Glory's Pet

Glory has been on a catching bug kick lately. She even found herself a new pet. That Grasshopper lasts at least a week in that little container. They checked on him after school everyday. They even made sure they feed him each day. Cute girls!

Victoria's Class Scrapbooks

I got to help in Mrs. Sharbano's class today. Every September she makes fabric covered Scrapbooks with the kids in her class. They add stuff all year and bring it home at the end. So fun to be able to volunteer at the school and be with my kids! I love how excited Victoria is when I come! And it was so fun to meet her new friends.

The volunteers helped the kids cover the foam boards:

 And poke holes in the pages with nails, rocks and cracks in the sidewalk.

Then I got to hang out with Victoria, Makenzie and Sophie at recess. They showed me their routine on the bars. ;)

They think Victoria and Sophie look like twins without her glasses. Pretty close!

Backyard Bucks

Seriously can't believe where we live. How many places can you be eating breakfast and see this out your back window? So fun!

1st Faith Lane Block Party

Since we have moved to Faith Lane, we have tried hard to meet all our neighbors. They are all amazing!!!! We have told them that we love to get people together. They all seemed excited. So, I chatted with the Trettin Family (end of the road) and talked them into hosted our 1st Faith Lane Block Party. They have grass and we don't! ;) We did a BBQ and all brought things to share. We had everyone on the street (plus the lady who sold all the lots- she lives around the corner) except the Weavers who were out of town. Fun to get to know everyone!

Scones with the Coils

We have decided to make sure we use our new larger space to have more friends over. Tonight, the Coils joined us for Scones. So fun to have them over since they are so amazing about having people over to their place. Yummy!

BBQ at the Tubbs

I'm always trying to get the Tubbs to do things at their new beautiful home. When Brenda and I talked this week- we decided to do something for Labor Day together. So.. they invited a few families over tonight for a BBQ. We got to hang out with a couple families from both our old Ward and our new Ward. What a fun time!
Silly girls!

 It was so fun to hang out with the Tubbs, the Binghams, the Bywaters and the Piersons. Food was great! The boys loved starting a fire and playing football. And the girls loved running away from the boys and dancing! Fun times!

The kids were goofy and a bit chilly so they played in the cars quite a bit. Locking out the boys, etc. Unfortunately, we had left our keys in the van and someone locked all the doors. Brett had to use his super agent powers to jimmy the lock. Oh boy! Never a dull moment with us!

Quinn's Swim Party

Glory & Victoria got invited to a birthday Party for Quinn Fife today. They were so excited! They went swimming at the Broadwater Athletic Club. (It's water is supplied by some hot springs) They were in heaven!

1st Day at Montana City School

I cannot believe the Summer is over! Where does the time go? I took the kids last night to check out the school and make sure they knew where their classes and lockers were located. Starting a new school is always a little scary so we wanted to feel comfortable about where they were going. We realized that all the kids (except Justice) have been in new schools for the last 4 years. That's a lot of adjusting to new situations! What good, brave kids I have.

Today was their first day at Montana City School. It's a K thru 8th grade school so everybody is in the same school. (for this year at least). I drop my 2 middle schoolers off at the door to their wing of the school. Off they went! .

Then we got the girls settled in their classes.
Victoria has Mrs. Sharbano. She has a couple of girls from Church in her class so she was excited!
Glory has Mrs. Meyers. She also met a friend this morning- Elizabeth W.-who is also new to the school. They met, held hands and off they went for the day! ;)
Good Luck, Kiddos in your new school!

We Talk ALOT!

We spoke in Sacrament today. Everyone did a great job! Although some children were less than happy to speak AGAIN so soon! LOL
Writing my talk was, let's say complicated? Without the internet yet- getting information from the notes on my phone & a couple quotes from the internet to the computer to the printer was slightly tricky. I had to take pictures of my notes, Then hook it up to my computer with the cord. Find the pictures to transfer on the computer and then cut and paste them into a word doc. Whew! I think it turned out well though so guess it was worth it.
Maybe we've filled our "speaking in Church" quota for a while? Let's cross our fingers! ;)

New Ward Picnic

We had the chance to spend time with our new Ward Family tonight for their annual Ward Picnic. We're being brave and meeting new people. They've been super welcoming. It was a fun night at the Fairgrounds.

End of the Summer Activities

Because I'm so behind- I am going to lump all our end of Summer festivities together. Here's what the last weeks of our 2014 Summer consisted of:

August 12th- Is this Pool ever open?

We joined a group of friends at the Memorial Park Pool today for a short swim. If there's ever any kind of bad weather close by or in the distance, they kick everyone out of the pool. And have to wait at least 30 minutes before they will open back up. I seriously don't know why they built an outdoor facility there. It open for a month or so for part of each day except of course unless there's a cloud in the sky. ;) The kids did enjoy the little time they did have with their friends.

