Keaton's first day of 6th grade

Yesterday Keaton started 6th grade, we are on year round in our elementary schools and that means school starts the end of July, we still have a month until the 3 older kids go back....

Keats and Miya wanted to look like twins for the first day hair and all. I think they look pretty darn cute! It was a bit sad for me I will be glad to be done with 3 kids on traditional and 1 on year round but this is my BABY and she is on her last year of elementary school :(

Megan's 13th Birthday

I forgot to share these cute pictures from Megan's 13 birthday, she may have become a teenager but she is still a kid that LOVES legos!!! She asked everyone specifically for the rest of the Harry Potter Legos and she got them, she now has the complete set and is working on getting them put together, I just did not know she had been taking pictures along the way :)

What have I gotten myself into?

This story started about 10 months ago during Kenzie's sophmore year, we got talking about how she will be starting college classes this summer 2011 so that when she graduates from high school she will also graduate from SLCC with her associate degree/general education and go right into her Bachelors.... I got thinking I really should go and finish my degree. Now this gets fun in September of last year I went and got a copy of my credits and what I needed, why did no one ever tell me that if you don't finish you Math, English and some science credits in 2 years you have to start over? That is what I have done I figured I can do this, I have lots of free time.... eye roll.... but I have been doing it, I took all my placement tests and got started!

My first semester back in classes was Winter 2011 and what do I do start with Geology, Humanities, Markting.... I must admit I did great 2 A's and one A- that would be in Geology. I figured ok I am doing this for this Summer 2011 we have 3 more classes, Human Biology (hardest class for a mid 30's mom), English 1010, and a Business.... the grades this semester worry me well 2 of them don't but I am betting the Human Bio is not an A.... I start Fall 2011 classes at the end of August and will have a full schedule Math 1010, Englis 2010, English 1030, and Communications in Marketing, I know I will get these passed and move onto Spring 2012 where if I keep up I will graduate and start my bachelors!!!! I am so excited that I can see the end of this part of my degree!

I just sit and think what was I thinking! I have always believed to better yourself and make yourself more valuable to your employer a degree is important and I am constantly telling my kids how important school is and how much further in life you will go! But here is little me a full time mom, a full time employee, and now a full time student! Thankfully my kids are now older and have been very helpful for the most part, my house is not always clean but soon I can say I have finished part of my degree! Hopefully my kids will learn from my example and get their degrees!

10 years

Well we went and saw the final Harry Potter and it got me thinking about how the first one we went and saw was almost 10 years ago!!! It came out in November 2001 I had a 7, 4, 3, 1 and by the end of 2001 my step mom died and my grandpa with in the same week. Now I have a 16,14,13,11 they can all read Harry now and most of them have finished the whole series! The older you get the faster it goes!

I thought I would share the year Ethan was Draco for Halloween 2005 (you need to read the books or see the movie, but he's not so bad)April 2011
Christmas 2000, I just love this picture! It has my 4 kids and Tyler my nephew, but there is so much personality of the kids showing! So silly how going to see a movie brings back so many memories!