A party, a birthday, a football game, & a first day of school…

Lots going on around here!

Last night Zach had 18 friends over!

Today is my dad’s 60th Birthday!

Today is Kiahna’s first day of preschool!

Tonight is Zach’s first football game!

Pictures to come later! 

Pam

YOUR Gonna Miss This… Moment… Week 48

What a full week of moments to treasure!  Wouldn’t you agree?  I am so sure you have more than one thing you would like to remember about this past week that you would love to share & link up here with me!  I would be blessed if you would (and so would you!!)

Being the first week of school… I will for sure miss that excitement in the coming days, weeks, months as the year continues on (I won’t say drags because I KNOW from my position nothing about this year is going to drag!)

I’ll miss field trips with Lucas after elementary is over…

This week, Lucas teacher asked on Thursday if I could chaperone for a field trip on Friday.  He even said that I could bring Kiahna along… Ended up that I did bring her along… It was so sweet to see Lucas & his classmates enjoying having her around…a girl in Lucas’ class holding Kiahna up to pet a beaver skin…

& I not really knowing what the future will hold… I’d really miss it if I couldn’t be a mom that volunteered to go along on the field trips, in the class room, & was there for my school age kids when they needed me.

I’ll miss when Kiahna isn’t scared of loud noises… and stops walking around like this forever after hearing one…

Only to hear the loud noise again as soon as she lets her ears go…

(a guy showing the kids how a muzzle loader works)  it was loud! 

And as promised… your weekly football-missing-moment…

I didn’t get a great amount of shots of this weeks game.  It was a little wet.  It started raining right after we got out of our van. & rained again until we got over to the visiting team bleachers.  So the bleachers were wet. My hands were full. I dropped my camera bag & shattered the protective lens. (scared me but the camera was fine, so glad I learned about protective lenses)  The last quarter was full of hard rain too. 

I may even miss that one day!

I hope I don’t have to miss seeing this on our end of the field any time soon!

4 touchdowns last night for our team & none for the other, left the score 28-0!  I hope winning is not something I will miss soon either! :)

I’m gonna miss this…

Now, Grab my button off my sidebar… go to your blog… & write up a post about something you will miss… & link it up here for us to read! 

Did I tell you I love routine?

I am loving having routine back in my life!  LOVING IT!  Loving it.  I really love routine.

Loving getting up earlier & getting things done. 

Loving that I clean my kitchen and it stays clean until they return.

Loving that my house is cleaned up & stays pretty clean until they come back (and 5 book bags plus a couple gym bags & 10 shoes fling over the clean living room!)

Loving 7:30 bedtimes.

Loving feeling like I actually accomplish something.

This morning was day 3.  First two days, all the younger kids popped out of bed without even being told.  Today I had to wake them. 

Today they were grouchy.  Slower. Not a good sign.

Today James yelled at Jadon to hurry up & brush his teeth.  James said he didn’t yell.  Jadon said he did.  Jadon cried & clung to me. Not a fun way to send off the kids. 

James drives them to school most days. 

This afternoon after school there was a wreck.  Three boys from our high school.  Kyle, a senior, is “unresponsive” at this point.  The other two are brothers, freshman & junior.  The younger,Josh, has a “shattered” pelvis & “will be lucky to walk again” & had a ruptured spleen. The third boy, Jarod, walked away with a few stitches.

SO SCARY & SAD.  Please pray for them.  They are not boys that I know real well, or that are close friends with my boys.  It’s hard to find words to pray.

If the report that the boys brought home tonight is true it was just careless speeding & passing that caused it.  How easily it could have been one of my boys making that same silly choice. 

Uhhhh… Lord Jesus, Have Mercy.

It’s hard to go on just talking about life after saying all that.

Hard to put my kids in my seniors car in the morning, praying he makes wise choices while driving.  How quickly things happen.

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I took Kiahna to her preschool orientation this morning.  She did really well.  The teachers said they could tell a difference in her. Let’s pray that difference sticks after I leave her.

She will start the school year going 12-3 pm on Monday & Wednesdays.  If things go well we will meet the end of September & she can increase her days to 4 days a week.

Good news!  I hope she will do better this year, I think she will. 

Jadon seems to be adjusting really well to his all day kindergarten.  I love hearing him try to figure out how it all works.  Asking after the first day if he gets to go back again.  Asking after the second day if he gets to go back again.  When I told him he gets to go back 179 more times, he said “all to kindergarten?!?”  He also informed us that “kindergarten is much more fun than high school!”  Yes, Jadon, it is. Enjoy it.

Tomorrow I am going on a field trip with Lucas’ class.

I may be doing some helping with Leah’s cheerleading.

Lucas’ soccer practice started today.

Recognize anyone’s picture in today’s newspaper?

And those of you who like to get all technical and want to know what position he plays…

Now you know. Don’t expect me to remember that. K? I’ll just keep calling him the guy who goes out and catches the ball.  Works for me.

