Catching Up

The biggest reason I haven't posted much on the blog lately is because my laptop died. I have another old laptop that I am using for now but it doesn't have a card reader and for some reason it won't read when the camera is connected directly to the computer. It means I have been storing pictures on different computers and hard drives so when I have access to those I will be able to start putting them on the blog.

Life has been busy but fun. The girls love school and Taylor thinks Kindergarten is the best! She's a pro now. She's fortunate to have fantastic teachers and she really does love each one of them. It's great when they love school so much and have so much enthusiasm for learning.

Leata is very independent. She loves her teacher. Her teacher is a first year teacher and very enthusiastic about teaching. She eats lunch with each scholar on the day they celebrate their birthday at school (she eats with the class that day and sits with the scholar). The girl's school is just great and we are so lucky to have the choice to send them there.

The boys and I are busy every day with carpool. We pick Taylor up at 1130 and Leata up 4 hours later. I am glad that they are pretty patient most of the time and are good at entertaining themselves. They do spend a lot of time in the car these days.  I am glad that I can do the driving most of the time so the girls can go to the school that we chose.

A.J. is busy with work and being Young Men's President. Those along with all of us keep him plenty busy though. We are grateful that he has had such a wonderful job for the last 10 years that has been so flexible and he loves, most of the time.

I will try and updates with photos soon!

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!