herself and bubu thought it was pretty funny too!

Preview of Gracie in her Elmo Costume

Gracie Lynn is going to be Elmo this year. Yes this was her dad and brother's decision, not mine. But, it turned out to be sooooo cute. I guess I think she will look cute in anything. This particular day Gracie wouldn't take this costume off and even took her nap in it. Then when I went to get her out of her crib she had finally taken it off all by herself. She doesn't undress herself yet but somehow she managed to get this big thing off of herself! The cute lady I bought this from also sent a elmos costume for Gracie's doll. I guess her mom had made her daughter the costume for her daughters doll and she so graciously gave it up and Gracie thinks it is so fun that both her and her doll get to be Elmo! So Fun!

Top 10 Reason's I LOVE my Job

10. I love that I get to get out once in awhile and visit my clients and do lunch. We always eat at yummy places which makes it a huge treat for me since my usual is PB and J with the kids. I get to have adult conversation and feel like a career woman for a minute.
9. I love that I can take care of our household and make sure all of our odd's and ends from errands to bills,just anything is taken care of. That way when Max gets home it is just family time. It is so different when you work full time and have to deal with those things at the sametime it really takes away from family home evenings.

8. I love the fact that I have the time to learn to cook new things and I even make bread from scratch!
7. I love that I get to be the first person Gracie see's and Kelton when we have him. I open their shutters and start off the morning in the most happy voice and cheer I can. Gracie jumps up and down and starts gathering all her friends (Minnie, Daisy, and baby) to go have breakfast. Kelton smiles but tries to hide it. He is getting too big for the song and dance.
6. When Kelton has a day off of school and we are just hanging out and we get to play video games together. That is totally our bonding thing we do together now that he is getting older. He will get all these toys together for Gracie and say Linds will you just come help me beat one level...and 4 levels later we are still going strong!
5. I have to admitt I dont mind the daytime soap operas and talk shows. I am not that great on watching them everyday but lets get real here...I can miss it for 2 weeks and I am up to speed, LOL.
4. I love that I get to sit down and read with Gracie and watch as she learns. She says new things everyday that blow me away. Her facial expressions as she is trying to tell me a story just crack me up. We are the best of friends and connected at the hip. Where I go she goes we are just two little peas in a pod and I am so thankful for that everyday!
3. When I get to go to the park with the kids on a sunny perfect day and we usually meet my sister-in-law there and we get to visit why the kids run around and play. Sometimes I sit and think what did I do to deserve this. Is this really my life? Watching my beautiful children having the time of their life and then running up and giving me a big hug.
2. This is a funny one but I love that I have all day to clean the house. No more of the cleaning the house after work or on the weekends. Even though picking up the house after those boys never ends. But, to be able to do the deep cleaning and laundry in the day while Gracie is sleeping is so nice. It is even better when Max gets home after his hard day at work and I can tell by the look on his face that even though I am home I have been hard at work as well.
1. Bedtime Routine, after dinner is served and cleaned up after and we all head out back to eat otter pops then it is time to go inside for bedtime routine. Bubu and sis brush there teeth and help each other then we all crawl into bubu's bed and turn out the lights. Kelton will say sis tell bubu story. Gracie in the most sweet quiet whisper just starts jabbering about whatever she wants and lays her head on his. Then she says Nite Nite bubu and Nite Nite froggy. It is by far my favorite time of the day and the favorite time of my job taking care of these amazing little beings.
CONCLUSION
I love that my job is taking care of the 3 most important people in the world to me. That I can give 150% to them and making our life as good as it should be. I would never want any other job in this entire world and to make it even better to have a husband that makes it happen. I love laying bed with him at night and giving him an update about what his little rascals have been up to all day and what they have learned or the funny things they have said. Almost 9 times out of 10 I tell him something they did that day that is exactly like something he says or does.