Blue Wave

ANOTHER GREAT BLUE WAVE SEASON & NAAL CHAMPS!!! Here are the highlights in pictures!

Bailey

Free 18.15

Back 22.90

Breast 22.79*

Fly 22.59

IM 2:03.45

6th place in breaststroke at Champs

6th place in IM relay

* 16th best BW time ever in breaststroke

Blake

Free 20.83

Back 27.35

Breast 25.19*

Fly 30.87

3rd place in breaststroke at Champs

2nd place in IM & freestyle relay**

*5th overall best BW time ever in breaststroke

**8th best BW relay time for both IM & free

Blair

Free 28.66*

Back 33.06*

Breast 43.07*

Fly 38.31*

3rd place in backstroke & breaststroke at Champs

1st place in freestyle relay**

*10th overall best BW time in Free

*5th overall best BW time in Back

*11th overall best BW time in Breast

*6th overall best BW time in Fly

**1st overall best BW relay time for 6 & under

Beau

Free 58.62

Beau at 4

Beau at 4 Years Old

Funny, fearless, friendly and always moving fast are four things that come to mind about this fourth child. 

Favorite Color: blue & yellow

Favorite TV Show: Paw Patrol, Pj Maks
Favorite Movie: How to Train Your Dragon

Favorite Song: Lightning (This is What You Came For)
Favorite Food: Snacks

Favorite Toy: Whooie

Favorite Activities: collecting stuff, smelling/picking flowers, crafts

Favorite Book: Pip & Posy Books, Usborne First Things to Spot

Favorite Outfit: "Fast" clothes (athletic clothes)
Favorite Holiday: Halloween

Favorite Thing to do with Mommy: Play...cars and tracks
Favorite Thing to do with Daddy: Watch Dude Perfect
What's Something You Really Don't Like? Spankings 

What's Something You Wish Mommy Would Let You Do More: Go see Blue Angels

Favorite Thing to do with Bailey, Blake & Blair: Play

What's Something You Want to Get Better At: Swimming
What's Something You Are Good At? Climbing trees

What's Your Favorite Thing About School: My friends- Benjamin, Jack & Carter

What's Fun About Being 4: nothing

What Do You Want to be when you grow up? Be like daddy bear, the same as daddy bear

4 Year Old Stats

 Height- 38.9 (20th %)
Weight- 34 lbs, 6 ozs (35%)
BMI- 59%

Happy birthday Beauy!!

Blake at 8

Blake at 8 Years Old

Favorite Color: Green and Blue

Favorite TV Show: Voltron
Favorite Movie: Harry Potter

Favorite Song: Maroon 5 Song
Favorite Food: Candy

Favorite Toy: Legos and Nerf

Favorite Activities: Hunting, Doing Chores for money

Favorite Book: Harry Potter

Favorite Outfit: yellow & black athletic outfit
Favorite Holiday: Halloween

Favorite Thing to do with Mommy: dates
Favorite Thing to do with Daddy: hunting
What's Something You Really Don't Like? loud noises, getting annoyed

What's Something You Wish Mommy Would Let You Do More: play on the computer, go fishing

Favorite Thing to do with Bailey, Blair & Beau: go camping

What's Something You Want to Get Better At: nothing
What's Something You Are Good At? hiding

What's Your Favorite Thing About School: science and then math

What's Fun About Being 8: That I am in the oldest in my group in swim. 

What Do You Want to be when you grow up? a builder

8 Year Old Stats

 Height- 50 inches (43rd %)
Weight- 58 lbs, 6 ozs (58th%)
BMI- 64 %

Happy birthday, Blakers.

 

The Christmas Story

The Mezger kids present the Christmas story-

https://youtu.be/71TLwDXyImY

*Blair was sick with strep, so was not quite herself.*

Family Pictures & Update

I was really pleased with our family pictures this year. We used Beau's preschool teacher because of how challenging it is to get a good shot of him these days. Still trying to pick a favorite family shot, but here they are-

I just love these individual shots of the kids. 

We even got some good other shots!

2017 Update (from our Christmas cards which had limited space)-

Luke celebrated 11 years on his own with Mezger Homes & continues to enjoy leading his growing company. He couldn't do it without his amazing team! 

I (Melissa) am enjoying my 10th year as a stay-at-home mom & 5th year as the kid's Tues/Thurs homeschool teacher. I think I'm finally getting the hang of this mom-to-4-kids gig, although my floors & laundry might say otherwise.

Bailey is our big 4th grader who loves time with friends, being outdoors, dragons, & her bearded-dragon Toothless. She still enjoys swimming, specifically breast-stroke, & is trying her hand at basketball. Her highlight of the year was getting baptized. 

Blake is in 2nd grade. He is our shy, sensitive, hard-working boy. He enjoys swimming, basketball & hunting. He shot his first deer this year & we're enjoying the venison! His newest hobby is coin collecting, his favorite subject is math, & he loves playing Ticket to Ride. 

Blair is our eager-to-learn Kindergartner who is sweet, yet mischievous. She enjoys making Legos/Perler bead creations & is our go-to girl when you need a good hug. She loves watching the Star Wars movies & was Princess Leia for Halloween. 

Beau is our energetic busy boy who has a "my do it myself" independence. He keeps busy with bike-riding & tree-climbing. He is a big Dude Perfect fan and loves doing his own trick shots. We love how he says "yesteryear" to describe anything in the past.