A ya

Van has shown an interest in Karate. We have discussed it is not a sport you get to run and goof around while in session. This is a little clip of his first trial run - part of the reason we have decided to put Van into karate is because of his overexcited personality that keeps him from staying focused at school. It has been less than 24 hours and I have already seen him trying to have the mind of a karate kid. This karate school I took him to has 3 rules (sweet, sweet rules):

1. Obey your parents

2. Keep your room clean

3. No fighting

What more could you ask for?

Stay with me

And once again I have not stayed on top of blogging so here is a catch up post.
I don't know if I will ever get tired of the casual strolling through the zoo.

When we were at the cabin for Van's birthday we say these mom and baby moose, the picture on top we nearly ran into the baby on the trail - noticed the mom was not far behind. We decided to turn and walk the other way.

Our evening out on the Trax. They have a sweet deal - $16.00 for 4 riders using any of the UTA transportation. We did the "Frontfrunner", and Trax. It was fun, and the boys LOVED it.

First day of school for my very first 1st grader.

Van invited a few friend from school to Boondocks for his birthday. They played laser tag, and rode go karts. First grade boys are funny.

We spent the night up at Aunt April's house. It was so fun, we took our bikes and rode around Liberty, and played a little guitar hero. The next day we went up to watch Kevin race at Snowbasin.

More pictures from the cabin. Van is showing off his sweet new bike. This was his birthday cake, he all of a sudden loved snowboarding for a few days - where ever that came from?

The moment you have all been waiting for...

BEFORE
As you may have read in an earlier post, this summer - in JULY - we re did our roof. Although I am forever scared from this experience, yesterday we got the final finishing touches added (gutters, soffit, and fascia). I am so excited to have this project complete and super excited about the way it looks. Thanks again to all who helped with labor, watching the boys, and cleaning the house!

AFTER

Happy Birthday to my oldest son

Van is 7, HOLY COW! We went to the cabin to celebrate his big day. Thanks to all that could join us, Van was so excited to have you there. We were able to enjoy the great outdoors, and to see some moose a mom and baby - so cute!

Van got a bike for his birthday, he LOVES to ride his bike anytime he can. Of course he had to bring it to the cabin, even though the riding was not the best.

Van is in first grade, and I have loved having him here at my school. I get to watch him walk down the halls as a first grader - it is so hard not to tackle him with hugs every time I see him.

Technical Difficulties

This is what happens when you have 17 kids coming to you for questions about things you have already answered only seconds before, FRUSTRATING!
Sorry friends and family
I love you all

spelling list

Sorry, my weeks blended together.
There will be no math homework tonight. Today we took chapter 2 test, tomorrow we will be correcting our test and taking unit 1 test. We will start chapter 3 (unit 2) on Thursday.
Here are the spelling words for this week:

thrown, mood
stole, loaf
clue, growth
dew, youth
choose, slope
rule, bruise
boast, loose
cruise, rude
stroll, flow
route, flute
challenge words:
subdue
pursuit
molten
reproach
presume

Welcome, Welcome

We are glad to have yet another Higginson cousin join the crew. Andrew Nairn Higginson. Wish they were a little bit closer.