Back to School

This may be the first summer that my children didn't drive me completely insane with arguing or complaining of boredom. I either did a good job of entertaining or they've learned they need to entertain themselves. I'm certain it's the latter! Regardless, I was a bit sad to see the summer come to an end. While I enjoy a normal schedule I do enjoy my children under my care more.

Cameron is still homeschooling and is now in 10th grade. He's a SOPHOMORE people! 

Courtnie has started middle school and is in 7th grade. She wasn't thrilled about wearing her uniform on the first day of school; she wanted to wear her new shoes :/ She looks cute though!

And Colton started 3rd grade. This is the first year for him to be in school by himself and walking to school has been lonely for him. He's always had his sister with him. But he's adjusting! Growing too fast for sure.

Cameron's Slefies

It's only fair to post the other teenagers selfies....

I've tried to explain to him that his "face" is, well, painful. Why doesn't he just smile, even a half smile would be okay. 

It's still a face any mother would love :)

Colton's Shenanigans

Colton, Colton, Colton.....  He's lucky I love him!!!

This is unappreciated bathroom wall art:

Undervalued kitchen decor:

And an ice cream bigger than he is that he conned his Aunt out of:

But look at that face? It's so cute it keeps me from losing my sanity, most days.

He just bought Courtnies iPod for $5; I'm hoping it will mean more to him and he'll take better care of it. He took it outside the other day (clearly defying my idea of caretaking) and this older kid created an Instagram for him. He had it for about 22 minutes when his brother found the account. I ripped Colton and the other kid a new one for going behind my back. But before deleting his account, I saved his selfies :)

Maturity at its finest....

Courtnie's Selfies, take 2

How can you not just love this face?

Ice Skating

I took the younger two kids ice skating this week. I made just one lap, Courtnie made a few more, but Colton ROCKED IT! That kid has been on ice skates just once before and if he fell, he popped right back up and kept going. He loved it. Courtnie and I are good to not put ice skates back on ever again.

For the record, I did let go of the wall on occasion :)

Cam Catches

In all his years of baseball, Cameron has never played catcher. The team needed a backup and he stepped up and gave it a shot! He earned himself s spot as second catcher, and he's pretty good for never playing that position. 

And because I love this picture... Here we are at Journey, high school camp in Colorado. I had to pay him with pizza for this ONE picture. It was well worth the extra $10!

Courtnie's Selfies

Courtnie got a new phone tonight and we were moving pics from her old phone to my phone and then to her new phone. Long process and I'm certain there was an easier way. However, I now have lots of her selfie pics on my phone, which is totally blog worthy!

Enjoy :)

And this is her wedding dress. She's had it saved for about 2 years now, and her mind hasn't changed a bit. It costs $3000 and if we would buy it for her now she would be one very happy girl!