Flashback Friday...Matt and Me

Since August is Matt's birthday month I decided to put up some pictures of me and my partner in crime...Matt. We always found some trouble to get into. For some reason we liked to push out the beds and climb behind them and play. I remember when we would get in trouble and sent to our rooms (ironically, we were sent there for fighting and then all we would do is play) we would push open the cable socket in the wall behind our beds and talk through the hole since our bedrooms were next to each other. We would play hangman and pass notes through the wall. Who knows how many pencils and pieces of paper we lost in those walls!

Ahhh, didn't you just love Atari games!!! My favorite was Frogger and Pitfall.




I found this funny one of Matt sleeping in the back of the car. Wonder how long mom left him there to sleep?? Guess grocery shopping with mom was exhausting! :-)

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Flashback Friday...Grandpa Thomas

Flashback Friday...Remembering Grandpa Thomas
I just thought I would put a great family picture with us kids and Grandpa Thomas on the flashback this Friday. I was watching my old home movies of when Shad was little and I saw some video of him since he lived with mom and dad at the time. It made me think of him and how Shad and Jordyn called him "candy Grandpa". They still talk about him and remember visiting him at the Retirement Manor. Don't you just remember those dresses Kerry and Christine!!

1st Day of School

August 11th, 2008

The kids returned to school on Monday. It's always a mixed blessing because they are just starting to drive me absolutely crazy with their fighting, but it means back to homework and getting up early! Yuck!! Shad starts 6th grade this year which is so weird. I can't believe I have a child old enough to be in 6th grade, especially when I remember 6th grade so much. Jordyn starts 4th grade and Tanner starts 2nd. Shad has grown several inches over the summer and now is inches taller than Laura, which thrills him to no end. He reminds her of it often of course. The kids surprised me because they all were so excited to get back to school. I guess they missed their friends more than their sleep.

Jordyn is just the fashion queen. She fits in well with Trevor and his "cool" glasses!

Tanner the big 2nd grader!



My big 6th grader



We met in the morning in a parking lot on Ave M so that we could walk to the school with the kids and avoid all of the messy traffic.





Tanner is in a combo class with 3rd graders. I think this will be good for him because what he lacks for in maturity he makes up for because he is a bright boy when he wants to be so maybe he will overhear some of what they are doing with the 3rd graders. Jordyn was in a combo class for 1st and 2nd grade and I thought it worked well for her too.



Jordyn and Dalton are in class together again this year. Jordyn passed the GATE test in the summer so she gets to join Shad in the photography classes and extra activities this year.



Probably not too many 6th graders would pose for their parents with a funny looking bear in their hands but Shad and Ashley are good sports about it. Might as well get them while we can, probably the last year they will put up with this. I think it helps that their moms help at the school and do the yearbook so the kids know what "cool" moms we are and if they want their picture in the yearbook they better be nice! :-)




Of course, the first day of school would not be complete without the parents celebrating their new independence by going out for breakfast. Our SD twin bears went with us to celebrate.

Shad Kuk Sool

After having a month of traveling, Shad is back to Kuk Sool Won class.

Jordyn Horseback Riding

After trying Gymnastics and Martial Arts, Jordyn has finally found something she really loves to do. She started horseback riding a few months ago and although she is pretty timid on the horses, she really has improved so much! She also got to go and do an overnight horse camp workshop as well which really helped her confidence a lot. Ashley is the complete opposite and is fearless on the horses. They have to clean stalls and water/feed the horses in order to help pay for the lessons so they get to know what it really takes to own a horse, which is really good for them.

This was the first day the girls got to take the horses out of the arena and ride them out by the street. Ashley was so excited, Jordy was nervous but excited.

Flashback Friday

El Capitan State Beach (at least I am assuming since that is where we always went). Let's see....I of course see me in the front with the "thunder thighs", Christine next to me, Kerry in the back I think and of course Grandma Moore. I am not sure who the other girls are. Any help sis???