Latch Hook

How many of us have done Latch Hook over the years?  I have some little rugs I've made since having kids even.  Tigger and what not.  So Aspen has taken up the cause.  Isn't she cute?!  She even separated (with London's help) all the different colors of yarn and put them in their own separate baggies.  She's my little crafter.  

Temple Day

I thought attending the Temple at 10:30 am on a Friday it would be kind of empty.  I was rather wrong.  It was packed, it was wonderful and I loved it. 

Maybe having the kids in school all day won't be that bad after all.

What to do?

People think Stay-at-Home-Moms don't work.  Personally I don't know what they are talking about.  I actually was a bit worried about what I would do with my time once the kids were all in school.  But I honestly don't know where the time goes.  Today was full of:

LAUNDRY

 DISHES

 CANNING (about 25 jars of Strawberry Jam)

 and a bit of EXERCISE.

On the list for tomorrow is the joyousness of IRONING!!!  Yeah, can't wait.  ;)

Home At Last

I was rather excited to see the school bus pull into the neighborhood this afternoon.  I missed my kiddos.

 Looks like they all had a good day.  I'm glad they did but I'm more glad they're home now.

Moms and Muffins

Since so many Moms brought their kids to school today the school had muffins available for all of us so we could chat and cry together.  I was kind enough not to take any photos of those moms, not saying I wasn't one of them.

Then Phoenix wandered in.  The 3rd Graders are out in the portables this year so they got to take a little tour of how to get to the bathrooms, since there aren't any in the portables.  I caught him on camera again and gave him another hug and kiss.

Following the Bus

I followed the bus to school but with the crazy traffic and some poor little High Schooler, I got a little further behind the bus than I thought I would.

London and Aspen are in Middle School so I wasn't following them.  They know how to get where they need to go.  But Phoenix and Sicily line up on a different side of the school than they did last year.  So I wanted to make sure the first few days that they made it to where they were supposed to go.  

Obviously Phoenix found his friends.  Clockwise from the left: Jack, Liam, Luke, Kai and Phoenix.  So excited to be back with all their friends.

 Sicily's Kindergarten group really got split up.  But luckily she got her 2 bestest buddies still in her class.  Kiara, Isabell and Sicily.  3 peas in a pod.

First Day of School, First Day of School

They are all just getting so big.  Left - Right.  Sicily (1st Grade), Phoenix (3rd Grade), Aspen (6th Grade), London (8th Grade).  All cute and ready to go.

 The true nature of our kids.  This has been our entire summer, it's time to see some friends.  :)

On we go!