Red, red and more red

Red, red, red. At Longview Elementary this week is RED RIBBON WEEK. On Monday, Garrison received his wrist band to remind him. On Tuesday it was wear red. This was a contest with all the classes. The class with the most "red" on won water bottles. Garrison was so hopeful that they could do it. That morning he dresswith a red shirt, a red/gray/white basketball jersey, matching shorts, red knee high socks, his old black shoes with red stripes and of course, his U of U hat. The funny thing was except for the jersey and shorts - none of the other "red" colors matched. (I just need to download the picture I took of him and post it). Well, due to him and another kid in their class. . .they help them win the water bottles!!! Garrison stated when they found out they cheered and cheered - - - and then they heard the class next to them boo them. He said it was pretty funny. What a fun way to remember going to school.. . having class competitions and winning. Way to go Garrison! : )

Sunshine

Not a lot has happened lately. Just the usual of getting the kids to school, daycare and ourselves to work everyday. By the time you know it the weekend is here. It seems like lately the kids are just after each other and then whining because they want to sit by mom at dinner time and the one that doesn't is yelling. . . and so on and so on and so on. . . . but after reading a few of my friends blogs I've realized that I have a pretty normal life with kids. I love them to death, but yes, they can get on your nerves at times. So now we need to come up with a solution that makes everybody happy. (especially mom)

Tonight we're going up to Layton to my brother Dave's open house. He and Terri got married last month and there is an open house to congratulate them. She is a great person and I'm glad that Dave found someone that will make him happy. Yeah Dave ! ! !

Garrison has a birthday party to go to at Laser Quest. We'll need to go and get a present tomorrow morning and then drop him off for a few hours. He's decided he wants his birthday party there or at Boondocks. His birthday isn't until February - so we'll have to see. It really is worth paying a bit more to go somewhere and let the kids have fun so when it's all over you're not stuck cleaning everything up.

Rain

Not much to report for the last day or two. Today is a cooler day and its actually been raining. We haven't had rain for some time so it is nice. (It's nicer when you don't have to go out in it (unless you want to) and just watch it come down. It's a good relaxer. . . . okay - back to work)

Garrison had scouts and they did a bbq with hot dogs. The boys needed to learn and pass off preparing and eating a meal. Garrison said they had a good time eating and playing.

Payton is learning to write her numbers in preschool. They just started so she is practicing on numbers 1-5. She's practiced them a few times and have improved in the little bit.

Greg and I are still working everyday (and some days hardly working) Somedays we have pretty boring lives with working and then taking care of the kids. . . I think we need to change that a bit. We are planning on going to Mesquite over UEA weekend in October with all the kids. It's not that far but still far enough without getting too tired of driving. We haven't had a trip yet this year so it should be fun.