NoRtH OgDeN EaGlEs ScHoOl SoNg

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FoX 13 @ NO ElEmEnTaRy

Good Job MaKayla, We love you :)

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Brady and Big Buddah from Fox 13 News

Brady gets asked the question sometimes if he is that guy from the news....I don't even think they look that much the same...what do you think?

WaTcH fOx 13

Wednsday is our annual Walk to School Day. We will have Ronald McDonald walking to school with our neighborhood and Big Budah from Fox 13 will also be there. MaKayla will be participating in a play at about 6:45 a.m. and we will be walking to school at about 8:00 a.m. The kids are so excited to be on television, they can't stop talking about it!

WhAt A sUmMeR

Wow I can't believe it's almost fall. Where did summer go. We had a very busy August getting ready for school and starting football. Braxton is playing football and loving every minute of it all. The had to pick teams for his age group in North Ogden and he was 3rd pick...wow out of that many kids I guess he's really liked. That makes me feel good at least I am doing something right. His last 2 games has been a blast he has learned how to get into the backfield pretty fast and tackled that quarterback a few times, even with the other team lining him up with two kids. out of 4 games already this year they have only lost one...Go Worriors!!!

MaKayla started soccer and she looks so cute in her purple uniform. Her team is doing great also, I almost feel bad for the other team because their team rocks. MaKayla had her 8th birthday in August and was babtized the following Saturday just in time to make it to the Okur Temple dedication. She has a best friend named Hailey that lives 2 houses down. Hailey is 2 years older then MaKayla but they get along great. They always wait for eachother during recess and I just found out they have names for boys like Hotty #1 and Hotty # 2. I don't think I ready for this she is growing up way too fast.

Shae and Ian just started preschool, it's only 2 days a week and just doesn't seem like it's enough for them because they enjoy it soo much. Everyday when the go I always ask "so what did you do today" and tell always start by telling me what they didn't do that day. LOL. They crack me up. They spend a lot of time with Grandma Briskey and they really keep her going. They go to Grandpa Hadley's house every other Friday and run him ragged. I don't think they ever stop for a minute. As soon as I get them home they are out of the house playing with the neighborhood gang. Even when I tell them they can't play. I havn't quite figured out how to keep them in the house long for them to get their chorse done, guess they are just pretty social.

Brady spent the month of September hunting Elk with my dad. When he put them in the special hunt drawing he accidenally put the Archery code. They had a lot of fun and seem some really big Elk, however did not have enough luck to get close enough most of them and the 2 that they did....well let's just say my dad is still mad at himself. Brady's work has gotten really slow, most of their employees are laid off and he's moved back into the office working on bids to find work. I am really hoping they get something soon and this econmy starts impoving sometime soon. It helps that he is working in the office, that way he can get the kids up in the morning and get them all of to where they need to be. I have had a hard time adjusting to let him take on that morning task because that has always been my job. He has really been a big help ever since I started working full time.

Me, well I thought that I would have moved back to my old area at work and be part time again but that hasn't happened. I am still haning in the air, not knowing where I'll be working next month, if it will be dayshift or swingshift. I really like working dayshift, it has been a huge adjustment to work full time and I really hate it because I never have time for myself or am able to do the things that I want to do. I really need a date night sometime soon before I go crazy. We have been doing some remodeling on our house too. We got new carpet for the stairs and the basement last week. I love having carpet on the stairs, I never relized what a difference it would make.

SuMmEr BuSsInEsS

Working full time has really taken a toll on us. I start work at 5am, I never though after working swing shift all of those years that I would even consider waking up that early. I feel like I'm always tired.

Brady has been busy with work and scouts, he's been on a lot of scout trips lately(about everyother weekend) I know he really enjoys it and has a lot of fun. That just leaves me to pick up the slack. I don't know how single mom's with a full time job even survive. I really appriciate Brady for all that he does. He's been a lot better about helping out with the kids and around the house...now if I could just figure out how to get him to take over making dinner...

A couple of weeks ago we took a family camping trip to Lava Hot Springs, The kids had a blast. The weather was a little rainy, but that didn't seem to stop our boys from going down the river. We had a great 4th of July. Brady and MaKayla drove the grandpa's Cobra and trough out candy. He was having a blast burning out until the cop told him he didn't think he should drive like that. He made it up later when he took his frind Kerry out for a ride... they hit the freeway and was gone in a flash. Kerry's only comment was "That was awsome...that was even better than having sex."

