First day of school

I know I'm so behind but I don't care this was on August 8th 2012 Cody and Kelsey started 8th grade and Carter and Kennedi started 2nd grade. The twins have the best teacher oh how happy I am that I worked so hard to get her for their teacher. Kennedi started improving with her reading about a month into 2nd grade. Cody and Kelsey are doing great too and they all have great friends.

Gilbert Temple

 We are so lucky to have a temple being built just walking distance from our home. We have watched it being built. On Kelsey's birthday we were headed to go to dinner when the kiddos squilled with excitiment. Carter and Kennedi have been waiting for the Angel Moroni to be put on. Well that is what they saw! And, I couldn't believe how big it was. A friend of ours let us know that it would be put on tomorrow so no worries & we headed off to dinner.
 The next day I took the kids out of school early & we went to our friends house to hang out & wait to see it all happen. It was so exciting! I love to see the temple!!

Kennedi being her independent self!

She is looking for eggs and I love how she has one of Cody's friends shoes on.
Kennedi is always watching her older brother and sister feed our animals. Here she is doing all the work on her own!

We have an artist among us!

Kelsey loves to draw, paint, sculpt and create. She is always wanting to do a craft and I love that she wants to scrapbook with me. When she was 4 years old she made a horse out of an old toilet paper roll. I have so many pictures of her great creations. These are her latest beauties. Kelsey's mother was very artistic I tell Kelsey how lucky she is to have this wonderful talent from her.
Last month she took a little art class after school with her friend Cassidy. She had so much fun and was sad when it was over. I will defiantly have to sign her up again. This last picture shows my pet peeve hair in her sweet little face! She will just let it hang there, it never seems to bother her. I remember my mom always getting after us girls for having our hair in our faces. I do love Kelsey's huge smile and how can you not just love those dimples and missing teeth!

Family

These pictures are not very clear, sorry! Mike's family Bob and June his dad and step-mom and his brother Dan and his wife Mary were in town from Alaska. We had a great time hanging out, eating and watching the kids. It was a quick trip but, it's always nice to see them. Kennedi made some new friends.

No time for "Fun Friday" is this right?

I had to long of a list to even do "Fun Friday" so sad! I missed out but Paige did help me organize my mud room. It always feels so good to get a messy area cleaned up. I don't know if anyone else has this problem but half way through we stopped and realized we had even a bigger mess now in my kitchen. Trying to find a home for every little thing we own can get hard! I also have a hubby who would love to hold on to everything! Love the guy but, come on- I always say just take a picture of it. At Paige's enrichment night they had an expert organizer who gave them some great pointers. We cleaned out a cupboard just for kids shoes, school papers they must keep (or think they do!) and a box for their special treasures. My kids also have a drawer in their rooms that is off limits for me. Every couple months I have them clean it out and talk to them about things to keep and things that are ok to throw away. For example: MacDonald's toys, cheap toys from Peter Piper or Ring Pops but no pop just the ring is left. It felt like I got a lot accomplished today!