Old school dancers doing "crank dat" by Soulja Boy

My girls think I am a Geek with a capital G!

I made the girls let me take pictures of them "walking" to their first day of school. How did I get them to agree to this? I reminded them that I could drive them to school and walk them to their first hour class for pictures of them in thier desks...worked like a charm...

Back To School!

Alex, Jordan and Samantha started school this morning. Alex and Jordan were devastated when I told them thier dad and I were going to take them to school and walk them to their first hour class so we could get pictures! For some reason middle schooler's and high schooler's don't think it's really cool to have mom and dad take them to school!?! I don't get it.

My beautiful babies all dressed up for school.
Alex rockin' the high school look!
Jordan rockin' the middle school look!
Samantha learning how to work the breakfast line at school.
Samantha putting all the school supplies in her desk. Will she really use all that glue?

Lions and Tigers and Bears and High School Registration...Ooooh My!

Okay. So sometime in July I get a letter from Hillcrest High School telling me I have the option to participate in early registration. If I send off the fees before August 1st then I can "avoid the long lines" of the normal registration day. I decided this is a great idea, so I sent my check off in plenty of time and was happy to receive my packet of paper work to fill out in the comfort of my own home. The note said I could go in on the 12th of August to "breeze" through registration day.

Now, it's August 12th and I am ready to get to the school, drop off my paperwork, get my receipt, the locker and Alex's activity card. I was a little disappointed to see that EVERYONE ELSE IN TOWN TOOK ADVANTAGE OF EARLY REGISTRATION. I spent the next 2 1/2 hours standing in long lines! First, get your receipt and drop the paperwork in the baskets, then to the next long line to get the locker number and combination, then to the third line to get pictures and print out the activity card...last but not least to the counselors line to take care of a schedule issue.

Next year I think I will take my chances and just go during normal registration. Wish me luck, Jordan's middle school registration is this Thursday!

Family is Fun...

On the 24th of July my family and Pams family met at Downata Hot Springs in Downey Idaho to join in on our Mann Family Reunion. Some people showed up Friday, some on Saturday and still others on Sunday. It is always fun to get together with family and socialize. These pictures are some that Terry Mann sent to me because I haven't rounded up my camera yet to get our pictures downloaded. At the reunion we usually spend time swimming, having home made snow cones, breaking pinatas and we even had a talent show this year thanks to Jordan's great idea. I will post more pictures as soon as I get my camera found!

Grandpa Craig, Kaison and Aunt Ginny

Ryan and Claude

Grandpa Raul and Kai

Kathy, John, Pam, Mya and a bit of Jake

Heather and Angel

Grandpa Storer and the family reunion sign

Nathan Millward's 7th Birthday Party!

This is Nathan (the birthday boy), Samantha and Mya playing in the pool.
Samantha enjoying the shallow end.
Brittney, Brianne, Mya and Samantha doing their best pose.
Two Crazy Girls!
Not water logged yet!

BUT MOM! I'm not tired....

Samantha woke up this morning and wanted to watch some t.v. because she "wasn't tired anymore." This is how I found her a few minutes later...

Ever feel like this?

Wedding at the Salt Lake City Temple

We drove to Salt Lake City on Thursday to put Jordan on a plane [:-( I miss my baby!] to Pam's house and to pick up Alex and Mya coming from Pam's house...5 1/2 hours in the airport!

My niece DeLisa married "the man of her dreams" on Friday so here are a couple of pictures of them after coming out of the temple. There is also a couple pictures of Alex, Mya and Sam in front of some of the flowers I love so much. Friday was nice and extremely hot but always so beautiful with the hundreds and hundreds of flowers they have everywhere.

Fun In The Sun!

After church on Sunday Mya and Samantha got their swimming suits on and ran through the sprinklers for a few hours to try and beat the heat.

Celebrating 6 years....

We went to Boise for our anniversary and took the kids to Boondocks for some fun. Here are a few of the pictures we were able to get of the girls having some fun. It was between 95 and 98 degrees this day. We slathered in sunscreen a couple different times so no one got burned!

WHAT THE "H" MOM?

What? We have a blog? Since when Mom? Ummm.... since about a month or more ago when I told you the first time!!

Jordan's 12th Birthday Celebration With Friends....

Hard to believe my little Jo Jo turned 12 but she did! In March we had a roller skating party for her and some of her friends at the local roller rink. I look at all her friends lined up looking so grown up. I remember when they were all babies on the first day of kindergarten! Britnee, Alex and Samantha enjoyed skating at the party. You can tell by the look on Sam's face that she thinks teenagers are a little tough to deal with!

I think this was the point in the party that Jordan was just really "done" with mom taking pictures. It was really to bad for her because I have a lot more pictures and she had another family party later....WITH MORE PICTURES! Umm-huh...I'm the winner....umm-huh....I'm the MOM!

More missing teeth!?!

In April Samantha told Mike there was something weird behind her front teeth. He looked in her mouth and noticed a permanent tooth coming through behind the baby teeth. Since her tooth wasn't loose at all we called and made a dental appointment. They did x-rays and decided to pull both bottom teeth since the other tooth was coming up behind as well. Here is a "fresh" picture of the experience, and if you look close enough you can see the tip of the permanent tooth that had come in. Sorry I am just getting to post this, it takes us awhile to get the pictures off the card!

Kinda brings a tear to yer eye, don't it?

Redneck Love Poem

Susie Lee done fell in love,
She planned to marry Joe.

She was so happy ‘bout it all,
She told her pappy so.

Pappy told her, Susie gal,
You’ll have to find another.

I’d just as soon yo’ ma don’t know,

but Joe is yo’ half brother.

So Susie put aside her Joe
And planned to marry Will.
But after telling pappy this,
He said, “thars trouble still.”

You can’t marry Will, my gal,
And please don’t tell yo' mother.

But Will and Joe, and several mo’
I know is yo’ half brother.

But mamma knew and said, my child,
Just do what makes yo’ happy.
Marry Will or marry Joe;

You ain’t no kin to pappy.

Finally...

Just breaking the news to my young-un's...

I am so excited! Look at this nice cool weather we have coming up. I have arranged to borrow a truck and and we get to clean out the garage this weekend...and get rid of those cut tree limbs...and maybe even mow the lawn! This is the best news I have had all day long...what about you girls?

My kids are how old?

Okay school is out in 20 days, I can deal with that. I love summer and having the kids home. I realized a few things over the last month or so. Alex will be in high school in the fall. We went through the one inch thick book of electives, sports, etc. and chose some electives for her. Jordan is going to middle school so we did the open house at the school and chose the electives she wants. Samantha will be starting kindergarten so we spent hours looking for her birth certificate and immunization records and got her signed up during the kindergarten roundup. No big deal right? YEAH RIGHT! How did my babies get so old? Alex informed me she can start driver's ed in January of 2009....ONLY NINE MORE MONTHS....MY BABY....DRIVING!!

I look at my girls and I can hardly believe they are mine. I am still so young that I can't imagine having kids as big as they are...right? I am still young right? When I stand in front of Jordan I am just about looking into her nose. She tells me, on a daily basis, that I am getting shorter. Alex and Jordan both make sure I know how old I am, and not just the number that I am. They want me to know I am OOOOOLLLLLDDDD. They have also started making fun of me when I say some piece of clothing in the store is cute, that my hair is totally out of style and my choice of music is less than impressive. It's true...my babies have grown up and it's time for me to deal with it. The only hope I have while Alex and Jordan are beginning their teenage years is Samantha. She is still young enough to let me put bows in her hair and she still thinks it's fun to "hang with mom"...for now...

Mamma Needs A Day...