Back to schooL!!

Yesterday was the kids first day back to school.... Ty is a Junior in H.S. I can't believe it!!! he had a really good day... and loves that he is in journalism and wind ensemble. Kala and Jayden are in 5th and 4th grade and are in the same class... all went well so far... Kala has lots of friends in her class and says she has lots of work! Jayden loves his teacher! yesterday was kind of hard for our lil one. he went to having everyone here to hang out with to it just him and I. yesterday he actually took a nap at a normal time 12pm... at one point we both fell asleep for a lil while. I love that things are back to normal and we actually have some type of schedule going on here.... I love this time of year especially the Sunday before school starts when the kids get their back packs, and out fits together, and the blessings they receive from their Dad to help them to have a good year.. I love when the kids come running in the house excited to talk about their day! and then family home evening when we always talk about their day!! all in all it was a great start!!

Ty leaving for his first day, all nike'd out!!
Kala and Jayden... Kala reminds me so much of myself when I went through this phase with the bright colors, peace signs and pearls....
and then there is Josiah.. our lil ham... this is him on saturday when we went out to dinner for the last weekend of summer to red robbin, this is not ice cream all over him... it is ranch...yuck... he had it all over....

Birthday blues.......

Yesterday was my 33rd birthday ..woo wee... where has the years gone..... I didn't exactly have the birthday blues... but Josiah on the other hand seem to be a bit on the whiny side yesterday... maybe because he knew that his mommy was getting older.. and he was crying for me...LOL.... anyways yesterday started like any other taxi mom day... got up at the butt crack of dawn to get Ty to 7am band camp, then took Kala to my friends house whom she has been helping with her classroom.. then Jayden, Josiah, and I went about our day,we got a much needed car wash.. and various other errands... then some friends took me to lunch to El Torito (one of my fav restaurants). Then I was off to a much hated place The D.M.V. grrrr... and leave it up to me to wait to the last minute to get my license renewed( the day of to be exact)...LOL.. so I was there about an hour.. not to bad... when I got home I was in my room for a bit .. and all of a sudden my kids yell " mom" come here... so I run in the front to my surprise everyone was standing there around a birthday cake... a ice cream cake from baskin robbins... YUMMO... and my hubby had soulmate written on it which was so sweet .... they sang to me...it was so special... so after that my hubby took me to teppanaki at Akira.... it is japanese food.. where they cook it up in front of you while doing tricks and stuff... it was a lot of fun.... the cook made a heart with the rice and put a candle in it and everyone sang to me....!! I got lots of presents..... a Micheal Jackson cd, a cupcake holder, some travel wipes( because my friend marisa was tired of me carrying my wipe in a ziploc....LOL) I got a scentsy candle with lots of smell goods.. it is so pretty..... and smells so good... I got a bouquet of flowers and a gift card to subway.... which I love.... I got a 100 bucks to get my hair done from mom and harry ... and a 100 gift card for Ross from dad...all in all Id say that this was a fantastic bday.... !! thanks to all for making it happened =)

randomness

Ty left for high adventure.... for a week
we found a lizard in our house
and being a baby is so rough sometimes..... if I could just sleep this comfortable just once...... LOL
Josiah wanted to go camping with Ty...

new dance moves... new haircut

Josiah has always showed interest in music.. but this time he has over did it..... LOL... when ever this specific song comes on he like to sing along.... and really get in to it.... I know it kinda lengthy but it is too cute.....enjoy!!!

"Jumping goat"

what is a jumping goat you ask? well it seems to be the most popular charades idea amongst our children..... So let me explain, Tonight we decided to have family game night.... first we started with a game of charades... we each had to put 5 ideas on 5 pieces of paper fold'm up and put in a bowl... you get the idea ...so anyways that gave us 30 different ideas... well why is it that I have never heard of a " jumping goat" but it was in the bowl 3 times...LOL... so I ask my children what's with the Jumping goat... their explanation is that they played it before and that was one of Jayden's ideas now and they liked it... so now that is their favorite... well if you can picture it, it was quite amusing to see someone act out a jumping goat.... needless to say the game was very fun and ... and Josiah even got in to it.... and shouted out mickey mouse for every answer..... ( for those of you who don't know Josiah is obsessed with anything mickey mouse).... it was so cute to see him get up and try to act something out too, we even had Joseph smith and reading the scriptures to act out...So our next game was pictionary, but instead of paper we used a white board and did teams of boys VS. girls.... it was a lot of fun... and josiah was the white board eraser.... he loves to be involved with everything.... anyways ...that was our evening.. tonight... I love to just sit around as a family... and have fun and laughs with my husband and kids.... oh and before the games we had hot cocoa and banana bread(thanks to the Tonga's for the bread) well I was sweating while drink'n my cocoa since it is 100 degree+ here right now.... so I got the idea to sit right in front of the fan... so I could enjoy cocoa in the summer.......lol

before and after

So last week when Jayden was getting out the pool he slipped and fell and hit his tooth and 1/2 of it broke off.. he had to go a whole week with messed up front teeth.... and our insurance wont cover a crown til he is 12, so we had to go with a white filling for now....thank goodness the dentist was able to make it look normal until we can get a crown on it....
BEFORE

AFTER

My handsome boy!!

isn't he so handsome?? Josiah is just growing up to fast. I can't believe that in about 3 months he will be 2 years old already... his newest word is money, and bubbles.. he has a good eye for baseball, and can hit a ball with out the tee..he is very strong... he loves to be like his older brothers and help bring in the groceries from the car... he loves to cuddle and always says "lub you" my sweet lil boy... anyways just thought I'd brag a lil bit... after all isn't that what proud parents do... =)