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Angry 8

I can't believe Tyla is now 8! She seems so much younger and people are always taken back when I I tell them her age. She is a little child at heart and is always showing off that HUGE smile of hers! She is just a happy free spirited little girl who is full of life! I love her so much and our family is just not the same when she isn't around! For her Birthday this year we had a small informal party with both Jeff and my side of the family. Then later on in the night The Schureman kids came over and went swimming and ate Pizza and Angry Birds Cupcakes! she really loves that family they are like family to her and it is always non stop laughter and smiles when they are in her presence!

Ryker, Jordyn, Dayten, Tyla, Sassy, Kenz, and Dusty!

BFF's! Jordyn and Tyla

It was a great party and I am so grateful that she is such a low maintnance little girl who is happy just being with the people who love her the most. Now if she could just pass that on to my other two kiddos! I kept asking Tyla what she wanted for her birthday and all she said was ANGRY Bird cupcakes! She doesn't really play with toys and never has that much so I never know what to get her. She hates cute clothes. She is so hard! So We just made sure to have her favorite people there and that's all she cares about! Again can she pass that on to my other two high maintnance kids?! Happy Birthday Tyla Paige!

Back To School!!!

Ryker gets to go to Miss Kelli's Playschool two days a week for 3 hours and for the last hour of this class he gets to have a picnic and eat lunch with his friends! He just loves this because he feels like a big boy packing his lunch like his Sisters do for school! Then he also gets to go to Miss Kindra's Montessori Preschool one day a week for 3 hours. He went to Miss Kindra last year and loved her and couldn't wait to go back! The best part of this is I have 9 hours a week with no kids so I can get so much done and I don't have to drive because both schools are right down the street from me! Yay!

Tyla is in 3rd Grade this year at Field and she has the same teacher she has had for the past two years. Mrs Meschke is amazing and so fun and Tyla missed her so much this summer and couldn't wait to go back to school to see her and all her friends! The other day Tyla's speech therapist was here and she told me that Tyla has come so far and she knows Tyla could do so much more if she is challenged and really thinks Tyla could be in a regular class instead of a special ed class. I started to get knots in my stomach. I am so scared for her to be in a regular class and what if the kids make fun of her or be mean to her? What if I move her and the work is so hard and way over her head and she starts hating school? Would I leave her at that school since she is so established there and has so many friends or would I move her to Entz because I love that school and Kenzi is there to protect her? she is supposed to start a new 4th thru 6th program next year and I heard it will be at Entz which makes me super happy but I know nothing about this program and I heard there is an awesome class and teacher at Highland that she could do next year. My mind is spinning and I am so nervous for her and what I should do. I just wants going to be best for her. I really want her to stay in the class she is in now because we are both comfortable with it abd she looks forward to going to school everyday but I really want her to be challenged academically. I don't want to make the same mistake I made last year with Kenzi. I want the best of both worlds. I want my kids happy but I want them to be challenged.

MacKenzie was so beyond excited for school this year! She could not wait to go back to our home school and start 5th grade! only this year and next year left at entz and then she will go to Poston where both Jeff and I went for Jr High! Ugh! I can't think about her being in Jr High yet! Kenzi got the teacher she really wanted Mrs Rogers! She has snakes, mice and hamsters in her class room! She is such a different child then last year. She just loves school and wakes up early to get ready and just keeps telling me "thank you" for letting me go back to Entz. I feel so relieved now knowing she is so happy at school and not miserable all day and I don't have knots in my stomach all day and counting down the hours to pick her up to see if she is just going to break down in tears when she gets in the car. I don't have to go lock myself in the bathroom and cry so she won't see me. I love waiting in my car when I pick her up now and all my friends in the neighborhood jump in the front seat and chat with me while we wait. I love when she gets in the car and I ask her how her day was and she replies "AWESOME" with a big smile. I love all the staff and teachers there. I dealt with a year of a very unhappy child and I felt guilty everyday and I can't take that back. I know I was trying to do what was best for her and I really thought academics is more important then her happiness but turns out I was wrong and the academics weren't even that great at the charter school as they said they were and in the end as a Parent I just want my children to be happy. I am so relieved that all 3 my kids are happy to go to school everyday and that makes me a very happy Mama! It is going to be a great school year!

Cabin Boy

Ryker was fortunate enough to stay with YaYa and Papa, Aunt Jen, Uncle Brad and his cousins Katelyn and Annalyse for 10 days while I took Jeff in to have his hernia surgery. He was spoiled rotten and had so much fun going to the country club, rodeos, hiking and watching the bear eat out of Yaya and Papa's trash can!He has been begging to go back to the cabin for the past week!

Hall Family Trip to San Diego!!!

My Parents took mine and my brothers families to san Diego for a few days. We had so much fun! We went to La Jolla Beach, Sea World and did some shopping at Horton Plaza and had family pictures on the beach! Our family couldn't be any more thankful for my Parents to take all of us on such a fun trip! The kids are still talking about it! Tyla wants to go back to sea world, I want to do more shopping at Horton Plaza and Ryker just wants to Live at our hotel!