Having fun serving.

Kevin organized a service project for the Elders Quorum and invited anyone in the ward who wanted to help. A member of our ward needed help preparing his yard to plant grass. Kevin is always worried that no one is going to show up but then he always has enough people to help. The girls were really excited to help out. Ashley really enjoyed herself.
It was great to watch the girls get excited about serving. Kevin's calling is doing a lot of good around this house to helping us to be better people.

1st day of Kindergarten and 4th grade

Allison and Ashley started school today. They were both very excited. Allison is in Mrs. Montoya's 4th grade class.
I can't believe how fast she is growing up. She is very excited about this year because she gets to study Idaho history and go on rendezvous. This is going to be a fun year for her.

Ashley is in Mrs. Moody's A.M. Kindergarten. This is the first time that one of my kids has had morning kindergarten. I am so excited for her. I always worried how they would adjust to first grade and the morning schedule. Ashley is very excited to be at a big school with her sister. She came home to tell me that Allison needs to come look for her at recess. Ashley is looking forward to making a lot of new friends and learning how to read.

Our house has been rezoned as walk zone so this is how the girls got to school this morning. Kevin came home to take us up to the school. He has been there on the first day of kindergarten for all three girls. I thought Ashley might be a little bummed that she won't be riding a bus but it hasn't seemed to bother her. If we stay here till she graduates she will never ride a bus because we are within walking distance to all the schools. I don't think she has thought that far ahead yet.

Ashley did a great job getting dropped off. I knew she would do great and wouldn't have any problems. I even did ok. I got a little misty eyed. I think next week it will really set in when Madison goes and I have the house to myself. What will I do with my time? My kids might not like what I do with my time because I am in a cleaning and clearing out mood.

Celebrating with an OLD man :) (love you Bob)

Tonight Grandpa Scharnhorst stopped in while on his way home from a business trip. He celebrated his 63rd birthday on Thursday so we had a little party for him. Kevin grilled up some yummy prime rib and then Madison made him a cake. She worked so hard on it. She did the whole thing from start to finish. I am amazed at her talent. She does such a great job.
Grandpa loved his cake.
Thank you for being a great dad, father in law and grandpa. We are blessed to have you in our lives. Happy Birthday!!

Eve of destruction

Tonight we went to the Eve of Destruction at the Meridian Speedway. Last year we had a lot of fun so we thought we would go again. We went with our good friends the Ewings which made it even more fun. Allison was there too but for some reason is hiding behind Madison. We had a great time picking a car and cheering for them. Tonight was a little different from last week because they seemed to throw a fun twist into almost every race. They also destroyed stuff in between the races. A car was dropped on a another car, a car jumped over a motor home and then another car melted another car with its exhaust. Our absolute favorite part of the night was the boat races. This is one of the funniest things that I have seen. The races move around the track trying to knock eachothers boats off. The winner is the one that has at least some of a boat still attached at the end. We really had a great time. Ashley even lasted through the whole night, thanks to earplugs and the Ewings. She does not do loud noises and I don't think has the attention span to follow a 40 lap race but she did it. Capri, Jacob and Miss Dawn each took their turn entertaining her. They are such awesome friends. We look forward to next years Eve of Destruction.

Zucchini

Madison got her first vegetable out of her garden today. She was so excited. It is nice to know that someone can grow something in this house. She has several more things out there, they just aren't ready yet. I can't wait to eat her zucchini.

A Dance Party

Last night the girls talked me into getting a Wii game at redbox. Ashley and Allison has seen Smurfs with Kevin so they thought it would be fun to get Smurfs Dance Party. They loved the movie and love the toys from McDonald's so why wouldn't they love a game about smurfs. This morning they started playing it and they ended up playing it most of the day. The girls had so much fun playing. Dawn and I couldn't watch the girls have all the fun so we jumped right in to try it out. It really was a lot of fun. I can't believe the workout that you get too. I think we might have to add it to our list of games to buy. I think the thing I liked the most was that anyone at any age could enjoy it. I love it when we can find something that even Ashley can have fun with. Today was a fun day. I didn't mind the girls playing video games all day because they were moving and having a lot of fun while they did it.

Fun night at the races

Our good friends The Ewings had extra tickets to the races so they invited us. It worked out perfectly because Kevin is in the final part of his current class and really could use the quiet time to work on his paper. I was worried about Ashley because she doesn't like the loud noise. I brought her ear plugs and then Jacob was there. Ashley loves Jacob and he is great with her. She was in heaven the whole night. Madison and Allison really got into the races especially the ones that had girls in them. One race consists of 12- 15 year olds and we were so excited when a 12 year old girl won it. I told Madison that she was only 12 and she got a surprised look on her face. She said that she would never go out there. Allison on the other hand started asking if she could learn to race.
We had a great time and can't wait till next week when we go back for demolition night.