The viewing for my moms funeral will be held Thursday, October 15 at

Garner Funeral Home
1001 11th Ave
Salt Lake City, Ut

from 6:30-8:00 pm

The funeral will be held on Saturday, October 17 at

The Stonebridge LDS Chapel
475 East 1000 North
Rexburg, ID

at 12 Noon

Burial will be in the Menan Butte Cemetery

A luncheon will be held directly following the burial for family and friends at the Stonebridge LDS Chapel.

but what?

Ahhh, 7th grade. The quality of content and spelling made note passing so worthwhile.

moonstruck

"This looks nothing like the moon.." Josh complained when we pulled into Craters of the Moon parking lot. Yes well. OK he had us on that one. He just didn't know that the coolness was hidden by the sagebrush and two hour long drive to get there because underneath all that was a pretty interesting place.

There are rocks, rocks and more rocks with lots and lots of texture upon texture.

There are also lots of things to read about the lava flow and things that have blown up. COOL. They also have caves you can actually explore, and mile upon mile of walking paths.
Did I say mile upon mile? silly me, I meant hundreds of miles upon miles of walking paths. And all of this is available right outside the booming city of Arco, Idaho. Now before you mock remember that Pickles Cafe is there and serves up a pretty darn good burger...pickles included. So pack up your kids, good walking shoes, Tang and tubes of snack goods and head on out to the desert, It may not look like the moon but it is a little bit of learning right here on earth AND a little cooler that I thought it would be.

Headstart

Meg started Headstart last week. She LOVES it! She is so excited to be in school like the big kids.

School begins

This week school started up for the kids. It has been a contradiction in feelings for me this year. On one hand I'm ready for the kids to get back to school, out of my hair and on to a new and improved schedule.On the other, I've really enjoyed my kids this summer and feel like we just didn't get enough playing in. Also, I kind of miss them. THey are happy to be back though and don't even mind the homework so far. Alex is in 3rd grade this year. He is excited about his teachers. He has two that trade off days and they are on a beach theme this year. Sydney is in 5th grade and has a guy teacher. I'm told he is one of the best there is and she is excited for the change. SHe actually likes homework and is so happy to be back into it. Josh was so happy to get back to middle school this year in 7th grade. He has a locker and 8 different classes and teachers with honors classes that will give him plenty to keep him busy all year.

Megan starts headstart in about 2 weeks. She is SO excited. It will be so fun for her to be able to learn and go to school with the rest of the kids. She even gets to ride the bus! Until then we are enjoying a house that doesn't get dirty in 5 seconds and quite time with afternoon movies, cleaning out closets and organizing my computer.
All in all it is a good change and we are looking forward to a GREAT school year.

Redneckin'it

This summer has been a fun and crazy one. Todd went to Washington for 6 weeks for for an internship with his uncle. This left me single-momin' it. With single mom funds, no air conditioner in my car added with early mornings at the bakery we had to be creative in the things we found to keep busy with this summer. Most of the time was spent the old fashioned way.. riding bikes and hanging out with the neighbor kids, walking to the ice cream store on the corner for soft serve ice cream cones and lots of library time. This weekend we got creative. My friend has a house with a gentle slope on the outskirts of Pocatello. With school coming up we wanted to find something fun to end the summer with and make a few memories. Enter the redneck slip n slide. Talk about a blast! The kids played on this slide for hours. Thanks Alan, You're a GENIUS!

Cinnamin twists and moose poop

Today I made about 200 cinnamin twists for a Moose Biologist convention. Sounds Riviting. I did however enjoy the promos advertised as... "you can't get this sh#* just anywhere.." Yeah, I'll stick to my dry, chapped bakery lips thank You.