Jack-O-Lanterns

We carved our pumpkins tonight for Family Home Evening.

Leata did not like taking the "guts" out. She said they were the grossest thing ever. At least she tried though. Taylor stayed as far away as she could!

Leata also said that she wanted to carve pumpkins for every FHE. I told her that pumpkins don't grow year round. She said that we needed a year supply of pumpkins. :-)

Luke went to bed while we were working on them. He was just way too much trouble! 

This was Mark's Thomas pumpkin. He kept saying "My daddy made this Thomas pumpkin for me!" He was SO happy!

Leata's Jack-O-Lantern. 

Taylor's zombie flower pumpkin. It's a zombie flower because it is "funky". 

Sarah's Birthday

My birthday was October 14th. I turned, well, I am plenty old. :) On the Friday before my birthday, A.J. and I went to see Odyssey Dance Theater's 'Thriller'. This is the third year in a row that it has been at The Covey Center for the Arts over my birthday weekend. We have gone all three years. It is such a fun show and we enjoy it every year! If you get the chance to see it, go! It is unlike anything you have ever seen before.

On Sunday we had my family over for chili and cake and ice cream. Kendall made a dirt cake for me. My big present for the year was my new camera and so I asked not to have anymore presents. A.J. did get me a black BYU T-shirt (they played their homecoming blackout game the day before my birthday) and the girls each got me a candle.
I think the only picture I have is of the dirt cake though.

Taylor's First Day of Kindergarten

Taylor had her first day of kindergarten today. She went to bed at 8 last night and was well rested and happy to get up at 7 this morning. She had breakfast (her favorite yogurt) and then got dressed, hair fixed and pictures.

Oops! Something is missing!

That's better. :)

There must always be jumping. They love jumping pictures! :)

Taylor with Mommy. She is ready to go!

Walking to class.

When we got to the school it was almost time to walk to her classroom. When Leata went to Kindergarten the parents went to the classroom with the kids. This time they took them from the gym and told us they would see us at pick up. We will leave in 45 minutes to pick her up. I hope she loves school as much as her sister does!

First day in the Second Grade

Leata started second grade last Monday. Her teacher is Mrs.Jackson and she really likes her. She has a lot of good friends in her class. She had a fun first week. We will see what the second week brings.



Taylor starts kindergarten tomorrow so when Leata started school last week they had to say goodbye at home. They are such sweet sisters. :)



More to come soon about Taylor's first day of kindergarten, TOMORROW! She's VERY excited. Then the next day Adrienne and her boys get here from England. We have an exciting couple of weeks!

School

Summer has gone by quickly! In 8 days, Leata will start 2nd grade! How did that sneak up on us so fast? The week after that, Taylor start Kindergarten. She is SO excited to go to school this year! Both girls will be attending Noah Webster Academy. We have loved having Leata there for the past 2 years and we are hoping that this year will be great for both girls. There are going to be some pretty big changes this year so that makes us a little nervous but we hope that things will go smoothly and both will enjoy this school year and learn a lot.

Having one going half day and one going full day is going to make for busy days this year. Another thing I am not excited about is homework. I can only hope that Taylor will easily and willingly do her homework. That would be so unlike her sister who doesn't understand why she has to study and write spelling words that she can spell in her sleep. Leata is VERY difficult when it comes to homework. This is the 1st grader that was testing at a 5th grade level for most things by the end of the school year. Some of it's boredom, some personality and she really does get distracted very easily. So homework and multiple pick ups a day are my two least favorite things about the school year that is coming.

I am excited for Taylor because she is so excited to go to school and learn. I am excited to watch her learn and grow and discover. They grow and learn so much in Kindergarten and it's a fun process to watch. She will most likely (we will know 100% for sure tomorrow) have the same teacher Leata had for Kindergarten. We are very excited about this because we just adore Ms.Thompson! She is the definition of a perfect Kindergarten teacher.

Leata says she's ready to go back to school but she is not as excited as Taylor is. It's not all new to Leata like it is for Taylor. Leata is excited to find out more about her teacher and see what friends will be in her class this year.

Uniforms are ready. This year they are having families donate $10-20 per child for school supplies. This is nice because all the kids will have the exact same things and I don't have to go shopping for it and while I am good at finding deals, I don't know that I could be $20 per child when buying specifics on their lists.

Back to school night is Thursday. I can't believe it's already here!