Aaron off school

Last week Aaron had 3 days off of school, he was board out of his mind with his sisters gone to school. I took a picture of him wasting time watching TV with the seat he invented. He is such a creative kid, I have to try and keep him busy. I am glad he is back to school (he only goes 1/2 day early learners)

Serving in the church

Recently I have been released from the Young Women Auxiliary in our ward. I am sad to be leaving.As soon as I was told about being released, I had an overwhelming feeling of what my new calling in the ward would be. I told my husband I thought I would be put into the Primary as the chorister(when at the time there really wasn’t a need for a new chorister). Sure enough that is where I was put. I think the Lord knew that I needed to know early-on to prepare myself for the upcoming primary sacrament meeting program. I am so happy to be serving with my kids in primary. I have never been in primary, only Relief Society and YW (with the exception of a few weeks right after were married I was in nursery). The Primary program is this Sunday and I am really excited for it (maybe a little excited for it to be over -lol). I just love the primary children.

I also just got called into the stake as the “stake tutoring specialist”. I am really excited for this calling too! Basically I am a liaison between the stake and the 3 elementary schools here in the area. I’m in charge of signing up people in the wards to tutor or read to kindergartner's. It is called “reading buddies” . That is all I know about it for now but I am still learning. This year all the wards made quillows for each kindergartner at the 3 schools. The blanket was stuffed with a book, and was called their reading blanket! Our stake has done an absolutely amazing job with tutoring in the schools, I am just excited to be a part of it.

Brady is still the Scout Master in our ward. He goes camping once a month. He doesn’t seem to mind, and we have gotten use to his monthly outings (except for Aaron, every time Brady goes, he wants to go with his dad and the scouts). I just wish he had a truck to go along with his calling....someday. He enjoys working with the youth, I am just grateful he enjoys it.

October Break is here!

October break is here (I guess you could compare it to Spring break, only shorter)! On Wednesday, everyone got home early from school and we went to the moves (Sing it-“let’s go to the movies, let’s go see the stars” - Annie fans understand). I wanted to go see the new American Doll movie called “Kit Kittredge” and I assumed that the girls would as well. But I guess the “siren song” of talking chimps in space lured my children away from what I had hoped to see! Ugh, a cheesy monkey cartoon on a Wednesday afternoon really wasn’t my cup of tea (herbal of course)! But to keep up with the spirit of family fun time, I went along! We love the 2-dollar theater, because it’s cheap. We can get the whole family in for $10.00 bucks! On the other hand we hate the 2-dollar theater, because it is cheap- Its dirty, has bad lighting and sound, the floor is always sticky and I have never had the courage to look at what I am sitting on. Not to mention that over weight man sitting alone in the back of every kid movie I go to (CREEPY).

“Space Monkeys” wasn’t as bad as I thought. Brady laughed out loud a couple of times, but then again he thinks the movie “Dumb and Dumber” is comedic genius! To round out our afternoon outing, I thought It would be nice to capture the moment on camera after the show. We ended up getting more than a picture!

No mall visit is complete without seeing a ridiculous, strange “EMO” aka in my day as “GOTH” and aka in my sisters day “PUNK” . Now I am not at all even bothered by these teens who try and prove who they are in their style, as long as there body parts are covered! The picture tells it all: Look really close!

Crack Kills!

Just Peachy

It is that time of year again! I love canning good food. Peaches are defiantly one of my very favorites. Here are some fun pics of us (Brady & I) canning peaches. Yummy!











The finished product!

www.canning-food-recipes.com/canningrecipes.htm

This is the web-site we used to help us can peaches!

The Fenn Family!

Here is my family! We all got together and took a family picture the morning of Gary and Amber's wedding (8/8/08). It was so hot and muggy that morning, I'm surprised anyone is smiling. Thanks to Sanya's (she is the farthest girl on the right) mom Arleen, she took this picture and did a great job - she is wonderful. Isn't my family adorable? Check out the grandkids they are the cutest things you ever did see, and I am not one bit biased. Haaa Haaa (For a closer look, click on the picture to enlarge it.)

Becca is NINE!

Well Becca turned 9 years old (on September 15). Life has been so busy I haven’t had time to post.

For her Birthday, Brady took her and Emily to “Walking with Dinosaurs Live” where dinosaurs return to earth in a live theatrical arena show (and they forgot the camera, so no pictures to post). They had a blast. The best part was when the T-Rex came out. The dinosaurs are all life size and the entire show is full of music and entertainment. It was really fun for all of them especially Brady! Becca got some fun stuff for her birthday, but her favorite was a volleyball from her mom. Here are a few pics of her on her special day

Isn't she just so dang cute!

Make a wish!

For breakfast she had one of her favorite foods- Becca loves Bagels!

Emily, Becca and little Aaron!