Camping in the cold!

Camping is one of our favorite things to do. We enjoy camping with our friends and each other. We make camp fires, roast marshmallows, play charades, go fishing, go hiking and on walks, we play with glow sticks, and get really dirty. We love to sleep in the tent or in the trailer. Lots of our friends have trailers that we can stay in. When we were leaving, we stood at the edge of the mountain looking down. A long way down it was. But it sure was a beautiful sight. Really neat.

We also enjoy our regular attire like flip flops. It was cold and it rained, but wasn't too bad. Sweatshirts and shorts did the job. The fire helped as well.

Our friends Brandon and Maddy were there too. They are fun to play with and do things with.
Getting dirty is our favorite part. We played cowboy and indian, and put black soot on our faces. Luckily there is nothing like baby wipes, and a trailer shower to get clean.

We are learning all about fires, and how to build a good one that will last even through rain storms. We were getting our sticks ready for marshmallow roasting.

During our fishing trip, we caught tons of cawdads. We boiled them and cooked them, until they looked like miniature lobsters and then we ate them. Well, the kids tried them, I had nothing to do with them.

We had a great time 4 wheeling through the mud too. The trailblazer was covered in mud by the time we headed home. It is fun to get dirty.

We like to go to this area because it is a no fee area, and there are so many places to ride the quads. There were many people there this weekend. Camp sites were almost completely full, and so many people having a great time.

School Days!

Guess who is in the costume as the mascot? Yep, you got it. No, I don't get paid more. Part of being the drama teacher, you get to act out many parts. The kids at the school, get to see the mascot once a month, and we do the Cha Cha Slide as an entire school. It is so much fun for the kids, so I don't mind a little sweat in that outfit.

Here are the girls on their first day of school. They were really excited to attend grandma Kathy's school. They love to go up to her office after school sometimes to retrieve the treats she leaves on her desk. They are all excelling in their classes. Ronnie is getting tutoring help in math. To help him get ready for his AIMS testing. He is reading at a 4th grade level. He enjoys helping his teacher after school, and helping other students in his class. He really enjoys his PE class and loves his PE teacher. He also loves lunch time. Shelby is such a little leader in her class. All the kids love her and she and Lacy fight over who is more popular. Can the teen years be starting early. Can't they both be popular with their own peers? Shelby is a reading wiz. She almost always gets 100% on her spelling tests. Lacy was student of the month for September. She is her teachers little helper and angel. She enjoys going to school especially if I let her do her own hair. She's getting so big. They are all getting so big.

Oka,y so here goes. A good picture of Ronnie is hard to get. He doesn't like to smile for the pictures. However, he must have been bribed on this day or something. He's a good looking kiddo.
Lacy, my little poser. She was on the playground, and asked Ms. Kim, to take her photo. She would rather take pictures than play with her friends at recess.

Here's Shelby and Ronnie all decked out for their karate class. They are so cute in their GI's. They don't seem to love to go to karate but we never give up on something we try. I just hope they don't try their karate on each other.

Here are grandma's baby cows. However some of them are not babies anymore. The kids love to feed them by hand, and enjoy watching them fight over the hay we bring. I love to just sit in the field and wait for them to all come to me. Watching out for cow pies at the same time.