School

Logan and Karli started school on August 12.

It is Logan's first year at Rio Rancho High School. It is also his first year of early morning seminary. He has been such a trooper getting up at 5am to go to seminary.

Here he is, our big 9th grader:

He looks so grown up to me. He's a man now. I wanna cry.

Karli started 8th grade.

Her hair has gotten so long and she is becoming such a beautiful young woman.

Madison and Tommy started school on August 17th. I don't know why the school district starts the schools on different days, but they do.

Madison started 4th grade and her teacher is Mr. Jones. This is our first experience having a male teacher in elementary school. I think we're gonna be very happy though.

Our big 4th grader:

She gave me a perfect pose for this picture. Look at her shiny grin. Madison is so excited to get her braces off in October. Just in time for all the sticky Halloween candy.

Tommy started 2nd grade with Mrs. Alvarado. We've heard she's a little strict, but maybe that's what our class clown needs.

Tommy on his first day of 2nd grade:

He got a Steelers backpack this year. When we went to meet his teacher she made it very clear that she is a Giants fan. I think there might be some trash talking when football season starts.

A Little Trick

My sister, Kendra, taught me how to back date my posts so I can procrastinate more on my blogging and still post my important information on the day they happened. So....You may want to look back a few months and see what we've been doing.

SUPER BOWL XLIV

There's a family in our ward who moved to New Mexico from New Orleans. Landon decided that since the Saints were going to the Super Bowl we should have a Super Bowl party. We invited the Myers over and Landon made an amazing spread of New Orleans style food. He even made some tasty benyas. He was a little nervous about cooking for this family who has had the real thing, but they all swore it was just as good.



All the boys: Trent, Kyle, Kevin, Tommy, Dewey and Landon.

The boys were on pins and needles the whole game.

Rumor has it Dewey doesn't care for animals and Lulu took a liking to him. She wanted to be on his lap and licking him. His face was priceless. The family kept telling Dewey to put his face by Lulu to get a kiss. Oddly enough he obliged, but for some reason Lulu then wanted nothing to do with him once he showed he was okay with it.

Madison thought it would be funny to put Lulu's sun dress on her. Oh how she hates having clothes on.

The happy couple (Peggy and Dewey) sporting their Saints attire:

Madison also talked Dewey and Kevin into riding her Skitter Car. There is something about grown men on a Skitter Car that makes me laugh.

Landon's sister, Colleen and nephew, Joey came from Arizona for a visit and sadly I didn't take one single picture of them. Colleen helped Landon a lot in the kitchen.

Luckily the Saints won and no one was disappointed in our house.

Adopting!

I have been meaning to post this for a while and since I am doing all my blogging catch up I thought now would be a good time. You may have noticed that I added a new link to my side bar (compliments of Hollie).

My brother and his wife are trying to adopt. I can't think of two better people more suitable to be parents. They treat their dog better then I treat my children (and that is saying something). My sister Hollie said it best here.

So, what I am trying to get at is, if you know of anyone looking for a loving home to place their baby in please keep them in mind.

Cute Madison

Several weeks ago Madison had a nagging cough. I had decided it was allergies and started giving her some allergy medicine everyday. After several days of taking the medicine and she still had the cough she said, "Mom this medicine is like prayers, they take forever to work."

Guess Who Turns 38 Today?

Landon does. His only request was that his cake be a german chocolate cake.

Trip To Truckee

Our family took advantage of Southwests cheap flights and took a trip to Truckee, California to visit Uncle Mike and Aunt Renae. There is always a lot of fun, laughter and eating when we're with Mike and Renae. We got to eat at our favorite Italian place in Truckee, Village Pizzeria. Their chicken parmigiana is to die for. If you are ever in Truckee, you MUST eat there.


Landon and Mike took the kids skiing while Renae and I went to lunch and did some shopping. This was the first time skiing for all of our kids. They all picked up on it really quickly and looked like pros. The kids are already talking about when their next ski trip will be. They loved it.

We got to hot tub in the snow. Figuring we were going to a snowy place, nobody in our family packed swimsuits. Luckily, Mike and Renae had extra swimsuits for Landon and I. As for the kids.....they got to use their underwear. They didn't seem to mind either. Next time we will take Mikes advise, "Always pack a swimsuit cause you never know."

We ate dinner at Mikuni's. We learned a few things while eating dinner there. 1.) Mikuni's kids meals are way over priced and 2.) that our kids either really love sushi or our kids were really hungry. After dinner Mike and Renae took us to an outdoor skating rink. Again, the kids did great for their first time. So much fun.

Tommy getting a ride on Mike's ATV while Mike plows the driveway.

Karli getting a pep talk from Renae.