Jamee's Wedding

eleven-eleven-eleven. Do you know how crowded the temple was that day? The wedding was amazing and the reception was the bomb! I love my family and I love bustin a move on the dance floor with my sisters, Randy and my kids. Cooper tore it up. It was such a fun day!

Daisy's last primary program

Yep she was pretty excited. No more Primary in a couple of months. I can't believe she's almost 12.

My seester (the rock star)

I never posted about Jillyn. My sister was diagnosed with colon cancer at the end of April. She went in for surgery soon after. They removed part of her colon, took out her appendix, and found a cyst on her ovary that they reomoved too. She started chemo in May. She lives in Utah so we don't get to see her as much as we want. My mom was up there for about 6 weeks while she recovered from surgery and went to her first chemo treatment. She came down this weekend because we had a silent auction/fundraiser for her. She is amazing and she has such a positive attitude. I am amazed at how she can be so postive and she is 100% going to kick it in the booty!Cooper and my nephew Avery. Best buds.

Cooper loves Jillyn's dogs.

My kiddos with Jillyn.

Soccer

This is how we are spending our Saturdays for the next few weeks. I sit at the soccer field for 2 to 3 hours cheering on my kiddos. Some are a little more into it than others. But we won't name names:)Soccer mom (In my workout clothes. Hopefully my kids arent too embarassed my me.)

Daisy and her friend Brylee.

October Break

My kids loved hanging out in Gilbert with grandma for a couple of days. And of course our cousins too.

I think they needed a break from school. Lindsay fell asleep one night doing homework:)

Jamee and Britt

My sister Jamee got engaged in July to Britt. She went through the temple today. I headed over there with the kids for a few days since it was October Break from school.

This Kid

Keeps us laughing. He thought this was so funny!

Spirit Week

Crazy Hair Day

Nerd dayWhat a bunch of cute nerds.

Pajama Day

Hippie Day.

School Color Day:

go hawks!

We love high school football. Its even more fun when you know people on the team. We've enjoyed going to watch Buckeye play on Friday nights.

We like going to watch our friend's son. He has quite the cheering section.

just because

My camera was in my car so I took some pics of the kids on their way to school. Cooper is obsessed with the crops and the water in the ditch. Everyday he comments on how the crops are growing bigger. haha.

Finally

We have had some issues with Cooper going #2 in the potty for the past year. It has been a nightmare!!!!! We bribe him with everything we can think of. Nothing was working. I knew that 90% of it was his stubbornness, but I finally took him to the doctor because I though something was wrong. Well we think we figured it out and I am happy to report that this kid does ALL his business in the potty now! He goes twice a day now too!!!!!! I am in heaven. And look at that smile. He is pretty proud of himself too. And dad pulled out his trains from when he was little and they set up the track.

Excuse the nakedness of this picture. Just be warned if you come to my house, this is what you will see. The second he walks in the door from school he takes off all his clothes.

I don't get it

Daisy cleaned her room on Saturday afternoon. It was completely spotless. And this is what it looked like Sunday afternoon. Seriously? It drives me crazy.

chalkboard door

I have wanted one of these forever. When we moved into our house the pantry door was missing. Well it only took us 2 months but I finally got my door. I painted it with the chalkboard paint. I love it. I thought it would be so fun to write grocery lists, or menus, but my kids have completely taken it over. Oh well. It's still fun.

2nd day

My kids go to school out of district so we drive about a mile down the road to catch the bus. Some members of this family, who shall remain nameless, don't love where we live. Well this is one of the main reasons I like it. I love that we live in a "small" town and have farm fields everywhere. The kids love watching the fields get planted and watching the new crops come in.

First Day of School

All 3 kids are in school all day. I've gotta say, I was not looking forward to this day. My baby started kindergarten and I'm a little sad. Daisy started 6th grade. I cannot believe it. One thing that makes me happy is our school is K-8 so my kids get to go to the same school for 3 years. I don't know how Daisy feels about not going to "junior high" but it makes this mom happy.Lindsay is in 3rd grade this year. She loves school. I took pictures of the girls and when I turned around, they were off with their friends.

I was fighting back the tears like you wouldn't believe walking this boy to class. He was super nervous, but also very excited to go to kindergarten. He went to summer school and loved it, but it was only 3 hours a day. I'm so nervous for all day.

He found his name on his desk and saw that there was playdoh. He sat down and started playing and said, Bye mom! Here is my big kid at his desk.