Last week of summer

Started the week off with Tucker's Kindergarten evaluation. Sorry about the terrible pic - I wasn't sure if I was allowed to take it;) Couldn't be more pleased with Tuck's teacher, Mrs. Blevins. Her personality seems perfect for him. I love Glacier Park - we just received our state MSP scores. Eden's 4th grade class was ranked 11th in the state.

We spent Wednesday at Remlinger Farms. It isn't Disneyland, or Lagoon for that matter...still made my kids smile. I loved the scenery and non-existent lines.

Eliza went on 10 pony rides. She knew all of their names before the day was over!

Eliza learned to ride her bike WITHOUT training wheels this week. I was so excited that I forgot to get my camera. She also learned to ride roller skates. Check out that sassy little face :()

Took the kids to the circus Thursday night. Their favorite act - the dogs! Eliza couldn't sit still to save her life. Nice to know that church isn't the only place that makes her wiggle - she doesn't sit still for anyone.

Favorite comment of the week - "hey dad, there's slugs in our hot tub!"

Spent another great day at Lake Wilderness with good friends. I am so grateful to be within 5 minutes of 3 gorgeous lakes.

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Let's just call this paybacks

Dave got the heads up this morning that we were going to have a couple of "special" talks on reverence today as the Stake Presidency was a little concerned about how loud our sacrament meetings have become. I thought ~ great, let's prep the kids ~ I told them that they were to be on their best behavior, no snacks, no toys, no talking, you get the idea... The meeting went pretty smooth until the Bishop got up. He very tenderly started talking about how important it is that we teach our children about the sacrament...it was at that moment that my family fell a part. Eden and Luke started fighting and Liza and Tucker started screaming---did I mention we were on the second row? I grabbed Luke and put him in a body hold and motioned for Dave to get Tuck and Liza out. Dave left with Liza and Tuck (so I thought...) and next thing you know, Tucker is up on the stand running back and forth behind the Bishop. My sweet friend sitting next to me jumped up to get Tuck, but he of cours

Child Rearing Race

My visiting brother from Utah and I were left without spouses for 4 days. This wouldn't have been such a big deal, but our kids had already been together 24/7 for 6 days and our boys couldn't think of anything better to do than fight. I don't know about you, but 1 entire day of fighting is enough to drive one mad--now times that by 4. Near the end of the week(and our rope) my brother and I had a heart to heart and posed the question~what in life could be more mentally difficult than this? The only thing I could think of (now remember, we'd just run the Ragnar) was running a marathon. Someone once told me that if you could mentally get through a marathon, you could get through anything. So, I put it to the test...I ran a... OK , not a marathon, but a 1/2. Raising children and running difficult races are so much the same. They both require so much of you emotionally, physically and mentally and yet the end reward is so gratifying. I can't express the joy I felt yester

Facelift

It is time this blog gets a facelift! I know it is not "in season" but I don't think I want to update my widgets for at least another year. Dave and I just got back from a weekend cruise with some friends on the NCL. We got a small taste of what a real cruise was like and that was all it took. We are already planning the next, much longer one. It might be 10 years before we do it, but it is fun to plan nontheless.

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