First Day of School!!

(It's a SNOW DAY!!!  So, let's see how many blog pages I can get done today!!)

Oh my goodness!  A 5th grader!  Intermediate School! 

  He is so stinkin handsome!!  

This year his bus comes at 7am!!  YIKES!!!  

 

But, the early bus didn't stop Jaden from getting up EXTRA EARLY on the first day of school to see his brother off!  I think he's a little sad Tyler won't be on his bus and at his school this year!

 New outfits!  New backpacks!!  All ready for the First Day!!

 

YES!  I still get in my car and follow the bus to school on the first day of school!  As much as I am ready for them to go back to school after summer....it's still sad!!  I love seeing them get off the bus that first day!  Here's Jaden and his BEST BUD, Carson Roy!!

  

 2nd grade desk!!  Busy work to start the day!

Where's your Popsicle stick with your name on it??  

 

AHH!!!  Leah Wilkinson is in Paige's class this year!  Super FUN!!

 

Mrs. Whelan AGAIN!!!!  2nd Grade ROCKS!!!  It's going to be A GREAT YEAR!!!

Mrs. Hommertzheim for 3rd grade!!!  We have not had her before!!  (But since this post is 6 months into school---I can tell you JADEN LOVES HER!!!!)  

Super awesome teacher!!!

3rd Grade/2nd Grade/5th Grade

Good luck this year my sweet-hearts!!  I am so glad you like school!!!

 

 

 

Family FUN Saturday!

 Today is the LAST SATURDAY and last full free day before school starts.

  SO---we declared it Family FUN Saturday!  

 We thought of as many FUN things to do in one day that we could!

First we started the morning with cinnamon rolls and we finished watching the movie Titanic, that we started yesterday!  (The kids LOVED this movie and remember tons of it from the museum in Branson that we went to!)  (Yes, we had to fast forward through one "not appropriate scene")!

We then headed to the pool for a little morning swim!

 

 Home to shower, lunch at Taco Bell, drinks at QT (it's a SPECIAL treat when we let the kids get 32 oz drinks) a quick trip to Sports Authority for the boys and Children's Place for the girls.

Then, Bowling

It ended up being COSMIC BOWLING part of the time we were there!  An extra special treat!

Up next...  CHERRY BERRY for some ice-cream

Next Stop...Gma and Gpa Roth's!  They had a surprise for the kids....

New Shirts for the boys and Cowgirl boots for Paige!  YEA!!  NEW school goodies!

Last Stop ... All Star Adventure

Miniature Golf and 1 ride...it was getting late!

Home for a movie, nacho dinner, and then milkshakes before bed!

WOW!!!  That was a packed day!  We started at 9:30am and went to bed at 10pm!  

We had more ideas of things to do....but... ran.out.of.time.

So glad there was no whining, fighting, arguing, threatening, etc....

on our 

SUPER FUN FAMILY SATURDAY!!!!! (ha!)

It really was a FUN day!  A great way to end summer!!!

Horseback Riding!

My friend's mom has horses on their "ranch" in Peabody! 

 So we took the kids to the big city to ride horses!

Since it has rained for WEEKS AND WEEKS recently, the country roads are A MESS....to say the least!  We didn't ask for directions and trusted the old GPS and that was not a good idea.

By the time we got there...this is what our truck looked like!  

 

Steve washed it by hand at the car wash and then I took it through a car wash the next day.

Dirt was still falling off it, 3 days later!  GROSS!!!

I am thankful Steve was with us or I would have probably turned around at the sight of the first "pond in the road" or sticks that had to be moved out of the way to drive on the road.

 We told the kids they got to go mudding AND horseback riding all in the same day!

 

 

 

 Deanna's mom not only let the kids ride, she taught them how to brush and take care of the horses, how to saddle the horses, walk them, ride them, check the hoofs, and more.  

It was very cool.

  The kids LOVED IT!!!

Yes, Paige wanted to wear her "riding boots"!

Tyler forgot his tennis shoes (don't ask, it's a long story) so he had to wear Steve's tennis shoes! Thankfully Steve had brought an extra pair!

It was a fun FAMILY morning (once we got there and out of the mud!!!)

 **Jaden and Paige switched horses for fun right before the picture. 

 Jaden didn't ride the tiny one, but for a few minutes!**

Rodeo fun

The first weekend in August is always the HARVEY COUNTY FAIR! 

 Which to us means the RODEO!

(or "Radio" as my kids called it for many years!)

For Steve it means...Good homemade Mexican food for dinner!

This year our cousins went with us!  Which makes it extra special and more fun!

 First Stop---The Animals

Next Stop:  The Rides

 

 This airplane ride was MY FAVORITE as a kid!  I remember riding it with my dad!  

So, I was happy to ride it with the girls since they weren't tall enough without an adult!

 

 And Finally...It's time for the R O D E O

 

 The big boys!

 

Poor dad stood in line for nearly an hour....during the rodeo....to get snacks for everyone!

A 2nd burrito for Tyler, Funnel cake for Jaden, and Snow-cone for Paige!

 

 And, now it's time for the KIDS to head to the arena to chase after the calfs!

Tyler and Jaden were talking on the way to the rodeo about ... if they won....they would split the money!

 

WELL!!!!  TYLER WON!!!!

He caught the Calf!!!  AND WON THE CASH!!!!

Only....it was $8, not a $1000, like the boys were remembering or dreaming from previous years!

So---Tyler got to keep the whole $8 for himself!

Another fun night with the family this summer!