Gooseberry!

At the first of the school year, Porter got to go on the anual Gooseberry Field Trip where all the 3rd grade get to go to a little camp and stay overnight and learn about many different things! I got the opportunity to go along with him! (and I got paid to go too...BONUS! thats the perks of working at a school!) anyways we enjoyed being up there and Porter got to learn about Fire Safety, Mapping, ATV Safety, Wildlife, and of course we can't forget about seeing Annie Bangs that night! she was the talk of the whole grade!

                                              This was a live BAT! eewww! sick!

                                                          Ellie the Elephant was even there!

                                           Smokey the Bear stopped by for a visit and we got a group picture!

                                              making the tree cookie! (yep the still do that)

 Then, after a couple of weeks after we got home, the 3rd graders had a program where they sang lots and lots of songs about Gooseberry for the entire school and Smokey the Bear even made a special appearance!!

postings....

new posts coming soon! I promise!!

HELP!!!

K. I need help!!! I am trying to go private and I have no clue what to do, I can't figure out where you go to do this.....can anybody help me?!?!

R U KIDDING ME?!?!?!

so I was searching around and stumbled across this..... this is TOTALLY freaky!!! If you go to Stats on ur Dashboard and click on audience it will tell you how many people from each country are viewing your blog!! In one month this is who has viewed my blog! HELLOOOOO.....who in the heck would be looking at my blog from ITALY?!? or MALTA?? or how bout RUSSIA?!?! I mean come on!!! this is a little freaky!! I guess this means I will be going PRIVATE!!! cuz I dont need these wierdo people checking out my family!!!!

United States 867

Italy 23
Canada 17
Malta 10
Germany 6
Russia 5
United Kingdom 4
Luxembourg 4
Brazil 3
Netherlands 3

Ordination

On July 25th Brax got ordained a Deacon! I seriously can't believe he is old enough to pass the sacrament!! My kids are growing up way too fast and I am not liking that!!

Family Pictures

Brynlee seriously makes us laugh all the time!! I told her to pose and she just went at it!! she was doing all kinds of poses! it was hilarious!! she was having so much fun coming up with what to do! :)

First Day of School!!

I can't believe its already time for another school year to start! summer went by way too fast!! heres the scoop for this year!

Braxton Jay: 12 yrs old- 7th Grade: Mrs. Parsons (homeroom teacher)

Porter James: 9 yrs old- 3rd Grade: teacher: Mrs. Twitchell

Brynlee Mae: 4 yrs old- Preschool: teacher: Mrs. Bradshaw

of course as soon as she got there she went straight to the babies!!

Porter's Birthday!!

Porter turned 9 on August 21st! I just can't believe he is that old already! it seems like just yesterday he was 2! Porter is a pretty good kid when he wants to be!! he loves being outdoors! his favorite new thing is his rip-stick he bought with his birthday money! he rides that sucker everywhere and loves it! he is pretty darn good with it too! his dad is pretty good with it too! :) me....not so much! LOL! I can't seem to stay on it! This kids got attitude!! when he is in trouble or doesnt want to do something, we all know it! :) we are working on that :) but he is getting better the older he gets! But he can also be the sweetest boy ever! We love ya bud, and hope you had an awesome birthday!

Krew enjoying those blue frosting cupcakes!!this is what Porter wanted instead of a cake! Let.Me.Tell.You....blue frosting + lots of little kids=stained faces and MESSY!!

MAJOR RAIN!!

We have had several major downpours here! everytime it happens our front yard gets flooded! so i snapped a few pics! The city finally came and fixed in front of our house, so hopefully this doesn't keep happening because everytime it rains heavy like this, it gets closer and closer to our basement windows!!

Braxton turns.....

12?!?! what?! I can't believe he is that old! it sure doesn't seem like he should be! My little boy is no longer little, he grew up and is now....TALLER than me! aahhh!! I never thought that would happen! (well I always hoped it wouldn't!) Brax is such a great kid! he is always so willing to help me out and pretty much does what I tell him! (most of the time) He really is the greatest kid ever! he is so smart about everything, and he teaches me so much!! We are so proud of all that he has done and accomplished! We love ya Brax and hope you had a happy 12th birthday!!

everyone enjoying the talking!

I had to put this pic of Stacey showing her food! :) ahaha!!           sweet baby Hadlee!        Aunt Jeanie, Brax and Grandma Mert

                                        all the little kids enjoying an otter pop!