Catching Up

I am a mess with time management right now. Well, I shouldn't say that. I should say that I am busier than usual and haven't taken the time to blog on what's going on in our lives lately. Is that better? So, here is a quick update on our lives at the moment. And this is in no particular order, I just threw the pictures on and that's the order I am going with.

I started school again with one math class at the USU Tooele Regional Campus. I attend Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 5:15 to 7:15. It's been a good experience, but going to school with a husband and kids is very different from my Snow College days where I only had to think about me. I can't imagine trying to go full time! So far it's a great experience and I always love to learn. I have a long road ahead of me, but I am taking it in baby steps and I do not regret my decision to go back.

Quincy is 3 and her personality is just shining through, for good or bad. One day while I was gone and Bump was watching the kids there was a pretty good rain storm that hit. Quincy was worried about the chickens and decided to go out and save Bumblebee (our black Cochin chicken). She got soaked in the process, but she got her out of the rain. All of our chickens have started laying now, by the way. Chickens are so easy and are great animals to have around. I would highly suggest them to anyone. All of the kids love them and rarely do I look out the window an not see at least one being held.

Here's the freaky picture of the post. Bump was released from the bishopric of our ward last month and made the new Young Men's President. The day before he was released they had a bishopric BBQ for our families. I was the only wife that knew that Bump was being released, of course, so it was a big shock to everyone the next day when everything happened. I asked for a quick picture of the bishopric before we left the BBQ that night and here it is. This was taken with Bump's new Iphone and it has a flash that made the bishop's eyes kind of freaky. This was a really neat group of men and Bump was really sad that he wouldn't get to spend time with them like he had. Notice Bump in the BYU hat and Dean Johnson in the UofU shirt? Bishop Killian was pretty neutral on the subject. They all got along so great! Bump will be a great Young Men's President and the boys in the ward are thrilled, but being in the bishopric was really good for him and I know he will miss a lot of things about it.
Corban started preschool after Labor Day. He is back at Bee Bright Preschool (across the street from us) with Mrs. Baird for his second year. Since Corb's birthday is the end of August I decided to have him wait to start Kindergarten until next year. I would rather him be the oldest in his class than the youngest, and he doesn't care a bit. He loves preschool and is such a good kid. We have been working on memorizing the articles of faith and he has 1 through 9 memorized and we are working on 10 now.

Gabby started 1st grade this year and gets to go to school all day now. She loves having school lunch and won't stop talking about having 3 recesses. She is one of the top readers in her class and is friends with everyone.

Her teacher this year is Mrs. Jennings. After her first day of school Gabby came home and I asked her how she liked her teacher. She said that she really liked her, but that she wasn't like a teacher, she was more like a mom. I asked her what she meant and she said that she wasn't old and fat like other teachers she was just a regular looking mom like you (meaning me). I guess it's good to know that I'm not old and fat, at least in my daughters eyes. :) Her teacher, Megan Jennings, has been teaching for 4 years and has been at Willow Elementary for 3 of those years. She is young and fun and really pushes the kids to their full potential. It should be a great year for Gabby!

She started dance this year also and LOVES it. She is taking a ballet/jazz/tap combo class and it's really a good outlet for all of her energy. She also has the first through the 9th articles of faith memorized.

So, there you have a short and sweet update on life at our house. I will try to not let things on the blog slide, but you know how crazy life gets! Enjoy!