Well it's Friday and it's 8:00 in the morning, why I am blogging so early when I should be at school? I have a sick kid home today :(
1. Andon is home with a cough and a 103 temp. therefore I kept Kendall home and Devin thought he needed to stay home today too. Needless to say we are all home today. I am quite bummed about this decision because the school has a Walk-a-thon today after school that we were going to participate in :( We all got these cool shirts to wear today at school and unfortunately we are wearing ours at home instead.
2. Monday we had a teacher work day, the kids went to my friends house for the day. She is so awesome, she took them to Jumpin -inflatable indoor play area! I was feeling bad that they had to go to daycare on a day off from school-but they had a great time!
3. Tuesday was the first day of Fall. I am ready for the weather change, not sure I am this ready though. It already has been snowing in the mountains, colder here and cloudy most of the week-blah!
4. At our staff meeting 0n Wednesday, my coop-teacher gave me a KUDDOS for always being there and we gave each other hugs. Now of course I fell bad that I am not there because I am home with a sick kid.
5. Thinking of all my friends back in Hays this weekend! Be safe and have a wonderful Octoberfest weekend...wish I was there! I will be taking a test this weekend in Greeley.

Devin is Offically a Tiger Scout...they are selling popcorn. If you would like to buy some let me know!

FIVE for FRIDAY

Well i am one day late for my post:
1. Devin went to a cub scout meeting Thursday, he really liked it and wants to become a member! The best part is he wants dad to go with him to the meetings :) So today we are going to get his uniform. At the meeting they made marshmallow guns, ate cake, and gave awards (not sure what else since dad took him). Andon played Lego's while D was gone, he said he enjoyed his quite time to himself!!
2. Girls night out last night with Christa! We went to dinner and a movie, however when we showed up at 7:30, the movie times changed so we returned at 9:30. In the mean time we went to the mall and Target.
3. Devin had his eye appointment this week, everything went well! His eyes are tracking like they should, nothing he was worried about. That just leaves me with some unanswered prayers/questions.
4. The boys have two Birthday parties this weekend... Today is a sleepover at Austin's and tomorrow is Luke's party-both boys are invited to both parties. I guess that is what happens when they are so close in age and have had the same friends for the last 4+ years.
5. Tomorrow we are going to go to church. It has been quite a while since we have been there. The boys and K- have been asking/wanting to go, Deon actually mentioned that we go this Sunday.
Have a great week- Tomorrow I will make cupcake Brownies for the week. Every week I make something to take to daycare for the kids to have for snack.

FIVE for FRIDAY

Pumpkin bowling

Digging for...

Buried toys in the haystack

Corn husk men

Bean bag toss

1. I was playing Lego's with A- when I found a mini tractor. i asked him if he still plays or is into tractors these days...he replied "that was from my 'babiness' days" LOL!!
2. My parents are in town this weekend... ahhh my children are staying the night at the hotel with them. That means I get my bed to myself (and Doen) and no one will be sleeping on the floor next to my bed. Let's just hope I do not have to pick anyone up in the middle of the night. I am blogging, FBin and did some online homework.
3. Excited to visit and spend time with my parents Sat. and Sun. Not too sure what we will do, but I am just glad to see them. It has been awhile!
4. I have so much work to do for student teaching...Once again I am so thankful for my daycare/friend. She told me today that if I even needed time to clean or what not..let her know and she would watch the kids later for me. "sniff...sniff"
5. Labor day we had some good friends over for dinner. It was a great time...we made ckn fajitas-Yum! The kids had fun playing together too.

I start teaching math lessons on Monday...I have to do a lesson plan this weekend...Yikes!

Labor Day Weekend

Look How Big the Rock is! Kendall got to go on a date with "king" on Friday while we were at school. They went on a hike up to Gray Rock meadow.

Kendall and Deon at Gray Rock. After school we went up to Estes Park until Sunday.

Saturday we Hiked around Lily Lake, Ms Kendall hiking in her dress/skirt.

The Boys climbing around on the rocks by the lake.

Mommy and Kendall with Long' Peak in the background (I am growing my hair out that is why is looks funny).

All three kids at Lily Lake.

The boys with a cool branch.

Everytime we go to Estes we have to ride on the Colored slides: Ready-Set-GO!

WHEEEEEE!

The kids in the Big Thomson River-here again-Boys+ water = FUN
The kids swam everyday while in Estes. Here they are on Sunday in the Hot Tub before checking out time.

It was a great weekend get - away! We are all tired today and ready for one extra day off to get things ready for the work week this week. Thanks goodness for Labor Day!

Devin Turns Seven!

Good Morning Birthday boy! They were all up at 5:15 ready to go...me on the other hand was hoping for at least one more hour of sleep. I made mini pancakes(frozen), eggs and sausage for breakfast. I added curly candles to Devin's pancake stack for one last B-day wish!

He was the first one to sleep, everyone else was close behind. They were all sleeping by 9:45.

The Birthday party crew...everyone slept in the basement, I was sure one of them would have came up in the middle of the night...they did good! They watched GI Joe (a cartoon/movie) then fell asleep.

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to Devin, happy Birthday to YOU! Cupcakes and make your own sundays(sprinkles were a hit).

This is the Birthday crew Kendall, Devin, Hayden, Michael, and Andon. We all went to the movie UP (very good movie) came home and had pizza delivered for dinner. It was such a wonderful day for my special little guy!

BACK 2 SCHOOL

Andon on his first day of Kindergarten!

Look how tall I am starting Kindergarten (45 1/2 inches)!!

Andon was so excited for his first day of school! 2 weeks into school, he still loves it. On the first day of school I took everyone with me and got Andon adjusted to his classroom, he already knows Kayleigh and Luke from our daycare days! The next morning he could not wait to ride the bus and open the window. So far he has bumped his front tooth on a pole (because he was chasing the girls) and a few days later he bumped into another child and hurt his head while the other child hurt his tooth.

This is Devin on his first day of 1st grade (46 inches tall)!!

Devin is in 1st grade again. He has such a late Birthday and was the youngest in his class plus being a boy, he definitely needed the extra year. I feel this is a good fit for him. He has grown so much over the summer (socially and emotionally) and yes he has gotten taller :) His music teacher said he raised his hand to comment, she was so excited to hear him share ( I am just glowing too)!

Little Miss Kendall on her 1st day of Pre-school! She enjoys pre-school and has many friends. Her preschool teacher is Mrs. Camhi, and she also watches Kendall for me during the week while I am teaching. It is nice to have Kendall at a great place, however I do miss being at home, but it does help knowing that she is with a good friend of mine.

This is Kendall on her first day of Pre-school ( 35 inches tall). Oh...Daddy "King" decided to give Kendall a hair cut while I was helping the boys wash their hair after their haircut. Not a big fan of Bangs for her, but it has grown on me a little.


All my babies are growing up too fast, I am very proud of each one for the growth they made over the past year!

SUMMER IS....(almost over)

I am so far behind with my posts:

Here is Andon playing catch with dad out front. (This was the middle of Aug.)