HAPPY 6TH BIRTHDAY SYDNIE

Sydnie waking up as a big 6 year old!

Sydnie's 6th Halloween Birthday Party!

This year Sydnie wanted to have a birthday with all her friends. So off I went to plan a Halloween Birthday Party, with the help of my Aunt Ann (she always has the coolest ideas)


I sent the invitations to all of Sydnie's class mates, a few of Hunter and Coopers friends planed all the activities: hay ride, pinata, outdoor games and lots of food! This year has been a very dry year, in the month of October I think it has rained twice and yes as you already guessed one of those days was the night of Sydnie's birthday party...


We had a great time, even though I had to stuff about 30 people in my home.

Sydnie's first field trip

Mr. Rust's Kindergarten Class

The Fruit and Berry Patch


Sydnie, Michelle and Jordan

This year is a first for a lot of things for Sydnie. Her first year in school with lots to learn, her first play date with her friends from school and best of all her first field trip.

All the kindergartens went to the Fruit and Berry Patch in Halls, TN (this is also the farm we get our fruit for canning). The owners do a great job for the local schools.

The kids got to go on a hay ride, minus the hay, go thru a corn maze, pick an apple from a apple tree, feed goats at the petting zoo, and last pick their own pumpkins.

Sydnie and her friends leading the way thru the corn maze

Sydnie had to find the just the right apple!

It's the great pumpkin Sydnie!

It was great to see how excited the kids were about this trip.

Mom and Sydnie

Picture Tag

For this tag you are supposed to go to your picture folders and go to the 4th folder over and pick the 4th picture out of it and post it.

Here is the picture.









Oops! Hunter has his eyes closed
This picture was taken at Custer State Park summer 2008

I tag Jennifer S, Melisa L, Michelle, and Maria C.

SHOPPING WITH IBU

The best gifts are the ones you get to pick out yourself.

Sydnie wanted a Hananna Montana Bear from Build a Bear Workshop for her birthday, so we set a shopping date with Ibu. At first my mom told Sydnie that I wasn't invited, that this day was just for her and Ibu and no one else (I was feeling a little left out) but Sydnie said that if I didn't go then she wasn't going (she is so true blue to me).

Our day started out with a Cinnamon roll and hot cocoa from Panera Bread, then off to the mall to pick out that special gift.

First Sydnie picked out the bear, the heart then the voice box to go inside the bear...

Then it was off to give the bear some stuffing, not before you make a wish and then put the heart in your bear.

Sydnie really enjoyed giving her bear a bath but could not wait to get her all dressed up!

As you can see Hannah got all the accessories she could possibly wear... Sydnie had a great time shopping with her Ibu!

Eaton Elementary Rocket Romp

Sydnie's school holds one fundraiser each year call the "Rocket Romp"

I really like this fund raiser, for the fact that the kids have to be involved not just the parents going to everyone they know to buy stuff they really do not want or need. The best thing about this is that 100% of the money goes directly to the school.

The Rocket Romp is an 3K event where the students collect donations for their participation. All the students will walk/run around the track and we had a DJ on the field playing music to motivate the students. (I sure could use the DJ every morning at 5am when I am walking my 3 miles)

The ROMP as two goals: to raise much needed money for the school, and to promote physical fitness.

I went this year with Sydnie's class and had a great time. Sydnie even ran two laps and walked 5 more with me... she may pass PE after all!

Home and Family Personal Enrichment Ideas

I am not sure if I am living right or not...

With that said, I have been asked to be the Second Counselor in Relief Society. I was the First Counselor, which I loved. I had great teachers and I didn't have to do a lot. I guess you could say I might have gotten a little too lay back.

So now with my new calling, I sure could use some great ideas. If you have any that you would be willing to share with me I sure could use them!