August 19th- Kayak Fun

We ended up buying kayaks for the kids but then the weather turned bad & we have been out of town. We haven't got to use them. So when the weather looked good this week, we ran out to the lake for a little kayak fun. The water was kind of chilly but the kids loved them!!!

Wednesday mornings- Summer Movie

At the beginning of the Summer, we bought movie passes for Wednesday mornings. It's been fun to go on a little date each week with the kids.

August 20th- Trampoline Get-Together

We took the opportunity to have a couple friends over to enjoy our trampoline. And riding the go-kart just always seems to happen as well.

August 22nd- Barefoot Sandals

Whenever the girls go play at the Paynes- they end up coming home with some amazing Pinterest crafty thing. Allie is amazing that way! Here's what they came home with today! Super cute!

August 23rd- Liberty's Babysitting & 1800s Party

Liberty had the opportunity to do a zillion babysitting jobs the week before school started. She babysat twice for the Stovalls, twice for the Schoenfields & an overnighter for the Smiths (she had a partner in crime for this one- her friend Mikal). She rocks!!! To reward herself for a long week, we let her go to a Mikayla's 1800s birthday party at their lake cabin. Liberty got there late so most of them had changed out of their costumes but they changed back into them just for her. Such sweet girls!

August 23- Mud Puddles

It rained a lot and pretty much flooded our front and driveway. They kids had a blast!!! BUTT they got a little muddy! LOL

August 24th- Gavin's Movie Party

The Andersens had us over for Gavin's birthday party. They wanted to do a movie on the projector in the back yard but it rained!!! Grrr! But they did adorable treats bags and showed a movie in their playroom. We had a blast!

August 26th- Popcorn Circus

Since Gavin's Party, Liberty has been asking to make "Skinny Popcorn" all the time! They pop it and then spend an hour throwing popcorn in the air and trying to catch it. It's like a circus around here! ;)

Fun Summer Memories!!

SUPER excited to be in the Neighborhood

We made cookies tonight and took them around to our new neighbors with this little note. Everyone is super nice. We LOVE this street already!

We also received treats from neighbors when we moved in. So sweet!

BBQ Disaster

So...
we learned something about our new house today.
**It is NOT Montana WIND-proof.**
Put together for 5 days and used only twice- our BBQ blew away and got smashed & dented to make it look like we've had it for years. The only reason that it didn't fly away completely was that it was hooked to the gas line. I know... super safe. The storm seriously came in so quickly and blew everything off my back COVERED deck. I lost one of my gorgeous red Adirondack chairs. Broke the arm rest off. I'm so sad!!!
Oh well. That's life sometimes. Now, it's back to Lowes to buy something to tie everything down. Grrr!

Work BBQ

I can't even tell you how lucky we are to have such amazing people that Brett works with. It's like a big extended family. I love it! Since we set up our BBQ this week, we decided to throw our 1st official Work Party at the Seamons house. I adore these people!!! We ate, visited and even did some hula hopping. We are amazing!!! LOL

Here's the Super Team! What good-lookin' men!

Fielzers Visit

Some of our dear friends- the Fielzers- from Fargo came for a visit. Can I tell you how much I love visitors!?
Lucky for us- Teri's mom lives in Montana. Hopefully that makes it so we will see them every year or so. [HintHint]
We had a BBQ at our home. Glory adored their dog and even designated herself as the Pooper Scooper. So funny! Tony helped Brett set up the BBQer and made some pretty amazing steaks! And of course the kids loved the Go-kart rides! Teri made us Huckleberry Ice Cream. I'm in heaven!!! {Now that I'm a Montana girl- I am in love with Huckleberry anything!}

They stayed in a hotel for the night and then the next day Tony took all the kids on a hike up Mt Helena in the late morning. (Brett went for a bit of his lunch break but had to head back to work after the cave. Tony braved the rest of the way to the top with 6 kids and a dog all by himself. What a brave man!!! Everyone made it back down. Mostly hot, sweaty, a couple scrapes and some grouchy faces but alive!! LOL) While he was hiking away- Teri, Liberty and I checked out Costco, the fabric shop, the Parrot candy shop and the walking mall.

What a fun visit! They also left us with come beets and some green beans from the garden. We ate like Kings & Queens this week. Yum! Fielzers- Thanks for making us a stop along your way! We love you guys!

Anniversary Celebrations

Imagine 7 hours in a minivan, a bad headache, a few Ibuprofen, and a little nap before a super sweet hubby made a special dinner & treat to celebrate. That would be my 18th Anniversary! ;) Long day in the car but my kiddos are back home and I am one lucky girl! XOXO!