First Day of School 2013

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?

I can't believe the summer went by so quickly!! We even had a longer summer this time around because we didn't start school until after Labor Day and it still felt too short!

Rhett is going into 3rd grade and his teacher is incharge of the NEO's (similar to an ipad) and so she will be using them alot in her class and he is SO EXCITED for that! If that is what keeps my little boy excited for school than bring on the NEO's!! :) 

Dallin is headed to 5th grade and has one of the new teachers at our school.  This is her first year actually teaching and we are excited about that.  So far he has nothing but good to say about her and her class!

Oakley is in 8th grade and growing-up so fast! She is gorgeous and that scares us a little! :/  She LOVES middle school and is in mostly honor classes this year.  It will keep her working for sure!

And last, but never least, Laiklie is in 1st grade, FIRST GRADE!! My baby goes to school ALL. DAY. LONG!  It has been a little hard on her momma, but she is loving  having 2 recesses! :) She is a little bummed that they don't get any homework until next week.  I love this stage when they are so eager to learn!

Ryan and I have been adding a 2nd bathroom to the house.  WAY OVER DUE!! And so that has kept me busy and my mind off my babies all being gone this week.  They sure thought it was funny that Ryan and I were going to have to fight over who says the prayer at lunch time everyday with only the two of us. Little stinkers! I sure can't get enough of them!

A Trip to the Humanitarian Center

One of the things on my list of things I wanted to do this summer was to take my kids to the Humanitarian Center.  I told my friend Hollie about it and she wanted to come too.  Yay! Friends make everything better!

What a fun day! It is SO GOOD for the kids to go serve others.  The two big girls, Oakley and Lauren, sat next to two sweet little old ladies that taught them how to tie a quilt.  SO FUN!! Oakley said, "Mom....they talked about their husbands! (giggle, giggle)" :)

The little kids, Laiklie, Ava, Rhett and Preslie wanted to paint, so Hollie took them on the stage to paint toy blocks for other kids who need them.  They loved it and all looked like little smurfs when they were finished.  And Savanna wanted to color, so her and I went and colored learning folders.  What a great experience.  We will DEFINITELY be going back!

I Spy

Can you see the little boy among the stuffed animals?

This is seriously how Rhett's bed looks EVERY NIGHT!

I sure love that he has such a big heart!

Looky, Looky

at the newest members of the Rocky Mountain Middle School Volleyball Team!

Yay!! These girls showed up to volleyball tryouts with 40 other girls knowing they would only keep 20ish and they worked their guts out and proved to the coaches that they deserve a spot on the team.  I am SO PROUD of Oakley, Lauren and Katie for all the work they put in this summer to help them make the team.  They LOVE sharing this experience TOGETHER! What a blessing good friends are!  They have already played 2 games and so far are undefeated!! Hope they keep it up!

Laiklie's New Room

In the spring I got a burst of energy and decided to paint and re-do all of the kids bedrooms.  I ran out of gusto though when it got around to Laiklie's turn.  So a few weeks ago I decided it was time.  I will NEVER paint during the summer again when kids are home to help! :)  It takes SO MUCH LONGER!

Before -

She is sure she has out grown the princesses and the black beads that use to run along the strips have all been torn down by my big helper kids at some point or another and the brown wood paneling was beyond ready to go so it was definitely time!

 

She loves it, but still wants to sleep with her sister every night! Funny little girl reminds me of her mommy at that age. :)

Me and My Boys

In August we had to bring our calves home from Bone and Kilgore because it is SO DRY this year and we are running out of feed.  So me and these two big guys got to be the drivers of the flat bed truck hauling the hay bale to go help haul them home.  We had fun together! The way up to Kilgore was much more fun than on the way home when we were tired and NO AIR CONDITIONER in the flat bed! We did get a treat at the Kilgore Store though so they were all smiles! :) I sure love these two!

Little Fishy, Big Fishy

Our little fishy caught this big fishy the one night we finally got to go fishing this summer! Laiklie was the only one who caught one and she caught it on her first cast! Thanks for big sis who helped her reel it in and for cousin Jake who got a little wet getting it out of the water!