Oh gosh well yesterday I took my precious boy to first grade at Jefferson Middle School (Bonham is getting renovated). He could not have been happier to go. I am so happy that Hunter likes school thus far. Well I cant actually say he likes the school work but he does LOVE school. He loves the social aspect of it (just like his daddy). I think he got a great teacher, Mrs. Corbett. I asked him yesterday if he thought he was going to like his teacher and he said "MOM, I already like her alot." I am so glad! I think the teacher can make it or break it for a child and his school experience. I am so blessed that God has taken care of Hunter these first two years of school. I pray that it will continue for the next 11 years.

Of course as you can see there are for sure NO tears ever from Hunter about going to school but me on the other hand struggle with keeping them in. It is really just the first day that gets me. It just solitifies that Hunter is growing up and I cant stop it. This is the circle of life and what a great circle it is and I am glad to be a part of it but it is hard at the same time. Hunter all of a sudden wanted to buy himself deodorant and wanted to use some cologne that I bought for daddy but daddy never wears it so Hunter wanted to plus and this is huge, he wants to grow a little hair so he can put gel in it. OH MY GOODNESS! If you know Hunter at all you would have noticed that he ALWAYS has a burr. He has hated to wash hair from birth so we buzzed it when he was two, I think, and it has been buzzed ever since. WOW that is 5 years. I always ask him if he would like to grow his hair out a little and it has always been a definite NO but now he says he does. I am so excited. I cant wait to see what he looks like with hair. HA That sounds funny. So all of that too are signs that my baby boy is growing up. It is fun to watch and experience but like every mother we just wish we could go back to the baby stage every once in a while. I pray for Hunter to have a great school experience this year.

This is a picture of some of Pack 271 after finishing our service project at Jefferson Middle School this past saturday. We all gathered and cleaned up the front of Jefferson, the flower bed, and some holes and trimmed some trees to make it look nice for the Bonham students. Bonham has to go to Jefferson this year since Bonham is getting some renovations. It was alot of fun. After we finished we all went to the swim club for a swim party.

Well Sydnee finally has enough hair for a ponytail and she LOVES it. She has been saying for a while that she wanted her hair like mine. I obviously wear my hair in a ponytail alot. HA I am trying to let it grow a little so finally we have enough to put it up. Isnt it cute! Now let me just say that by NO means does it stay looking like this picture for long. It falls out on the sides quickly but she doesnt seem to mind at all. She just loves her pony!

Oh gosh well Sydnee and I took Hunter last night to meet his new 1st grade teacher. He is so excited and I think God put the right teacher with him. Hunter's good friend Carson is in his class again as well which Anjani and I think is for sure a God thing. The boys were so very excited! Hunter goes to Bonham but Bonham is at Jefferson this year so the school is much much larger and has lockers and fun stuff like that so Hunter thought that was really neat. They dont use the lockers of course but it is still fun that they are there. I love it that Hunter is so excited about school. I am nervous, for no good reason other than I just have always gotten nervous before school starts. I think this year is harder for me than last year because I guess Kindergarten just felt like he was still a baby but 1st grade is the beginning to the end. OH GOSH. I want time to stop. This growing up thing is hard on me. HA WE are looking forward to a very fun year in 1st grade.

It is so crazy, I had NO idea how many people would respond to an ad in the paper for a free hedgehog. You cant imagine how many people have called today wanting my hedgehog. The ad came out only this morning and my phone rang at 6:58am and it was a girl wanting it and she was at my house at 7:45am and picked him up. I was so shocked. I just had no idea how popular hedgehogs were. HAHA

I know alot of you are saying is that really Hunter in football pads? What? Isn't he way toooo young for pads? Well yes I truly think he is way too yound to be playing football in pads BUT last year we played flag football with Big Country Football and had a GREAT year and a great experience and we didnt want to change leagues so we stuck with Big Country and when the boys turn 7 they have to move up to pads so we didnt have a choice if we were going to play football. It is really scary for us mommies and for the kids as well. Hunter is doing very well but it is VERY different and much harder. Last year he practiced for only 2 nights for 1 hour a night and this year he practices 3 nights for 2 & half hours. It sounds crazy I know. It is crazy and I am hopeing it will slow down a bit when school starts. Anywho I think he is very cute in pads! HA I have to look at something postive. Another positive thing is that he is getting some much needed exercise. The coach runs the boys for the last 15-20 minutes. Hunter is absolutley dieing by the end of practice. It is really hard for me to watch him work so hard and put out so much effort at such a young age. There will be so many more years for that. I have alot of mixed feelings about it. Practices started 2 weeks ago. His first game is September 6th. Pray for safety and for him to have FUN!

