October

I haven't been a very good blogger lately.  But the last little while has been great.  My mom and dad came to visit, and so has my little sister Jana and her family.  We have a great time playing games, and just hanging out. 

Isabelle has been taking fieldtrips, and having a great time in school.  We had our first parent/teacher conference.  It was great.  I've started preschool with Jimmy Joe, and soon will have everything  on my website:  hometots.com 

I've started a poetry wiki page:  dailysolace.com   I'm putting all my poetry and any other I find along the way that I like. 

James is sooooo cute and wonderful.  He loves to sing: popcorn popping, the wise man and the foolish man, bow chica bow wow (phinius and ferb), and a song about vamires that he made up himself.  We like to play catch and make cookies.

Isabelle is both smart and beautiful.  She is a pleasure to talk with, be with, and thinks she is so funny when she makes up jokes.  I LOVE HER.

My garden is about ready for winter.  I have a little more clean up to do.  I need to cover the onions, and water the broccoli and cabbage.  They are still growing, and I'm so proud of my little garden spot.

August ... Now September

School has began, and it certainly keeps me on a schedule.  Isabelle LOVES kindergarten.  She is having a great time:  making gingerbread cookies, having recess, art, P.E., music, library, and show and tell.  She even had her first fieldtrip to the "kinder" tree.  James was invited to come too, but he just wanted to go home, so Aunt Beverly came and played in the park for awhile, and took us all home. 

It's been fun getting into the groove of school.  James and I enjoy the few hours together (Isabelle's only 1/2 kindergarten).  We still hit the aquarium every now and then, and love the parks.  We are a little sad about the  pool closing for the season, but really had a great time swimming this summer. 

The Thomason's have a new puppy, Rocky, and he is a cute little thing.  James wore himself, and the puppy out the other day playing and playing, and chasing chickens.  :)  Lot's of fun with the cousins.

Sewing for School

I have decided to sew Isabelle some clothes to begin school.  I know, I know, I'm crazy.  I have only begun and I've already cried.  I finished the first dress last night, and while I was picking out the mistake (the 3rd time) I began to cry!  It did work out in the end, I think.

I hope to do more, but I haven't the gumption yet.

UPDATE:  Aunt Beverly saved me.  She didn't want me to cry about it, so she had fun and bought Isabelle some school cloths:  CUTE.  I finished: 2 dresses, 2 pairs of pants, and 1 shirt.  I think that is pretty good. 

Carnival

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We went to the Larimair County Fair  Isabelle and James were excited.  I did get yelled at 3 times and swore at too, while driving there, and I was not doing anything wrong!!!!  PEOPLE are CRAZY!!!

There were so many things to do.  We loved looking at the 4H exhibits.  The kids road rides at the carnival.  James wanted to go on all the big rides, and he was too little, but Isabelle would get in lines for the big rides, and when it was her turn to get on she would change her mind.  She doesn't like big rides.

James ran over to a carney game and grabbed the darts.  They guy had him throwing darts before I could stop him.  I payed for the "game" and James got a little stuffed snake.  I was not happy about the guy enticing my 3 year old to throw darts, and the only cancellation, I guess, it James almost hit him when he tried to throw it.

We got ourselves a "tank" of lemonade, and ate at the 4H exhibit building.  We had a great time together.  Just the kids and me.

Temple Trip

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Handsome Husband!!!

While we were on vacation we visited two temples.  We visited the LDS temples in St. George, Utah, and Las Vegas, Nevada.  We had a great time.  The grounds at St. George were beautiful.  The flowers were vibrant, and the water fountain was pretty.  It was pretty hot though, and so our favorite parts were visiting the visitor centers.

The first part tells all about the building of the St. George temple.  There was a nice sister missionary there to tell the kids stories and answer questions, and Isabelle had many questions.  She liked the stories and pictures about the baptismal font and was very excited to know she could go in and do baptisms when she gets older.  We found out that the legs of the oxen holding the font are underground so that the font is still below ground level.  Jimmy Joe saw the tools they used and decided they were his to build with; we left soon after that announcement, as he tried to climb into the exhibit and use them.

