Let the craziness begin!

Wow! I cannot believe it is September. Gone are the lazy days of summer and hanging out at the pool. Gone are the days of sleeping in and staying up late. Instead we have homework, fundraisers, cub scouts, PTO meetings, and lots of other stuff to keep us way busy! Last weekend we are able to travel to Kentucky to visit with Steve's mom, brother, and sister-in-law. It was great to see them. We were able to get a group photo before heading to the KY state fair (everyone but me and Megan) and the mall (me and Megan)!

Summer is Over!

School has officially started for us (actually it started a week ago!). I can't believe I have two boys in Kindergarten. They are in separate classes this year and so far have been doing great. They had to get in a little video game time before the first day. They do love their games (maybe a little too much), but we have been slowly weaning them away. My big boys get to ride the bus home which they are thrilled with!

Noah started 4th grade at the intermediate school (which is 4th-6th graders). So far so good. He is excited about meeting all the new girls in his grade!

Random Thoughts about August

Tomorrow is my birthday.

I will be 36.

I feel old.

I am leaving for the MOPS convention tomorrow.

I am leaving my children at home.

School starts in 7 days.

I spent over $200 to register my children for school!

I have all their school supplies bought.

It has been smokin' hot here for the last couple of weeks.

We have gone to the pool too many times to count.

It's too hot to do anything else outside.

I cannot wait for cooler fall weather.

My boys have gotten into archery the last month.

My fence is full of arrow holes.

The target gets missed a lot.

But sometimes the target gets hit!

Because I never want to forget

I was cleaning out all the papers, projects, and things from last school year when I found my Mother's Day gift from Noah. It was awesome. Just so you know, grammar and spelling have not been fixed. (I wrote my response in the parenthesis).

ABC Mother’s day Book
By Noah Evanoff~3rd grade

You make good Apple pie (I have made one apple pie my entire life, I'm glad you remember)
Thank you for Buying a DSI (You are welcome!)
You make good no bake Cookies (They must be good…they disappear fast!)
You make Delious Pankaces (Thanks!)
Thank you for letting me Eat (I will let you eat every day for the rest of your life)
You let us keep Frogs (but they must stay outside)
You are Great (I’m glad you think so)
You make me very Happy (You make me happy too!)
I have fun with you (Me too!)
Jesus loves you (I am so thankful for that!)
You Keep loving me (no matter what, I will always love you!)
You Love tv (yes I do!)
You like Michael Evanoff (yes, I like your brother)
Thank you for naming me Noah (It was that or Emily….Noah was better)
Buy me a Octopus please (Let me think…..NO!)
You like Peanuts (salted in the shell)
You are the Queen of the house (Get to work….now!)
You do not like pickel Relish (yes I do!)
You make homemade Soap (even though relatives make fun of me)
You tell the Truth (I try to be truthful, but I have lied once or twice in my life)
U are asowme (what?)
You are married to a Vetran (I am proud of your daddy)
We love soda (yes, we do!)
You have never had a X-Ray (only of my teeth)
You made a carpet out of Yarn (I made a locker hook rug many years ago)
You are not a Zombie (no I am not, thankfully!)

The Karate Kid

Noah has been watching Karate Kid movies like crazy this summer. It all started on vacation when he and I went to watch the new Karate Kid (while dad and the twins watched Toy Story 3). We both loved it. I was a little skeptical going into the movie (I was a huge Ralph Macchio fan back in the day. I remember cutting his pictures out of Teen Beat for my wall!), but the movie did not disappoint. It was great and Noah has since watched the original Karate Kid and The Karate Kid II. After watching all of these movies, Noah has decided he needs to train for his next big fight. He decided to start his training in the pouring rain yesterday.

Home

We are home. And I am exhausted. I have piles of laundry to do and piles of sand to sweep up. We had a blast in Michigan.

Dear July

Dear July,
We miss your friend June already. June was very good to us. We want her to last longer. July will be very busy and bring us closer to August. Which means school and two little boys going off to Kindergarten!

In June we rode on four wheelers

and two wheels!

In June we gave up water wings

and practiced our diving skills.
Lots of energy was burned off in June. August 11th is the end of summer. Please July go slowly!

Sincerely, Denise