What should I post about?

I feel like I should post something because it has been so long, but nothing really exiting has happened lately. Just day to day stuff --- so I guess I'll post about that. We are finalizing our house plans this week and we found a builder. Now we are trying to convince the builder that we can build the house for what we think we can :) We'll see - we are finding that building a house is a lot more expensive than we thought it would be. We knew it was expensive but we thought that it would be different for us. I don't know why I thought that, but I did. Needless to say, it seems to cost us the same amount that it costs everyone else - imagine that. So we are working on the budget. We got the permit for the septic system and we will probably start digging that in the next week. Then we need to finalize our financing and get the building permit so we can start digging the foundation. It has been fun and not fun all at the same time!
Kaydra had her baptism interview today and she passed. She will be baptized on Oct. 2 (Friday) at 11:00 am. If you are coming, please let me know. We are having lunch afterward and I am trying to get a head count! We are so proud of her to make this decision. She is such a great girl and she is really excited to be baptized.
Len shot an elk this month and it is wrapped and in the freezer. This is where I should post a picture of it but I haven't downloaded the camera lately and maybe my blog readers don't want to see a picture of a big elk. It was a five point bull and he shot it behind the house in the woods. He was excited but it took he and his dad about 8 hours to get it down and home. Len was pretty tired the next day.
The kids are doing well in school. Kanyon was the "special person" this week and he got to take a treat and a show and tell item to school. He took some peacock feathers and the kids loved it. He told them about how he lives on a farm and that we have a peacock. The teacher even kept them to show them to the morning class as well. Kaydra seems to be doing pretty good too. We went to back to school night and met the kids teachers and saw their classrooms. It was pretty fun and the kids liked to show us around.
Len has been working a lot and I have been working a little which is just right for now. I think that's about all for now. At least it's something! :)

The end of summer

We spent our last weekend of summer in Idaho Falls for my sisters wedding. I flew on Monday with Miranda to help my mom and Courtney finish up the planning and buy all the food! It was fun to spend time with them and with Markell before her big day. Mom and Courtney had done so much prepping already that we just had to pull everything together. And we had to decorate....and decorate....and decorate! It was fun though and it looked beautiful. The only decorating flaw was that the paper lanterns fell on the crowd during the ceremony! At least it was memorable! After all that decorating and preparing, guess how many pictures I took?! Not a single one! Can you believe it?! It just seemed like there wasn't any time to pull out my camera. I know that lots of people took lots of pictures so you will just have to wait for now. :)

Markell looked beautiful. We love her so much. I am so happy that her and Andre will be close to us here in Coeur d'Alene. I hope we see a lot of them both! As a side note, when we were in Idaho Falls we had a chance to talk with the architect for our new home. We went over the blueprints and they are working on our changes! It's a step forward on our new house!

We returned home on Sunday night and then Monday I had to work all day (7:00 am to 7:00 pm). It was a long day and when I got home my kids were worried about all their school supplies being in the right place. We went through their lists and filled their backpacks and pulled out clothes for them to wear the next day. They were so excited to start school. It made me remember about my first days of school and how some years made me more nervous then others. I never had to start a new school where I didn't know hardly anyone though, so I am sure they were more nervous then I had ever been. The next morning they were both up early. Kanyon said he was the first one awake because he was so excited. He was dressed and ready to go when I came upstairs at 7:00 am. Too bad I put him in afternoon kindergarten! He was very disappointed that he couldn't go to school with Kaydra. We waited for the bus at the neighbor's house and met the bus driver who said he would pick Kaydra up in front of our house from now on. I also told him to expect Kanyon that afternoon. I then got Miranda ready and we headed into town to make sure that Kaydra would find her class okay. We missed the back to school open house while we were in Idaho Falls so I wanted to go and meet her teacher. We found her classroom and put her stuff away and then we left her there! She was happy to be sitting next to Makenna - her friend from church. Makenna had saved her a seat - so nice!

Kanyon and I messed around the house. I tried to keep him busy so he would quit asking when he could have lunch and go to school. Finally, at 11:30 I fed him lunch. We had to leave at noon. I made him a sandwich and then went downstairs to finish a few things and get ready to go. About 15 minutes later I came up to find Kanyon SOUND ASLEEP on the couch! I had been trying to get him to take a little nap without success. He finally decided he needed one when it was time to go! Crazy boy! I had to wake him up and get him in the car. He did say he felt better after taking a little nap :)

Kanyon following his teacher's directions

They both had a good day and I was relieved to see that they both made it on the bus to come home. Happy Fall!