Stupid busy...

Seriously, I HATE being busy. Some people thrive on busy. Me, not so much. To me, busy = stress. Don't get me wrong, I like to be involved. I just don't like feeling like I have every minute of my day planned. Sometimes I just want to lounge around in my PJ's and read to my hearts content, or be crafty and creative, ya know? But, apparently this is the busy season of my life, and I need to learn to love it. Or else just learn to say no. There is my rant for the month.( I can say that, since October is almost over.)
So, good grief! So much to catch up on! Seriously, I can't even remember the last 2 1/2 weeks. I guess I'll just tell ya what I can remember.

Highlights...
*we noticed Jaxson's 1st tooth on Oct 22nd.
*Gabby and Alex both have straight A's on their report cards this quarter. And both are top AR readers in their class.
*Alex tripled his AR goal.
*The kids all had fun dressing up for spirit week at their schools.


*I'm now the room mom for Alex's class, kinda last minute. They had their Halloween party yesterday. We watched a movie and ate popcorn. I felt like it was lame, but they loved it.
*Helped set up for the school book fair. I love books. Bookfairs are not a good thing for me to attend.
*Decorated an empty classroom for an AR reading room. The theme was "RIP" (read in peace) The kids got to read in the dark with flashlights. It was a hit!
*Went to the Ward harvest festival. LOTS of people and not enough room. But, fun anyway.

Remember that new calling I was telling you about? Well, I've finally been sustained. I'm the new Beehive advisor. (that's the 12-13 year old girls in our church.) There are 14 of them right now. Wow. I'm really excited, though. It will be fun to experience Young Women's with Madi. And she says she's excited I'm in there with her. There's one more thing to keep me busy!!
Cory just got back from a fishing trip with Alex and my Dad. They went to Hell's Canyon last Friday, and got home this past Wednesday. They seem to have had lots of fun. Alex caught a few fish, and was pretty proud of himself. When he wasn't catching fish, he was starting campfires. He's such a pyro. Here are some pics...









Mom came to stay with me while the boys were fishing. It was a lifesaver to have another adult in the house. Thanks Mom, It was fun having you here! I don't like being alone. I'm glad I'm not a single parent. Those people have it rough! I don't think I could ever make it. Jaxson started crawling while Cory was gone. Of course, Cory had the camera, so no pics. He also started pulling himself up to standing position at the couch and anything else that would support him. Unfortunately, he's pretty wobbly once he gets standing, so he falls over a lot. He keeps crawling into the laundry baskets and getting stuck. It's almost impossible to get anything done when he's awake. He is constantly going, putting things in his mouth, bonking his head...he's a busy boy!



Well, that's a little bit of a catch-up. Time to go get something done while Jaxson's still asleep. Happy Halloween!