4wheeler Trip to the Towers!

We took a 4 hour 4wheeler ride up to the top of the mountains behind our house. Our neighbors came with up and took Austin while we rode with Madison. The kids did so good for being on a wheeler for 4 hours!!! Austin fell asleep a few times with Jen. We all had a great time. Rode to the top, at lunch, then rode home! Oh man I'm so sore this morning!! More pictures to come. Look for them in your email.

New Projects

a magnetic frame for fall
scrap wood and vinyl makes good decorations

my autumn blocks

the kids bathroom

austin's sweet dreams sign

countdown blocks!

Some Troubles

So last Tuesday I go to pick up Madison from Dance and her teacher stops me and say that she was upset and was quietly crying while working on her letter "s". She got out of it that Madison missed me and thats why she was crying. After we got home and I was looking at her schoolwork I noticed a tear stain on the paper and her "S" all wiggly and backwards and just scribbles. I called her over and she said, "that's when I was crying Mom, I couldn't do it". So at least we got the real reason why she was upset. On Thursday I went in early to tell the teacher what we figured out and that if she sees Madison getting upset to maybe help her alittle. She was fine with that and I said goodbye to Madison and left. When Garrett and I picked her up after school the teacher said she had a complete meltdown! I couldn't believe our little girl was getting so upset! It broke my heart :) She said this time it was because she missed us. I think it was because I was there with her in the morning, which I don't think will happen again. Hopefully this will pass and she can return to being the happy little girl at school! On a good note she did get her first book, so she's learning to read!

School and Stuff

So we've just been hanging out doing much of nothing but crafting. I've been in the mood to make so much new cool stuff for the house. I've got Christmas gifts going, countdown blocks, Halloween decorations going, and decorations for Madison's and my room. It's been fun, but I wish I had all the materials to finish the projects so I can get them up on here and show you all. I'm hoping to get some vinyl this week and some stuff at the expo this weekend and then I can start some new stuff. Got so much I want to do, just need to finish the things I got going on right now first :)
Talked to Madison's teacher today about her wiggly handwriting to see if it is something I should be concerned about, and she told me that she is just trying so hard to trace her name and keep it on the lines that why it's wiggly. She also told me alittle more of what they do in class and how Madison is acting. She said she is very timid at first and is such a good listener, which is also what her dance teacher said today. I was watching her dance and she was one of the only girls who really listened to what the dance teacher wanted and did it. I'm so proud of how "big" she is and how well she is behaving in school. And I'm also proud of how well she gets into her dance outfit all by herself after school.
This weekend we visited with my mom and had such a good talk. It's good to hear that she is getting better and wants to turn it all around. The kids had a great time showing her all their things and what they can do now. We had a really good time. Thanks mom for coming to see us.
Garretts got one more night of work and then maybe this weekend we can get some projects finished around the house too!