Halloween

It's nice that all the kids are at the age they can paint or carve by themselves. I don't know why, I hate doing pumpkins, but it's kind of tradition. 

Camden really go into it. 

Jacks Megamind. Brad Meme.

Beck's says c bum, he's a health guy he follows. Beck cared the lest.

Mine. The circles were supposed to glow, I'm not sure if they did. 

Both are Emery's, one she did at YW. 

Funny to see what traits come across in kids. My Grandpa Nickels concentrated with his tongue.  So does my brother Scott, I do at times. and we have video of Beck. I guess Cam is the next one. 

The boys and cousins went to a dance. This is their attempt at a pyramid, safe to say none will be cheerleaders. 

Cam was Jack from AJR and Beck just used an old bear costume. 

Emery went to Haunted World with her friend Jenna a few nights before Halloween. She was scared and LOVED/hated it. 

Halloween night she went trick r treating with her friend Kylee.

Jacks walked around the neighborhood with his friend Luke. I love that they were both just food. 

We had a decent amount of kids stop by and all the kids had fun doing their own things. It's kind of nice when you no longer have to walk around in the cold getting candy. 

Fun Ear

 I was blessed with the most bipolar skin. I have eczema and get weird rashes, but then I didn't wash make-up off some nights as a teen and never broke out, then starting at 8, I got cold sores on my face. So when I get a tingle or itch on my face I figure another sore coming. I haven't had a big one in a while, so on Tuesday when my face itched and had a few spots, all I thought was a sore.  

Wednesday not much had changed until we went shopping. My ear lobe itched and I noticed my right one was a little swollen. Didn't think it was a sore at this point and really hoped it was not.

This was Thursday morning. Little more red but my ear a little bigger. Just with work and something Brad had, I went in the morning to a quick care. Waited for a little over an hour and they didn't know what it was. It's not a cold sore, there isn't the pain that comes with those. They said it isn't shingles, the pattern of growth isn't consistent. And probably not eczema. That was left with a no answer, just on an antibiotic.  

Fast forward to tonight, it's much worse. No medication in me yet at this time. I really hope this becomes effective quick and works. Not liking the new look. 

Cam Climbs Again

The other day the kids had the day off school. Cam went to a climbing gym with a friend. He sent me this picture of a 50 foot wall he climbed. Yes he was hooked into something, but still nuts. Way too high up for me. 

 

The Big One Four

Emery turned 14 yesterday! Just like every year, I can't believe how old they are all getting. How quickly it is going. Only four more years and she's an adult. She opened her gifts the night before her birthday. She looks so happy here. 

Then was sarcastically happy. She loved the scent of Butterfly from Bath and Body Works, so she got that, a bracelet making kit and of course a bag. 

For her party she had 2 of her friends over. They wanted Happy Meals for dinner, went to Walmart and Albertson's for snacks and toys. Then they came back and covered Jacks with eggs. Why? Who knows. Emery joked about it a week or so ago but Jackson thought it sounded funny. He had an outfit picked out for it and everything. I watched to make sure he was having fun. 

What a beautiful smile she has! 

Emery is such a fun kid. She likes to joke and play jokes on her siblings. Her and I joke with each other also. When she was little, if she was mad she was stone faced, wouldn't talk or look anywhere else. She is much the same, but I am able to bug her enough to get her to talk when I see that is what is needed. She is like every teen now and loves her phone. While at times its a bit much, I do like to see that  she is talking to friends. It was hard to see her when we first moved here and they all didn't know many people. She has really grown to love Boise and the friends she has here. Emery loves to spend time with her cousins too. I love how close they have gotten to family here. Emery is very creative too. She loves band and is going to do Jazz Band too. The bracelets in the picture she made and has made a few other ones too. Her and I are watching Pretty Little Liars together. I have watched it before so I know what to expect with it. It's good, but gets so bad. Even with that, it's fun to have a show to watch together. When I was a teen I used to write all my notes on my hand. We didn't have cell phones and paper gets lost-I hopefully wouldn't lose my hand. My mom hated it, or at least told me all of the time that I should just use paper. Well there is Karma and Emery is the same. Not so much notes, but random words and pictures. I'd be lying if I said it didn't bother me, but I try to not let it, since I was the same. She still loves to cook and just recently asked to make a meal almost every week. Her and Beck both are wanting to get better at cooking and are trying to more often. In a few months she technically could take drivers ed, however I need more than a 3 month break from driving with a new driver. So she does have to wait a bit before that. Emery's favorite food is chicken nuggets. Her favorite subject is her English class this year and her favorite game or toy is random arts and crafts. 