   The visitor center is beautiful.  They have a display of Books of Mormon of all languages.  There are missionaries to help you, tours to take, and movies to watch about many things pertaining to temples (in history), and the church.  My favorite part was the art they had on display.  I don't remember the artist, but it was about pioneers and it was like a little art gallery.  BEAUTIFUL.

Jimmy Joe was pretty tired by the time we left, and I think they were glad to see us go, but we had a wonderful time.  LOVED IT

Summer Swimming

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She Painted her nails at the pool.  Some girls and there mom were painting their nails, and she introduced herself and joined right in.

We have had a great time swimming this summer.  Our community pool is at the end of our street, by the playground.  I feel blessed to be in such a great little community.

  We have wonderful neighbors:  Juan and Susan bring us fresh fish, popcorn, and slushies.  They have made us sopapillas, funnel cake, and menudo.  Juan helped build our garden, cuts our grass, trims our trees, and does anything else he sees we might need.  There are many days I wake up and look out our window, and see Juan on his hands and knees working in our yard.  They are incredible.  When they went on a trip, they brought Isabelle and James each a cute outfit. James says that Juan is one of his "guys".   We just love them.
 
   Robin is also great.  She  lets the kids pick strawberries, and gave Isabelle a sunflower "all her own".  She comes over to talk while I'm outside, or working in the garden.  She always has a smile and a helping hand, and is really sweet with Isabelle and James.  She brought them over little toys the other day, just for fun.

  Chris and Alicia are fabulous too.  They just got married, and have a cute family.  They are soooo great with the kids, and Chris loves to garden too.  We have a great time talking plants, and he gives us starts of all kinds to plant.  I just planted a strawberry plant today.

   Luz and her husband (I can't pronounce his name correctly yet) are fun too.  He makes the most beautiful tables, planters, and most anything else out of ROCK.  they are amazing. 

We have many other wonderful neighbors, and I see that I could go on and on.  I continue to feel blessed to be where I am.

ORDERVILLE

For the rest of our Cameraless vacation we went to Orderville.  It is always perfect when going home.  We had a great ride home, and the kids were cute.  They are alway excited to see their cousins, and their Grandma and Grandpa Glover.  We were extra blessed because Jana and Britney were there too.  We got to play with DeAnna's family, Jana's, and Britney's all in the same weekend.  YIPEE. 
    Amid all the fun was the funeral for Susan's husband Neil.  It was a wonderfully, well done occasion.  I cried a lot for the loss that Susan and Neil's family are experiencing.  I cried for the loss of a solder that was so obiously admired and cared for.  We did get to see a lot of family, and enjoyed  seeing Misty and Jaclyn.  I got to play with Lexi for awhile, and that was great. 
     We had a birthday party for Kye and Jimmy Joe.  Jer and Casey and hung out a lot this weekend, and I LOVED that.  I got to spend some great time with Dexton and James, and Kye.  One of my favorite moments of the whole trip was when Kye crawled over to me, and snuggled with me.  I took him to the back bedroom, and sang him to sleep.  OHHHHHH what a cutie pie!!!  Another of my favorite moments was when Dexton took time out from his running and playing to some and sit on my lap and just tell me stories.  His is such a sweetheart.  Thanks everyone for all your time and effort.  I love you guys.
    We played games, did a pinata, watch all the kids play and Bobby and the kids slept out on the trampoline and loved it.  Jimmy Joe talks about sleeping on Grandpa's trampoline.  We had homeade rolls from Grandma, Homemade rolls from Jana (great by the way), and corn from the garden.  Deanna made train birthday cakes for the boys. 
   I am greatful for the miricle that Jana experienced, and for the love of my family.  I is always a pleasure and a  blessing to be home with you all.  Thanks for the nights of games and cards and love and friendship.  I LOVE and MISS YOU ALL.