This year for Father’s Day we surprised daddy with photos just for him! He LOVED them! (He also got a new stocked tackle box from the boys!!)
We are SO thankful for the man he is but being a Dad is what he does best. I am so thankful that he see’s the boys for who they are but also see’s their potential to become what God has called them too as well!
Aunt Jess and Uncle J got Lane tickets to the Riverbandits game for his 8th birthday! After playing in 5 baseball games this past weekend he got to finish the weekend off by going to the best rated minor league ball park in the country! He rode a huge Farris wheel (which he was nervous about at first but ended up loving it), he got autographs, a penit for his room, front row seats, a snow cone as big as his head and memories with his Aunt, Uncle, and Cousin that will last a life time!!
This next photo is Lane’s all star game watching the flag during the national anthem!
And of course "aunt wowo’s" and Uncle matt got to keep Winnie girl for the game and she and Levi were hysterical! Love having some special time with our precious niece!
This year is Lane’s last year for coach pitch baseball and he is having a great year! He played for the black team and His daddy was the assistant coach for the season!
He also was chosen to play on a team called the Bandits and they played a Saturday tournament in Long Grove, Ia. He received the MVP medal in that tournament. It was a great day and Lane always has the best cheering squad!
He also made Allstars this year!! We were so proud of him!!
His daddy is THEE BEST daddy in the world! Always encouraging him, teaching him, practicing with him, and investing his time into making him better at the game. He doesn’t just focus on that though; Matt has fun with him, makes him a more positive person, and strives to make memories with Lane in baseball! I am so blessed to have been given such an incredible husband to be the father of our children!
It was such a fun summer having Lane really grow into a good baseball player! He writes and eats right handed but naturally he plays sports left handed! (I am not convienced he wouldn’t have been a total lefty had it been for the forceful placement of a certain teacher but none the less it sure is fun to have left handed pitcher and batter!!) We love you number 40 and are so proud of not how good you are but of how hard you try!!
This may be the longest time between posts to date here on our blog. And it already feels good to be back. I have been using our #welcometodeckerville so frequently in place of actually updating our family blog this past year. Each summer I take a break from social media to ensure the time well spent with my kids, a break from the constant contact, and to dig into other areas that I may not be doing as much when I’m using my time online. To be real honest I do not scroll or use social media often in zone out mode. I use it frequently to post on my business page (more to come on that in a moment!) and to post stuff for my own benefit of having it upload to my chatbooks that I have set up through my Instagram account. (Chatbooks is a photo book subscription that we pay for each month and every month they send us a book of photos we posted on Instagram! It is so very convient and I’m so glad to have those photos with the dates and captions printed for me. A quick easy way to get photo books print and in order none the less!) However that hashtag and those Instagram photos are not the total elaborate memories of our family and I want to use this time this summer to get back to recording that here.
Here is a quick recap of where things are right now...
Lane had a great 2nd grade year. His teacher had the sweetest things to say about him, he got all great grades, and enjoyed playing football in the fall, basketball in the winter, and currently is in baseball. He also did boys hip hop and did a great job performing in the spring dance recital! On top of all that he is an amazing son, always helping and loving his brothers, and is so kind to friends! We are so proud of him and I can’t believe he is going in to 3rd grade! For some reason him changing schools and being the youngest grade in it has given me a lot of overwhelmed feelings. Lots of prayers going up for my boy.
Luke had a wonderful year in kindergarten. He missed a lot due to strep throat over and over again. He even had a tonsillectomy and adenoid removal this past year and actually has strep throat once again. That makes for 10 times in the last 14 months We will see another specialist in a couple weeks to see why this keep’s reoccurring. He finished kindergarten reading at a 3 grade level! He is incredible at reading and loves reading books but his biggest love is building. He is so creative and builds the most amazing things with legos. He loved going to LEGO club at our local library and he is currently in tball for the first time and is so excited for his first game! Lane and Luke also already finished the reading club at the library this year and went to vacation bible school this summer too. Luke is always using his imagination, is a constant helper, and loves to spend one on one time with each one of us. He is the sweetest boy with all the words of love to us and is still so brave. We can’t wait to see how 1st grade goes. I am praying for good good friends for Luke this year.
Lyric finished his first full year of preschool this year. This boy is SO smart. Beyond smart! He is still in love with numbers. He has counted up to 638 by 2’s. He also can count into the thousands by 1’s, 5’s, 10’s and even to 20 in Spanish. He knows all his letters, sounds of letters, and over 50 sight words! He reads books so so well and loves to learn. He struggles with writing but can write his name. He is getting better at coloring but pressing down crayons, markers, and using pencils with the proper grasp is where he struggles. He is currently in summer school and will start preschool again in the fall. He still has a one on one aide who we love and he is also recieveing speech and occupational therapy at school. His communication is so much better and he seems so much less frustrated now that he can talk so well. His sensory aversions are so much better too. I never thought I’d hear him asking to play play doh but he does. He is also a swimming machine this year. Jumping off the edge and getting fully underwater and having a blast in the pool! It has been so so fun to watch. We pray so fervently for this boy and believe with our whole hearts God is using him for such a time as this.
Levi 18 months old and a talking machine. He talked well at 1 but now at 18 months there isn’t anything he doesn’t say, speaks great sentences, sings songs, asks for what he wants, and is starting to know some colors, numbers, and letters too. He is so smart, so funny, and loves all things boy! He is obsessed with balls, loves throwing them with anyone that will play, doesn’t really watch tv but loves loves reading books. He is so adored by all of us and we wouldn’t change one thing about him!! He has had a great summer swimming and enjoying all the parks around here!
Matt has been coaching all these sports for the boys, continuing to play in the praise and worship band at church, and being our sole provider all while loving his baby, teaching and encouraging his preschooler, and making special memories in the ball field and out fishing with his big 2 boys. He is an incredible husband who does a great job of still dating me and loving me and supporting me so very well!! We are so blessed by him!!
And I have been teaching total body fitness classes in my Healthy Whole & Strong program for almost a year and absolutely LOVE it!! I feel so passionate about living a healthy lifestyle and I’m so thankful for the interest and full classes that I have had. We workout 3 days a week for 1 hour and the women in these programs get daily motivation, reciepes, tips, etc as well on a private Facebook page. I love getting to do this so very much and am so thankful for it!
It’s been a great start to summer and while I know I will continue to use my hashtag and Instagram in the future I look forward to posting much more about what’s going on in Deckerville back on our blog!
This week we swam on Monday and Tuesday at our friends pool, enjoyed the 4th of July at Matt’s brothers house swimming and having a cookout with family, and today we went on a walk, played at the park and looked for tad poles in the fountain. And This weekend we 2 baseball practices and a tournament. This is Summer for us and we love it!!
Luke has been battling strep throat after strep throat since April 2017! It started Easter weekend and hasn't stopped since. Today is Halloween and he has consecutively had strep throat since that weekend. He has been treated 7 times in 6 months and today is the day to have his tonsils removed. He has been so incredibly brave and strong each and every doctors appointment.
