Halloween

I tried very hard to avoid Halloween this year, I was a halloween grinch.  But my sister wouldn't let that happen and made me put some costumes together, so as a last moment brainstorm this is what I came up with.

yes I cried!!

Corban took it upon himself to cut his hair, I was never going to cut off his curls.  Ok, that's a bit dramatic, but I wasn't ready to cut them off yet. It was not salvageable so I had to cut it off.  As much as I hate to admit it, it did turn out cute.

She was born with a Talent!

My little Lady Rayney was born with one of the best talents, I wish it was a talent I was blessed with. She has a way of making people feel good. She has had this talent since birth, everyone would say how much they loved Rayney because Rayney loved them, and this started when she was days old. She has always loved people, she is happy and would go to anyone. She loves to share and she naturally gives complements, without even thinking about it.

One of Rayney friends, Oceanna, adores Rayney's curly hair, and is always asking her mom if she could have curly hair like Rayney's. So yesterday I decided to straighten Rayney's hair for school, she didn't ask me to, or even give much notice that I did. I sent her off to school! After school at gymnastics Oceanna's mom was so pleased to tell me her daughters excited and happy story. Oceanna, seeing that Rayney had straight hair, went up to her and said, "Rayney, why isn't your hair curly?" and Rayney replied, "because I wanted to look like you!" Oceanna was so happy she said to her mom "wasn't that so nice of her, I do have pretty hair huh!" I am so glad that Rayney could make her friend feel so happy, and in the process make her realize that her hair even though it's not curly is very pretty. I told Rayney later how happy that made Oceanna and she smiled and said, "really?" I could tell how good it made her feel to know she made her friend happy.

Anyways, I could learn a lot from that girl, I sure do love her!

Kids Back in School

The kids started school Sept. 8th. They are going to a new charter school, called Nampa classical Academy, so they get to ware uniforms. I have to say I love it!! It is so easy to get them dressed in the morning, they only have a very select choice and it's all ready. They look pretty cute in them also. I am excited about this school and the classical method of learning, and the values they are learning. They have completely enjoyed their first week, although I have missed them while they are gone. These are a couple of the options they have for school clothes, aren't they cute?

Latest Cagle News!

No it's not a baby!

We just found out that Dustin has Skin Cancer! UM, not that big of a deal, I think we caught it early enough to not be too serious, at least we hope. He just has to have it removed layer by layer until it's gone. The bummer deal is that we had to cancel our heath care because it was so high due to Lincoln heart defect, that's how it goes right? Well, I guess we just have to have faith that it will all work out. It always does!! So his procedure is on my birthday, "yippy". POOR GUY!

WOW has it been a year!

my kids lazing out on my bed
SkotLynd stuffing her Little angel face.

Sun Pinata, I think I will retire from the pinata making business now!
Dagan's crazy teeth he has earned a lot of money from the tooth fairy this year.

Corban in all his cuteness
Lincoln, such big eyes! He is my comedian!
um can you say about the funkiest hair I have ever seen on a baby! Just a big pile of curls on top.

Rayney is her Dance costume, they danced to Cruella Devil!

So a year has flown by! How did that happen? Life gets so busy. First I just wanted to say happy birthday to my most wonderful husband. I can't believe he is 33 years old, he was 23 when we got married and we used to sing "no body likes you when your twenty three". Has ten years really flown by so fast?

So highlights from the last year I haven't posted. I missed all of my kids birthdays, Dagan turned 7, Rayney turned 6, Corban turned 4, Lincoln turned 2 and SkotLynd turned 1. I wish I had pictures for them all but Dustin's computer died and luckily we saved them to an external hard drive, but I haven't gotten them off of it yet.

Ok, so we start School on the 8th, yes late in the year. My kids are going to a new charter school that is opening this year. Nampa Classical Academy, we are excited. Dagan will be in the second grade and Rayney in the first. Rayney did dance last year, she had a lot of fun, but she has found her true passion in gymnastics. All the kids have had fun in Gymnastics, but she loves it.

I think Dagan has lost most of his teeth, we wonder how he eats anything. Corban is my cute little man that never stops talking, I think he has grown a little, but he will be five in December and still weighs 28 pounds. Will he ever break the 20's? I think he's a Dwarf!!!

Lincoln is 100% potty trained, I like to potty train young and I was worried that he would be later because of his problems but he potty trained easily before he turned two, yeah. He took a lot longer to start talking than the other kids but once he decided he could talk he just said it all. SkotLynd is walking everywhere and she is saying her first real words. She says gradmom, papa, love you, Apple, well quite a few words it's cute.

Dustin is going back to school to become a nurse. So we are back in full collage mode. We are looking for a new home, and have an accepted offer, hopefully nothing falls through. It's an older home with lots of character, it has five bedrooms and is right down from a park. It is only 67,000 so our payments would be wonderful, it would be a perfect house for us!

I have been busy with Vinyl, working at the store, advertising committee leader for the PFA, and cleaning at the gym to help pay for the kids gymnastics. How does life get so busy? I will try to be better at posting!