Saturday September 29

Dad left for work, then Madi left for work.

I went for a little run and then dropped the little kids off at the Nielsen's house.

I then took Cassi to rugby practice and I went and took some pictures.

The rest of the day we cleaned and rearranged stuff :)

I am always moving stuff......but you gotta find the right place for the stuff!

I am trying to make the mud room more efficient, with out actually doing the full remodel of it yet.

We will see how it goes.

Port and the boys loaded up the wood that Dad cut from Bruce's tree and they stacked it over at Eldon's.

Cute boys.

I am equally excited and terrified to see them as teenagers together!!!!!

This evening Madi had a date, and Cassi had some friends over for a movie.

I took the little ones out to Middleton to have dinner with the Salisbury's, Terry's and the Edgel's.

Friends from the old hood :)

It was so fun to chat and hang out.

Missed having Brent there...and the big girls!

But trying to find a schedule that fits everyone….impossible!

Friday September 28

So Dad was supposed to go in for work this morning, he was working a trade.

That would have put him on for 72 hours.....but when he called to get his assignment, he found out he didn't need to go.

So that worked out :)

We didn't do much the beginning of the day.

But then he ran to Lowes and got some caulking and we worked on getting he deck ceiling caulked.

Hopefully we can get the paint on soon!!!!!

It is gonna be pretty :)

Tonight Porter had a late football game.

The big girls both went to the MV high school game.

Dad and I took the little ones to Dickies for some dinner.

Then headed to the field for his 8:15 game.

But guess what?????

We got a win!!!!!

Yay!

Port was a mad man, swerving from the guys, making touchdowns, grabbing flags.

The team worked great together. 

It was a fun game!

Thursday September 27

I got up and ran on the treadmill before the kiddos got up this morning.

I had breakfast plans with the neighbor ladies for Laura's birthday, so I wanted to get my workout in :)

Well, when Porter woke up, he reminded me that it was the jog-a-thon today!

So after I went to the birthday breakfast, I went and ran 3.5 miles with Porter.

He was a Rockstar and we ran the whole running time without stopping.

It was fun running with him :)

After the jog-a-thon, I had a meeting with my Beehive adviser.

Dad did a lot of helping the neighbors......cutting trees, moving cows, unloading a squeeze chute....and that was at 3 separate neighbors :)

Cassi had her Rugby games this evening.

She played two JV games and then she got to play on Varsity for the last game.

Pretty cool.

It is really fun....and scary....to watch her!

Wednesday September 26

I'm blogging early because I have a late meeting tonight after YW.

The big girls got up to go to the temple this morning before school.

It makes my heart happy how much nicer they are to each other when they go to the temple even though they have been up since 4:30!!!!!!

They got home in time to get ready and not be late to school.

They even called in to the radio show they listen to on the way to school, and Cassi got to be on a quiz show....and she WON!

Kind of fun!

I worked in the office this morning.

Dad did some running around, got more wood for the deck ceiling....which he finished up today!

Now we just need to get it painted :)

It is gonna look so great!

When I got home, I finished up the dresser and we put it in the house.

I still need to add some stuff with it, but I love how it turned out!!!!!

I took the before pictures in march.....it has taken a while to finish this thing up :)

The rest of the day I finished planning the YW personal progress stuff I am doing with the beehives tonight and Dad finished the deck roof.

Madi works until YW, Cassi has Rugby until YW, Port had scouts and Elsie and I are all ready for YW in our jammies!

We are having a PJ and popcorn party.....with Personal progress :)

Tuesday September 25

Port was pretty proud when he finished his X-wing fighter.

This was just out of his Lego bin, no instructions.

Pretty impressive :)

I love how he figures stuff out in his smart little head.

Today I picked a lot of tomatoes out of the garden.

I found a cute heart shaped one ❤

Dad went to the gym and I went for a run.

The rest of the day Dad worked on the deck ceiling while I worked on the dresser....which I HOPE will be done by tomorrow!

When I put the poly coat on it this evening, dumb bugs kept flying in it!!!!!

So I wiped as much as I could and then I am juts hoping for the best!!!!!

For dinner I made that yummy tomato soup recipe from Stacia.

From my garden tomatoes :)

Along with some grilled cheese sandwiches.

Monday September 24

Not much happened today.....

I just tidied the house up, and did laundry.

I worked for while trying to get the internet to work, but only got it to work in the last couple hours.

