First Days of School

The girls are LOVING school. Even Lindsey seems to be adjusting well to napping elsewhere.

I had trouble getting pictures the first day, and I forgot by the second day...so yesterday I took one lone picture of Sarah in her class.


More photos to come as I remember to take them.

Sarah's Bible Time

Sarah: (singing) a b c d e f....e f....e f....e f...g ...(long pause)---Mommy, where is H?

Me: Right after G.

Sarah: No, in the BIble.

Me: It's on a lot of the pages, not just one.

Sarah: Oh....(turning pages and searching) h-h-h- OH! There it is.

WOW! (Runs to me)

Mommy, look! It's Texas! (A map of Israel)

Me: No, Sweetie. That's not Texas. It's Israel.

Sarah: Oh---Can I eat my Doritos now?

Marty

My life is forever changed by the birth of Marty Dale Scott.

I am so thankful.

Today is the day I celebrate his life.

Happy Birthday, Marty.

Happy Birthday, Daddio!

Patrick Charles Nicholes is OLD today!
Love ya, Dad.
Hope you enjoy yourself somehow. Here's a picture to make you smile.


That was such a great bathtub! The blue water made it the best ever.

Growing Up

Erin lost her first tooth today. It was very exciting and unexpected. We just discovered that it was loose last night. This afternoon she was eating a popsicle and something happened...2 minutes later, the tooth was out!

Wooo Hooo!!


You can see how excited she is. It is such a special day for my oldest "baby."

Brave Hannah!

Hannah was hesitant, but she did it! She jumped off the diving board all by herself. I am so proud of her. She even did it TWICE!





I can't forget to show how brave Aubrie is, too. She's not even 2 yet and she jumps off the diving board, too!

Kimmy!

My best friend of over 20 years is celebrating her birthday today!!

We forst met when i was in 3rd grade. We didn't actually become friends for a few years after that, but when we did, it really stuck. She's' seen me at my worst & loves me anyway. Sometimes I wonder why we are friends because we are opposite ina lot of areas (such as housekeeping skills).

So, Kimmy, enjoy your day & have a piece of cake for me, too!

Love ya!

Countdown

My girls could not be happier about going to school.
I found this fun website where you can count down or up to anything. So, I made this ticker for the girls to watch:

Waaaaaa...

I'm such a baby. My sister left this morning and I'm still weepy. The girls just got up and asked about her. I had to say that she was gone already. They almost cried, too, and probably would have if they hadn't been distracted by Honeycomb (a sweet=treat breakfast that I usually don't buy).

So now I sit drinking my coffee alone. I haven't had solo coffee for almost a month.

Pictures of our trip will be coming soon enough. We don't have our scanner hooked up anymore so I am having Jenni scan them & email them to me. We had such a great time. It was one of the best trips I've ever had with the kids. I'm sad it's over, but I knew it was coming.



Thanks, Jennifer. It was very sweet of you to be with us for so long.

We're Back!

Whew!

That was quite a trip. It was well worth the stress, though.

I got to hug my grandfather for what is likely to be the last time I see him. It was very sad.

There was a short earthquake while I was staying at my friend Kim's house. So strange to be sitting and feel the whole house move around us. Her house is over 100 years old, so it was scary to think of the old wood falling around us. I think the Richter scale rated it as a 5.6. That night I slept with all 4 of my children in the same bed. Thankfully it was a king-size bed!

I learned that my children are soooo much like my sisters, Jennifer and Jessica, and I as we were growing up. It was fun to look at them and watch the different personalities and say, "She is just like you!" to each other.

I met my newest nephew and he is adorable. Christian is only about 3 months old and I would have loved to hug him some more.

There was so much more to our trip than that, but it will have to wait to be told.

Now it's time to clean and get some groceries back in the fridge. I did get to come home to fresh bread and milk, thanks to the sweetest Mother-in-Law ever. The kids loved the bananas and Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal, too. Thanks, Rita!