Tahoe 10 weeks

I am exhausted. This dog does not sleep, well he does but only during the day. 1.5 hours is his usual bark, wake us up time.
He's got sit down and is actually really good on the leash. In the beginning he would lay down and we couldn't get him back up but now if I pull when he's laying down he will get up and walk.
What he isn't good at is potty training, I take him out nonstop and he still doesn't give me any warning before he pee's on the floor.
When we got him at 8 weeks he weighed 10lbs, now he's up to 15.5lbs

 Showing off his "sit" abilities

his favorite place to sleep is under the couch

I can't decide if him and Boji are best friends or worst enemies

New School Year

Yikes, this is the last week of summer. I haven't even gotten a chance to sleep in all summer (because the contract came every day at 7am). It was a summer that went way to fast and we didn't get a lot in. We need to plan ahead so we can camp a ton next summer.

 Ryan will be in first grade, Mrs. Rutkowski

Connor will be in third grade, Mrs. Wallace

Tahoe

DAY ONE:
Introducing the next Moorman recruit, Tahoe. Tahoe was born May 30th, he is 8 weeks old. So here is his story so far:
About a year ago we decided Boji was getting old and wanted to get a puppy so she could teach it the ropes and make our jobs hopefully easier. We stared researching what we wanted and Ray talked me into the "bigger is better" mentality. When he travels and the house creeks at night I want to feel safe. So we decided a big doodle was for us. We didn't want a labradoodle or golden doodle because everyone we know has those. We love the temperament of a sheep dog, then found a local breeder of Sheep-doodles and that was that. Through out the wait we basically were 50/50 that the whole thing was a scam and that our deposit was feeding someone's meth addiction. Then 3 weeks ago out of the blue we got a call that puppies were here, their was one left that no one had claimed and we should drive over to Castle Rock and come meet the remaining pup.

The next night we fell in love with Tahoe. He was the first of the 6 born to Sheepdog Mom, Chanel. 4 boys, 2 girls. His siblings are; Willie, Luna, Pocky, Bruno and Wallace.

 I had the boys take Tahoe across the street so he could meet his sister in a "neutral area"

Tahoe literally slept the whole car ride home. Breeder Penny gave us this blue blanket that was his Mom's so he could smell her.

I read 6 puppy books to prepare us. They all say go 1-2 hours and then take them outside to pee. Um yeah, I have my phone going off in 20 minute increments to take him out. While Penny (breeder) was giving us the low down on all things sheedadoodle (took an hour) I saw him pee on her carpet 3 times (Wide eyed emoji face). We are not doing that.

July- Okoboji Iowa

My 36th year at the lake was a success. Speaking of success, Ray and I had a lot of one on one time (something that in our everyday lives we don't get as much as we need0. We acknowledged that he has come so far in his career and we were so happy that his days of working a few hours up at McDonalds (the only place with free wifi) are over and his vacations are true vacations where we can reconnect and build family memories. We are living the dream baby!

Highlights: no dock, never seen the lake house with out a dock. 5mph no wake boat and jet ski rides (high water). Sawyer! He's alive and spent his first summer at the lake. He spent most of his time walking around while holding onto someones hands, or in his baby pool. Nick. Lizzie has a boyfriend and she let us meet him! Lizzie is my youngest cousin and truly has a heart of gold. She never speaks down about any one, only sees the good in people, has a go getter attitude and I am so happy that she has found someone who thinks she is as special as we do.

 We saw two children's plays over our 14 days at the lake: the lion the witch & the wardrobe and 12 princesses. Grandma put her teaching hat back on and took over KUMON instructor duty for me each day.

 GG (Great Grandma) The kids are loud and being kids, but it is good for her, right? Connor said, "GG, live to be 100 because then I'll be a sophomore in college" "Mom, I think she can make it, she's 86 and doesn't even have hearing aids yet".

