Devastation

Besides all the fires, earthquakes, wars, etc., this morning, Porter by accident cut apart Kamryn's favorite picture that she worked so hard to color.  That is true devastation (to a 4 year old)  Porter very confidentlly assured Kamryn that he could "duct tape it back together and it would be all better!"  If only we could fix all of our problems with duct tape...

4 year olds say it best!

We were coming home from the store a few days ago when the kids spotted a guy on a Harley all covered in all these crazy tatoos and, of course, the they were all chatting about why someone would do that to themselves... when Porter pipes up and says:  Guys, he's still Heavenly Father's man!! 

First Day of School Pics!

 The kids started back to school 3 weeks ago and sadly, I'm just now getting around to posting about it.  I sent one off to High School, yes people, HIGH SCHOOL!!  Regan is a big freshmen this year and loving every minute of it.  Well, maybe not the gobs of homework part of it but definetly the social aspect of it.  Thankfully, she's a great student and does a good job of keeping on top of things or I might be having a nervous breakdown.  She's in the middle of another Cross Country season which is why she has both a duffle bag and a back pack that probably weigh more than she does!  She hates pictures these days and wasn't going for the idea of a picture at the bus stop :):)  Just kidding.....she did agree to this pic of she and one of her good friends, Cadee Berrett!  This picture cracks me up simply because of the height difference in these girls.  Cadee is just a couple of months younger than Regan and has a good foot on her! 

This picture of Regan and I was taken on Regan's 14th B-Day, just a few days before her first day of High School!  I know I say this a bunch but it's just hard to believe that we are at this point in our lives. I still think of myself as a young mother (ha ha ha)  Actually, I really did until I took the twins to story time at the library and all these cute young pregnant women with 2 and 3 small kids were there in the room with me and suddenly I realized I was the old mother with my tail ender kiddos. :(:(

 

Regan and Lindee & the goof ball brother on Regan's B-Day!  Lindee stopped by with a cute gift and the two were giggling about who knows what (inside jokes) I guess.  It was a total flashback to high school days!  I love that Regan has such great friends who share her same values and beliefs and not to mention, just really good, cute, and funny girls!

 

On to Morgan, the big 5th grader.  After this year she'll have one more year left of Elementary school and then she's off to middle school.

Can I just say how much this girl has grown up in the last little while.  She's recently started to dress up a bit (on occasion) and knows what she wants in the way of hairstyles and such.  She's spending a bit more time in front of the mirror, but not too much. She still has a love for basketball shorts and t-shirts and messy buns but seriously, I get that...I'm a cut off jeans and t-shirt kinda girl!  Anyway, Ms. Anderson is her teacher this year and happens to be Jordyn's student teacher from last year and she is just awesome!!   

Morgan is half way in to yet another season of soccer but this time she's playing in a league (BYSL) so she's spending a lot more time on the soccer field between 2 practices a week and often times, 2 games a week.  She still loves it except for when she plays goalie and gets scored on, then she's not a happy camper:):) 

 

On to Jordyn...

 

Jordyn is in 3rd grade this year and has Mrs. Fox as a teacher.  She's having a great time so far and is super relieved that some of her best buddies are in her class!  She is a social butterfly and loves to be surrounded by lots of giggly girls!  (glad it's not boys, yet..)  She just started clogging again after a summer break and is begging me to try gymnastics..we'll see how that goes.  She spends a good portion of her free time either roller blading, drawing, or reading, oh, and let's not forget, eating raspberries.  Thanks to our awesome raspberry patch that's producing endless bowls of plump raspberries. DJ makes her pick a whole bowl for the family before she gets to eat any because she would seriously eat ALL of them:):)

 

On to Kaleb...

Kaleb is a 1st grader this year and has Mrs. Durfee as his teacher.  It took him a good 2 weeks to decide if staying all day at school was a good thing.:):)  He is an awesome little reader, thanks to DJ diligently listening to him read the Book of Mormon readers every single night during the summer!  I've been helping in his class for an hour each Wednesday and his teacher pulled me aside last week to tell me that in all her years of teaching, she's never had a student like Kaleb.   She went on to tell me that he's the most conscientious and careful child and desires to do everything just right.  She said he doesn't pout when he gets things wrong and often he'll tell her he'd better stay in for recess so he can finish up on a paper.  I'm not bragging here, I just want to record this for him to read someday. I love this kid and though he can be a stink at times, he genuinely wants to do the right thing!   

Oh....Kaleb's expressions kill me sometimes! 

Here's to another great school year!!!  I can't believe I'll be sending the twins next year!!

The neighborhood bunch!