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. 

Emery Smash

 This month was Emery's special night and she wanted to do a smash room. You are given a bunch of... well junk, and you smash it to bits. Maybe sounds weird but it is very nice. Very therapeutic too.

What we got to smash, plus we got a windshield. 

This was on a Friday. That whole week at work it was just 2 of us at work, me and one other girl. This is a team that normally has 5-6 when we are fully staffed. Needless to say it was a tough week, and the first hit into that windshield was very nice. Lots of annoyance from the week was smashed as well. 

After you could sign the wall and take pictures by the front wall. It was a lot of fun and we'll be doing it again. 

Picture Dump

 It's been a while and pictures have been adding up on my phone, nothing super big has happened, just a few small things here and there. 

Fourth of July we stayed in Boise. It was a warm day so we did swimming at the pool by our house. This was most of the group trying to blow up a unicorn floaty. 

Then a BBQ and fireworks at Paul's. The kids loved it and loved spending time with family. 

Later that week was the Barnes Reunion in Bear Lake. Lots of family and sun. Beckham said that Zips has the best chicken sandwich ever and had a few while there. This year I did not go; it was honestly really nice to be alone for a few days. Right now I'm never alone, so alone time was really nice. I did miss the noise, so I was very excited for when everyone came home. 

Eevee... after a rough day of being a lazy dog. 

Cam drove us to Paul's to pick up Zander. However when we got to Paul's Cam couldn't find his permit, so I said he can't drive. Zander just got his as well, so he drove us home. I am much more calm than I thought I would be when it came to all the new drivers. They all go so slow which helps me to stay calm, but then have moments of being absent minded, which does not. 

Jackson has been working on drawing and doing better at that. This was one thing he recently did, I thought it looked good.