Stake Family Fun Day!

We had our annual Stake Family Fun Day today. We have enjoyed it the last two years, but it was even better this year because we had such nice weather, not as hot. It was in the high 70's with a nice breeze. I stayed in the shade almost the whole time and it was perfect. The kids had a blast and the food was great. It is so much fun watching my kids have so much fun. It is also nice visiting with friends. There were inflatable, games for the kids, helium balloons, and face painting.

1st Day of School!

Walter and Jem started school the beginning of August. I haven't been able to post any pictures because our MAC keeps freezing up. I finally succeeded in getting three months worth of pictures onto a thumb drive today before the computer froze up so now have them on my laptop. I have several posts to make about things we did over the summer. I plan on getting caught up over the next few weeks while I am stuck on the couch with my foot propped up and being iced. I sprained my ankle 5 weeks ago and it sure is taking its time to heal. I tore two ligaments in my right ankle. Though it hurts as much as it did in the beginning, I have more movement in my foot and toes so I know it is finally starting to heal. I sure wish I wasn't pregnant and could take IB profen for the pain. Tylenol doesn't help at all. Crutches aren't much fun either. I just hope it is all healed by the time this baby is born (though the doctor told me I may have to do physical therapy).

These pictures were taken two days before I sprained my ankle at the boys bus stop. Walter is now in 5th grade and Jem is in 2nd grade. Walter rotates teachers for subjects and seems to be ejoyig it. He still finds math his favorite subject. Jem has adjusted rather well. He has never been good with change, but he has a few kids in his class from his last class, including 2 boys he was friends with. His teacher seems nice. One thing that really bugs me though is their spelling tests are multiple choince. What is up with that? It really annoys me. I think that kids should be able to spell words on their own (whether orally or written).