First Day of School

The first day of school is always an exciting time. It is different having 2 kids in Elementary now, and it has been fun watching them get excited for a new year. Ben is very excited about being the 2nd grade and is thrilled with his new teacher because she gives play money for good behavior and you get to use it every Friday at her store. Rewards work great for him. Alec is my big afternoon Kindergartener and is learning how to make new friends. My sweet sensitive boy feels a little overwhelmed sometimes, but overall is doing great. Ty started his preschool playgroup today for his first day. He gets to go once a week with some friends rotating to different houses where the mothers take turn teaching. I think he was most excited to finally get to be in school. Hetakes it very seriously and had a great time today. He was a little disturbed when he got home to find that his brothers had still not returned home, but I think overall he is going to love this year with friends. I really love the fall time, and with it all the new beginnings you get to share with your kids.

Family Break-Lake Cascade

We got to sneak away for a little break with our kids before school started. We had a lot of fun playing in Lake Cascade, making sand castles, fishing, and relaxing. We have so much fun with our kids, especially in such a pretty place.

Jump Time

Here is our crazy bunch at this fun little place with inflatables. It is so fun to act like a kid with your kids and get to play on all the equipment. The big slide was pretty safe for most of us, but Ben had to be creative with his decent. We actually went to this place with my cute niece Madelyn and her friend Jake who came to visit. They were so fun to have visit!! We love visitors and everyone should plan a trip to visit soon.

Ty's Surgery

My sweet little Ty had to get his Tonsils and Adenoids out on Tuesday. He was such a good little trooper and loved all the attention at the hospital initially. They also found a piece of cardboard up his right nostril the size of my thumb nail. It must have expanded inside, because it was too big for his little nose. He has always had a problem sticking things up his nose. Last fall I picked 3 beans out of his nose in a weeks time. We are hoping this experience will prevent further nose exploration. Aren't kids great!! We are now on day 4 and he is still miserable. I have decided there is nothing worse then watching you kids in pain and feeling helpless.

December-Christmas

Decorating the tree.

Ben who wants legos

Alec who wants Zhu Zhu Battle Pets and a yellow spikey ball.

Ty who want a Zhu-Zhu pet as well, and got a race track.

Violet got a baby of course

Christmas was great as always. The boys were extremely excited, and with school out the week before it actually arrived, you would think they were tortured. My personal highlight was my parents getting to come home from their mission for the holidays. We spent Christmas in Boise, visited Luke's family and then got to see my parents. A little more travelled then I would like, but well worth it.

November Fun

We were glad to make it home safe from Thanksgiving in Utah this year. We had to end our trip a day early, but it proved to be beneficial, the snowy drive there was too long. We really enjoyed the snow though, and before long our one snowman multiplied into an entire family.

Our baby girl is growing up so fast, I let her have her Christmas dress early because I was worried she would be too big for it soon. And as you can see it fits her perfect and she is adorable. I love having a girl and getting to dress her up, sometimes I feel bad for her being my first girl. She has also started sucking on her toes. This is her new favorite position and we can now never keep socks on her.

October

The older my kids get, the more excited they get about Halloween. Here is a snapshot of our Halloween this year. Ben really wanted to be a Vampire, and I was surprised he even knew what one was. They don't allow kids to dress up at school here, but he loved looking scary for the trunk or treat. Alec is my snake fanatic right now, and he wanted to be a King Snake which he read about, so we turned Ben's old costume into a King snake by adding the stripes. Someone asked if he was a German Flag, but he was happy with how it turned out so I guess that is all that matters. Ty was loving the candy and had fun playing in his Frog costume and a few others all month. Violet was our sweet little Penguin oblivious to all the excitement. This Halloween we have done some fun things even though we missed the actual Trick-or-Treating on Sunday. Luke and I threw a dress-up Halloween party for couples, which was a tone of fun. I couldn't remember the last time I had dressed up. Luke and I were "Jack and Jill" and to be honest we were the worst costumes. I was so impressed with everyone's creativity. We had lots of different gathering for the kids with friends, it was a fun week.