George Washington

For scouts this month the theme was American ABC's and the boys were to dress up. So Kaysen chose to be George Washington. His grandma Syndee and aunt Bryn helped dress him up and I think they did an awesome job.

FiNaLLy some CoLoR

After 9 years of living in our house we finally eliminated the WHiTe walls. You would of thought we would of painted years ago since WHiTe is so plain. I think we were scared of change. Well here is the end product.

SNoW SNoW SNoW

This morning we woke up and it was snowing aGaiN. Cute little Kanon took advantage of that and went out and built himself a snowman.

RaiN RaiN and MoRe RaiN

We deiced last week that we would pack up and drive 12 hours to California to find some nice warm weather (so that was the plan). Well we arrive in Riverside and it was wonderful. No coats, we were thinking this is great. Well we wake up the next morning and it PouRS. For the next 4 days it RaiNS off and on all day. So much for our great plan to escape the inversion and cold. Dave's family was only a half hour away so we were able to get together with them. It was nice to see them again.

Who KiDS ARe THeY

We went to parent teacher conference and WOW I don't know who's kids I ended up with, I know me and Bracken weren't as great of a student as they are. Daxton scored the third highest out of all of 2nd grade on a test they gave them by almost 50 points more than the person below him. Kaysen is such an awesome reader they have him being a tutor buddy to help some of the kids that need help. And straight A's to boot ( I don't think my parents ever saw that). I know they must not of got their brains from me (but I will claim them). We are very proud of them and I had to gloat.

GirL(boy) TiMe

I decided to paint my finger nails today, well Kanon said he wanted his painted. So he painted his own toenails. I don't know what his dad is going to say when he gets home. I guess that is the closest I will get to having girl time. ( I wouldn't trade my boys any day though)

ReaLitY I THiNK HaS FiNaLLy SeT iN

I've decided today that I am FiNaLLy oK with the way that my body is. I may have all thoes pants pilled in my closet that I had hope would fit one day or the swimsuit I said I would wear when I lost a little. I have killed myself with getting up early (while everyone smart is still sleeping) to hit the gym to have no results (besides muscle gain). I have three cute boys to show for what I look like today. It all has come down to that I like food way to much and I am not willing to give up and eat things that are tasteless, greaseless and not sweet. I want to be able to eat the second piece of cake if it sounds good and even the first for matter of fact. I know I don't have the metabolism I had in high school when I could eat a hostess and pepsi every day and not gain a pound. So I will continue to exercise so I can continue to eat all that I want and I will be happy with the way that I look because I am unwilling to make any other changes.

RuLeS or No RuLeS

Well my kids think that our RuLeS are very uNFaiR and that it is not FaiR that they can't do what they WaNT when they WaNT. So we decided for one week they would make their own "Rules" for the most part and they would have to pay the consequence of their own choices for their rules. Well they thought this sounded great. But after the first day they were begging for some rules because nothing was getting done for them and it wasn't as easy and great as they thought. By the end of the week they had learned a good lesson (I hope). Here is one example of what happened that week. Daxton decided one day he wasn't going to do his homework because he wanted to play instead so when he went to school the next day with no homework completed his teacher (which new ahead of time what we were doing with the no rules) said he would have to stay in at recesse and do his homework. Well he decided to do it while she was reading instead well to make a long story short she threw that one away and he ended up missing two recesses for not following directions. He came home and said he would never not do his homework. Now they understand RULES are here for a Reason!!!

Sledding

We went sledding for the first time this year with my family. It was alot of fun. Thanks to grandma Conna for planning such a fun day of sledding with hot chocolate and soup afterwards. Bracken was the chauffeur on his sled "snowmobile" (the only kind of sled you will find him on) taking us back up the hill, it sure beats walking.