Reunion talk

My family reunion is a wild one for sure. We have visitors come every year that aren't in the family cause it's such a good time! (or they are really bored)

With the news of the week mostly being from Idaho I have considered making a sign for the reunion that says, "My senator tries to pick up men in public restrooms. How about yours?" I think it would be a hit. The best one I did was in 2004. I staked a Bush/Cheney yard sign in front of my staunch Democrat Grandma and Grandpa's trailer. I believe my Grandpa's comment when he saw the sign in the morning was, "Who's the smart a**?" Yep, it should be a lively one.

Chaos and fun

It's a wild day at the Ehnat's. We are getting ready to go to our final family reunion of the summer/fall. It's the most fun too, but also a ton of work to get ready for. We're getting ready for that, and tonight we will go and buy Kate's big bday present. It has two wheels, spokes, etc. I bet you can guess what it is. She will enjoy it for sure! We always celebrate her birthday at our family reunion with a pinata and party hats. It's become a tradition. It's my brother-in-law Nick's birthday! Happy Birthday, Nick! He is Mark's sister Sara's husband and he's a really nice guy.

Yesterday was busy. Amy came down with Don, their kids, and my other sis, Bes. Amy had a Dr. appt. and they did their reunion shopping. It's no wonder Erickson's aren't skinny little birds. We always try to outdo each other with the sheer volume of food we bring and eat at this reunion. Oh, well. It's great to eat among friends. :) After the Ed's went home, Mark and I took the kids to the Riot Zone for Qwest night. It was crazy busy but I hope the kids had fun.

Back to work. Have a fabulous Labor Day weekend!

Need HUGS now!

Ok, I really need the Hershey's variety. Not much of a hugger in real life. Don't know why and this post isn't about my strange psychology. I just need a Hershey's HUGS fix. Have you seen them lately? The last time I saw them was Christmas. Please help if you can. :) Thanks!

Visits and stuff

My in-laws from Washington are here this weekend bringing gifts! We bought Mark's Grandma's Buick Century and some of her furniture and they were nice enough to bring it all out to us! We are loving the Century already. It only has 30,000 miles on it and it is SUCH an improvement from our old red car. Now Mark will have a/c, power windows, a cd player, and leather seats! It's about time we moved into the 21st century! He is going to get kicked out of the old-beater car club at work. Oh, well. :)

We have had a really fun time with the Ehnat's. Sandy always plays tons of board games with the kids and they just soak it up. I think they have played for 2 days straight. It's cute. Mark and Paul brought in all of our furniture and I am so excited about it. It's beautiful. Thanks so much, Grandma! It's been all good. We went to Blacktail reservoir yesterday and that was fun. It's so close to my house and I never even knew it existed until recently. We will definitely be going back! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. My Erickson family reunion is next week along with Kate's birthday. It should be another crazy weekend. :o

We gave a kitten to my friend Holly's nieces today and Brynn was sad but it looks to be in great hands! She loves those cats and this week is going to be hard for her giving some more of them away.

I am so finally going to sleep. Until we meet again......

School and soccer

I embarrassed Brynn by actually having the nerve to take a picture of her "in her class"! The horror!
Ry had some good plays before he nearly collapsed on the side of the field. Thank goodness we took away his video games. Now maybe he'll get in soccer shape!

First day of school!

Ugh. I am usually ready for my kids to go back to school. This summer, however, went too fast! We did a lot of fun things but we didn't camp enough, get to Yellowstone, or go on enough adventures. Oh, well. It was a great summer regardless. I haven't ever cried when dropping off my kids at school but I did tear up today. I don't know why this year is different but for some reason I felt like I was throwing my kids to the wolves this year. They have a great school, wonderful teachers from what I've been told, and good friends but I definitely am a protective mama and have a hard time when I can't be with them. Of course I need my own time and they do too but when I am with them I know who they are talking to and what about etc. I know I need to let them grow up and I am, but it was hard to let go today.

They came home so excited and told us about their day for about 1.5 hours! :) It was cute to see their enthusiasm. KateLyn loved being at school for the "WHOLE DAY!"She even got to eat school lunch!!! Yum, I think. :o

Zachy did much better than I expected. He just followed me around all day like a little puppy but he was very mellow most of the day. We'll see what happens when I start babysitting my friend's son tomorrow.

Ryan had his first soccer game tonight and it was pretty dang fun to watch. At his age they are getting to be pretty good! He had a couple of great steals and he was sure worn out when he got home.

Here's to more great days at school!

A plethora of Bear Lake pictures