Scrapbooking

Today is my first day home alone since the boys started school this year. Ethan is at his dad's and Tucker is at school. I know I have days when they are at their friend's and I am home alone, but this is different! I wasn't quite sure what to do with myself and feeling a little sad and lonely. Well I am years, like 7, behind in my scrapbooking so I dug in and got started. The Disneyland pictures from our first trip in 2004 are now scrapbooked. Tucker will have to eat his words when he gets home. lol I worked for hours and got through the rest of the current scrapbook so I either buy more pages for it or start a new one. Looking through all the old photos was fun and kinda sad too. Boy my babies have grown up!

For all of you that knew Aunt Dawn I am posting this picture of the turkey she gave a face.

Some days Aunt Dawnie just pops into my head and I really miss her. She was so funny and so much fun to be around.

Ethan is a licensed driver

Ethan took his driving and written test today and passed both!!!! Woo Hoo!!!!! When we got home I added him to the insurance and we licensed and insured the car yesterday so he was ready to go. We went for a drive when we got home and he did great. He has been driving the car just on our private road so this is the first time he got to take it on an actual road and get out of 2nd gear. He drove to Godwin's this afternoon and did fine. He was pretty excited and getting confident that he can drive a stick. Really proud of you, Ethan!

The HUGE egg

Occasionally we get a HUGE egg. I think this one is the record breaker so far. It was too big to fit in the duck egg carton.

Our football player

Terra helped convince Tucker to play football. Thanks!!!! Although after spending a small fortune on shoes today maybe I shouldn't say thanks. lol I am excited to watch some football.

Working Boy

This is what he does when he isn't working.

Ethan has a job doing some yard/beach work for the Blaine's. He worked for 4 hours today and was beat when he got home. It will be good for him to have some hard, physical labor. He is still trying to find a job, but this will work for now. They want him to work once a week for 4-6 hrs.

First day of school

Tucker had his first day at a traditional public school today. He had a good day! He sat by Max and Jared, which he played basketball and baseball with. Somehow he even got free lunch. I will have to straighten that out tomorrow. lol He even said lunch was good. I think he is going to really enjoy school. He did say that he had to sit and wait for about 20 minutes during reading. He reads fast! From what he brought home today it looks pretty easy compared to what he has been doing, but time will tell. I am glad he had a good day, but we did miss him at home. Kinda quiet with just me and Ethan.

Big Day tomorrow

I just sent Tucker to bed so he is rested for his first day of school tomorrow. The jitters are finally setting in and he is getting a bit nervous. Funny he isn't nervous about class, but about buying his lunches. He doesn't know where the lunch room is and where to purchase his lunches. I offered to take him to school so we could find out where his class, lunchroom, etc. are, but alas he is a 6th grader and my offer has been rejected. lol Easy solution would be to pack a lunch tomorrow, but the boy wants hot lunch. Unless it is much better than when Ethan was in school that may be short lived.

I am having mixed feelings of course. Tucker has rarely been away all day and I am going to miss him. I hope that this is a good choice for him and I think he is looking forward to it, but it still makes me a bit sad. We have had our ups and down schooling at home and we butt heads, but I wouldn't change the last 6 years of teaching him at home for anything.

Hunter's b-day

Hunter turned the Big 1 yesterday. Laura and Sean had a fun b-day party for him. He is so much fun to watch and such a happy little go-getter. He attacked his ice cream first and then went for the cake. He even shared with Momma as you can see in the picture. Happy Birthday Big Guy. We love you!

Lopez Vacation

We had a wonderful week in Lopez. It is such a laid back island and we had a lot of fun. I definitely want to go back. I took tons more pics, but it takes too long to load them here. You can check them out on Facebook if you want.

Amazing Bella

Bella spent the afternoon barking and driving me nuts. This evening I went out to see what the problem was as she was barking her scaredy bark. She found one of the chickens that disappeared last weekend. What a good puppy!!! The chicken however was unappreciative and pecked me hard as I carried her to the coop.