Ok Long Time No Blog!!!

So I really have no valid excuse for not blogging...I have just been busy!! : ) Lots have gone on in the last month. I will try to touch on some of them. And of course I will have lots of pictures to follow. At the beginning of the month we had our local Labor Day Parade in the small town of Nicolaus. The tradition is that every Kindergarten class have a float in the Parade. The theme for the float was "Pleasant Grove School Creating Brainiacs". You guessed it Wyatt was in it! Not to be out done, Maddy was also in our High School Cheerleading float. She attended Cheer Camp over the summer and they get to walk with the girls in the Parade. Always a ton of fun! Maddy's Class had a Nacho Booth and we got to work that for a while. Again didn't I say busy?!?! That day was also opening day of Dove Season. So after that really long morning/afternoon. Wyatt, Shawn, & Poppa went for some Dove. Yep my kids were tired that night! We had our first 4H meeting of the year. That went good. This year myself and 2 other moms are the community leaders and it's been fun. We have lots of ideas and lots of new kids that signed up. Maddy is one of our Historians this year, which means she gets to help make a scrapbook of the years events. She also got to do a presentation with the other officers at Back to School Night. She was nervous! She did really good though! Wyatt is really excited to start one of his projects...CHICKENS!!! Dad is oh so happy about that!! We had a couple of Birthdays this month...Alayna; Bailey; Nick; and Valerie HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!! We did have some sad news, Shawn's Grandma "Granny" passed away on the 19th. She had been living with us (next door) for the last 3 years. I was very blessed to get to know her, as well as my kids. She was an amazing women and ALWAYS made sure there was food in the house. That was a really fond memory of Shawn's. When ever he went to her house there was always a pot of beans on or something warming on the stove. There isn't enough room in this blog to describe her life. She had a very colorful life, one with lots of children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and even a great-great- grandchild. She loved them all very much and showed it. My kids had the unique opportunity to not only meet her but share a big part of their lives with her. They will miss her as we all will. Ok so to lighten it up a little... HEROES started this month and OMG!! I can't believe where they are taking some of the characters!! I really am liking Claire with dark hair! I don't like that she seems to be so angry in the future! Can't wait for Monday nights!! And no I haven't seen last night's show...I DVR'd it though!!! We just got back from a weekend hunting trip and I am really excited! I got my first Grouse and Mountain Quail. I love hunting Quail they are really fast and fun to shoot at! I have gone Quail hunting before but they were Valley Quail. We had to sneak up on the Grouse for me to get a shot and that was FUN!! The kids had a great time. Maddy was helping me find the Quail and Grouse. I got to use Shawn's old Quad and Maddy and I drove around together. It was a short weekend though, we would have loved to stay longer!! I think that is it for now. Hope everyone out there is having a great day!!