Catching Up

I am behind on my scrapping goals for this year. My goal was to stay current. But I am not too far behind, I just need to finish up August. If I ever get caught up and am bored I have two years for each Justin and Kyle to catch up on. On a positive note, Megan is current. It wouldn't be such a job if I didn't like to take pictures as much as I do. But I am not complaining, it is a good problem to have :)

These layouts are from our trip to Iowa. One day we went up to Boone and took a trip on the train and the other is from our trip to the zoo. Remember, if you want to see the pictures in a larger size, just click on them.

Socer Game 4

Justin had a great time and did a great job at his soccer game yesterday. I got some nice pictures and this is the result. Justin had a busy week....field trips, birthday, bounce birthday party. More pictures to come soon!!

Matthew's First Birthday Party

We traveled to Chicago last weekend for Matthew's first Birthday party (my nephew). We had a good time visiting Ryan and Lisa's beautiful new home and hanging out. Matthew seemed to enjoy his cake experience!!

My baby, Justin, will be six tomorrow. Hard to believe!!! He has a school field trip to the orchard scheduled. I get to go as a chaperone. Should be fun. Grandma Betty is helping me get Justin's soccer cake and school cupcakes baked and decorated. He will take treats Friday as they won't be at school tomorrow. Then Friday afternoon we have a party planned at a Bounce Party Place. They are basically a big warehouse with several blow up bounce houses and slides for the kids to play on and I bring the cake and food. That way I don't have to worry about the house and any messes or the weather cooperating for an outdoor event. Should be fun... I have recruited both sets of grandparents to help chaperone the event. I am sure I will have pictures soon!

I also took pictures of Justin after he cut his own hair yesterday and then again after mom trimmed it up to even it out. Let's just say it is VERY short!!! My baby is almost bald!!! But he likes it...it would have been more appropriate last July...but I am not going to fret over it too much...it will grow back and I am trying to be grateful it wasn't Megan's hair :)

New Layouts

Some new layouts I finished. The kids are getting into their routines and enjoying school. Kyle enjoys hanging out with mom, but kind of wishes he could go "play" as well.

Wednesday

Hello Everyone! Justin had his first outdoor soccer game for Fall 2007 last Saturday. He did a great job and had a lot of fun! 6 of the 10 boys on his team are in his AM kindergarten. We had Curriculum Night for Justin last night. Basically, you go and meet with the teacher and get the low-down on her routine and expectations for the year. I am the Head Room Mother for Justin's class, so I had to get some sign up sheets ready for some upcoming parties. I am really excited about the whole Room Mother thing, it should be lots of fun. Anyway, we really like Justin's teacher Miss Posey, she is sweet, energetic and fun. She is very big on literacy, which is a big bonus for us considering Justin went to a Young Fives kindergarten last year and is already reading a bit...I was concerned he might lose his enthsiam for it if he got bored.

Megan had her first day of preschool on Monday. Same school and teacher as last year, she just goes 3 days a week this year - M,W,F. I feel so light and free on Mondays and Fridays, Kyle and I are alone, we do major errand running during this time. Amazing how much faster you can move with one vs. three children to buckle in and out of your car. Wednesdays Kyle will go to some childcare at church and I do a bible study. We are doing a Beth Moore study on the book of Daniel this year. It should be really good :)

The past couple of days it has gotten a bit cooler and reminds us that fall is right around the corner....My favorite time of year :)

Justin's first day of school

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Today was Justin's first day of school. He liked his new elementary school and his teacher. He is very excited to have his best friend from school last year in his class.

I did this layout with 2 different pictures and one with red and one with blue journaling. I can't decide which I like better. What do you think, picture #1 or #2 and red or blue?????????? Let's see who actually reads my blog :) Remember, click on photos to see them larger and use back button on your browser to go back to the main blog page.

Science Center of Iowa

More layouts from our Iowa trip.