bad about blogging

I haven't blogged in quite awhile... my camera is having problems and has not been working so there will be no pics.

Jace has been playing flag football.... the kid loves sports!! He has done really well and really seems to like it.

Josh and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary on Sept 25th with a trip to Jackpot (technically we celebrated it when we went to Vegas last Spring but I felt we should do something the weekend of). We had such a good time!

I have really been trying to get out and walk everyday... been doing good, about 2 miles a day now. It helps that I have 2 great friends I go walking with... helps keep me motivated!

I started a bunco group and last Friday was our 1st night. I had played in one about 5 years ago with a friend from Nampa but it all ended when she moved to Hawaii (lucky gal) so I got one restarted and we had so much fun! It is a fun kid free night once a month with 7 good friends... just what I needed to get re-energized!

I think that is pretty much about it.... I have been driving bus pretty much every day and I LOVE IT!! I wish I had started doing this years ago. I only work 2-3 hours a day, make fairly good money and am with my kids at all times.... what more could I want?!

A weekend of painting

This last weekend we painted our house.... we should have done it 5 years ago. I will NEVER paint my house again... I will pay someone to do it. It was not a good exeperience for me or for my marriage!! Josh gets very grumpy when he does fix-ups around the house and this size of a project was way to much for him. Anyway - point being it was not a fun weekend!!!

But the house looks soooooo much better!!! I didn't think to get a before picture but take my word it looks 100 times better. Next thing to do is replace the doors and the florring then hopefully the house will be going on the market!

Back to preschool

Ry started back to preschool today. It is his 2nd year in preschool... his last year in preschool. I can't even begin to talk about him going to Kindergarten because the mere thought of it puts me into tears. So I have a whole year to not talk about it and I plan to utilize it!

Ry was so excited to go to school today... there was no tears! I was standing there talking to his teacher and a couple of the moms when he came up to me and said "Mom... when are you going to leave?" Apparently there was no issue with him being left.

So now I have 3 days a week with no kids for 2 1/2 hours.... whatever shall I do with my time?!

1st Grade

I cannot believe it!! Jace is in 1st grade this year... I cannot believe how fast these years have flown by. He is really becoming a little man and I don't like it one bit! I miss our lazy mornings when he was little and we had nowhere to be.

He did great this morning and he is super excited about getting to eat lunch at school. He has Mrs. Smith this year and has a couple good buds that he sits right next to so he was thrilled about that. I only got a little teary eyed as I left him with his teacher. I know he is in good hands, this teacher has gotten rave reviews by everyone I know!

I sure love this guy....

(Don't mind the date on the pic... it is really wrong)

Brother had to take a pic with him.

Mutton bustin

I was so bummed about this video... I stood there at that gate and waited and waited and waited with my camera and finally the batteries started acting funny so I turned it off. They then announced Jaces names and pulled the chute open... so all I got was him falling off. He did good this year, rode for about 3-4 seconds. He LOVES to ride... anything and everything! He is already talking about riding saddle bronc. Josh has some friends who own steers and horses and have told him to bring Jace over and let him start riding, so we will see! Joshs connections to the rodeo may not be a good thing for me!

You might be a redneck if....

This is your entertainment on a Tuesday evening (after a couple Coronas)

Fair

I haven't posted in awhile... I have been recovering from my surgery and it has been a tough one. As soon as I start feeling better I try to do something and end up feeling worse, it is kinda 2 steps forward and 3 steps back.

In the meantine of all this Josh took the boys to the Canyon county fair and they rode in the Big wheel race and both won! So they were invited back on Sunday for the finals and if they won they got a brand new bike. Ry won his division but the little boy you see him racing is Trenton Fisher who is in his preschool class... kinda strange! Jace didn't win his but they had fun.

The 1st video is Jace riding the bull.... the kid LOVES to ride bulls... or anything else for that matter. Lately he has been bucking in the laundry basket and even saying "lets go boys, lets go" to which I have to "open"the chute.

He will be muttonbustin this Friday night so I will post pics of that!