Happy 15th Birthday Brad

Cheese Cake as usual.. all but KayLea beg for this cake.. my only rule.. I serve it naked.. i'll have toppings on the side if you wish but I will not adulterate the cake with toppings it ruins the whole thing!

he's not to old or cool to blow out candels

gotta love trick candles

trick candles never get old!

Happy Birthday big boy I am in complete denial that in 6 months he'll have his learners permit (which actually in NH is nonexhistant he gets to just start driving in 6 months, no test, no paperwork, no actual permit just gets to drive... with a parent of coarse! )Yes we most deffenately live in the STICKS!
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Happy Summer!

So first day of summer YEA!!! I ended the school year with a bang.. only 2months of working and I was completely ready for the year to be over.. don't get me wrong I had a good time, I think they liked me and were happy with my performance BUT the situation that makes it necessary to hire a full time aid just 2 months before school ends usually means it's a hard case and BOY WAS IT!!!
I am happy with my assignment for next year and am sure it will make for an easier transition that I already know the student and am famiular with his needs etc. (its a different kid than what I had this year)...
so our plans for this summer are shaping up nicely.. week after next i'll take KayLea to Arkansas to spend 4th of july week with them while I go to Girls camp again.. I know i'm a total glutton for punishment BUT I actually find it really fun and our girls in our ward fantastic! everyone pray for SUN and NO rain! the boys will be at Scout Camp the same week i'm at camp so KayLea will get the grandparents to herself for the whole week she is gitty with excietment and I think they are also!

after that I'll go back to AR to get the girl and from there My Mom, Kay and I will head to Washington State to see my grandparents and some extended family on my Mom's side I havn't been since I was hugly preggers with KayLea and obviously KayLea doesn't remember that so I think it will be a fun girls weekend! while that isgoing on the boys are going to head to sunny CA to go camping with Grandpa Budd.. we'll all be back just in time for soccer camp, football camp and fall soccer to start! fun!
and then school starts...
another fun tid bit I'm finally ALMOST caught up on my scrapbooking... for those who knew me back in Texas you'll know that me being even a little behind is HUGE.. but I was nearly 3 yrs behind and i found a great website and place to print the completed electronic pages.. so for now i'm set..
i'm trying to upload some examples of the pages i've printed but so far no luck i'll keep trying
my big goal for the summer is to have THIS attitude...

ta ta fornow!

where has the month gone???

So Its been about a month since my last post... you'd think not much has happened, you'd be WRONG.. we've been busy busy busy... Me working again has us in a tale spin (a good one)... I come home exhausted..  so the housework suffers but there is only 2 more weeks left in school... GOOD NEWS I got a contract for next year YEA!!! so we can have a fun summer knowing I'll have a paycheck come August!!!

so here are some pictures of what we've been up to the last month...


Brad finished his first season in HS Track.. he did quite well



his events were the Hurdles and Long Jump



towards the end of the season he was also running in a relay event, Brad lettered this year which only 1 other freshman did so although he didn't make a fast enough time to qualify for divisional I'm calling his freshman year a SUCCESS!!!



Hunter's 13th birthday, he had some friends over to have pizza and video games then he and a friend went paint balling with Ben early in the morning.. can you believe I have 2 teenagers???



KayLea's class was asked to participate in a Memorial Day Program held at our town.. I got there early and got an isle seat just so I could get good pictures and they ended up having the kids do their thing in the far corner of the stage so this is the only shot I could get



the thing I kept thinking of during the program was how similar it was to a Cub Scout Pack Meeting, except for the flag ceremony was done by the American Legion (men who were well above the age of 60) the man conducting had us stand for EVERY patriotic song, not just the star spangled banner.. it was very cute!

So that's what we've been up to.. we have 2 more full weeks of school so we are definitely ready for it to end!!!
ta ta