9-24-17

Busy Busy Busy is the theme for the year.  How are we almost to October??

Yesterday we canned 24 jars of salsa, plus I helped Leah pack for 3 hours and we took the twins for 8 hours, plus I had to prepare my talk. It was a crazy day!

Last weekend we got to puppy sit adorable Leisel!  She claimed the guineas are her new BFFs but they wanted nothing to do with her!

We also babysat the twins

I worked extremely hard on the Houston Hurricane Project.  The truck ended up coming this week so I was in a major panic to get it all done, but we did it!  The truck is on its way to Houston with 35 boxes packed with 1,727 books, filled with over 1000 handmade bookmarks by students, 5 large boxes of hygiene supplies, and 8 boxes of textbooks!!! So grateful for 2 of my friends from high school that helped with the transport and finding a school!

I also worked to coordinate a students 4H project and our church youth to get ribbons with kindness letters onto stuffed animals and gather  books to go with them that I will deliver to Operation Underground Railroad at Christmas!

Grace was helping

Kayla had her baby shower up in Hooper yesterday.  Wish we could have been there too! We also love the 3D picture of Ellie.  We are so glad all is well!

So glad Marisa got to go and it looks like you all had fun bowling too!

Happy 70th Birthday to my mom!  Wish we could have been there to celebrate with you!!!

9-3-17

This was our view of the eclipse.  Still waiting on pics from the 2 who had the best view in the nation!

Im back to school and it has been extremely busy! Kids are loving the new activities and new areas we have. I think my new media assistant is wondering what she has gotten herself into!

We had a fun skype with Sean Fay Wolfe who wrote the Minecraft series- the Elementia Chronicles

My friend who got 2 rescue guinea pigs for her classroom, gave them a bath last weekend and realized one had gotten super fat on the sides.  She called me in a panic and I said I would take her until the babies were born and weaned.  Good thing she brought her over!  Alayna got a super bad cold with fever aches and chills.  She was home on Wednesday, went to check on Zoey (the mom) and found 2 happy healthy babies there!

Tyler is really enjoying working at the daycare and the kids love him.  We also brought zoey and the babies one day for show and tell

Here is alaynas new school picture:

We have been canning tons of tomatoes!

Who wants to see Bob in a new light? Lol

Very exciting News!

So Tyler has been applying for jobs and going to interviews with no luck!  One day he applied at Kids Inc. and they wanted to interview him right away.  He got dressed and ran out the door.  He came back saying he got the job!  The boss knew him from 10th street because her son had been in it when Tyler was in it.  He said it was part time working with the before and after school kids.  So, one night, he goes to the training meeting and they say, “Welcome directors”. Tyler raised his hand wondering if he was in the wrong room!  They said he is actually THE director of the before and after school program! He has his own room and assistants that work under him! He has been going to many trainings and working many hours already. The 1st day with his kids is Wednesday (when school starts. )  He is so excited and taking this position very seriously.  I am super proud of him and the efforts I have seen so far.  He also signed up at the Rockwell athletic center and I hope to see him go every day.

He told us he needed major help in his classroom.  I truly didn't imagine what we would have to do.  Alayna was there with him 3-4 hours Friday night. Bob and I were with him 6 hours Saturday (while Alayna was at Youth Conference). Wow!  That room has been neglected for many many years and must have gone through several directors!  It reminded me alot of the hoarder house we tried to help out with in LA.  Alayna and Tyler spent most of Friday night just cleaning garbage and stuff off the floors and moving things.  When Bob and I came we were cleaning out closets and areas that were nasty dirty as well as full of garbage.  We took out 7 bags of trash on Saturday!!! Im kicking myself for not taking before pictures because truly you would be shocked to see the difference!

Again, you should have seen the before pics

He made a display of dog books to go with his trivia question and theme for his 1st week

Bob has made it clear that germs cannot be transferred from all those kids to him.  lol

And the kids love him already! He has 22 students enrolled.

So proud of you Tyler!!!

August Update

Alayna finished up Drivers Ed and passed her tests! Now we will get her the school license so she can drive herself to and from school!  She starts school Thursday and seminary next Monday.

Kayla and Brandon made it safely home and will be back to Provo when school starts.  They are in  the prime location for the eclipse tomorrow!!!

We were super lucky to have Bob home for most of the days Kayla and Brandon were here!  I started back to work on Thursday and we were in meetings 2 days straight.  I am floored but hoping I will get it all done before school starts this Wednesday. I am excited for this year and love my job and excited about so many new things!

Marisa has finished up her internship in Brazil and made it to Argentina this weekend. She is staying with one of her mission companions.  Then she will head to Fortaleza, then back home in time for her final 2 semesters of school!!!

The caves

Brandon I need pictures of you and Bob with the Boomerang!

Happy Birthday Brandon and Alayna!!!

We went to Osaka and had a fun birthday party with a giant Zookie!

Even Bob got a gift!

Twins

As you know, we have been watching these twins throughout the summer.  We took them in for several days while the mom tried to make a decision about adoption, find a ace to live, etc.  Thank goodness we had Brandon and Kayla here to help. They are going to be awesome parents!  It took all of us to take care of them for so many days!  They also got to see what its like to be up at night with a baby.  It was so fun but boy were we tired! (Grace and Glory)

Brandon has the whole morning routine down- holding a baby while studying!

It took all of us to do their night routine too.  We gave them baths and then lotioned them up.  However, I used too much of the cocoa butter Vaseline and poor Grace ended up looking like a basted turkey and was super slippery!  But she sure was super soft the next morning! 

We even took them with us to go to Newbo market for lunch!