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Today was Jacy’s first day of pre-school. I wasn’t sure if I was going to be sad or not, but how could I be when I saw the excitement in her eyes. She couldn’t wait to leave the house this morning with her new backpack! She even got up a little early this morning so that she could draw a picture for her new teacher, Miss Tiffany! Last Friday we had an open-house to meet the teacher and to show Jacy her classroom. I know Jacy is ready for school because as we were getting ready to leave for the open-house she said to me, “Um, Mom… You don’t need to take me. I will just take the bus!” My response back to her… “The bus will come soon enough… don’t rush me!” =) She was pretty sad when she figured out that I would actually be taking her to and from school instead of her taking a bus. Jacy loves to be with friends and meet new people. On our way to school she said, “Mom, I think there are going to be new friends at school!” As we pulled up, Jacy hopped out of the car, waved at me, said “BYE...

A couple of weeks ago I let some of my friends motivate me to paint my bedroom. They kept telling me how easy and fun it is. Jessica, Kayci, and Kim... You lie! Here is my painting story... Jessica gave me a gallon of really pretty chocolate brown paint from her personal paint supply. I knew that 1 gallon wasn't going to be enough for my room so before I ever started I went to Home Depot to have them color match me a 2nd gallon. On Saturday morning Jay packed up the kids and took them to the McCormick Train Park in Scottsdale so that I could have the day to paint in peace. Well, I let the painting begin!!! Thinking that I was being logical I decided to paint around the room as high as I could reach and then put the extender rod on the roller and paint around the top of the room. I got all the way around the bottom and the top of 1 wall when it was time to open up the new can of paint that I had previously color matched. As you can see.. THE COLORS DIDN'T MATCH AT ALL! I looked ...

Jake took his first step tonight...that we actually caught on video! He has been staring to let go of things and balance on his own for a little while...he is going to be running around here in no time!!! He also got his two front top teeth over this past weekend. He is growing up soo fast!!!