But at least it is working.

I started planning the Personal Progress night we are having on Wednesday for the Beehives.

I went for a run in the afternoon, and a couple big dogs helped me cut the run short :(

But it worked out, because I had time to shower before I needed to go and pick Elsie up for Speech.

Took Elsie there, Madi ran Cassi to Rygby and then hung out with Port.

Port hung out here with the boys for a bit.

Then I fixed up some leftovers for dinner.

Homework got done, piano got done...and we got to bed early!
Well, the little ones got to bed, I am still working on the big girls!

Sunday September 23

We sent our guests off this morning.

It sure was fun having Kay and Johnny come and visit.

We were kind of slow going getting ready for church this morning...

But Elsie made sure to get her lip gloss on :)

It was Porter's primary program today at church.

It was just so beautiful.

I love those little voices.

Porter made my heart swell.

The kid who used to never sing any of the songs, now sings them all loud and proud, and off-key :)

It is the cutest!

He read his line and then the kids in his class sang a song.

He practiced it this morning and he kept singing it really loud.

I kept telling him he didn't need to sing SO loud.

But he insisted that they wanted them to be loud, which I agree, but he was like kind of yelling.

Well, when it came time to hear them sing, you could definitely hear Porter :)

It was the best thing ever!

That boy makes my heart so happy!

I helped in Porter's class after Sacrament, and then taught Beehives for YW.

It was a nice day at church.

We came home and we lounged.

Port and I finished another puzzle.

He and Cassi went to Bubbles to borrow a puzzle from them since we put together all our 500 piece puzzles.....don't think we are ready for the 1000 piece yet!

Fun times!

Saturday September 22

I dropped Cassi off at Rugby as I went to take some pictures this morning.

I went and took some pictures.

Later on this morning, we went and watched Cassi play Rugby.

She was awesome and fun to watch, and got away without injury :)

Her last game got cancelled because the other team had too many girls injured and not enough to play.

So we went back home and ate some lunch.

Madi was out on her day date during that time.

They had lunch and went to CircusTrix.

She got home and had a couple hours to get ready for the Homecoming dance.

Here at home we watched Avengers Infinity War.

It was fun when Madi got picked up for her date :)

Justin was here talking to Brent, Kay and Johnny here, and Bubble and Vern came by to see Madi's dress.

It was quite the party going on when Warren showed up!

He handled it well :)

Dad made us an amazing ribs for dinner.....so so good!

It's been so fun to have Kay and Johnny here, even though we have just been dragging them around to all the places we would have gone anyway :)

But it has been a lot of fun.

So thankful they took the time to come visit ❤

Friday September 21 (add pictures)

So this morning, Dad and I went to the high school to see Cassi walk on the red carpet.

She was nominated as the first runner up for Freshman royalty.

Kind of fun :)

Then we spent the day getting things all ready for Aunt kay and Johnny to visit.

This afternoon, Madi and Cassi both went back to the school for more homecoming activities....this time it was the parade that they were both a part of.

Aunt Kay and Uncle Johnny arrived just before Cassi left, so they got to see her, but they have yet to see Madi!

The little ones and us big people had a hamburger dinner, then we headed to Porter's football game.

It was a fun night, and he played really well.

Got some good catches and pulled lots of flags....in the end, we didn't win.

Bummer!

Poor boys need a win!!!!!

But it was still fun to watch him..

We went out for ice cream.

Madi and Cassi went to the homecoming football game.

Madi went for a movie somewhere after...we are still waiting for her to get home.

Tomorrow will be fun homecoming madness......I am glad I got Madi's dress finished up and also the boutineer (however you spell that!!!!)

Thursday September 20

This evening was a bit crazy.

Both girls were involved in the school carnival.

Cassi got the whole thing organized with the student council.

Madi had a booth with Idaho Central Credit Union.

So after I took Elsie to decorate for a beehive birthday...…we picked up the boys and headed to the high school.

They had the humane society there with some puppies to hold :)

A climbing wall with the National Guard.

Madi booth was giving away $130 Proof sunglasses for kids who brought in their debit cards from ICCU or if they signed up for an account.

So we got Cassi signed up for one.

When we got home, I brought the table in that I have been working on.

It will make the perfect game table.....a.k.a. puzzle table for Porter and I :)

Now I just need to get some bookshelves put in the back of that space......someday.

One step at a time.