A Few More Funnies

On Friday we took the girls to the school carnival. We walked over to the school and Kasidee started skipping and said, "I'm glad I were born!" I asked why she is glad she was born - and she said, "Because I get to go to the carnival and jump on the bouncy things!" Oh yes, life is good!

Makenna got a little trim on her hair. When my mom came over the next day, Makenna exclaimed, "Granny! Did you see my new shortcut?"

Funnies

I've been saving up quite a few funnies...so now you can have lots of laughs!

* Kiera overheard someone at school say the word "kill." She came home and told me that is against the Word of Wisdom.

* Makenna saw some "Booger Candy" at the dollar store (yum, I know). The package said, "Gooey, Tangy Candy" but when Makenna read it out loud she said, "Gooey, TangLY Candy." (At least it fit the description of the candy - yuck!)

* I asked Kasidee to choose between 2 things for lunch. She studied them both for quite awhile then all of a sudden said, "The winner is...dut, dut, dut, dut...the sandwich!"

* The other night we were driving home when it was getting late and Kiera was pretty tired. She said, "Oh, I should have brang my book. Brang? I can't believe I said brang! Anyway, I should have broughten my book."

* Kiera asked me why they put nectarine in cigarettes.

* Kasidee gave the prayer in Primary last Sunday and said, "Please bless our family, our friends, and our fence."

* Makenna filled out a little paper and school about her and her family. Here's some of what she wrote:
- Where do you like to go for fun? Chuck-A-Rama
- What do you like to do on Saturdays? Family Day
- When do you get up in the morning? Almost Never

Yum!

For some reason, in the Fall I start feeling like Martha Stewart. I want to decorate, do crafts, and cook! It's the best time of the year! Yesterday I made yummy vegan zucchini bread...and some fresh salsa using the colander full of tomatoes from my garden. Hooray for the end of summer harvest!

From this...

To this...yum!

Back to School (for me too!)

'Tis that time of year when the girls return to school - and so do I! Preschool starts this coming week, and last Thursday I had my open house - where the students and their parents come and check out their preschool (scavenger hunt!), get to know each other, and get important preschool information. It's a lot of work transforming the theater room back into a preschool, but it sure is fun! And I love having a few years of experience - I feel a lot more confident and feel like I know what I'm doing! I have 10 students this year - this will be a fun year!

Before...

After...

Brigham City Temple

On Tuesday we were able to go to the Brigham City Temple open house. What a beautiful place! Maybe someday Quentin and I can work on our goal of visiting each temple in Utah - I think we've only done sessions in 3 of Utah's temples!

What a neat experience for all of us - and Kiera and Makenna are so excited to be old enough to attend the temple dedication in a couple of weeks!

First Day

I'm a little late...but the first day of school was last Tuesday. I was so excited to have it finally start after Labor Day. It was nice to have one or two extra weeks of summer, but I have to admit that I still wasn't quite ready - mentally or emotionally - for it to start. It just didn't seem real yet. But we went through the motions and I think we're all just going with the flow. So...we've got a fifth grader, third grader, and kindergartener. What happened?! Kiera is loving her teacher (I just found out that she won a national teaching award last year!) and Makenna is excited to have her teacher back - she was there the first day but then had a sub for the next few days so she could be with her daughter who just had a baby. Kasidee is doing okay - after a few months of really hating to be away from me, she's doing, well, okay. Every morning when I wake her up, the first thing she says is, "This is going to be hard." But she's doing it, and I'm proud of how brave she is - but inside my heart is breaking. Thank goodness it's only a couple of hours - I think she and I both count down to when we can be together again!

Makenna's Baptism

It's great to be 8! We are so proud of Makenna's decision to be baptized. It is so fun to see how her testiomony is growing as she learns more and more about the gospel, Jesus Christ, and Heavenly Father's plan for us. What a sweet spirit Makenna is - we are so blessed to have her in our family!

Last Hoorah!

What better way to say goodbye to summer than by hanging out in 100+ degree weather in Mesquite and St. George? Last week we spent time there with Corbin, Nikki and their kids - we relaxed, we had fun, we made memories. We swam a lot, went to Zions, and saw "Aladdin" at Tuacahn. So fun!

Weeping Rock

The Narrows

Emerald Pools

Aladdin