I LOVE CG!

Love these fit friends that I work out with dark and early!

Polly's First Dance Class

Lots of firsts for Polly! We decided to sign her up for Leap of Faith dance classes, just like we did for Ryan and Emma.  She was soooooo excited! I forgot how cute and fun dance is with tiny ballerinas!

Outside our house ready to go to dance!

No tears, just big smiles.
She loved it!

Polly's First Day of Pre-K 3!

She was so excited, she reminded me to make her a sign
as we were getting int he car! Whoops!
I love how proud she is!

Miss Haley is her teacher again!

Thank goodness THREEnagers are cute!

This sassy pants can be full of attitude!
I am always happy when she chooses a good one!

Pranks

The girls have been having fun playing pranks on Chris.  He actually ate an Oreo that had toothpaste instead of the white sugary filling!!!! Yuck! So, he decided to get revenge and made the girls some"special" cake pops.  They were salty and spicy and totally disgusting, but he did such a great job creating them that both girls fell for it!  Nice work, Chris!

Cast won't slow her down!

3 goals for Emma and a 7-3 win for her team!
Her first game in a cast was a success.
I did scream when she fell, but she popped right up.
This kid is fearless!

CG Stadium Dash!

Chris and I after the CG Stadium Dash at the ballpark!

First Ivie Kid Cast!

Dr. Pond put a cast on Emma that she will wear for 4 weeks

Get the sharpie out!

More Trauma- Emma's First Broken Bone!

The evening of the second day of school (one day after Polly's stitches, and a B shift of course), Emma had an indoor soccer game.  One minute into the game Emma took a bad fall and immediately grabbed her left wrist.  I knew she was hurt, but I had no idea how bad. Her coach ran onto the field and motioned for me when he got her to the sidelines. She was writhing around and would not let go of her left arm.  Coach Abdol told me he thought she had broken it.  I couldn't believe it! He told me I should take her and get an x-ray to make sure.  Emma never cried but she was very uncomfortable and asking for ice.  When she continued to hurt and Coach Abdol described how she fell I knew I needed to take her in.  Thankfully, Gran and Pawpaw were at the game and they helped me load up and took Ryan with them.  Polly had to stay with me because she needed a car seat.  I called Grandpa and he met us at my hospital.  Pa took Polly home and I stayed with Emma.  They took an x-ray and confirmed a buckle fracture to her left radius.  The ER doctor splinted her and Dr. Pond came by and talked to us about getting a cast.  Emma was brave the entire time and got excited about getting a cast that people can sign.  She was most relieved that Dr. Pond said she can still play soccer as long as she bubble wraps her cast!

Polly's Third ER visit, 2nd stitches

Well, first day of school for the big girls went great.  We dropped them off and they were all smiles. Chris and I decided to go to the library for coffee and to visit with some other parents. I was standing sipping on my coffee and Polly had found her twin best friends from preschool so they were running around.  Chris sat down at a table to visit with the twins dad.  Next thin I knew I hurt a blood curdling scream and realized it was Polly. Chris hadn't realized she was hanging on the back of his chair and he stood up and the chair fell back onto her and split her head open.  It was a bloody mess!  They ran her into the nurses office and applied pressure, but Chris knew it needed stitches. Poor little girl had to go to Cook's and get 8 stitches.  She is a trooper!

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In the library with her buddies: Brekin and Corbin

On the way to ER

After stitches

My poor baby!

2nd and 4th!

Back to School Dinner

We met the Tharps for back to school dinner Sunday night!
Ryan and Emma start school tomorrow!

Ivie Family Takes on Cancun 2018!

We decided to take the girls to Mexico this summer! Ryan had an expired passport from her trip to the Bahamas at 9 months old, and Emma and Polly had never left the country.  So, when we decided to skip the Florida trip and go to Cancun instead we got all 3 of them new passports. That was an ordeal!  It took 3 trips to get them all done.  We did Ryan and Polly's in one visit, but had a copy of Emma's birth certificate instead of the original, and the second time we failed to bring Emma!  What a headache!  But, we got it all done in time and we looked forward to our family trip all summer.  We invited Mom and Dad and they were able to come for part of the time. They arrived a few days before us.  Unfortunately our flight got delayed and then cancelled and we ended up arriving later in the day than planned after I had to book us 5 one way tickets on American. Once we arrived we had no problems and it ended up being a fantastic 5 days together and the girls can't wait to go back.  They definitely knew how to live it up in the all inclusive setting.  This resort had excellent food and the pool with slide and cliff jump were the highlights.  We will definitely be going back to Mexico next summer!

Chris on phone with Sun Country after we had been at airport for
6 hours of delays and then they cancelled our flight!

The girls were such troopers.
It was a long day at the airport!

We had to have a beer after our drama with TSA.

Polly passed out before we took off!

Poor little thing!

We made it!!!!! We arrived at 5 p.m. instead of 11 a.m.,
but we made it!

SO happy to have Pa with them!

I love these girls.

Sassy PJ!

Good times with Mom!

Pretty Ryan

Pa and his girl!

Sun kissed Emma

Sweet P

Mexican Sombrero shots!

Ryan never missed a chance to dance!

Emma made it to the second round of a soccer competition.
She has no fear and made the boys look like chumps!

Emma is always brave like this, Ryan surprised us!

Pool side naps

Painting pool side with Mamaw

Lots of ping pong played!

So glad we got to vacation with Mamaw and Pa!

Polly learning ping pong!

The slide and jump were so fun!
Even Polly did the cliff jump! 

The crocodile!

I ran every morning.

I love this booty!

Emma, 7 years old

Polly, 3 years old

Ryan, 9 years old

Last night!