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It's Official!!

So none of them are actually freshman, but I couldn't resist the bus skin!! Here's Jh and J's first days of school. They went on different days and seemed to do just fine!! We didn't get a picture of Jaren coming off the bus because we were running late getting home from working out and the camera was MIA! Oh well!!

Sunday Dinner!

I made ribs for dinner today and everyone really enjoyed them. Even Sp enjoyed them!! He was quite upset when I took away his bone!! It was a messy meal!! As you can see I think C managed to stay the cleanest of all the kids!!

A Great Joke!

A little American Indian boy asked his father, the big chief and witch doctor of the tribe, "Papa, why is it that we always have long names, while the white men have shorter names like Bill, Tex or Sam?"

His father replied, "Look, son,our names represent a symbol, a sign, or a poem for our culture not like the white men, who live all together and repeat their names from generation to generation. Also, it is part of our makeup that in spite of everything, we survive.

For example, your sister's name is Small Romantic Moon Over The Lake, because on the night she was born, there was a beautiful moon reflected in the lake. Then there's your brother, Big White Horse of the Prairies, because he was born on a day that the big white horse who gallops over the prairies of the world appeared near our camp and is a symbol of our capacity to live and the life force of our people. It's very simple and easy to understand.

Do you have any other questions, Little Broken Condom Made in China?

Super Fun!!

Jh absolutely cracks me up as he flies into the swimming pool!! He's jumping with S, Jn and our neighbor D!

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And the FUN begins!!!

With school in motion now and schedules set, it seems that life would be heading back to normal. Well I suppose with last years homework troubles with S, I guess it is back to normal!! The second day of school and already attitude about homework!! Oh the joys of school and life!! It's been a whirl wind of a day!! I took Jn to the doctor today and found out that he has bronchitis!! Yippee at least he has the weekend and some of next week to whip it out of his system. Him and Jh don't start school until next week!! I will post pics on their big day!! Thanks for listening to me vent :)

First day of school for the girls!!

Yesterday Sept. 4th was the first day of school for the girls!!

C had a restless night Monday and was awake most of the night. She came and woke us up at 2 am and at 3:30 am. She came to the conclusion the following day that it was her nerves!! Luckily for us and her she had a much better night last night!! C had heard that her teacher was a mean teacher and I think that's why she was stressing, but all is well and she likes her teacher!

S enjoyed her first day being in middle school!! She said that it took her quite a few tries to get her locker open, but she finally mastered it!! The middle school here is much different than middle school down in Eugene. They have 8 periods but most of the periods have the same teacher and the same room!! I guess that makes it easy to remember where you need to go!

Here's some pics of them just before they went out the door!!!

Homemade Lollipops!

Tonight we decided to try and make some homemade lollipops!! After 1 round of burnt sugar, and one round that didn't quite set up, I think we finally got it!! Sp sure thinks they are good!!

Missing in Action!

C has been missing in action this summer! She's been here and there and anywhere but home!! We managed to meet up with her at family dinner this last Sunday where we managed to get a picture of her!! Then left her later in the evening for another week away from home!

Our chunky monkey!

Dad and his mini!

The title pretty much speaks for itself!!

Fun in the sun!

Jh and Jn sure love swimming! They sure have grown to love the pool! They like to try out new stunts everyday! Here's the latest. I didn't take pictures when Jh said, "hey mom watch what I can do!!" , and then proceeded to do a backflip off the side rail. I quickly responded, "don't do that again!!!" He almost whacked his head on the side wall. It's sad to think that this is their last summer with the pool!! It will be missed tremendously!!