more August happenings

Ok, so let me warn you now: you are about to be assaulted by pictures.  Lots of 'em.

 A fun "no electronics" day included sumo wrestling (hilarious!)

 and some major fort building!

Kierstyn danced in the Fair Parade

 Just another picture of my sleeping boy

I had a birthday! (and I have THE SWEETEST daughter too!

 My birthday treats

Fun times!

 Bribery works.  Sometimes you just gotta do what you just gotta do.

 Hilarious text from my stinky (& hard-working) boy

Look! He's asleep again. :)

 Trevin's football jamboree

 Melt my heart...

Candlelight dinner with my baby

 Spending my birthday money wisely

 Kyler's first football game! #52

Raspberry picking with Sadie

 The "fruits" of my labor--haha!

Last ditch effort to have some fun before school starts.  Back to school shopping & a day of hiking in Utah.

Whew! August was quite the month!

TENNESSEE!!!

We finally made it back to TN with the whole family for a week this summer!  Lots of good times!

Trevin had so much fun playing dress-up with his cousins at Grandma's house.

 (maybe a little too much fun....)

 Grandma's gang

 We spent the weekend in Chattanooga attending Founders Day and the Shareholders meetings at Kenco with Kelly's siblings and parents. We served ice cream at the Founders Day celebration.

 On Friday night we went to the Gen4 (4th generation) dinner at Rock City.

 While we were in Chattanooga we visited some friends.

Hailey & Courtney 

and Trevin's BFF, Sam

Back in Murfreesboro, the kids had a fun day at the pool and bowling with cousins.

Calli, Trev, Adaleigh, & Molli

Chase, Logan, Kyler, Landon, & Chase

With a girls only day at Chuck E. Cheese thrown in too.

Mia, Kierstyn, Molli, friend Libby, & Calli

Raft River v. Declo: Game 1

Trevin is playing Little League football again this year and we are off to a good start!  We have 2 Raft River teams: a 6th grade team & a 5th grade team.  We have enough 5th graders for a team but not enough 6th graders or 4th graders so we had to split our 5th graders up between the 2 teams. Trevin is playing on the 6th grade team as the quarterback and Kelly is the coach. :) He's wearing #15 again this year.

We played Declo on Saturday which should be our toughest competition.  It was a close, hard-fought game (with some very questionable 4th down calls and some unfair clock keeping) that ended in a 12-12 tie.  Kelly was so proud of the boys and they were pretty excited themselves!

in the huddle with their cute coach :)

handoff to Jed

 Go Team!

50 "Favorites" from my favorite {13} year old

What's your favorite.....
1. breakfast cereal? Cinnamon Toast Crunch
2. type of weather? snow
3. outfit? my dress that I wore when I sang at the fair
4. color? neon
5. thing to eat for lunch? macaroni and cheese
6. thing to do with your dad? go shopping
7. song? All About Us by He is We
8. game? Mafia
9. vegetable? carrots
10. movie? Safe Haven
11. restaurant? Hard Rock Cafe
12. day of the year? September 8th
13. Halloween costume you've worn? Toddlers & Tiaras
14. tv show? Heartland
15. thing to do on a Sunday? read
16. drink? Mountain Dew
17. fruit? mango
18. animal? horse
19. sports team? Raft River Trojans
20. chore? vacuum
21. day of the week? Saturday
22. city? Malta
23. wintertime activity? snowboarding
24. ice cream topping? gummy bears
25. book? The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks 
26. thing that flies? airplane
27. thing to do with your mom? watch American Idol
28. smell? gasoline
29. cousin? Mia
30. holiday? Christmas
31. form of exercise? conditioning
32. hero? Mr. B
33. electronic device? the computer
34. thing to do with Trevin? play Legos
35. time of day? 11:15am (lunch time)
36. sport to play? volleyball
37. store? Maurices
38. teacher? Mr. Wohl
39. subject in school? Math
40. class? Advisory
41. web site? youtube.com
42. candy bar? Snickers
43. place that you've lived? Malta
44. thing to do with Kyler? go snowboarding
45. dinner? Cafe Rio & cowboy quesadillas
46. thing to do on the weekend? ride horses
47. video game? Minion Rush
48. summertime activity? going to Steadman's
49. present you've ever given? the nursery rhyme quilt I made for grandma
50. thing to do with your family? go hiking

Happy Birthday to my FAVORITE 13 year old!!!!

First Day of School 9.3.2013

Back to school! 

Happy faces this morning. :) 

Kyler {10th grade}

 Kierstyn {7th grade}

 Trevin {5th grade}

Here's hoping this year will bring BIG smiles all school year long!

You know I had to....
Past 1st Day of School Pictures:
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008 and 2008
2007 and 2007

**Side Note** I wasn't having any problem with the whole back-to-school thing until I looked at all of these past blog posts.  I want my babies to stay little!!!!!! (Seriously, I'm having a little heartache going on now.) :(