On into September

It is lonely here tonight. Travis is on his second long weekend of wood badge training. I miss talking to him after the kids go to bed. I should go to bed myself, but it is always hard when he is gone. I have to get up early and go to cub scout training in the morning. Yippy!!
On another note I have been wanting to tell you all about Gracie and her swim lessons. I won a free month for the Hubbard Family Swim School off of I Heart Mesa Blog It has been great. Gracie is now going across the pool on her back(Lucy can't even do that yet). She was swimming ok before she started, but they have really stepped her up to the next level. I would really recommend them. They have been great.

My new calling is keeping me busy in a fun way. I am really enjoy being Hunters Den Mother. He is such a fun guy. He is just eating up all this scouting stuff. There are only three boys in the group right now. I am liking those numbers. It will jump a lot next year. I think there are like 10 boys turning 8 next year. That should be interesting!!

Well another year of school has started! We now have a 4th, 2nd, and Kindergarten in the family. It seems crazy to have three go to school now.

Lucy's big day!! She was excited to start going to school with her brothers and even ride the bus home.

This picture was a couple of days before school started. Gracie sure misses her buddy everyday. Mom is not as good at playing with the toys as Lucy.

Another birthday has passed for me. This year was the big 30. I don't even know what to say about that milestone in my life. I just know that I wouldn't have changed anything about the last 30 years.

What a Month!

Hunter turned 8 on 7-11! He was baptized a few days later on the 17th. He is now a cub scout. I am the lucky one and get to be one of his den mothers. It has been a Hunter Month!!! We love our sweet boy and are so proud of him. He was able to be baptized by his Uncle Weston(my brother). It was Weston's first baptism.

Time Flies

When you are having fun it seems like the summer is just a blink. I heard this week we only have a month till school starts that made me so sad. The kids and I are having a fun summer. Last week we spent a week up at the cabin in the nice cool weather. Trying to find another week to do it now. It was so nice my kids were great up there with just the siblings to play with. Here is our summer in pictures:

Here is my Grandma with Gracie and AJ having a picnic.

My Grandma made all of her great grand kids these mohawk hats. Lucy wore hers the whole time.

Of course we had to do the redneck pinata again. It is a cabin favorite!!

Hunter just loves it!!

Tyler loves playing this taken apart piano.

The kids don't need snow to go sledding.

 My Dad, my hubby, and two of my brothers.

Tyler did a puppet show for me with his dirty socks!!

This last picture is from girls camp. They had two sides and you competed to see who could get the farthest before it violently pulled you backwards. Jenn and I went against each other and had a blast. I am no longer in YW. I am going to miss things like going to camp. Now I am in Wolf den with Hunter. I am super excited about the new calling.

Summers Almost Here

I can't wait for Summer!!! It is crazy and loud here all the time, but there are those great moments you get with your kids. I am leaving this summer up in the air so we can do whatever whenever!! Last summer we did swim team and didn't want the commitment this year. I will probably regret that decision when they are running circles around me.

 I love this picture. I went in to check on my girls one night and this is what I found. Gracie has done this same thing since the picture too. She loves her sister and wants to be near her even in sleep.

Spring Sing

The boys had their Spring Sing Concert. Tyler's grade got to dress up as pirates for their special song "My Principals a Pirate." This is right up his ally he was so excited to get to wear a costume. Hunter was such a good sport he had his chin still sore from busting it open a couple days earlier.

Weekend Getaway

My sweet Mother watched our four babies so we could get away for a weekend. It was nice to have some time away from it all. We went up north to Prescott. It was beautiful up there and still had a little snow on the ground. The creeks were all running. We got to do some off roading and camped one night in the back of burban which is right up my Hubby's alley. Then we went into to town on Saturday and stayed at a hotel for the last night. We got to go out to dinner and a movie. It was the best of both worlds.

We came back to my Mom's house and the girls started to play with my sisters old makeup. They were having a blast putting on lipstick. My Mom decided to help them put it on. Gracie took one look in the mirror and had to get it off her face.

Lucy enjoyed being a clown for a while.

Thanks Mom!!!