First day of school

Shandeigh's first day of fourth grade. This is the only good picture I got of her because she was so excited to get to school that she did not want to stand there and take a picture. But this is cute enough. She is turning into a very beautiful girl! She is growing up way to fast and is really taking good care of her diabetes. Oh yeah and we found out today for sure that she has celiac's. This is also another life changing experience for us. We have known for awhile but had to get a biopsy just to make sure the blood test was correct and today we found out that in fact it was really true. In case you dont know what celiacs is, it is where there intestines get VERY sick when they eat ANYTHING with gluten in it. It can cause colon cancer if they dont stop eating the gluten and it also makes them pretty sick if they eat just a teeny crumb. Anyway she has been gluten free for a week now and has been really good about it. I think I am taking it way harder then she is. She is such a strong girl! I love her so much. She is truley an angel in my eyes for all that she is faced with.
P.S. If you are always sick with stomach problems and always having to go number two all the time, you should go get checked for it. Studies say that 1 in every 133 people have celiacs and are never diagnosed.


Here is my Jonathan on his first day of Kindergarten. He was so excited for school to start also. He kept asking me daily when school was going to start, ever since we did kindergarten screening at the end of the school year. He is my quiet kid until he gets to know you and has really been enjoying school so far.

This is Jonathan giving Paden a hug good bye.


Jonathan in line to go in. He had asked if I would go in with him and I said ok. Well when the teachers came out to get them, they told us to give them hugs and kisses at the door and not walk them into the class. I asked Jonathan if he heard his teacher and he says yes and I think was a little dissappointed. He kind of gave me a kiss though. I was super excited because he thinks kissing is gross.. lol I always have to pin him down to kiss him. He is all boy!
My poor Paden was sobbing so hard that he did not get to go with Jonathan to class. He really missed his brother and sister.

Crazy summer

Sorry I have not posted in a long time. The summer has been crazy and school is now back in session. Kids are finally going to bed at a normal time and I can blog a little more now. So this is what I have been up to.
In the wanted adds I posted a post asking if anyone had any fruits or veggies they did not want and I would take them off their hands. Well someone called me. They had two huge apricot trees that they gave me a ton of apricots. After I got done canning, she called me the next week and asked if I wanted more. So I said sure. I was really sick of canning so I found really good homes for all those apricots. I canned apricot jam and syrup with the help of some great friends(you know who you are) thanks gals. It was a lot of work but well worth it. The jam and syrup is so YUMMY!!!
I also canned beans from my very own garden. I have really enjoyed my garden and all the yummy food that we have gotten. These beans are wonderful!


This is just a couple of the many many things we did this summer. We had a great summer and the kids were really excited when school started.