Back to School

I started school on Monday. Sorry Erin, there are no pictures of me. By the time I remembered I was exhausted & could not summon the energy to do it.
I remember...7+ years ago...being in school, single, then engaged, & then newly married. I could stay up late & still get up early the next morning. I have pondered on how I actually did that. I was younger, didn't have a house & kid responsibilities, life was quite a bit easier. And now that I have started school, I have been up late doing homework (always past midnight), and up early in the morning. I guess my body will get used to it, just like it was back in the day. I hate it...especially since I don't get to come home and sleep at 4 pm and then get up, hang out, and then eat dinner at like 8pm. Man, those were the days. Now I have 2 cute kids to take care of, plus my home & husband. I am sure I will find balance somehow...eventually...hopefully! It is only the first week, isn't that the hardest?
I am really enjoying my classes. My favorite is Children's Literature...I wish I could take this every semester!!!! And the bain of my existence is math...ugh! But Matt faithfully sits by my side for hours every night and works on math with me. He is a good guy. How did I get so lucky???
Isabelle started school yesterday & LOVES it! I took pictures but do not know how to get them off of my camera...hopefully Matt will, if I remember to tell him =)
She also pulled out one of her teeth this morning. It has been a fun 2 days for this girl!

Blast from the past!

Ok, so April 8th isn't too far in the past, but definitely far enough. Ben and I got to go on a field trip to the Treehouse Museum here in Ogden with our Circle time group from Club Heights Elementary. It was lots and lots of fun to spend time with my boy!

Here he is helping reenact the 3 Billy Goats Gruff with puppets. (?, ?, Jordan Peer, Ben & Shelby Jolley)

He wants to be a puppeteer...

also an Indian...



also a fireman...

and a shark catcher!!!! There goes his hand!!!

He would also like to be a farmer with Jordan...yeah it really squirted out water!

But a cowboy might be the #1 pick!

Yup....definitely a cowboy!

We need to get this kid some boots & spurs!

Uncle Josh

I found this picture and thought I would share cause it looks so cute! I believe it was taken in April of this year. Isabelle is snuggling up with her Uncle Josh! She sure loves him. He was visited us yesterday and stayed the night & is now on his way up to Idaho! Thanks for visiting Joshua!

Very, very, very excited!!!

I have been stressing about school starting for me & getting the kids where they need to be and finding parking and yada yada yada....
In July I went to the institute and entered their lottery for free parking for Fall semester. I am a very hopeful person!
I ended up buying a parking pass from the school and have had to give myself an hour to get from home, find a spot, get on the shuttle & make it to class on time. 2 days a week my kids were going to have to eat breakfast at school so I could make it to my school on time. Not a big deal...but I would rather have them eat at home so i can make sure they eat a good breakfast...one of those quirks of mine =)
We went to the institute on Monday so they could take my picture. It was a lot of fun because I had my kids with me & we got to meet my teacher and they unlocked my classroom so the kids could go and explore. They were so excited & thought it was so cool to see one of my classrooms =)
They also had a sign posted on the door for those who received cards in the mail for the lottery parking to come on in and claim their prize. I was so bummed, but thought "oh well," cause I have everything figured out.
Isabelle brought in the mail yesterday...it was a bunch of ads. I decided to just look through them, for lack of something better to do...and what did I find?????? MY LOTTERY PARKING POSTCARD!!!!!!!!!!!
I am SOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSO excited!!!! This means parking will be a breeze this Fall semester! The institute is only a hop, skip & a jump across the street from the education building where I start my classes everyday. Now my hour long plan has turned into 30 min. plan (I still want to be there somewhat early) And so I get to drop off my kids everyday at 8:25 (their bell rings at 8:30) and feed them breakfast & even walk into class with them on their first day! Hooray!!!!
Sorry this took awhile to explain, but if you couldn't tell, I am REALLY excited =)

Icons, dishes & painted toenails...

I'm annoyed with the photobucket icon on my blog, and have no idea how to remove it. Any suggestions would be mucho grande appreciated.
My kids are doing dishes...hehehe...and they are enjoying it. Well except when Isabelle gets mad at Ben for getting soap on something....oh boy! So here I am blogging and they are washing breakfast dishes (we only had cold cereal...so not a lot to do), ahhhhhh.....this is the life!
Also, Jamie you mentioned in my title photo that Ben's toenails are painted, yes it has happened...but not his time! Those are Isabelle's legs in those long pants with the pink shimmered toes. Ben's toes look a might shiny but I did a close up and they are definitely not painted....so nice try Jamie...hehehe, couldn't catch me then!

School

Isabelle starts first grade on the 25th.
Ben starts Kindergarten (all day!) on Sept. 1st.
I am starting to miss my kids already. I LOVE summer vacation, and any other school holidays! I love having my kids home. I will start school this month on the 23rd. So I will begin before they do. So I get to pawn them off on my friends...my kids are delighted about this by the way. I think this is the one thing I am dreading about school starting. Being away from my kids. Oh I know they will be fine, we all will be fine. I just wish sometimes that I could freeze time. Or go back in time. That would be fun too!
Last year I sent my first to Kindergarten, and now this year I get to send my last. I am going to be a huge old bawl baby!!!! Oh boy, when you see the Robertson's heading to school this year wear a raincoat!

Sorry no cute pictures of the kids....just my ramblings...

This summer feels like it has been full to the brim with adventures.
The latest happenings:
*Seth (Matt's Bother) & Suzanne got married....so much fun!
*The Youth Spectacular finally happened and so I am no longer sitting outside at rehearsals in the heat! It was amazing though!
*My family came to visit & sent Andrew off on his mission! I will miss him and am SO SO SO proud of him!
OK so those were the biggies....smashed in between were all the other adventures, library (multiple times), splash pad, play dates, organizing, naps (blissful....when i can catch one!), laundry (this one truly was an adventure...I hadn't done it for weeks! I am still folding!), movies at the mall, couponing (so delightful to make my dollar stretch so much!), oh and delightfully working through a math book so I can be prepared for my class starting in 2 1/2 weeks, Primary water activity day, playing at the park, setting off fireworks, going to parades, eating ginormous otter pops, sewing, reading, being lazy :), trying to find babysitters for the first week I am in school and the kids are not, thinking about all of the many things I still need to do (amazingly, this truly makes you feel crazily busy!), moving the computer into the other room (my kitchen looks HUGE!), and many, many, many more.
So I have been thoroughly chastised for not blogging...and I am sorry. I didn't know you guys thought my life was so interesting! Hahaha just kidding! I know it's to keep up to date and I do read yours...and I love hearing about the things you are up to. So if you are feeling ignored, I am sorry! I do love you all....=)
Hopefully I will be able to squeeze some blogging time in to my crazy schedule. But if it is few and far between, know that I still think of you and love you!
Now I have to go and fold some more laundry...yay...