Another Handsome Hair Cut for Brody...

Well we finally broke down and cut Brody's hair again. IT is hard to do because we love his curls so much. But we were able to keep it curly on top. Here he is:

Fall Fun!!

I love this time of year. I love the crisp fall air. (When it is sunny though, not so in to the rain! )

I love the upcoming holidays. Decorating the house with my kids, and going on fun play dates. Here are some pics of some playdates we went on with some of Blake's preschool friends.

Play Date at West Fennewick Park

Eating Snacks with our friends.

Blake showing me some cool tricks.

Cute Brody

All piled on the merry go round.

Blake and his buddies- Blake, Brandon, Shayla and Isaac!

Pumpkin Patch

Introducing an Executive in the making....

Tommy came home from school the other day soooo excited because he was going to run for 3rd grade Student council. He was so cute! And so excited, and so nervous!! He stayed up late that night writting his speech. Then he woke up early, took a shower, (even put on deoderant , he said) , put on a nice shirt and off he went. I was kind of nervous for him, because he practiced his speech a couple of times and I could tell he was really nervous. I told him that a lot of kids were running and it was ok if he didn't win, just proud of him for trying. I could tell as soon as he came running in the door with his friend Rheanna, what the outcome was. He was nominated as the boy candidate for his class and Rheanna was nominated as the girl candidate. That is exactly how they wanted it!! I was excited and proud of both of them. Tommy's friend Rheanna told me that his teacher Mrs. Judd liked his speech so much that she showed it to another teacher. Which suprised me, since I let him write his speech himself, and it really wasn't anything fancy. He even typed it on the computer by himself, and that took forever!!

Here is his speech:


why should you vote for me for student council ? Because I want the voices of Mrs. Judds class to be heard. I will help make sure the ideas and choices are fair. You can trust me because I am honest, and I care about others.
i want to run for camelot student council to help camelot be a better school and lots of fun!!!!!

A Bunch of Basket Cases

Okay, every week I try to have Family Home Evening wiht my kids and it is often a bust.
Trying to teach 3 boys that are at 3 different age and learning levels a little lesson each Monday night is quite a task. I am sure if you were here watching it would be quite humorous. Well I was on someone's blog looking for a good idea for a Family Home Evening Lesson and I came across this idea. I am guessing it worked better for her than it did for me. But it will be a fun memory nonetheless. So this was supposed to keep the kids quiet, and there hands to themselves as they listen to my lesson. The sucker was added incentive to keep there mouths busy.

Tommy is way to big to be in a basket. Blake just turned the basket into rocket ships, and Brody, well he loved every bit of it.

I love this picture of Brody folding his arms for the opening prayer.

First Day of School!!

No today was not Tommy or Blake's first day of school. I am still catching up. Here are pics of there 1st day. Tommy is a big third grader and Blake started pre-school. They both seem to really like school and there classes. It is so fun to watch them come home and tell me all about there day.


Before school picture of Tommy and his crew- Ben, Lana, Zoe, Tommy, Dade and Ben... we are missing his friends Haakan, Joseph and Jacob.

Tommy. Too cool for pics. I hate that he is starting to grow up.


JC, Dade and Tommy- I got Tommy to smile for this one.

Blake and his good friend Zoe. She is in 1st grade. Poor Blake has one more year till he goes to Camelot.

Tommy and Des, after school is over. They both look pretty happy so I guess they had a good first day.

One more picture of the crew- Ben, Danny, Haakan, Zoe, Jacob, Joseph, Dade, Tommy and Blake.



Here are some pics of Blake's first day of school.
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Here he is when I am picking him up. He looks pretty serious.

Standing in his classroom. My camera was blurry for some reason that day.