Babies!!

No, were not having a baby. For Emery's birthday Camden got her a bag of tiny babies. It's exactly that, tiny plastic babies, about 100 of them. The day after she got them, I found them all over my room. 

Cam may or may not have a crush. She works at this juice place and he likes to go there pretty often. He's not too awkward when talking with her, which is surprising. 

The Dogs

 The dogs deserve their own post every  now and again. They stay right by Brad or me during the day since the kids are back in school. Since COVID, they have been spoiled and now hate being alone; they really are never alone now.

Here Eevee is mad at Luna. Normally Eevee is where Luan is. She'll sleep there most of the day. This particularly morning Eevee was late getting to the room and Luna took her spot. Eevee sat like that for a good 20 minutes, looking between me and Luna. 

School Again

That time again, school has begun. We  not longer have anyone in Elementary school. Jackson Started 6th, Emery is 8th and the boys are Juniors in HS.

 

The year had a little excitement the first day. Since Beck can drive he had one car. We told Emery and Jackson we'd take them to school. When we went to leave the car was dead. We knew the night before something was up with it. We left about midnight to pick a friend up from the airport and it wouldn't start then. We do have a charger for a battery, so we plugged it in that morning and it should have been good, but didn't work. It was too late for a bus, so we had to call Aunt Michelle to come the rescue to take them to school. Not the best way to start the school year. 

Each year we make a back to school poster for them. Usually they are full of candy, however Camden is choosing to not eat candy, so that made it a little hard. We didn't want them to give the other 3 candy and not sure on his, so we did a card with some money and a treat (or jerky in Cam's case).

Emery and I are watching Pretty Little Liars.

Jackson just finished watching all 3 Hobbit and Lord of the Ring moves over the summer. 

Camden is playing an arrangement of Queen's Dont' Stop Me Now. 

Beckham loves the show Those Who Can't and this was from that show. 

It is nice having the kids in only 2 schools this year and next year we'll have 2 graduating!

Puppies, Burgers and Cam

 Cam likes to get all the red off the watermelon. Really he was trying to make Emery laugh.

Beck asked me the other day what would make an immaculate burger. He wanted to make one on his own. I told him to look up a famous chef and go off that, but mostly fresh is what is best. He made the buns, made a jalapeño mayo spread, bacon from the butcher and marinaded it in siracha, some boujee pepper jack cheese, the burger was made with Wagyu and bacon, and then fresh veggies on top. He did a pretty good job and really liked it. Maybe he'll be a chef. 

Luna being half human. 

Eevee was out, super comfy and sound asleep. 

Some Pics

Emery had two matching moles on her neck. One on each side, I love them. She realized they could be eyes and did this. It's so Funny and the beset. 

Eevee turned the table on Luna. Normally Luna is the turd sitting on her, she got back at her this day. 

The next big makeup artists, Emery and Avery. 

B-Day Fun

Last Friday I became closer to 40 than 30, I turned 36. I took the day off work and had a really fun day. Cam and Beck were at a campout, so they weren't there (that did not add to the good day). Jackson has been wanting to check out other libraries around the valley and take his friend to a few comic/game stores. We spent the morning going to a few different places. Both boys checked out a bunch of Graphic novels.

We made a stop for lunch. Luke has never had Five Guys before, so we had to stop there. 

When we got home, Emery and I watch Pretty Little Liars for a few hours until dinner. After dinner, Brad and I watched tv in our room. It was a prefect day, just being with family and everything low key.