Back to School

I can't believe that it is already that time of year and especially that we have been back home for a year now! Time really does fly by so fast! We all have been very excited for Tyler to get back in school...especially me! Last Monday it was Meet the Teacher night at school and Ty was so excited to meet Mrs. Casso. He has a few of his good friends in his class that were in his class last year. His teacher seems great! Wednesday was his first day back and I now have a 1st Grader! How does that happen?! My little kiddies are growing way too fast on me. At least I have a couple years until I have to do this with Ashlynn. Fewwwwww!

Arizona Parents of the Year 2008

For the past month or so we have been keeping this HUGE secret from my Grandma! My moms Indian sister Sylvia found out that they didn't really have any good nominees for this award this year. So Sylvia told them that she knew of a great nomination...her foster parents! Then the work began~Sylvia and my mom were trying to gather as many letters from people of why my grandparents should win this award. After they turned everything in they found out that they had WON! What a surprise this would be for my Grandma! Even though Grandpa passed away this past year we know he was there watching and that made it even more special.

Getting Grandma there was the real trick! Her birthday was right around the corner, so my mom called her and said that they wanted to take her out to a fancy lunch on Saturday and to dress real nice! She was very excited but had no idea what was really going on. When they got there my mom had to fill her in on something because we were all there. She thought that she was just a nominee for the award and that we were all there to support her. She had no clue what was going on until after we ate, the 2007 winners spoke and Sylvia got up and started reading letters. She was so surprised and had not clue what was going one. It was such a blast and a very well deserved award for them! It was fun to be around the family and visit. Laird and Kristina were able to come down from Utah and it was so good to see them...I just LOVE them! We were able to hang out with them more that night at my parents. On the way home Grandma goes..."I still don't know what I am...what does this mean?!" I said, "Grandma...you are this years Parents of the Year for the state of Arizona!" She just giggled and said, "WOW!" What a great day it was!

Saturday Mornings

A couple weeks ago I was helping out two of my sisters and had their little kiddos here. They sure are a lot of fun and keep me running! The kids LOVE having them over and they just like to run around the house...literally! Eventually I had to set up a boobie trap to keep them in the kitchen and not get into the rest of the house. Those darn kids are too smart already...Larz figured out how to wiggle his little way threw and then Kylee followed. Blast! It was funny though watching them and I always love having them here. We just stayed in our PJ's into the afternoon and watched cartoons and ate. That's what Saturday mornings are for anyway right?