First Day of School

Back to the old routine!!! Hurray!!! I don't like having the kids gone all day! but it's nice to have a regular bedtime and wakeup time! I got up at 5:30, got the kids up and 6. Loaded them ALL in the Suburban and around 7 and drove to Brigham. We dropped Brooke off first at the Middle School. I rolled down the window as she was leaving and we all yelled "goodbye Brooke! We love you!!!" she was so embarrassed--it was great! Then we drove to the High School and dropped Matt off. We did the same to him, but he yelled "Bye! I love you too!" (it takes a lot to embarrass him!) Then we drove to the intermediate school and dropped Jack off--I hate leaving them on the first day in the big school! We drove back to Bear River and dropped Porter off at the elementary. When we got home Heber asked if I could take him to school now--we'd just be a few min early. His first day of kindergarten--we still had to wait 3 more hours! Dave came and took him for his first day, Eli put his school clothes on and his backpack and was all ready to go with him--I felt so bad that he couldn't go, he was kinda sad! Also, Jess started college today. So I have kids in 5 different schools--wow!

bear naked, bear, bear, naked, bear naked lake!!!!

That's what my kids sing everytime we come over the top of the hill and see bear lake for the first time. Dave and Mandy took the kids up to Bear Lake for the week. Jess and I drove up Tues and came home Wed. It was so nice!

Happy Birthday Brookie!!!!! cont.

We found these cool bubbles that don't pop. They look like they are messy, but they just wipe off. Cool huh?

Happy Birthday Brookie!!!!!

Wow she's 14! She is so tall and beautiful--she's 5'11'' and doesn't dare measure again. I took her and her cousin Kelsey to the mall. We had so much fun! If that's possible at the mall! Brooke has such a cute personality! These are the clothes she picked out--not too many women, let alone teenagers could get away with this look, but she pulls it off beautifully--just like her sister! She has always had her own style!

July Ring(s) of the Month

These are a couple I got--one to wear on the fourth of July. I got them in SL when I went to the airport to pick up Scott. We were driving around trying to find a place to eat. I said "aren't we in West Valley?" He said yeah (he used to live there a LONG time ago) I said "Isn't this a scary place?" He laughed and said no. We went into the mall and were shopping for a while and he said "Do you notice something?" I said "what, that we are the only white people in here?" Things had really changed since he had been there. I was just glad that he is so big and strong!!!!

I'M GETTING MARRIED!!!!!!!!

Sorry--no pics yet. I couldn't wait any longer to tell you all! Scott asked me to marry him on Aug 8th--it was so romantic! We are planning the wedding for Oct 18th. Don't worry--he is planning on moving down here. We are going to live in my house. Scott is coming down next weekend and we'll for sure take some pics then--also I should have my band by then so I will have my new Aug. ring of the month!!!!!

Happy B-day!

I had been trying to make a pie since I got up to Oregon but for some reason the crust wasn't turning out! It was so frustrating! So I broke down and bought a pie crust!

On Sunday we went to Church which was an adventure--the power was out so the mic was off. Eli loved to make Ramy and Victoria laugh. So between bathroom trips and trying to keep Eli quiet, we wouldn't have heard much anyway! That evening we finally celebrated Scott's birthday--he is now older than me! I made his favorite pie---strawberry rhubarb. It was good-even though it was a store bought crust! He got some fabulous gifts!

We left Tues morning at about 1am--yep time to try a few more nasty drinks! I wouldn't recommend them. I could actually feel my heart beating faster and I was really antsy! But it was either that or fall asleep at the wheel.

We all had a great time! Thanks Scotty for making it possible for us to come up!

He even sent the xbox home with us! (I'll have to tell you all about that later!)

To the Coast!!!!!

We got up early on Sat and headed off to the Coast with 9 kids. (5 of them 5 and under). We of course had to drive 2 cars--- that was a total bummer. We went into Portland and drove by the Temple which was very pretty. The coast is about 2 1/2 hours from his house. On the way , we stopped at an air museum. Then we stopped at the Tillamook cheese factory. It was totally packed but we still got ice cream cones. Scott said "I'm not used to everyone looking at me like I'm a freak". I said welcome to the life of alot of kids! He loved it! :)

We ended up in Lincoln City on the coast. The kids started screaming the first time they saw the ocean. It was getting a little cold and rainy. Brooklyn said "I don't care how cold it is! I'm swimming in the ocean!" We found a beach and walked out to the water. It was so cold, I had a fleece jacket on and a blanket wrapped around me and I was still cold. But the kids were all in the water--a few of them even went under (not on purpose!)

Hangin out

I got to meet Scott's kids for the first time on Friday night! They are darling!

A couple of nights before our trip, I woke up in the middle of the night totally stressing about all the kids running around Rhonda's house. My 6 kids, her 6 kids and Scott's 3 kids!!! AAAAAHH!!! Scott bought an xbox so when we weren't off doing something, the kids were in sitting, playing that---that was a life saver, or at least a house saver!

The Columbia

The next day we went to the river. Hood River area is also called the Gorge. It is so pretty--It is one of the top place to wind surf. On the way there, we learned something very important, Heber gets car sick when he is in the very back. He barfed chinese happiness all over the back seat! We got all the kids out of the car, the bathrooms had no paper towels, so I sent Heber to the river (gross I know). Scott was helping me and asked if I needed anything. I said Yeah I need someone to clean up this throw up for me. I wasn't serious, I just dry heave everytime I clean that up. He took the car to Walmart, bought some cleaning supplies and brought it back clean. He said "I think he had the sweet and sour chicken"

We had a great time after that.