Just a little update

So we're now back into the school schedule here and things are going well. Mace loves school and jumps out of bed ready to go each morning. I still get a lot of info about her day and I love to see her excitement about learning.



This is Jason's fourth year of teaching and he's teaching the same subjects as last year, which is nice. (College Algebra (pre-calc), Adv. Algebra, and Algebra) It's great having him come right home after school to see us. He will be coaching basketball again come Novemeber and baseball again in the spring.



Kelsey loves preschool days (Tue and Thur) at mine and Elizabeth's houses. She wants to play with her friends everyday, so we usually make a point to hang out with some friends everyday if possible. We've been going to Storytime on Fridays, and Playgroup started back up this week as well so it's nice to have something almost everyday of the week.



Taylie joins in on preschool as well and loves watching the big kids. She's been running a fever on and off since Wednesday and we're thinking she's working on some new teeth since she has no other symptoms and no one else is catching it. I've been on the couch with her a lot at night so I'm hoping these pop through soon plus she's due for some new teeth! She currently has two on top and two on bottom.

There was a fog delay this past Tuesday and you could see webs all over the place. It was quite cool to see.

Here's our preschool group eating lunch at my house.

Taylie is trying to master the fork.

Her sisters love to cheer her on.

Look at the concentration...

She's got it!

Yes, we're proud of you big girl :)

Back to School!

Macey started kindergarten on Tuesday! She has Mrs. Bower as her teacher and is excited to have some of her close friends in her class. On Monday night, she helped lay out her clothes, pack her lunch, get her backpack ready, etc. Then we read the story, "The Night before Kindergarten" before bedtime. She woke up a bit nervous and her belly hurt so she didn't eat much for breakfast, but she was still excited. Jason stayed home long to see her get on the bus so our whole family was out there when the bus came at 7:15. She hoped right on and took off. I of course lost it as she rode away :( It's just so weird for me to have someone else taking care of her all day and I have no clue what she's doing.

So far, we get quite a bit of information from her as she gets home from school, which is very fun to hear. I hear about which kids are naughty, what she's learned, if she had a special that day, what types of worksheets she did, who she played with at recess, and who she sat with on the bus. She gets home at 3:40 and goes to bed at 6:30 so I feel like I never see her. I'm trying to get in a little extra special time with my two still at home because I now realize how fast they grow up and are gone :(

Life is definitely different here at home since Jason and Mace have gone back. I try to keep the other two busy with fun activities at home and we start preschool next week twice a week. Storytime at the library starts back up tomorrow and soon playgroups will also begin. I'm lucky to have close friends that are stay at home moms as well that are only houses away so we usually plan "something" everyday or so. Today Savannah invited us to her dad's work for the kids to sit on and try out big tractors, trucks, back hoes?, etc. Then a trip to McDonalds for lunch made a fun day :)

photography pics

I haven't posted pictures that I've taken for others lately, so here are a few of my favorites!