More Free Time!!!

Church Volleyball - who would have thought that it could be so fun. We had a great time, and took 2nd place. We started early Saturday morning and when Jaelyn showed up, she was in her full cheerleader attire, pom-poms, short skirt and all. I wish I would have got a pic of her. I wasen't going to post this pic, but I thought it would be a good place to document the all the gals names. Here goes back row - Jan, Kris Ann, Amy, Deann, Heather M. front- Kristi, me, Keri, and Heather B.

Fall Fun!

I have had some free time the past few days since the RS President is out of town, and my lesson was last Sunday. I have found time to do those things I used to enjoy, like reading, cleaning and blogging..... so here goes.
Since we don't have leaves at our house, we raked leaves at the church. No, it wasn't a service project, it was just for fun. We also bagged some leaves to put on a few of my prissy plants.

We took out the wave runners on November 1st. It was a nice day.
The kids love chasing the seagulls that hang out on Hyrum Dam.

Alice and Buzz with their Jack-o-Lanterns.

The kids didn't want much to do with pumpkin carving. Jaelyn doesn't like work, and Mackay (who is a great worker) doesn't like his hands to be dirty, so Roger and I were on our own. We came to an agreement that we wouldn't 'gut pumpkins' next year if the kids didn't help. I think we said the same thing last year. It is a good thing there are 365 days between each Halloween.


We had a get-together partial sleepover with all the friends since B and Ash were in town. The definition of a partial sleepover is that the kids fall asleep at our house and then wake up at their houses the next morning. They may or may not have recollection of being carried to the car and riding home in the middle of the night, but their parents sure do.

She is a Roundy!

Jaelyn hasn't been to preschool for 2 wks because her teacher has been out of town. We were talking in the car last night and I reminded Jaelyn that she was going back to school tomorrow. Her quick response shocked me, yet reminded me of her bloodline. She instantly said, "I feel really, really sick." ( She doesn't have 1 symptom of being sick). Roger was even shocked. He kept asking her where she had heard that or learned that. After a mini-quiz by Rog, I told him that it wasn't learned, it was in her DNA. Roger and his siblings are famous for their number of sick days and fake illnesses. Roger's mom is a lot nicer than me, so we will see how far Jaelyn can get with her acting skills. She did go to school today. Mom-1, Jaelyn-0

Like Mother???

I need to start writing little funny or otherwise interesting episodes with my kids down. I feel like I am getting early Alzheimer's because if I don't write myself a note, it doesn't get done and if I don't write something on my shopping list it doesn't get bought. Roger also thinks I am crazy because I don't have memories of certain things he thinks I should remember from throughout our lives. Here goes....
Jaelyn has started to think that she is the boss. She is constantly questioning my decisions and reasoning of why we do things, although she rarely uses the word, 'why' (which I am grateful for). We were in Macey's last night, checking out.
The bagger girl asked if I wanted, 'paper or plastic'.
"Paper is just fine, thanks", was my response. To which Jaelyn responded with an angry/whiney voice, "Mom, I want paper".
The topic of conversation doesn't really seem to matter, Jaelyn just wants to be in charge of it's outcome. I really can't wait to have a teenager!!