Halloween

This is about half of the candy my kids got this Halloween. This is one of the reasons I don't like Halloween.

So I Finally Did It!

I finally made a menu for the rest of the month. I'm trying to save money and not go to the grocery store every other day. We did the menu as a family so that there would be meals that everyone liked. And believe it or not, but I already had all the food I needed to make every meal for the rest of the month.

My Latest Project

True Motherhood

All this ended up in my purse by the end of church today. I finally understood why my mom always had us kids carry her bags, half the stuff was ours anyway.

1st Day Of School

Wednesday was the first day of school for my kids. We decided to enroll them in Quest Academy. Hannah and Jordan love it so far. I really like their teachers. The whole school is really on top of Hannah's diabetes needs. As you can see even Emmie and Mary wore back packs the first day. Just so you know Mary really was happy, she just didn't want to stand with the kids to get her picture taken.

Catch Up!

It has been such a busy summer already. I can't believe it. My baby is now 16 months. She has changed so much over the last month, it is crazy. The kids were able to spend some time with grandma and grandpa in Idaho. They really enjoyed that. We were able to spend Memorial Day in Idaho and go visit Arkadia's grave. It has been many years since we have been able to do that. She would have been 8 this year. I can't believe how fast time has gone by, and I can't believe how much I still miss her. While in Idaho, we celebrated Jordan's 5th birthday. He has a cousin who's birthday is just before Jordan's, so they had a combined party. Both boys were excited. They really got excited when they realized they were the same age for a couple of days. I am so happy. My wonderful neighbor gave me 2 rose bushes. I love rose bushes. We also got tomatoes and strawberries planted. We had hoped to do more, but I'm thinking we are about out of time to plant anything else.

Bowling

The American Diabetes Association hosted a family bowling night. We were able to bowl 2 games. Hannah won both, and of course all the kids beat mom. Even Mary got in on the fun. We all had a ton of fun and enjoyed being able to visit with other families living with diabetes.