Starting School

We are starting a new school year in a new city.  Kade is in 8th grade.  Mason is in 6th grade.  They are going to Thurman White Middle School.  Porter is in 4th grade at Hariett Treem Elementary School.  They are pretty excited.  We had checked out the schools and they seemed good.  Mason has a top locker and Kade has a bottom locker.  This will be Mason's first year having more than one class.  We live close enough to school that they can walk or ride their bike.  They are excited to be able to do that.

I can make one if those.

I can make one of those, Mason said after finding out the double headphone jack was with dad at his shop.  We have a mission. Kade and him dug out old cellphones for the female  plugs  and old earphones for the wires and the male plug and proceeded with the process.  Those little wires were about the death of Mason.  He couldn't find anything small enough to use as wire nuts.  So that was about 7:30 at night and if you know Mason he likes to finish a project, they were up later than I liked when I finally threatened them enough they stopped and went to bed.   The next day he did manage to get it.  Amazing WHAT those two kids can accomplish, and even together. Wow!  All so they could watch Netflix together.  Good boys.

Togetherness it brings out my ....

Bowling seemed like a fun time so off we went to meet some friends at the bowling alley. The players could choose whether to have bumpers on their turn it not.  Some choose to others did not, some should have. So after the realization that the ones with the bumpers were kicking butt, but to full of stubbornness of and the embarrassment which their own brains dished out, the second game was that if fire and ice.  Flames of anger for how well the others were doing, and ice from the embarrassment of the flames.  Needless to say we had a new lesson today.

     The adults had a good time.  I know that can still bowl, although I will take my wrist gaurd next time.  Thanks Dee and boys.

Rec Center

We visited the rec center that is just up the road.  It was a fun pool it has two slides. The kids are in heaven.  Its cheaper than the pools in St. George, which mom likes.
     We had some friends with us, Ronan and Drake.  They spent the day with us.  It was lots of fun.