Labor Day Camping

Over Labor Day we went camping with our good friends, The Larsen's, to the Brown County State Park.  Everyone had a blast!!  We ate, sight-saw, hiked, fished, biked, played and relaxed, with a lot of emphasis on the ate and relaxed part.  Seriously, whenever we go camping we eat 10 times better than we do at home.  The Dutch Ovens were always cooking something including - Lasagna, Ribs, Potatoes, Chicken Stir-Fry, Breakfast Casserole, Cinnamon Rolls, and German Pancakes.  And the best part of it all, Jacob does the cooking and clean-up!!!!  Here are some of my Favorite Pics from the weekend with appropriate captions.  By the way, I really like this new post editor that blogger has - Thanks Emilee for mentioning it!

Dad made the best ribs ever!! MMMM Good!!

A Lookout Tower!  The kids called it their castle!

Kami took a fall the first day, her nose got the brunt of it.  

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The kids playing at the Look Out

Brown Eyed Dudes Rule!

This is where you could find the kids most of the time.  The scooters were a big hit!

This is where you could find the parents most of the time.  Chillin and Cooking!  We really ate well!  

No trip with the Larsen's would be complete without game night! 

On the trip home Kami screamed  for about 30 minutes and Kristian did this.  It was pretty funny. 

A Slight Interruption

Okay, so I know I have my own quilting blog now but I am so excited about this that I wanted to post it here as well.

So a couple months ago I started looking into what it takes to be a Moda Bake Shop "Baker" (one of the people who designs their projects.) Two months later and Wha Laa!!! Here it is!! My first Moda Bake Shop creation. I am so excited about this I can hardly sit to type this.

So if you get a chance, please head on over and check it out. If you want to be super sweet, you can leave a comment. It is always nice to know that someone likes your design. And if you are really feeling it, go ahead and give the quilt a try. I really worked hard to try and make the tutorial easy to follow no matter what skill level you are at.

I think I will be perma-grin all day.

Is There a Better Time of Year?

Unranked, rebuilding, looking to the future of being in a big money conference.  What a great start for the Utes.  I watched the game start to finish last night and I'm pretty excited about this season.  Can't wait for November 13.  College football has easily passed the NCAA tournament as my favorite sport.

Flash Back

So my sister posted her wedding photos and they are all just beautiful. I wanted to post a few of them here. Lots of love to you Jen and Paul!!

Welcome to the family, Paul!

Yes, I know the flowers are pretty, but don't touch them :)

Jessi's inner monologue - That would really add to my dress up collection .

Kristian being Kristian.

Me, trying really hard not to cry (It didn't work)

I love this picture and I love my sister!! I am so happy for you Jen! (Man, now I'm crying again)

It's Getting Better :)

Okay, so I overreacted after the first day of homework. I have been known to do that one or two times in the past :) Day 2 was better, there was still a bit of frustrated tones that might be close to yelling. But they were super short and then I would remind myself to take a deep breath. We are now on day 3 and today there was no raising of the voice. Not even any frustrated tones. Although I should mention that I didn't make Jessi work on anything. Ya, that is probably cheating.

I am happy to say that even though we took the day off, Jessi and I are making progress. It's super slow, but it is progress. And now that she actually has to be learning this stuff I am much more motivated to not give up all together like we did this summer :)

I am also happy to say that Spencer did most of his homework on his own today only needing a few prompts to stay on task. He read me 2 stories and his reading continues to improve.

I am working on continued patience and on learning to improve my ability to teach my children. I know that the parents roll in helping to educate their children is huge, I just wish it came with a manual :)