Tanis gets a haircut! Yes, this really is Tanis . . .

Anybody who knows my Tanis knows that this is not a normal haircut for him. I buzzed him and you would not believe the amount of hair that came off of this little boy! He loves his haircut and when I tried to take a "good" picture of him, this is all he would give me. Oh well. This is Tanis!

Chocolate Smiles . . .
I just had to post this picture. It makes me laugh every time I see it! Zarek is turning into such a big boy. He has to do everything himself. He insisted on chocolate milk, which Xavier made for him, and was completely happy drinking the chocolaty sludge. (Xavier likes a lot of chocolate!) What a cutie.

The first day of school!!

Today was the kids first day of school. Xavier was pretty nervous... He told me at breakfast that he really didn't want to go. We all walked together this morning, as we will do every morning until the snow is too deep, and I went with the kids to their classrooms. It is a little weird to be home with only 2 kids! Nice, though.
The kids aren't the only ones who started school today. Arthur started his student teaching! He is teaching at Sugar Salem High. He will be working with the English and Health teachers during the day. Good luck Arthur. I would never be able to teach high schoolers. Yuck!
Time is just flying by. It seems like yesterday that I was holding my babies in my arms . . . Now they are big and going to school. I'm sure I'll survive.

Life is so fragile!

To celebrate the end of summer, the town of Rexburg has a big shindig down at one of the local parks. I thought it would be fun to take the kids, since we rarely get out of the house these days it seems. I had a friend that wanted to walk down with me, so we were all set. The park was packed full of people and fun things for the kids to do. Little booths with prizes and those jumpy things that the kids love so much. They even had a real army helicopter and a firetruck that was spraying down the fields for the kids to run in. I sent the kids out to play in the water, and before you know it, Tanis is missing. I look and look and finally find him at the playground crying. Poor little guy. Soon after our reunion, Zarek takes off! Jesh! I am such a negligent parent! It's hard to keep track of these little suckers! For some reason, when Tanis was lost, I was as cool as a cucumber knowing that he would turn up. But Zarek! I was a worried mess!!! It was a good 20 minutes until one of the police men found him. He was just as happy as he could be with a sticker they had given him. I dried my eyes and took my little guy realizing how easy one of my precious babies could slip away from me. What would I do without them? I get frustrated with them to easy and need to take a break every now and then and just enjoy my little monkeys. I want Heavenly Father to know that I am very grateful for the children he has given me to take care of. I will be more watchful from now on! Love your kids!

August 18, 2008

Well, it's that time of year again. School is starting!! Ezri will be in 2nd grade this year and Xavier is off to Kindergarten. I can't believe I have 2 in school. I'm so excited.
This summer has flown by with not much to report. We moved last month to a house closer to campus. I'm excited to have a dishwasher again. I surely took for granted having one of those things . . .
Arthur started his student teaching. He is teaching Literature and English at Sugar Salem High School. He is nervous, but I know he will get the hang of things in no time. It's a little strange that we are almost done with this college portion of our lives. We've been is school for so long, it's all I know! I'm scared for what the "real world" has lined up for us. I hope we can make it.