Where has the time gone?

Well, I know that I have a month to update on(where has the last month gone?), so here goes...
On August 21, we celebrated my birthday. I'm not too excited about my birthdays any more! And now that I'm in my 30's I'm even less excited! But not to dwell on the negative...Paul came home that morning with a cake (he was working a grave-yard shift) just for me, that he had to taste before he went to bed!

Then Kassidy, Emma, Addison, and Nathan gave me a beautiful card that Kass made and had the others sign(she was good to sign Nate's name)!
Here are 3 of the 4 kiddies wishing me "Happy Birthday"!

That was about the extent of my celebrations, as my husband had to work another grave-yard that night and I had to go grocery shopping for Emma's birthday party! Saturday the 22nd was fun as we had a family party for Emma's 6th! Her birthday wasn't until the 26th, but we try to do weekends for family parties(we have to have Sonja bring the cake!)

She did a "castle" cake this year that was a 3-D layer cake...it didn't fare too well on the 2 hour drive from Bountiful to my house! We still loved the "leaning tower of birthday cake"! But Sonja has said "No more 3-D cakes!" Thanks anyway Sonja! Emma had a great party and thanks to all who came and celebrated with us! Next we did celebrate her "real" birthday on the 26th with more gifts(thanks to grandma) and her friend party!

Fun times were had by all and Emma was a very spoiled Birthday girl!!! Next came the very dreaded day...the first day of school(only dreaded by the kids)!!

I know, totally crappy picture! But we are just lucky that I remembered, at the last second, to take a picture on the first day! Emma is now in 1st grade, that means that she has to be at school all day, but she now gets to eat lunch at school! How did she get old enough for this??? And Kassidy Grace is in the 3rd grade...multiplication and cursive writing, ahh the excitement! I love the beginning of a new school year!

Then on 9/3/09 Addison started preschool! Her teacher is Miss Becky(who is the best!) and she is loving it! Addison is NOT potty trained and Paul said that he didn't think she should be able to go to school if she wasn't trained...he was over-ruled!!! I've tried EVERYTHING I can think of to get her to go on the potty! NOPE! She is the most head strong, stubborn, non-caring child I've ever seen! So, she wins this one and gets to go to school(so I don't go crazy)! And now Nate is crawling! He is into EVERYTHING! And I don't think my house is "Nate Proof"! But he truly is the sweetest dang thing(with just a touch of the redheaded temper)! Now you're caught-up for the moment and I might remember to blog before another 5 weeks is up!