So we travel for tomorrow night’s game.  It is our coach’s first game.  It will be nerve racking for him I am sure.  Prayerful for all of them.  Safety for the boys. 

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But most of all…Please, please, please pray for the Mc*Intire family, Kyle, who’s life is in hanging in the balances… the Sch*wartz family who’s son may never walk again & who’s other son was spared severe injury.  It’s hard to sit here and talk about all this life and activity when theirs is suddenly snuffed out.  So hard.  So unimaginable.

Pam

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!!!!!!!!

Bags packed…

Clothes ready…

Wake up comes easy on the first morning…

At least for some…

Turns out seniors are not in to having their pictures taken on the first day of school.  Who knew?

Freshmen are a tad more willing… but no smiles…

Seventh graders are beautiful…

Fifth graders are so sweet & cooperative…

Kindergarteners remind us of why we are so happy today…

And they are so excited and unsuspecting…

Headed in to school… following big brother…

Letting mom take a picture outside the building…

The older three didn’t want to ride with me, let me follow them into school & take pictures… nothing… puzzling…

Jadon’s brakes went on for a second when we went in the door of his classroom… then he walked in.  found his desk.  refused to look at me while I tried for one more picture!

Here we go!!!

Tomorrow…

…is the first day of one of my children’s last year of school.

…is the first day of one of my children’s first year of school.

…is the first day of one of my children’s first year of high school.

…is the first day of one of my children’s last year of elementary school.

…is the first day of one of my children’s last year at home with mom.

…I will have my computer all to myself.

…I will clean up the house and for 8 hours it will stay clean.

…there will be no arguing to listen to.

…I have nothing on my calendar… it will feel like vacation!

…hum…

…tomorrow summer vacation begins… for mom!  Feeling a tad too excited.

Pam

YOUR Gonna Miss This…Moment… Week 47

Is your life as full of moments that you feel slipping like sand through your fingers, like mine is?   Would you like a chance to write about those moments & share them with the world (or at least a few fellow blog readers!?!)  Then this carnival is for you!!  Welcome!  I can’t wait to read what you write!

I am afraid that my moments for the next few months are going to be all the same… something like this…

and this…

With much of this…

but very, very, very little of this…

Come along… it’s fun… it’s a little warm these first few weeks… we have a new coach… a senior… a freshmen… & lots of tradition!  It’ll be fun…

And you will probably hear me say every week just how much I am going to miss it… sorry…

Maybe I’ll share with you the activity in the stands and just what happens when you climb all over the bleachers… :)

I am grasping on to being the mom of these boys & watching them play football with both hands… I am loving every minute of it (as long as no one gets hurt!)  

LOVE IT!

Pam

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Vlogemotions Week 11: My Kids

Time to join Tim @ Fort Thompson in Vlogemotions again this week!  I decided that maybe my kids would like to share with you about how they feel about school starting next Tuesday… here you go… 

Join my friend Tim & others and make your own vlogemo!  They are a fun switch up to the regular reading & writing & still shots, don’t you think!

I have a prayer request… Jadon, Leah, & Lucas are going with their dad this morning, until Saturday evening… keep them in your prayers.

I am going to be extremely busy the coming few days (which is why I suggested HSSH take the kids a little longer)

Working Thursday & Friday, 12-4 at Carla’s catering business, Roses Are Forever.

Out for dinner with a friend tonight.

Making sandwiches (with some other mom’s) for the football team to eat Friday night after their scrimmage.

Going to the scrimmage (which is over an hour away)

Working at the Football Mother’s Club Chicken BBQ all day on Saturday (11 am on)

Making 4 pies for the BBQ (or buying them might be more like it!)

I know I’ll hardly have a chance to miss my kids… being busy will help…

Pam

MckLinky Blog Hop! Favorite Photos!

Always loving a chance to share photos!  This’ week’s blog-hop is themed “favorite photos”!  How many can I share!!??!!  As many as I want!!  YIPPEE!!  :)

Lucas’ school picture this year…

Which one do you like best?  I think this one needs a little more lightening…

Lots of fun ones of Jadon as I worked on getting his kindergarten picture…

My favorite of James this week, because of the editing… can I show you before and after of this one??

before:

after:

Tomorrow, I go to team picture day… I’ll be attempting to get lots of shots to put together some poster size pictures of the seniors to hang at the games (and give as a gift).  All we have to do it deliver the pictures and we will have them designed… hope we can get them of all the boys!  It will be fun!  (and I am not the only one trying to get them!)

That’s all I have of this week so far!

Join in by clicking the link below!  I just placed my order of $100 worth of Avon I won from participating in this blog hop!  Can’t wait to get it and show you how much I got!  & I even have some I am going to give away!!  WAIT FOR IT!  Thanks again,to Elana Kahn!

Pam

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