School Days

Holy Smokes! I never posted first day of school pictures. Here in little ol' Alaska we still have standard schedule school. We start and end a little early in the year, and have outside recess until it's 20 below zero, but other than that we are just about like everyone else. Ooh, except we get full-day Kindergarten, which rocks! Delta Elementary has just under 400 students enrolled this year, with most classes coming in at about 22 kids. I LOVE our school. Jaycie is rocking 4th grade this year (yikes!) and Hayden is in 1st. What cuties! Penny is attending Smarty Pants Preschool in preperation for the big "K" next year. How do they get so big so fast?! Watch out boys--Here they come!

An apple a day....

So, a few weeks ago I went shopping (Surprise) and was unloading all the groceries when Glory discovered a bag of apples on the floor. She started rolling apples around and taking them in and out of the bag. Then next thing I new I heard crunching. She was totally taking tiny bites out of the apples! She only had about 6 teeth, so I was surprised she could get her mouth around them. It was all fun and games until I realized she was taking bites out of ALL of them. Still cute pictures though. :)

Trick or Treat!

I know, it seems weird to be posting Halloween pictures right before Thanksgiving. But, better late than never. I'm carrying enough guilt around because of all the pictures we lost when the computer crashed. This is me moving on. Anyway, this year Jaycie was a witch, Hayden was bat girl, Penny was a giraffe, and Glory was an elephant......and a bear. Depending on what party you saw us at. It seemed this year like we had "Halloween Hanukkah" in that it went on and on. Between the preschool party, the branch party and friends' parties we had plenty of "ween" to go around. By the time the 31st actually rolled around not only were Brad and I partied out, it was so cold ('bout 10 degrees) we chickened out of trick or' treating and convinced the kids that it would be just as fun to hunt for the candy around the house "Easter egg" style. So we hid all the candy we would have passed out to trick or treaters (had we had any) and they filled their bags that way. All in all, we had a good time and are gearing up for Turkey Day!

Catch Up

Whew!! It's been a long time. We had some serious technical problems, but now we're back. Always one to buck the system, I AM NOT going private. I am a fan of stalking others' blogs just to check them out, without leaving any clues that I've been there. So, in all fairness, I'm leaving mine open to all you other late-night stalkers. I know, I know. People can steal my pictures. Well, I'm just not that scared. That doesn't mean that one day I won't be. For now, I have other things to worry about. Like how Hilary and Chris are going to pay back their student loans once we get socialized health care. (hehe, love you!) Anywho, I will do my best to get some pictures posted before more holidays pass us by. Thanks for checkin' in!