Wiped out!

Jared was running around playing and then after a few minutes of not hearing him, I looked over at the couch and this is what we found. I had tried to get him to take a nap earlier in the day but he assured me he was not tired. Of course he waits until dinner time to collapse so he wouldn't be tired when bedtime came around. Jared is always afraid he will miss something if he takes a nap.

This was just too precious not to add. Sleeping kids look so peaceful and innocent. Travis loved taking the pictures but after the first few the flash finally woke Jared up when he got too close.

Mother/Daughter Activity

Courtney and I went to her mother/daughter activity on Saturday. It was a lot of fun. They had a wonderful dinner and then we took turns painting each others nails. Courtney absolutely LOVED this part of the activity. She has even offered to paint my nails every day for me. Aren't I lucky? After the girls nails dried, one of the leaders, Anna, offered to paint flowers on for them. This of course was a huge hit! Just one more of Anna's hidden talents. They turned out very cute.

Courtney tried very hard the rest of the day to make sure her nails did not get ruined. She was confidant that taking a shower for church would wash her flowers away. Luckily they are still intact. Thanks to all the leaders who made this activity such a success!

Court of Honor

Last Wednesday was Travis' first official Court of Honor. He is doing really well in his troop. He received six merit badges last week, they were Swimming, Emergency Preparedness, Leatherwork, Woodcarving, Home Repairs and Rifle Shooting. He has a couple other ones that he is working on so hopefully he will be done with those soon. Thanks to all the scout leaders that help these boys along. As parents, we sure do appreciate all of your time and talents.

Rainbows in Vegas?

Since it RARELY rains here in Las Vegas it is such a novelty to see a nice rainbow. It rained very briefly last week but it made for a perfect rainbow. We could see the whole rainbow. All of the kids thought it was so cool so we took several pictures. Here is one of them. The colors were a lot more vibrant in real life.

Better late than never

O.K. I know that school has been in for a whole week now and I haven't posted our First Day of School pictures yet. You would think now that ALL the kids are gone in the morning I would get more done. WRONG!! Hopefully as time goes on, I will be more productive. The first reason why I haven't posted these yet is because I forgot to take pictures of Ashley and Travis before they left. Luckily I remembered before I took Courtney and Jared. All the kids were very excited for school the first day. They were all up early and dressed with lunches made before 7:00am. It's great to have them so excited - I hope it continues.

Jared was soo excited to start kindgarten this year. It is hard to believe our baby is off to school. He is so ready for everything school will offer him. I will miss him at home but I'm glad we have a few hours in the afternoon before the other kids get home. He made me promise I wouldn't do any of the cleaning while he was gone, because he didn't want to miss out on the fun. Last Wednesday after school, I thought I would lay down and rest for a little while when I kept hearing chairs being pushed around the kitchen. I asked him what he was doing and not to get into anything. Then the more I listened I realized he was moving the table and chairs so he could sweep and mop the floor. He is such a hard, good worker. I love him so much!

Courtney started 4th grade this year. She is always very excited for school to start but she doesn't do well with new situations. About a week before school started she starts realizing she will have a new teacher and new kids in her class. She did really well this year - she did not get sent home for getting sick a school. Last year she missed about a week and a half in the first two weeks of school. She seems to love her teacher and so far things are going great. Keep it up!

Travis is in 7th grade this year. His elective is Band. He is enjoying learning to play the trumpet. So far he seems to like all of his teachers. Ashley is in 8th grade. She has four of the same teachers from last year, so just two new ones. She was very excited to get back to school. She LOVES school!! Keep up the great work!