Life with 4 Krupp Boys.....

Kevin’s birthday is fast approaching—it is incredible that he is about to be 6 years old! It’s surreal; I have a 6 year old already! He’s doing well with school and is beyond excited about his birthday and birthday party.

So, Happy Upcoming Birthday to my wonderful boy, Kevin. Mom & Dad love you so much and are so proud of the big boy that you have become. You are a joy to be around and having you in our lives is the most amazing blessing! We look forward to another fantastic year of watching you grow!

Lucas and Thomas are doing very well also. I took them to an early childhood screening test that Gateway Elementary was offering last week. They did excellent. Besides being perfect little angels and complying with every test, the results of each test was great. Thomas excelled at all of his tests (other than communication but that was due more to shyness than ability). Lucas did great across the board—they even reassured us that his speech was nothing to be concerned by. They said that he has excellent grammar & sentence structure, his difficulty is just with pronunciation, which is common and should get better the more he practices!

A couple of weeks ago, one of my most favorite people in the world came for a visit. Jessica Friesma (Mallik) was in town and brought her son, William, over to meet myself and my kiddos. Suzi Thompson came too. We had a wonderful visit…lots of catching up and discussion about the joys of motherhood. William was a delight to meet and oh, so cute!

This weekend, Grandma Traci and I took the boys to the “Cruise Above the Clouds Car Show” that Woodland Park hosts each year. The boys LOVED it. They were fascinated with the cars. They also got free air-brushed tattoos that made their day all the more amazing!

Here are some pictures of William Friesma and the car show:

Kevin and Will Friesma

William Friesma - 10 Months Old!

Lucas playing with his new friend

Suzi, Jessica & Brandi

At the car show - Kevin & Thomas loved checking out the exposed motors

There was a guy nice enough to let the kids in his race car (and he gave them autographed pictures!) - so here's racer Kevin!

Thomas was so excited...he looked so tiny in the race car!

Racer Lucas!

My 3 boys!

The twins loved the Yellow Truck!

Kevin and Thomas on the old fire truck

Lucas on the old fire truck too!

Thomas after his tattoo was in place - he got a scorpion!

Lucas getting his tattoo - he thought he was pretty hot stuff...his tattoo was of a horse

Kevin getting his tattoo of a mother dolphin and a baby dolphin

The 3 boys and Grandma Traci

Chowing down on some popcorn and hanging out in front of this cool blue car

The boys thought this was pretty funny! They had Tigger's tail sticking out of the trunk of the car so that it looked like he had been shut in there!

Well this is going to be a quick summary of August! The summer has flown by way too quickly! Kevin started 1st grade last week. He loves it—he says it is way better than Kindergarten & he is thrilled that they don’t even have to have rest time. He apparently already got moved from one seat due to his excessive talking, but I can’t really say that is surprising to anyone who knows his chatty nature! He also started soccer again. He had his first game is on Tuesday! He’s really excited about his team this year since his best friend Sam is on it. They aren’t in the same class at school, so he is pumped that they at least have soccer (and recess) together!

Lucas and Thomas are enjoying their pre-school still. They are talking more and more about all of their little friends. Thomas has also taken up a singing habit. It is adorable…when he is playing he just plays and sings to himself. Lucas’ new thing is to ask people “Was that awesome?” after everything slightly daring that he does. It’s pretty hilarious.

August certainly has kept us busy (no surprise there). We have celebrated numerous birthdays including Draven’s 1st birthday and Kieley’s 1st birthday. Hard to believe those little ones are already 1! We also had my mom’s, Grandma Dorothy’s, and Ryan’s. Happy Birthday to all you August guys! Also, Happy early birthday to all you September folks! We have Travis, Linda, Nick, Kevin, Suzi, and Madelyn! How exciting! :)

We did finally get our camping trip in for the summer. We went for my mom’s birthday. It was fun & the boys had a great time. There was a river nearby that they got to play in, we went on a short hike, roasted marshmallows, Paul scared them with a scary story, and they LOVED playing in the tent. They even met a neighbor camper that they became quick friends with. His name was Lucas too and since he was 4 years old, Kevin deemed him “Lucas 1” and our Lucas was called “Lucas 2.” Leave it to Kevin to go make friends around the camp site!

Paul & I also celebrated our 10 year high school reunion! We got to see a bunch of old friends & actually had a really good time. Can’t believe it’s already been 10 years! Well, here are pictures from our annual excursion to “Touch-A-Truck” (Woodland always has a bunch of trucks down at Meadow Wood Park for the kids to come and play in), from our camping trip, and from Draven’s first birthday party!

The wheels on the bus go round and round

I think Thomas should permanently wear a hard hat!

How cute is little Isaac?

Lucas & Papa hanging out on the tractor

The 4 wild boys adventuring on the electrical truck

Kieley & Kenzie on the school bus

Kevin showing off his skills on the monkey bars

Play time for the twins

We are so excited to be here camping! And we are so proud of our tent!

Dad & his troopers

Like father like son

Sweet camper Kevin

Smell my feet - Lucas thought he was so funny!

Not sure what the chairs on the head is all about..........

But they sure had a good time doing it

Lucas and his friends

Dad showing the twins how roasting marshmallows is done!

Yummy, yummy S'mores in Kevin's tummy!

The camping clan - Brittani, Lucas, Traci, Kevin, Paul, Travis & Thomas

The birthday Grandma, Kevin & Lucas

Lucas on the slip-n-slide

4 Little monkeys

The big boys playing on Draven's new stuff!

Linda & Traci

Kevin giving Draven a mohawk to match his own!

Daring Lucas jumping into the pool

Ready for water balloons

And the water balloon fight is ON!

Get 'em Isaac!

Papa & Grandma enjoying their 5 grandsons & excited that they will soon have 6!

The birthday boy swimming in the pool

Two crazy ladies trying to clean out the buckets without getting wet - maybe they don't realize that the sink inside would be a slightly better option!