Here's my girls hair for Sunday!

My sister Rachel had a hair contest on her blog. We did these for church on Sunday. Karyna found her idea here. It's a little messy, but on a Sunday, well, she's lucky it's done at all!


And this one is Kaylee's. Pretty simple, but I really love this because it stays out of her face.


And just for the fun of it... this is what happens when I leave my camera within reach of little people.

FHE

Seth came up with a great idea for scripture reading. So, for FHE last night, this is what we made. The kids drew all the people and Seth made the map. I was there for support! Anyway, we are going to try and keep up with making the people as we read the Book of Mormon and use the map to give the kids an idea of what is happening and where.


This picture shows how Laban is still in Jerusalem with his head cut off! The brown thing below him is the tent they lived in while in the wilderness.


And this is Nephi and his family happily settled in the promised land. We had a shipped docked in the ocean, but that was Tayden's assignment and he wasn't willing to let us poke a hole through it to put on the board.


I know the pictures are hard to see, so it would be well worth your time to click on them for a close-up. I think they are pretty funny! The kids did a good job trying to show the different personalities. My favorite is Lamen and Lemuel with their angry faces!

"Bangs"

We've given Karyna a new nickname. This came about because she thought she could cut her own bangs. Guess what? She isn't quite ready for that.

This is what she is doing in the meantime.

Ahhh... The Joys of Potty Training... Again.... and Again... and Again!

So, we are at it again! Gotta tell ya, it's not going well. But I'm determined this time to not give... ummm, I mean, not let Tayden give up! This time has been a completely different experience than the other three. I've been thrown a curve ball. But, we will prevail in the end! I promise you that. I'm not going down without a fight!

Don't you love his little boxers! Not to mention the cute little innocent look on his face. This is the face that gets me every time and I just can't stay mad for long.

As a side note, I was wondering... What's worse? Laundry with the flu or laundry with potty training???? I don't know, it's a toss up. I'd rather avoid both.

First Day of School.... Finally

So, I finally have some school pictures. So far (3 days into the year) the kids are really enjoying their teachers. Kaylee LOVES Kindergarten! And Tayden is keeping me busy since I'm the only one left to play with.

It took us three days to get through "the first day of school". Karyna and Tyler started on Wednesday.

Second Grader!


Fourth Grader!

Then on Thursday Kaylee had her orientation with me.




Then on Friday Kaylee had her REAL first day.

Kindergartner!

And Tayden just doesn't like being left out.

And this is us getting to the bus stop that has moved from our front yard to the very end of the street. Yah, I'm not very happy about that. We've been pretty spoiled the last three years.