Impromptu Camping Fun!!

Daddy came home from work on Thursday nite and said "I wanna get out of this heat!'  he loves camping and we needed some family time!  We had everything pretty much already, so Friday morning off we went to Payson.  Its a good 20 degrees cooler always, and its pretty much green so two bonuses for us!  I am not such a fan of Camping and Fishing as Steve is,  usually the dirt/dust and stinky bathrooms super far away, not to mention the ants and bugs, are more then I care to handle,  but I love hanging with my family!  I was lucky,  it rained the day before so all the dust was gone and the bathroom had just been cleaned,  everything else, I just dealt with.  ;)  Honestly,  it was nice, really nice. Too bad my camera batteries ran out early.  But i sure am glad to be home and clean!  :)  Lizzie and Daddy built the giant tent all by themselves!!

New School Year!!

Its that time again,  School started on the 8th of August for us.  I have to say I was completely sad about it too.  I mean here I am trying so hard to be excited for the kids, and all i did was weep all day long till they came home.  :)  Elizabeth started 7th grade JR High this year.  Its at the same charter school as the rest of them so lucky for me and travel time.  Stevie is in the 6th grade and doing math in the 8th grade class...Yep! he is that smart.  crazy huh?  The teacher in there totally loves him so I sure do hope he likes it.  Jimmy is in the 4th grade and well,  he came home after the first day and said he thought they made a mistake, his teacher was supposed to be in the kindergarten class....He said they took a tour of the school, you know, that they have been at for 3 years already and wrote the ABC and ABC sentences....By the time he came home, he said he had a twitch.  swell.  Jimmy is truly remarkably smart, but his behavior and choices have gotten in the way of his learning in the past.  Last year he had an amazing teacher who pushed and didn't take crap.  it was wonderful for him and he really excelled.  looks like I am going to have to be one of the Parents that is in the office looking for changes.... Already.  ugh.  My beautiful babies are growing up way too fast!!  speaking of too fast,  JojoBean started Preschool today.  So cute!  she didn't want to go,  but then I showed her the cute treat she was bringing to share and then we couldn't even get her to stand still for a picture!  crazy girl.

Unlikely "Friends" :)

This is a nightly adventure for little Miss Pumpkin.  Not sure the birds are as happy about her 'diligence'.  Thank goodness our animals seem to all get along, you know, except the birds.  ;) Pumpkin and Molly and Toffee all play pretty well together.  Hopefully, Pumpkin doesn't figure out how to open the cage!

Dino Museum!!

No matter how many times we have been my kids still love coming here and we could easily spend 4 hrs everytime!  Too long for me,  but they could! :)  they change up displays all the time and even move them around so my kids love doing the 'search for.." game.  Today they had a new display.  Jimmy was sure it was a Giant Dino Poop.  yep!  and he was so happy to be able to climb right into it.  but it turns out it was in the landscape/environment room,  so this is not a giant turd, but a volcanic rock formation....Jimmy still wants to say its poop.