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.

O Christmas Tree

When we first got married we had a real tree well it died before Christmas was here so I went and bought a fake tree that would never die and we have put it up every year and it was beautiful. Well this year my mother-in-law called and said they had an extra tree permit if we would like it Bracken jumped all over that he loves the smell of a real tree so I agreed. We were not able to go and get it when they went so the only stipulation I had was that it had to be really full well it is really full it had three trees growing into one my father-in-law called it the triceratops the boys loved it. The only way to make it fit was though to cut the top (not the bottom) off so we did and it looked like a bush it looks like it is growing into the ceiling. But once we got it all decorated it looks very pretty the boys did a wonderful job decorating it.

My little monkies

They say that we evolve from monkeys well I think my kids really did.

Yes Kanon is in his underware that is the favorite outfit for my boys. (Did we all do that as kids or is this just a boy thing? I don't know, when do we become so consciences about our bodies and want to cover from head to toe.)

Our new president

Last night I had the news on and Obama came on and Kanon said look mom there is our new president "Boboma". Good way to sum it up Kanon.

Bubbles, Bubbles and more Bubbles

This is what happens when you leave a couple of curious boys alone in a jetted tub with the bubbles close by. At first I wanted to get made but decided I had to laugh instead.

My little gobblins

Daxton was a vampire, Kanon was suppose to be a devil but changed his mind before Halloween and wanted to be batman and Kaysen made up his own costume and called himself an it.

Not your ordinary Pumpkin

We went to scouts last night and the boys got to decorate pumpkins, you definitely will not find two of a kind of these ones.


Kaysen's

Daxton's

Kanon's

Helmets

Well you that really know me and have been around me know that I do not let my kids ride without a helmet, and for the most part they are really good about wearing it. Sometimes I still have to remind them but they do pretty good. Why I am so set on the helmet thing I really don't know maybe because they are boys and very active, because I didn't wear them when I was younger and I am fine (I know some might argue), but today proved my point. Daxton decided not to wear his and look what happened. See mom's do know best!

Put away the coats

Well it is warm again ya break the shorts out again and put away the coats. That is exactly what Daxton did today he was back to wearing his shorts and tee shirts and Kanon played in the water (I know not warm enough but he insisted and how can you say no to that cute little face) . To bad it isn't going to stay but at least we can enjoy it for the weekend.

First Snow Fall

We woke up yesterday and we had our first snowfall isn't it just the first of October I hope this doesn't mean a long winter. I don't know that I am ready for this. The boys haven't put the shorts away I guess its time to break out the boots, coats and gloves ah. And I still need to clean out the garden which would of been done by now but someone told me we have plenty of time (thanks Babe) so much still to do. Thank goodness it didn't stick and the sun is shinning today.

Our Trip to Georgia and Tennessee

Well I know it has been a while since I have been on just have been really busy and not alot of time. Well we just returned from Georgia and Tennessee. Komatsu Equipment took Bracken and I along with 50 other people to see how they make their equipment and we had the opportunity to run the equipment. Our trip didn't start out the best. Our alarm was suppose to go off at 3:00 a.m. which it didn't because someone had messed with the am and pm so we woke up at 4:00 and we had to be out the door by 4:15 to catch our flight. Then when we were flying into Atlanta it was storming so bad that we had really bad turbulence so half the plane was sick (along with myself) we ended up landing in Tennessee to refuel and wait the storm our and then headed back to Atlanta. After the first few mishaps our trip was awesome. We ate so good that I gained 5 pounds. (Back to exercising)

Check out the size of this equipment I actually operated all of it and didn't do to bad. Just like a little kid playing in the dirt.

We then went to the Chickamauga Battle Field Visitor Center. The guns were amazing.

Our last night there we went to the Country Music Hall of Fame and The Grand Ole Opry and for those of you that know Bracken he is not a country fan at all but he really enjoyed it. We stayed at the Opry Land Hotel for those of you that have never been there it was wonderful. they have 9 acres of gardens and river that flow indoors. We have not been so pampered it was wonderful to have a trip that was all planned.

Our Group!!

Whoops

Bracken was trying to dump some sand and well it stuck and the enddump tipped over which he was lucky it broke away from the truck as it was tipping and the truck fell back up right. He will tell you he wasn't scared but I think he is just being tuff. Who couldn't be scared if you are tipping over sideways.