Creations From Everyday Life

First Day of School

Today is the first day of school for the big kids. Calvin goes in to meet his Kindergarten teacher, but only stays for a little bit. Jocelyn and Katelyn rode the bus this morning and stay the full day. I can't believe I have a 4th grader!

I can remember 4th grade well. I had been bussed to the "projects" as part of a busing program in Louisville, Kentucky for 2nd and 3rd grade. In 4th grade I was able to return to the school that was located in my neighborhood. My mom took me, and because I was going to a different school I was nervous. I said the sh** swear word while walking up to the school and my mom smacked my mouth, haha! Then my teacher was pregnant and my dad kept saying, "I know what she's been doing...."

I have a very odd family ;)

 

This is the "bus stop dog." He comes to see the kids off and then wanders back home.

 

Kate turned back to wave "bye." Jocelyn could care less. She was OFF to socialize!

Punk Chick?

Jocelyn wanted a new hairstyle for back to school. Blonde and red chunks. She looks pretty darn awesome. Hopefully her school doesn't freak out ;)

 

 

Harry Potter

Calvin is making rock friends. Like right now, literally. He brought one to me and said, "Look, it's Harry Potter!?"

Do you see the resemblance?

 

My view of Zion National Park.

Haha, it's been so long since I've been on here I almost forgot my password!

Just now, I got home from running some errands and I looked out our East facing windows in the living room. I saw this, ran and grabbed my camera and immediately sat down to post it. So, enjoy my current view of the sun illuminating Zion National Park. To give you perspective on the distance, it takes about an hour to drive there from where I lived. My lens was set to 70mm.

 

 

The Summer of Vacations.

Ohio River - Louisville, Kentucky

We know how to fill up our summer with vacations. The day after the last day of school... I left with 4 kids, 1 dog and 2 Guinea Pigs and headed for Kentucky. After we were there for over a month, we headed back to Utah (with 4 kids, 1 dog and 5 Guinea Pigs). 2 days later we left for Arizona for a family renuion. We got back from that last week. At the end of this week we leave for Yellowstone National Park.

I just spent a good part of the day uploading photo files from a stack of CF cards. And since I haven't blogged in about 2 months, hopefully I'll have something to share soon!