And The Scouts, Came Marching In....Oh Yes, The Scouts Came Marching In....

With the new school year starting....all of the other stuff the kids do during that school year pick up as well.  Ryan's getting ready to move onto Boy Scouts from Cub Scouts.  I can't express how happy that makes Rob and I. His goal is to be an Eagle Scout.  Well, ok, it ours too!  Caroline is getting ready to start up Girl Scouts again this Fall as a Cadet.  This is where the fun begins for her as well.  They get to do so much more as they get older!  Some of you already know that she wasn't going to continue on with Girl Scouts, but peer preasure can be good sometimes.  I'm looking forward to the new troop she'll be in.  Her leader seems very ambitious and enthusiatic about this year.  Anyways.....be ready to buy popcorn and magazines from Ryan soon and cookies from Caroline in January.

Freaky Friday...Well, Really Wild Week

We've had a pretty crazy week around our house.  School and all the kids' stuff are back in full-force and I have 3 very tired kids at the end of the day, not to mention CRABBY!  The heat and humidity hasn't helped matters either and considering the we had a $400 electric bill last month, we've used the air conditioning considerably less this month-thus we're all a little more crabby than the norm.  We'll survive though, Fall is only about a month away.  Awwww, cooler days and even cooler nights.  Pretty soon we'll be smelling the wood being burnt in fireplaces.  Pumpkin bread and everything apple to eat. Stews and chilis too!  Yes, I'm looking forward to cooler temps for sure!  Hope you have a great weekend, ours will be nothing less of CRAZY! But again, I'm embracing the gray hairs I continue to get from this crazy life I live. 

1st Day of School 2010

Today's the first day of 8th grade for Paul; 7th grade for Caroline; and 5th grade for Ryan.  I got a little teary when I dropped Paul and Caroline off at the bus stop today:(  As a matter of fact, I wanted to take them to school.  You know just drop them off, not get out of the car and kiss them and walk them in....I wouldn't embaress them like that, just drive them there, and drop them off, you know, nothing embaressing.  Did I say "embaress" enough?  Anyways....they'd have none of that.  They didn't even want me to drop them off at the bus stop! Well,  I put my foot down at that, at least for today, the 1st day of school... Ryan on the other hand is just fine with me taking him to school and walking in to meet his teacher(like he had a choice....), but the days of hugging and kissing before I leave are long gone.....:(  Oh how I miss the 1st days of school gone past....then I wake up:)  Happy 1st Day of School Everyone!!!!

We're Baaaaccckkk......

We had a fantaboulous time in Chama, NM this last weekend.  God-willing we'll do it again next year:)  Here are a few pictures of what we did.  It was hard to choose just a few.....oh yeah, and notice whose missing from every picture.

We're Outta Here!

This is where we're headed!
No computers, video games, or TV.


Yep, we're going away for a long weekend.  I suspect that lots of hiking and fishing will be done, oh yeah, and reading too! Ryan's going to show us how to build a campfire and cook us a meal over that fire.  Gotta love Cub Scouts!  Many more pictures to share when we get back, but until then....Siah-nara!