THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both and be one traveler, long I stood and looked down one as far as I could to where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, and having perhaps the better claim, because it was grassy and wanted wear; though as for that the passing there had worn them really about the same, and both that morning equally lay in leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

He's Home!

Michael's plane came in yesterday and we were all there to greet him

(except Brett, Chris, Hanna, Bek, Lily & Jackson), but they will all be up

this week for the Homecoming. It was so good to see him. I can't believe

he's home! Having a bunch of siblings (hate that word... sounds so cold!)

I am waiting for my turn to spend some time with him. We need to go to

lunch soon!

Do They Have Pink?

I had a hair appt. a few weeks ago and
I told the girl to dye my hair a dark red
(just for something new & exciting... HA!)
Yesterday I was checking my emails and
Jasmyn walked in and stood by me and
put her arms around me. The cute
conversation I had with her cracked me up..
this is how it went.....

Jasmyn: I love your hair mom
me: you do? Thanks!
Jasmyn: I love red hair and when I get married I am going to get my hair red.
me: you are?
Jasmyn: yeah, I am.. Wait!
Do they have pink?

I couldn't help but giggle and it didn't surprise me at all... she LOVES pink!

What a neat school!

After the program

Dave & I hung around,

took pictures

and reminisced.

They are building a new

school next door and

this one will be tore

down once the new

one is ready. It will be sad to see

this school go. Why does this

school mean so much to us all?

Because all 6 of us went there growing

up. It is so much fun having the kids go to the same school I went to, sitting in the same classrooms, Hayden has the same 6th grade teacher I had (wow.. I feel young!), and eating the same yummy (most of the time) food in the same lunchroom

Wyatt's School Program

Yesterday Wyatt's grade put on
the program they have been
practicing for months.
They did an AWESOME Job!
The program was about
Tall Tales and he was a Cowboy.
Way to go Wyatt and
his 4th Grade friends!

Having Fun together

Chet & Kirby

Birthday Cake Drama

So for Hayden's 12th Birthday I took him to the store in the morning and he picked out a cake mix and frosting (both vanilla). We came home and he made the cake ALL by himself for the first time. Once the timer went off he asked me if he could then frost it and I told him to wait a 1/2 hour or so so it could cool. A while later I called him up from downstairs to frost his cake. This is what we found...

The funny thing is.. she said it didn't even taste good. Ummm.... it had to be somewhat good because she couldn't even stop after that first bite. I told her to smile for the camera and she just shook her head "no". Happy Birthday Hayden!

Derby Day!

Friday night we had our ward Pinewood Derby. Holy Smokes... we had seen the movie "Down & Derby" (you gotta see it if you haven't) but we really had no idea that's how things are in the Pinewood Derby World. There were men there who acted like kids in a candy store. They were carrying around these little hard cases that I thought were tool boxes or brief cases and then they'd open them up and they were the cars that were 30-40 years old from when they were kids. It's was cute.

We didn't even start our kids' cars until about 10 the night before (remember.. we may not have it all together but together we have it all.. in other words... some times life just happens and things get put off until the last minute. oh well!). I painted them Friday while the boys were at school so they'd be all ready to decorate with decals when they got home. Well, the wheels wouldn't even spin on Chet's car so Kelly had to take a dremmel tool to the fenders. Needless to say my kids' cars never won a round but they looked good and they had a blast and that's all that matters.

For some reason Wyatt's car was solid.. he kept having the guy weigh it and it would be too heavy. Kel would drill some out and it would still be too heavy. Everyone had their cars weighted and ready to go but Wyatt's car was still way too heavy. By the time they got it to the weight it needed to be we were late starting and it was almost hollow.