Baptism

It's hard to believe that we have a son who is 8yrs old. Where has the time gone. I still think of him as my little boy, but he's not so little any more. Zack is almost as tall as me and doesn't fit on my lap to hold anymore.He is growing into such a great boy. Saturday he had a special day, he was baptized. He was baptized by his dad. Two others from our ward were also baptized that day. Zack, Logan and Maddi all looked so happy. The next day at church they all got to sit up on the stand as the new members of the ward. Zack did a great job to sit still the hold time. I am so proud of him that he made the choice to be baptized and become a member of our Heavenly Fathers church. A month ago Zack had his Bishops interview and the Bishop asked him if he wanted to be baptized and Zack said "Yes". He came out of the Office and and Said, "Mom, I get to be baptized". He was was so happy and excited. I love to see how excited he was and is his special day.

King Me!

Zack you are getting so big. To watch you and Bobbob play chess together was fun. You are getting really good. The two of you played a game after Sunday dinner.

2 wheels

A friend of mine gave us a little bike for Brielle. I hadn't put any training wheels on it yet. I asked Connor if he wanted to try to ride a 2 wheeler and he said "YES". I held on while he petaled twice and then he was off. I didn't have to run with him or anything. He thinks he is so big now. Check out the video.

Derby

Zack did not want to start scouts. He said he was scared because he didn't know any thing. We tried to tell him that is what scouts are for so you can learn. The only thing he did look forward to was the pine wood derby. Well he turned 8 just in time. They had the derby last night about a week after his birthday. Well, he was so excited last night that you could hardly keep him in a chair. He was even more excited last night after he won 3 prizes. He got an award for the wisest use of money (we needed his car to weigh more, his car had to be 5oz. or less, so we kept adding pennies to the car until we hit 5oz), he won 1st place for the fastest car in his wolf den and he won 1st place for the fastest overall car. He loved that he had the fastest car there. Lastest night will be a night he wont forget for awhile. Marc and I were just proud of him and glad that he had fun.

Preschool

Connor couldn't wait to go to preschool. The night before he asked me to wake him up as soon as I got up because he didn't want to be late. He looked so grown up and sharp all dressed up ready for school. Once we got to preschool he was so excited he went right in and never looked back. It did help that he knew the teacher from last year. It is really hard to know if you should hold your child back or not and when to start them. Connor is right on the line for the cut off for kindergatern. The rules say you have to be 5yrs. old by Sep 1st. Connor makes the dead line by 6 days. We decided it would be best for him to start next year. We hope we made the right choice. All of his friends are starting kindergarten this year and he's not, which is hard when Connor wants a play date during the day. The plus side for him, not me, is that he will get to drive before kids that he goes to school with. Well the day seemed quiet with Zack and Connor gone in the morning. Brielle wasn't sure what to do with out her play mate Connor. She and I read lots of books and played. The sad part was when she feel down and wanted Connor to kiss her hand, but he wasn't there. Connor wasn't as excited when I picked him as he was when I dropped him off. I asked him how was school and he said, "Not fun'. I asked him why and he said, "Because none of my friends where there". I felt so bad. We wanted to see all of his friends from school last year and they weren't there. I told him he gets to make new friends and he's not sure if he likes that. We will see how things go tomorrow.

up date

Here is a little up date on our basement. We haven't done much for a while because we have been busy with end of summer things and school starting. Marc and I spent our Labor day laboring over the basement. We got the basement all mudded so now we can texture. My Mom was great to come watch the kids so they were covered in the mud. It went pretty fast. The plaster started to fly for a little bit but you have to have fun and it's fun to get dirtty once in awhile.