Monday is coming all too quick!!!!

Well, I did it. I finally got registered for school! I have mixed feeling about this, but definitely believe that the pros outway the cons. I am going to be taking 12 credits (the minimum amount to still qualify for financial aid) which, for me, comes to four 3-credit classes. I am taking 3 history classes and an education course. For those of you (if there are any out there still reading this blog!) who don't know, I am majoring in elementary education with my emphasis in history. I only have four semesters left... and this includes my last semester being student teaching. Luckily, Guy and I were able to schedule our classes pretty good between the two of us, so that one of us would be with the kids. There will only be 4 hours a week of overlap and Guy's mom will watch Kaylee and Austin during those times. A special thanks goes out to my friend Kristy who will let Jaden come over to her house after he gets of the bus for a couple of hours every Thursday. Don't know what we would do without you Kristy! Hopefully, she will finally take us up on our offer to watch her kids while she and her husband do something.... Even if it's just staring at each other in the face wondering what they should do!

Anyway, it's going to be crazy for these next few months... oh, wait, I guess I mean couple of years! It will be worth it though. I'll be able to get a job when I finish to help get us through the next couple of years as Guy finishes his schooling. By then, maybe I'll want to continue to work - just to give us that little extra income. I'd still be home with the kids most of time. By then all will be in school.

I am scared though. It's going to be tough to be away from the kids, but it'll probably do me some good (and I am looking forward to using my brain again). It's also going to be tough keeping up on all the housework, that's already hard enough.

But, I CAN do it... I am woman, hear me roar!!!!!! (he,he,he! I know... I'm a dork)

Jaden's first day of school....

and Austin's first day home without him! Jaden went to the first grade yesterday and LOVED it! He thinks he is so big and independent now. When he came home I, of course, asked him how school was and what he did. He, however, was much more interested in cartoons. When I finally did get him to talk with me, he informed me that his favorite part of the day was lunch. He loved going to the cafeteria and getting his corndogs. Apparently, the school makes better corn dogs that I do!!! He told me that they read a couple of stories and painted their hands and few other things. I asked him what else they did because he was at school for quite a while. He said "mostly recess, they have 3 long recesses in first grade". I was glad to hear that histwo favorite things were lunch and recess!!! I just hope some learning will come into play as well.

As for Austin - at 9:00 he started asking "When is Jaden going to be home?" and didn't quit until 3:00 when Jaden finally made it back.

Ooops! Forgot these ones!

   

More garden pics

     

Been busy working on these, but had a lot of fun with them!

New Van!!!!

I am so very excited, we got a new van the other day. Our previous one had ended up costing way too much in repairs. We had a $2ooo bill for some work and then it needed a new engine which cost over $1000. Even after all that it still didn't seem to be running the best. It made a terrible high pitch whine whenever we hit 30 mph and then we had the air conditioning go. We didn't want to put more money into it so we decided to clean it up and park it on the side of the road with a For Sale sign. It sold the very next day! We were able to get slightly more than we owed on it. Then we found the perfect vehicle... only it was a few thousand more than what we could afford. Luckily, we are friends with one of the managers at a local dealership who was able to give us a deal we could not turn down! He lowered the price to our price range and gave us the van below the low value in the NADA and Kelley Blue Book. We wouldn't have been able to get this good of a deal from a private party!!!! We love our van and owe a lot to our friend! The best part of it is, knowing we have a reliable vehicle that we don't worry about breaking down every time we get in it.
It's crazy how some things just fall in place!!! We had tried to sell our van earlier with ads in the paper and everything, but we couldn't do it. Then all this falls in to place as soon as it sells. Wonderful!

Rexburg Gardens

Here is a scrapbook page I did of Kaylee at the Rexburg Gardens. We had such a fun time and took some real cute pics.

 

Swim Lessons

I put the boys into swim lessons this week here at the local swimming pool. They are just loving it!!! I had to put them in level two since level one was full, but we figured they would do okay because of their ages. We were a little iffy on whether or not Austin would be okay, but they both seem to be doing great! It's amazing how they will try new things with their instructors when they won't with their parents. I'll have to take some pictures of them tomorrow and post them.

We are having Lexi, their cousin, come stay with us tomorrow and Thursday night. The kids are SO excited!!! They just can't wait. Lexi, actually it was her mom, offered to give us a night out with free babysitting, so it will be great.

Anyway, I'll post some pics of the kids tomorrow!

Watermelon... Mmmmm!!!

These pictures were taken a couple of years back while we were visiting Guy's brother Daryl and his lovely family - Kerry, Soma, and Fela.

The Kids' Top 10 Favorite Things

For our ward's digital scrapbooking group, we were given the challenge of completing a Top 10 Layout. I did one for Jaden and had such a fun time doing it I thought I would do one for Austin and Kaylee as well.