I'm Back, again

I think I am back...I have been having trouble with getting this blog to work with pictures. Hopefully it will work today.

So what have we been up to for the last few weeks. Casey still loves school, infact he was very upset when he had a day off for Labor Day. It also took a few weeks to get the weekend to be ok but now I think he enjoys the weekend. We are starting to get a good routine down for the day. His day starts at the same time in school 8:40 just like last year. But now I don't get him until about 3:15. I have found that it works better to get to the school by about 3:00 so I can find a parking spot. Its nice to have that time to talk to the other parents or just hang out for a few minutes. Then when we get home Casey has homework and being the mother that I am I make him get it done before he goes out to play with the neighbor kids. Being in first grade his homework is reading page of words and now a daily spelling test. This routine took about two weeks to get him willing to do. It took me telling him one day that we did not have to do the work but when he gets to school he would have to tell his teach why it was not done. Its amazing how that has made him willing to do the work. As far as the spelling test, he has had two so far and aced both of them. If you get all of them correct you get a jolly rancher. A great motivator for Casey.

Casey has come even farther out of his shell. There are about four families that live on our street and they all have kids around Casey's age and since our neighborhood BBQ he has been willing to go and play with them. Its nice to live in a dead end street like we do because it cuts down on the traffic and I know they are safe. These new friends have gotten Casey to take his training wheels off his bike and have gotten him to just open up in general. He is in the house long enough to get his homework done and then have a small snack and its out to play. One huge plus is he is sleeping much better at night now. The other nice thing is I know the families some what and they are all good families for Casey to be around.

Over Labor Day weekend we went to McCall for a race for Brent. One of his running buddies wife was doing the race as well. It was a fast trip, just one night but still fun. McCall is a very pretty place and not to far away. Here is Casey and his friend playing in the McCall Lake. We told them to not get to wet...it took about a blink of an eye before they were soaked. Thankfully the hotel was close and the weather was nice and warm.


Hard to believe but the strawberry patch is still producing. I did not realize it would still be going this long. Now that I can enjoy them, I love it. :):) As for the rest of the garden...lets let the pictures do the talking.
My peppers are coming back after almost being pulled out

One day this is what I found. :)

Found this today.
Sadly the squash you see in the back did not come out of the garden. I had to buy him. :(


Here is a picture of Casey at the zoo when we went this summer. So much fun.

Well this is kind of a here it is post. Hopefully I will be better about posting now that I have my schedule a little more worked out. Brent is still working from home two days a week so there is very little computer time for me. Not a big deal because I am starting my bible study for the next few months. Its "Bad Girls of the Bible" our first bad girl is Eve and the author takes the story and makes it work for today. With Eve she took the story and made Eve a daughter of a gardener and there is a group of trees that she is not to touch. An evil man comes and gets her to touch it and taste its fruit and when her boyfriend comes she gets him to taste the fruit as well. This Thursday will be the second class but I already love the book. I also love the ladies in the class, they were the same from last year and are just so much fun. So I will try to keep you up to date on that as well. But now its time to get moving before my afternoon gets away from me.