First day of school! August 12, 2008

"All right, we’re excited! First day of school, and here we go. We’re ready to learn to get some knowledge." Marlin ~ Finding Nemo

Yesterday was the first day of school…I was dreading this day all summer! LOL!  I love the break…although I wish the long break was in the fall or spring, when it is cool enough to get out and enjoy yourself without dying of heat exhaustion!  Never the less I love being able to sleep in and not worry about homework and trips to and from school and lunches to be packed and kids to get ready…I like a laid back life!

Then school starts and I realize…I really don’t like that laid back life. LOL!  I like that we get up early and have some order in the day!I like that the kids our out of the house and not here at home…bored out their minds, mad because he won’t play with me and she hit me and she made a mess in my room!  :/

This year was Ashlyn’s first year of school! She started Kindergarten and was so excited to go!  It is definitely different having a girl to get ready in the morning! She wants her hair curled and wants to look pretty! 

Sage had a hard time today…yesterday we went with Ashlyn to the playground…they all played and had a great time.  Then we went into the classroom for a little bit. I guess Sage thought that was the way every day would go.  So when we just dropped everyone off this morning she was NOT happy that she didn’t get to go too.  I’m sure she will get used to it pretty quick though.

Here they are on their first day of school!  Even Sage had her backpacked filled up with all her favorite toys!  One of the parents at school said to me…She’s not going to school is she?! I said no…they said Ok! I thought she looked way to small!  The same thing happened when Seth went into Kindergarten with Ashlyn.

Ashlyn has waited so long to get to go to school and see her friend Morgan everyday!
Morgan is in 1st grade. 

All of Seth’s friends were so excited to see him!

Bunny ears for everyone!

Sage loves the teeter-totter!

Waiting for her friend…

Ready to go in!

Hugs and Bubbles…

Ashlyn complained of a tummy ache, I think it was just nerves because she stayed the whole time.

Corbin is now on the "Big Kid" side of the school… :O
So he ran off and I didn’t get any pics of him with his friends.

Catching up…post 3 of many… August 7, 2008

Ooops…I forgot to add in the Movie under the Stars!
On June 19th I took the kids to the Civic Center grounds where all summer they played movies out on a big screen! It was good fun! The movie was Horton Hears a Who!
Before the movie they had activities and fun for the kids.  It was nice cool evening and the weather was perfect!  Sorry for the picture overload…I have a hard time not posting all of them! LOL! And this is not all of them HAHA!

Meeting Freedom Freddy! And getting hugs!
       

Catching up…Post 2 of many… August 7, 2008

My brother Alan and his wife Terri came to visit in June!  We love having them over!
The kids love having them here also!  We didn’t end up doing much, it was too hot to get out and do anything.  But we went out for breakfast and came home and Terri played board games with the kids.  I wish I had taken some pics…but Sage was super grouchy so I took her in my room to lay down and crashed with her.  Chaz and Alan spent the afternoon playing golf on Wii!  They had a good time!  I wish we could visit with Alan and Terri more often! They fun to be with!

Alan with his shiny new 40D!  Very nice camera!!
Seems to be a growing epidemic in our family…cameras attached to the face!

Terri looking at the crazy Grinch pop-up book with Sage!

Catching up…Post 1 of many… August 7, 2008

We did all kinds of fun stuff this summer.  We didn’t go anywhere like we normally do.  We took one trip to Round Valley to visit family at the beginning of the summer and that was it.

So we found some things to do here.  I have mentioned it before, the town parks and rec. put on Fun Fabulous Fridays every week all summer.  We made it to several of them!  They were lots of fun for the kids! Lots of running around and games! I posted about the first one HERE!  It was still somewhat cool that day.  The next week it was sooooooooo hot, just standing around make me feel sick.  They keep the kids good and hydrated though.

So the 2nd week we went the theme was Boot Camp! So they played drill style games.  Corbin was the only one to join in that week.  I don’t know how he kept up with it being so hot!  But he played along and kept up and had a good time for the most part! 
My other 3 decided playing on the playground was a better way to spend the morning!  
Corbin played several different kinds of tag games…
Ashlyn takin’ it easy in the grass! 
Hot and sweaty!

Crab Soccer!
 
A much needed drink!!

Ball hoppin’! 

Obstacle course through the jungle gym!

Ay ay! Captain!  Hit the DECK!
 
The zoo man came again…He brought the same animals.  So the kids were a bit disappointed.  But he also brought and Hissing Cockroach and brought out the Leopard Gecko so the kids could see.  My kids and another girl were the only kids there.

So you think you can dance! August 7, 2008

This was from the top 20 show…I loved the dance and the song is so great!

It is finished! YAY! August 3, 2008

Our bathroom project is finally done!
We started a long time ago…and Chaz got busy and finished it up today!
It looks so great!  I keep telling him I don’t want the kids using it. hehe