School, a Birthday, and a Tooth

I am so excited school started! It has been so nice having just two kids at home. Paige is supposed to start preschool after Labor Day. Hopefully she will be able to go in the morning so I will just have Gavin at home. I know most people are sad their kids are gone but it has been a lot more quiet and no fighting. Cody started kindergarten. It's too bad it's only half day because he's loving it. He got Mrs. Douglass (Blake's kindergarten teacher). He really likes her. I hope he's nice for her! Blake started 3rd grade. He has Mrs. Birdno. I'm so excited about the teachers they have this year. They are both awesome teachers and great ladies.

Paige just had her 3rd birthday. Time goes by so fast! She wanted a princess party so everything was princesses, even the presents she got. She got so many fun things. She's having a blast playing with them all!





Now for the really exciting news. Gavin finally got his first tooth in! It's about dang time. I think 5 more are pretty close to coming in too. It's barely through but at least it's coming in. I hope his teeth last longer than the other kids' did. They are way too expensive!

4th of July, School, and Sports

Ok, let's see if I can remember what's happened since the last time I posted. We put our house up for sale. We've had no luck yet. We will probably be in this house forever.

The 4th of July was a lot of fun. We went to Eagar for the parade and had a good time with family. It was good to see Jodi and Malea down from Canada. I haven't done any sewing in a long time but I had a lot of fun making Paige's outfit. I might have to try it again sometime. Then we came home for the fireworks and watched it from our front yard with Jana, Chas, Brooke, and Bryson. Oh yeah and some lady we don't know. She parked on the side of the road to watch and ended up giving the kids some glow bracelets. Then watched the rest of the fireworks with us. Unfortunately, Justin was busy working all day and we missed him lots.








Cody's t-ball ended. He did pretty good. He was excited to get a little metal to wear around his neck. He will be starting soccer pretty soon. This will be first year for him so he's really excited. Blake started football practice this week. This is his first year. He's loving it so far. They had 2 1/2 hour practices this week so that they could get their pads and helmets. He's been wearing them around every day. I can't wait for the games to start!

A couple of weeks ago we took the kids down to the valley. We went to Uncle Shane's and went swimming. It was lots of fun to see everyone. Then we took Blake and Cody to Amazing Jake's. We all had a good time. The bumper cars and lazer tag were a big hit. We will have to go there again! Last weekend we were able to go to the Bakarich family reunion and see some of Justin's family. It was really good to see them. It's been a while.

School starts on the 11th. I'm counting the days. Blake will be in 3rd and Cody in kindergarten. We will find out on Wednesday who their teachers are. I think we have Paige lined out for preschool so I'm looking forward to just one kid at home for a while!