We have been in the process of re-paining our house...so I guess it's time I get back to it.

MoMoRiAl WeEkEnD

We have have misplaced my camera, I put it in one of those places : I will put this here so that I can find it later : places, I am sure you know what I am talking about. We had a great weekend up at the Cabin, except for the fact that I rained most of the time. We were cooking shoes by the fire pit trying to keep some dry ones around. Shae and Ian got new bikes and we took them up there so they could break them in a little...trust me they were MUDDY... They had a great time playing with friends and making smores. They are ready to go again:)

GoInG dAy ShIfT

Well I have accepted a job on day shift full time starting next week. I am so scared, if my life isn't crazy now it is going to get extremely crazy. . I haven't worked full time in 4 years (since before I had the twins.) It kinda came with bad timing because the kids are only out of school 1 week before I begin working full time..and I thought we were going to have a fun and playful summer. On the other hand I don't know how I would do it if the kids were not out of school, so maybe it came at a perfect time. I think this will give me a great opportunity and a change of pace which I am looking forward to. Thanks to great grandparents and Brady's cousin Aubrey we are going to work through all of the babysitting kinks as they appear.

JaDeN's MaRrIeD

I know it's been awhile, however if you notice I did this last year too, I started my blog in May, did really well for a month and then fell off the face of the earth for a few months, Spring comes and my computer gets neglected!

Things have been great though, Brady's youngest brother Jaden got married, they had a wounderful wedding, and Shae and Kayla were the flower girls.

We had a great mothers day I bought both of our mom's flowers so I think that I have spend plenty of money on flowers. Last weekend we decided it would be a good time to get our garden planted, we didn't have alot of garden room, just enough for about 4 tomato plants. We had this great idea to make it bigger and add more dirt, so our little project turned in to a full days worth of work. It will be well worth it in the end:)

We are just finishing up the rest of the school year and I am soo glad that it is almost over. I am ready to have the kids home for the summer. I am saying that now and about a week after school gets our and the kids start taunting eachother I am sure I will change my mind about that.

The girls had their final dance recital, they did great and Shae even performed her dance. We had lots of family come to watch, thank you for your support!


MaKayla had her final school program "Poetry Throughout the Year" She did a really good job and new her part...if only she would slow down enough to breath so that we could understand her! MaKayla's teacher helps they do a full body trace and the kids have to draw what they look like then at the end of the program the parents have to guess which picture is theirs. The only hint I had was that they had to draw whatever they were wearing that day. Luckily I know what her cloths look like!

Braxton is doing great he is getting ready to turn 9 next month and advancing in scouts. He has worked really hard this year to complete all of his requirements plus a few electives.

And Ian yeah he is still climbing trees and anything else that looks a little adventurous.

Brady's work has slowed down alot, they have the majority of their workers laid off, hopefully not for long we are praying they pull through on a few more jobs too keep work steady. Softball season has started and we are looking farward to having fun.

Brady and I scheduled our cruise next year to the Bahama's to celebrade out 10th annivarsary. Wow 10 years!

I am still working 2 days a week (keeps me sain) and chasing kids. Hopefully well get lots of swimming in this summer at grandma's house, let me know if you want to come we'd love to get together!

UpDaTeS

I had my foot exerayed and it wansn't broken just sprained and brused. It is getting a little better I am able to beare a little wight on it. I still have to keep it elevate the majority of the time or it just swells.

Shae's surgery went well it was the coming out of the anaesthesia that was the hard part. She just cried and cried and cried and when you tried to do what she wanted she would just cry louder, she was so confused. Normally you can compromise with her but this time there wasn't any compromising going on. She is feeling pretty good, it is the keeping her down that it the hard part. She just wants to run and play and ride her bike and go everywhere the other kids are going. She thinks we are mean because she wants to eat whatever she wants....like her favorite....Chips. How do you make a 4 year old understand that if your throat hurts a little and then you eat hart things it is only going irritate your throat and make it feel worse?

Kayla just came to tattle and it looks like I done updating...Shae into some chips....