 You aren't moving fast enough Grandpa (Sawyer)

 A new swing, and everyone loved it. Travis & Cynthia have fully embraced parenthood

 We took approximately 1 shower in 2 weeks, so we documented it with pictures (Lizzie and her boy)

I've never seen Connor drawn to something more than this swing. He would come tap my shoulder and I thought for sure ask for candy and he would instead say, "Mom, can you push me on the swing?"

Ryan spent 99% of his time on the dock fishing. He is a true fisherman. His tackle box is full of little notes about things he has watched on YouTube fishing videos.

June 2018

Ryan had one of the best weeks ever, fishing twice and camping in the back yard. Dad is such a champ to do this.

 If you zoom in there actually are fish on those hooks

 Bath Bomb Making

 Learning a proper knot

 He was content even though he didn't catch anything at Cops & Bobbers

Dad slept on a cot, Ryan slept on the ground

Last Day of Kindergarten and 2nd Grade

Ryan finished his first year at Pine Grove. He did morning K with Mrs. Lehman. He had a great year. It was amazing with only 18 kids in the class. He did great and became good friends with: Daxton, Quentin, Lincoln and Bridget.

Connor had 22 kids in his class, and his teacher was Linda Christensen. She was sooo good for him. He really took off in reading and math. Connor started KUMON in November and that has been the most amazing thing for him. He has become an independent learner and a hard worker. His best bud is Bowen.

I'm on the neighborhood social committee and I have to say, this years end of year party was the best yet. 5 bouncy houses, DJ, Shaved Ice, Hot Dogs, Photo Booth (which myself and the other Moms took part in). Fun fun fun. Now ready for an amazing summer!
*Look at this stud, he has become a running machine!

May 2018 End of Year Stuff

 Last Kindergarten Field Trip: the Castle Rock 200 step challenge Incline. Kids did wonderful

 Ray got to ride the bus with us and chaperone!

 Final days of a 2nd Grader and Kindergartener

After discovering a leak on the dining room ceiling I've removed all the shower tiles and we are currently getting bids to in large the shower and then retile.

Mother's Day 2018

We got to you Mattias' families mountain home. It was amazing!

 Everything was so green!

 We hiked and hiked and hiked

 So much Moose & Bear Poop. I was walking around like the Step Mom in Parent Trap hitting two sticks together.

 "The Black Castle" in the woods as Mattias calls it.

I was spoiled with love and FUDGE! Great weekend.

Tennis

Both boys are in their first ever tennis lessons. It is what spring is all about, sitting on the grass, soaking in the sun and hearing those balls bounce.

 Cody (little brother Bryson), Ryan, Charlie, Lincoln

Henry Hagstrom & Connor

End of the year busyness

My favorite author Jen Hatmaker recently posted on instagram how the last 4 weeks of school are simply AWFUL. As I write this I feel my stomach knotting up, and frankly I need to get to the yoga studio. It seems every day their is a bio fold project needing to be done, a $.50 needing to be collected, a packed lunch made that I wasn't anticipating, a field trip on the horizon. BARF. I just want days of sleeping in, with nothing on the calendar. We are down to 3 and a half weeks of school, yippee!

This month has been soccer soccer soccer. Connor has soccer practice M, W, Th with games on the weekends. Connor is still doing his advanced math, daily (they said it is like eating, you have to do it every day to survive) and starting this week we have the summer off from piano lessons. Tennis starts next week for both boys. Hoping they can learn to volley back and forth a little so this summer we can make tennis a family affair.
I've had a lot of fun the month of April researching my ancestry and these are two of the paintings of ancient relatives.

 New play doh set, dentist/orthodontist themed

 Connor went for the FIRST time to take your son to work day with Ray. He met our Parker Co Mayor, Mike Wade (his hair is crazy to help raise money for childhood cancer research)

 The tree house is in constant construction mode, adding a board here or there

 Connor showing off his muscles after a soccer game

We went to the football stadium to watch babysitter Katie play a high school girls soccer game