End of September

Rett had his friend birthday party at the new bouncy house place down the street from us. It was so simple! We just showed up with food and balloons and the kids ran around having the time of their lives.

Present time!

The morning of Rett's actual birthday I let him open his gift from our primary presidency (they send it in the mail).

Rett really wanted me to "put up the noodles", so Anthony made sure to put the streamers up the night before his birthday.


He wore his birthday crown all day at school! Every once in awhile he would take it off because it was "too sweaty".

Birthday kids get to a free trip to the treasure box! Rett chose a Pokemon card of course.

Rett wanted donuts as his birthday treat for his class. It was hard to wait all day in order to eat them right before recess, but anything else would have been too mean to his teacher :)

Another boy in his class has the same birthday, so they got to be birthday buddies!

After school we had a few more presents for Rett to open. First was a treasureX for both boys (which is so messy I had them work on it outside).

Making a wish on defrosted "Anthony's last day at work" cake. Winning!!!

Some friends had to rehome their adorable 4 month old kittens, so of course we said we would take them in. We are loving having them (except when they pee where they aren't supposed to!!!)

Checking out the turkeys and the chickens walking by:

They are so curious!! They also love to eat people food, which is so different from our other cat. They come right up to your food and see if it is good.

They also love to come and sit on your chest. Or face.

Anthony has taken up hunting and shot his very first deer! This was just in the pasture behind our house, so Anthony texted me to come help him carry it back to the house. The boys wanted to say a prayer first to thank Heavenly Father for the deer's life that we could have food.

James has discovered that he loves more vegetables than he used to (hallelujah!). I cooked some brussel sprouts for him to try and he took a bite and said, "It tastes like paradise!"

My boy showing off his neat coloring and how improved his handwriting is getting:

The school had their annual aviation day! I happened to be substituting for Rett's class in the morning so I got to be with them for all the festivities. They loved watching the helicopters land and the planes fly over, but waiting in line in the sun for over an hour to take pictures with the different aviators did not go well. They were begging me to go back inside and half of them were crying or starting fights. Craziness!

This was James's class, they were in a different part of the field.

Aviation day also happened to be cub scout recruiting day where cub scouts could wear their uniforms to school. This is James and Owen who are both in the same cub scout den and they are both in the same class this year! James loooooved wearing his uniform, he went out of his way to help all his teachers all day. When they would tell him thank you, he would respond "It's a cub scout's honor!" Love this boy, he thought of that all by himself!

Me and the kindergartners. Ready. to. be. done.

Anthony turned 41! We celebrated with a sushi dinner and presents the boys and I picked out at the store right after school: a new camo shirt for hunting and some candy.

James and Rett are really into pokemon right now. They love to bring their cards to school and trade them in the morning before class starts or during aftercare while they are waiting for me to pick them up. I get to hear so much about what each one does and how one is more powerful than the other... :)

Beginning of September

One of our crazy chickens decided to lay an egg in the middle of the backyard. Just because.

Look at this cute kindergartener! This boy loves school so much, he gets sad when it is a weekend.

Soccer he is not as much of a fan of. To be fair, it is ridiculously hot to be running around the field. He usually will play for a few minutes and then keep asking when it is his turn to sit out.

Sweat curls!

The book fair came to school! I got to go in and help set up during my lunch break. I love playing with books!

The boys got to take turns holding the baby snake. So far she is growing and eating well!

James's cub scout den has started having their meetings at our house while they work on their whittling chip and practice using their pocket knives. Normally we meet at an elementary school but we didn't think it would be a good idea to bring a bunch of knives onto a school campus, even if it is after hours. So Wednesdays have been an little extra crazy, as soon as we get home from school I race around like a crazy person to clean everything up before people start to arrive. On the plus side, the house gets really clean in the middle of the week!

I saw this on my newsfeed and it is so. freakin'. accurate.

Soccer picture day! This year they did the pictures outside and I didn't think the lighting was very good, so it will be interesting to see how they turn out.

James had his first pack meeting of the year. While the adults talked about the calendar and upcoming events, the kids got to go to the park across the street for some games. James's den was on fire! They beat all the other dens by a large margin!

The school had our first pep rally for the volleyball team in our brand new gym. The theme was "80's" and all the teachers had amazing costumes :)

Rett loves doing computer centers in his classroom. When they have free choice, he always chooses to go to the computer. One day he told me that he did for so long his headphones made his ears hurt!