A boy and his dog

Sarah, Sarah, Sarah!

John is the "political" one in our family. He loves to watch all those shows and read all those articles. He is a real "poli-freak".
Me, not so much. I can never sit in the same room and watch all that debating all the time. John just eats it up. I don't see why I would need to get fired up about most of that stuff....
I have found one thing that's actually got me excited in politics...SARAH PALIN (McCain's VP).
Here's politician, a woman, I can relate to. She has five children, the youngest was born in April with Special Needs (Downs Syndrome). She is a wife, mother, and, oh yah, governor, now VP candidate. I actually TURNED ON Fox News and sat and watched with John last night. In my opinion, if she can run her family, she can run this country.

Crackin'

I had an appointment with the chiropractor the other day and had to take the kids with me. Rebekah was very concerned for me.
Is he gonna crack you?
Is it gonna be loud? I will cover my ears.
Is he gonna crack your brain?
Is he gonna crack your head off?
Meanwhile, Josh was just excited to see me get cracked!

Off To A Great Start??

Yep, that's right. I had to go pick up Benjamin from school today and he'll be home tomorrow too. And yes, it is only the SECOND day of school.
Ever notice how in all of his pictures Benjamin shields his eye, particularly his left eye?
He has issues with it; it's sensitive to light, he gets styes easily and it gets dried out. Well, this morning I was in Wal-Mart and got a call on my cell phone from the nurse. She was concerned about his eye, it's all red and puffy. I assured her that he's been under the care of both the family doctor and a pediatric opthamologist. We have a treatment we do for it as well as medicine and gel we regularly put on it. I think certain thing seem to trigger it, namely lack of sleep.
Well, the nurse was concerned that it was pink-eye. I told her about seeing the doctors and said I would get a note to put in his folder. The pediatric opthamologist is concerned that it may be pink eye and wants to see him, but can't get him in until next week, Tuesday. So, Ben will be home, missing school because of his irritated eye. Nice way to start off a school career. Well, I know he won't be getting any "Attendance Award".

The First Day of Kindergarten

Yes, Benjamin started Kindergarten this morning. I got a bit teary-eyed as he got up on that huge bus. He was such a little man. He stopped at the first step, turned around, gave a little wave and was off.

Isn't he just the cutest?

I have never thought that I would ever homeschool, but for just a minute last night, as I was getting his backpack ready to go, I thought about it.

Ok, one down, THREE MORE TO GO!!!

The Winner!

We have our very own "Tiger Woods" in our midst. John played in a work-golf outting on Friday. He and his teammates came in FIRST PLACE, which is fantastic since John only golfs once a year at this outting. The kids are so excited and think that John's just the best golfer ever. ;)

We Survived

Well, the wedding weekend is over and it went extremely well. The kids traveled wonderfully (amazing what a dvd player can do). They had a great time at the wedding and slept like a rock in the hotel room. Only Rachel was a little fussy, but she would be no matter if we were at home or not.

Here's a picture from the wedding. My sister took the pictures. She does an amazing job. I've tried to link her page on here but haven't figured it out yet; I just haven't had the time. So, here's her photo page. (By the way, the picture of the eagles on one of the new coins is hers!)http://photo.net/photos/srspears


What a beautiful picture! Take a look at all the happy people in the wedding party...notice anyone, oh I don't know, out-of-place? Yep, that's my little peanut doing her "potty-dance", and the thing is, she didn't even have to go to the bathroom. But, here's the picture, for everyone to see for all eternity. NICE!