A Bunch of Fuls

Saturday, August 30, 2014

Alora's 8th Birthday Party

Today was Alora's 8th birthday party. She decided she wanted to do an Art-themed party since she loves everything art. She had nine of her friends join her to paint canvases, play some art-themed games and then eat brownie sundaes of their own creation. Overall, it turned out pretty well and the girls all seemed to have a really good time.

Alli H

Emorsyn G

Morgan R

McKenna F

Rhian

Rachel J

Lauren A

Samantha

Ava S.

The finished masterpieces!

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

1st Day of School 2014-2015

Summer flew by. LITTERALLY. I don't even know if you could call what we had a summer... it was more like a glorified spring or fall break. But here we go again. Back to schedules, piles of homework (for both kids AND mom), lunches to be made, etc. The task is never-ending.

This year Noah is in 7th grade. His homeroom teacher is his friend's, Joe, mom, Mrs. Gallagher.

Jackson is in 5th and has Mr. Reynolds as his homeroom teacher. Mr. Reynolds was Noah's school basketball coach last year, so we know him a little bit.

Alora is in 3rd grade and has Ms. McCubbins. She normally teaches a combo 2/3 class, but this year it is all 3rd grade. Alora has 32 kids in her class, but depending on actual enrollment in a couple of days, another 3rd grade teacher might be added.

Lastly, Max will again be in preschool. He could have gone to Kindergarten this year, but he would have been the youngest, much like Alora was. We decided that with a boy, we would prefer him to be the older one in his class. Partly for size advantage and for social (i.e. driving, sports). He will actually be going to TWO preschools- Little Learners (my friend's school that Alora attended) and then a once-a-week joy school with some people from church. He should definitely be ready next year for real school!

Monday, July 28, 2014

This is Max, Age 5

Preschool, 2nd year
42 lbs
42" tall

Favorite Food: spaghetti, spaghettios

Favorite Drink: Dr. Pepper, apple juice

Favorite Restaurant: McDonalds

Favorite Color: orange

Favorite TV Show: Cailou, Max & Ruby
Favorite Movie: The Little Rascals (90s version)

Favorite Toy: nerf guns

Favorite Activities: swimming, taking baths, playing t-ball, playing with his friends, nerf wars

Max's Friends: Drew, Dayley, Emorsyn, Ben, AJ

Songs Max Likes: I Like to Look For Rainbows

Dislikes: Sequoyah shoes, ghosts, most meats

Recent Maxisms:
    1. While watching a plastic surgery show, Max asked if when the lady took her shirt off if her boobs would fall down.
    2. When asked by his Primary teacher if he was going to serve a mission when he got older, he said no because he was going to be a football man.
    3. He also told his teacher when he was a dad (meaning when he became an adult) he would live with mom & dad but didn't want kids.

Monday, July 21, 2014

Road-Trippin': From Arizona to Florida

Jeremy's dad lives in Florida and because of his health, is unable to fly out to visit us. Max has never met him and Alora was under 2 last time we saw him, so we decided it was time to see him. We bravely decided to drive and make it an adventure. 32 hours can't be too bad, right? We divided our daily driving time into several days and make some fun stops along the way.

Day one: Goodyear, Arizona to Deming, New Mexico (just 5.15 hrs)

Day two: Deming, New Mexico to San Antonio, TX (9.16 hrs)

San Antonio, Texas: The Alamo