School's Back In!!!!

So hallelujah school has started. Well actually it started about 2 weeks ago but things have been pretty hectic trying to get back into the swing of things. Ethan is finally in a full day of school as a first grader so we now have to be up and ready for school early. Ethan loves his class and school and is up and ready every morning ready to go. Sometimes he is up and ready too early. It has been wonderful for him to be there all day. It wears him out and gives him some good structure and it gives me enough time to run errands with only two kids. This was Ethan on the first day.

Landon decided to join in and since it is physically impossible for that kid to just smile nice for a picture this is what we got. At least it is better than the scowl we usually get.

Don't let the picture of the kids and I fool you either. I think I was more excited than Ethan for school to start but it was a rough and very early morning. Next year I will prepare myself a little bit better the night before.

So we are huge fans of the show So You Think You Can Dance. Although I am pretty sure my dad is an even bigger fan. He loves the show. I loved this season as much as the last if not more. When they announced the tour dates my family all said we are going no matter what. Well we are going. They are coming to LA the day before Thanksgiving. Not the best timing since we are going to have to fight LA traffic on one of the busiest travel days of the year but I say well worth it. All of Jared's family is coming out and they are all going to. I don't know how many of them actually watch the show but I am sure they will be hooked after going to the live show. When tickets went on sale I started buying like a mad woman. We bought as many as we could find in decent seats. I used one of my credit cards, one of my mom's and one of Jared's. Ticket buying tip if there is a limit to how many tickets you can buy, most of the time they go off the credit card number not your home address. I figured better to buy more than enough and sell them rather than try to find some more. Last year the show sold out in like 10 minutes so I figured we wouldn't have a problem selling them if needed. Anyway, the show is sold out again and we are going this time. I think I am more excited about this than I have been about going to anything in a long time. We heard the show was great last year and we can't wait for this year. We have great seats and it will be a great start to the holidays.

Privacy

Okay so I am making this post to all of those private people out there. You know who you are. The ones who make my blog stalking impossible because you are trying to protect your identity and families. I know I really should make my own blog private but I am trying to live some of the golden rules here and do unto others as I would have them do unto me. (I am pretty sure that the golden rules do not apply whatsoever to blogs but I think it might make a good argument). Today was Ethan's first full day of school, so I thought while I have quiet time I will go blog hop for a while and get caught up with everyone. To my utter disappointment more than a handful of blogs of are private. I know some people are thinking, does this women really have nothing better to do with her time than read blogs of people she may not have been extremely close to, or have not seen or talked to in a few years? Well the answer is yes, I do have plenty of other things I SHOULD be doing, but does anyone ever really want to do their 4th load of laundry or wipe of the kitchen floor for the who knows how many times today. So here is my plea. If you are reading my blog, I would love to be reading yours. Please email me my invite mailto: kimmy2778@gmail.com Make my blog hopping possible. Thank you.

We're finished!!!!!

So we finished the series and although I loved the entire book, the ending, all of it I am very sad since I know we will not be reading anymore of them. We have been reading these books since they came out waiting and waiting for each one to be published. At least we have a few more movies to look forward to watching although none of them will ever be as good as the books. The other night at young women's we were talking to the girls and I asked if anyone else was reading it. To my complete and utter shock no one else had read any of the books or seen any of the movies. I am not sure why I thought everyone was as big a Harry Potter fan as we are but I just thought everyone read the books, I mean why wouldn't you. So for those of you who have not read the books read read read. For those of you who have read the books and finished the last one let me know what you thought. Personally I loved loved loved it. We can't wait to read them all to our kids. Jared has already started. Ethan loves the books but the movies (he has only seen the first one) make him a little bit nervous he says, and Landon likes the movies, I think he is still a little to young to really understand the book.

This book is partly why it has been so long since a post has been made. We were on vacation, Jared couldn't put the book down, I listened to most of the book on CD's but the drive wasn't long enough so I had to finish it by reading, blah blah blah, I am sure you get the picture.