Tonight my mom and I went to the civic center to see a GREAT Elvis enpersonator. It was Fantastic. My mom is a Elvis lover. She has always loved him and especially his music. So I was privileged to go with her tonight to see a very good look a like and sound a like. HA His name is Kraig Parker and he is fabulous. You can go to www.thekinglives.com and check him out. He will be in Graham tomorrow night. He travels all over the world though. I wish I had lived back when he was alive. What an experience! He is truly the greatest entertainer of all time. This Kraig man does not at all claim to be Elvis or anything like that he just simply honors him by singing his songs and such. Any who he is really good and it was alot of fun. Mark and Terry, our Sunday school teachers where there too. I had no idea that they would allow cameras so I didnt take mine but they did so I am sad I dont have a picture. Anyway check him out sometime if you ever have the opportunity.

Yesterday was my handsome hubby's 34th birthday and the day managed to slip by without me posting a Happy Birthday to him. David we love you and hope your birthday was a good one. Love you Always.

Just wanted to post a BSF (Bible Study Fellowship) reminder that the first meeting will be September 10th for anyone who might be interested. If you need or want more information just let me know.

Well this picture of Sydnee and Dora is out of place but anyway when we went to NRH2O Dora was there and Sydnee was so excited to get a picture with her. It was really neat for her. She was very happy.

Well we finally got home today (saturday) from our week long rodeo in Fort Worth at the Will rogers Coliseum. What a week it was. I posted on tuesday I think about Hunter's first day of riding. He did not cover his sheep, which means he didnt stay on the 6 seconds, on tues. or wed. but he did cover on thursday but that was not enough to make it to the short go on Friday night. Bummer. But even so we had a great time and are very privileged to have even gotten to be a part of such a great week. For those of you who dont know much about rodeoing well let me try to explain what this week was all about. Back in January Hunter started his season with the FPBR which stands for Future Pro Bull Riders Assoiciation. It is held in Granbury, TX. It is only one of several youth bull rideing associations around the world. So a few men got together and decided to take the top riders in each association and let them battle out for the World Title and that is what this week was all about. There were boys there from Louisiana, California, Brazil (yes I said Brazil) and lots of other places as well. It was a really big deal. They gave away in cash and prizes over 90,000.00 dollars. That is amazing for Youth riders. It was put on just like a real pro bull riding. Really Really cool. Another really cool thing about it was that ALL the proceeds of it went to Cooks Children Hospital. One of the slogans was Kids Riding for Kids. WOW. Really cool. So even though Hunter did not do as well as he wanted he still had a great time and was part of the 1st ever Youth Bull riding World Finals rodeo. What a memory to treasure.

One really great thing that did come of the week was that Hunter's cousin, Triston Dean, from Merkel rides Junior Steers and he won the World title. He did awesome and it was really neat to watch him shine. Way to go Triston. We are all very proud of you.

We did not get to do alot of other things while we were in the Fort Worth area all week except we did go to NRH2O on Friday for only about 4 hours but it was fun and good to get to do something other than rodeo.

We are so blessed to have some family that lives in Southlake and they graciously opened up their home to us all week so we didn't have to stay in a hotel. It was great and we appreciate it more than you know.

Thanks so much Jack, Susan, Kali and Jackson. We had a blast.

I have a few pictures that I will post later.

Stay tuned.

Hey check out Lindsey Cotton's blog at lindsey.cotton.blogspot.com  (I think)   and look at our new pics she took of us.  It is only a few but they are great of the kids.  She has such talent.