Finger nail polish

What a night Brent, Charise and kids came over for dinner. I thought it would be a great idea to paint the girls nails. One of the bottles of finger nail polish broke on the carpet. Charise googled how to get finger nail polish out of the carpet. We had to laugh at how many different ideas there was. We scrubbed away. Charise did an awesome job of scrubbing. What was I thinking of doing this project on the carpet. So we moved to the table things seemed to be going good and Jaylyn fell off her chair ( I have a counter high table). She had the finger nail brush in her hand and ended up with finger nail polish in her hair. We got that out the best we could but she still has a few little purple dots through out her hair. We had quit the evening. They loved having there toes and fingers painted they loved the little flowers i put on them. Byrce was sad to see Jayna leave. They got along great. They had a lot of fun together. I went through Lindsey clothes so I could send the ones that did not fit with Charise. As I was showing the clothes to Charise Lindsey was having a hard time letting them go. That is my favorite outfit those are my favorite shoes. I said Lindsey do they fit? She would say no. Ok we can give them away. She was cute about it.

Gary's Family

Gary's brother Brent and his family came for a visit. Brent and Charise had all the girls for the family They have 4 beautiful girls Jaylyn 6, Jayna 5, Katie 3, Karli 4 months (I think). We have not seen them for 5 years. Brent did come last year for his Grandma's funeral, but his family did not come. We had a great time getting together with them. It was so funny Katie was setting on Gary's lap she looked at him and said you have no hair. Gary said what I have no hair I had hair when I got here what happened to it? She looked and said I don't know. It was cute you had to hear it from her. Jayna has a little crush on Bryce she doesn't realize that you don't love your cousins like that. She wanted to marry him today. The kids had fun playing together we did not leave Gary's parents until after 11 p.m. my kids will be bears tomorrow. They kids enjoyed being with family. We missed the family that was not here. Gary has all of his brothers living out of state. We have never been together as a whole family. This makes me sad. when we are together we have a great time. When they come home it is all at different times. Gary's parents 50Th anniversary is going to be in Oct.. So far we have six out of seven children coming. We pray that Kevin can work out his schedule to come. That will be so awesome to have everyone together. Family is important to me. We need to build relationships here on earth with are family. I think we need to be better about visiting family out of state.

Bryce and Shoulder Pads

On St. Patricks Bryce wore a shirt that was football jersey for little boys and of course it was green. Well I told him it was time to go to school. He was hiding from me. I new I he must be up to something if he would not let me see what he was doing. I told him we had to leave so he came out of the closet and all I could do was laugh. He had made shoulder pads out of toilet paper. He was so proud of them. He was sad that he could not where them to school. He did put them on for his brothers after school.

Growing

Holy Cow, I can not keep my boy's dressed for a week. Taylor is pushing 6ft. 2. I just bought him church pants 2 months ago. I leaned over to Gary Sunday and asked when the flood was coming. Then I looked the other way Garrett's pants are floods he has had pants for a month I bought big. At the first of Dec. he wore a size 12. He has just been the little runt out of all my boys. Not any more he is catching up by Christmas time he was into a 16 that is for the length. The drowned him around the waist. It is so hard to find slim pants anymore for boys. The ward probably thinks we have a bunch of orphans.

I have been reflecting on were has the time gone. These little boys are growing up so fast they are turning into fine young men. The other night Taylor picked me up in the kitchen. I said let me try and pick you up. I picked him up. He is a lot heavier then I remembered. I went to SEP a few weeks ago I visited with Taylor's math teacher and he told me he has a big talking problem. I said Taylor he said yes I started to laugh the teacher did not fine that to funny until I explained myself. He has always been so shy in public. All his life until this year his teachers have wished he would talk more. The teacher said ya I know I had him last year this is night and day. He asked if he had any head trauma over the summer. I said nope. He said he is funny and has a great sense of humor, and he does. He makes us laugh all the time. He said I can't complain because he gets a A in my class. Garrett is trying to find his place. He is a good kid. His Drama teacher just loves him. She told me she wants him in drama in 9Th grade. I never thought that would be something he would enjoy. His teacher says he is great, he doesn't care what people say or think he just acts away. Scott has been taking auto shop this year and has been really enjoying it. His choir class is getting ready to go to California. They will be going to Disneyland. He is so excited. Tanner is really loving to read. He is a real fast reader and was skipping words and not retaining what he just read. He has really worked on reading and has really improved. He is a whiz at math. Lindsey is really excelling in school. They have her working on her times tables because they want to challenge her. I always struggled in math it is fun to watch these kids get it. Bryce is really enjoying kindergarten he loves his teacher and class. Compared to my other kids kindergarten class he has a small one. I like that the teacher has more time with them. He is a little spoiled he thinks he should have everything handed to him. Maybe that has something to do with him being the baby. But i forgot he is not a baby. He reminds me that everyday.

Life of sports

Life has been a little crazy with basketball. We are now done with JR. Jazz. The kids did a great job. Garrett was really aggressive his last game and did really well. I wish he would have been more aggressive the first part of the season. He felt intimidated by some of his players, but that last game he decided that he would not care about anyone but himself and the game and did a great job. Scott's team did really good. Scott's is a really great defensive player. Tanner did a great job. Most games he averaged about 16 points a game. He practices all day. Taylor Junior High team did OK. They played better at home then they did away. He is working hard for next year. It is very competitive at the High School. Gary is the Stake sports director so we were doing JR jazz in the morning then we all go help him with running the stake basketball. We really have some great talent in are stake. Sure has been fun watching them all. I have to admit that it does get a little old.

I guess I am going to coach Bryce's soccer team. That ought to be fun. Lindsey and Bryce love soccer. Gary cannot understand why. That is a sport he really doesn't care for. The kids have fun so here we go.