And she's off, Without Me.....

Today was Katie's offical first day of Kindergarten. I really thought sending off the "Middle Child" would be so much easier. I was wrong. As soon as the bus pulled away I got all choked up and started to cry. Every time I thought about her I would get choked up again. Silly me.

 

Here is Katie and her cute Kindergartner sign. I didn't realize at the time it matched her dress. She was very excited about that!

 

And here is Katie on the bus, WITHOUT ME!! I have driven a school bus for 4 years now, and my kids have always ridden with me. This is the first time she is on a bus and I am not driving it!

Kindergarten Round Up....

Katie had her Kindergarten round up today. The kids go in and meet their teachers and their new friends while the parents get the low down and what to expect in Kindergarten. I have already done this one time with Braeden so it wasn't total news to me, but there were a few new things.

 

This is Katie and her friend Sarah from church, they and another boy Brandon from church are all in the same class!

 

Katie is inline with the rest of her class and her "Pirate" teacher ready to head to her class.

 

After are meeting we met up with our kids in their class, and did a little scavenger hunt. Part of it was reading a book, so Katie picked one and sat down and read away.

 

And her she is sitting at her table ready to learn!

Back to School.....

Today was Braeden's first day of school. I cannot believe my baby is in 2nd grade already! Where did the time go? He is such a smart person, I am really excited to see what the school year brings for him!

 

 

 

 

New Year New Everything

So I haven't blogged FOREVER. Really I don't even know who reads this one anymore! I have a master plan for my life this year. I want to beautify my home and myself. “Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing; and establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God.” I fall so very short on these things. I want my house to be so organized I end up making it a HUGE mess! I also need to make me healthier, obviously. These are things I plan on working very very hard on. Anyone who wants to help or encourge me on my journey please do! I truly need all the help and prayers I can get!

Kristyn Anne

She is finally here! Thank you to my super high blood pressure I seem to only have the last 4 weeks of my pregnancy she came at 38 weeks too. She was born on 09/18/09 and 12:10pm. She weighed 6lbs and 15oz and was 19.5in long. She looks just like her daddy! This was truly an amazing delivery. Very painful, but lots of great rewards. My mom, my good friend Heather and Chris were all balling in the delivery room! So here she is!

So Sorry

I know I know my blog hasn't been updated in forever. It will be coming. My computer fried and I lost almost all my pictures, then my memory card in my camera went bonkers and my computer doesn't like to read it anymore. I don't usually like to blog without pictures, so I haven't posted anything in forever. So....when all starts to work again, I will post!!!

Zoo Trip

Last week was Braeden's spring field trip for preschool. Braeden was really looking forward to going this year. Last year he was in his wheelchair because he had broken his leg. He was so happy to be able to walk around and see all the animals up close this year. I know it's a hard picture to see, but his favorite thing in the whole zoo (it's a very small local zoo) are the otters. He just loves them. Since the weather was warm the Mountain Lions or Cougars were out enjoying the warm weather so we got to see them right up close. And as always the boys love the reptile house. I have to admit for a small zoo, their reptile house is pretty darn cool.