The End of Summer and Big News!

It's been a whirlwind the last few weeks in the LeBaron household.  I left for Las Vegas August 22-24 for a Convention for Shabby Apple.  It was a quick trip and I felt guilty leaving my baby who had had surgery just a few days before, but he fared well (however, he may have almost killed everyone who got near due to the HORRID bad breath which is a side effect of the surgery, thankfully that is cleared up now!)  Lucky for me, Mary is not only my sister in law, but she works with me so we got to have a little retreat!

BEAR LAKE

August 26-28-  Our friends the Jackson's and the Sach's headed up for a quick trip to Bear Lake to watch Ben compete in his Tri there.  We just tagged on for the ride, but it was BEAUTIFUL up there and my kids were in heaven playing with kids outside all day and especially riding the 4 wheeler and Barbie jeep!  Hopefully they will still consider going on trips with us after they had to survive Jack sleepless nights.  Luckily things may be improving on that front.

LAKE POWELL

August 31-September 4-  Tommy and Porter headed down to Lake Powell with the boys on Wednesday and my mom and I joined Thursday after dropping Jack off at my Aunt Jenny's.  Bless her for always being so willing to take him.  Hopefully this was our last time having to leave him as he is a crazy Comanche.  The weather was BEAUTIFULLY PERFECT.  The best I have experienced in Lake Powell in years.  Not deathly hot, decently cool nights, and Friday the water was absolutely perfect all day long!  And I finally got back in the water and wakeboarded after a long hiatus.  And Porter tried surfing with Tommy once again.  He is in Heaven in Lake Powell and has already started counting the days when we will go back next year.

Porter and Tommy Surfing

 Tom and Alan Repelling

Porter Living it Up with the Boucher Girls!

Flag Boy

Words Cannot Begin to Express-Classic Carl is the Best Description

A Lake Powell Bath Sans Swimsuit

1st DAY OF SCHOOL

September 8th- Porter started his first real day of Preschool at Oakwood Elementary with Mrs. Jennifer and Mrs. Natalie and his best friend Jillian Sachs.  He is so happy and excited.  And talk about a nice brand spanking new school and new playground!  I'm sure without a doubt that he will thrive here and it provides a nice little break for me to devote my full attention to Jack.  One of the best things about preschool is that it totally wastes Porter.  He went to an orientation on Tuesday and slept literally 13 hours that night!  (this is HUGE In our house!)  I'm so excited for him to have a structured learning environment that I'm sure can and will give him so much more than I could with our preschool co-op.  Although I feel the co-op did help him adjust flawlessly to being dropped off and listening and following directions and getting along with others.  Porter's feminine side has already shown itself when he found himself playing in the kitchen with all the girls the first day.  But don't worry, the Avenger's backpack keeps him in check!

Free Breakfast at Chick-Fil-A

Porter and Jillian

Lining Up Outside.  Checkout the Avengers backpack!

AND FINALLY THE BEST NEWS OF ALL. . .

AFTER 5 MONTHS

TOM GOT A JOB!

He will start working with Ernst and Young at the end of this month.  No more paying our own insurance and me working like a crazy woman and not having money to buy clothes or the food I want and most important no more STRESS!  Thanks for your prayers, it was a long 5 MONTHS, but surprisingly we survived incredibly well with a small amount of savings still intact!  Here's to saving, budgeting, working odd-jobs, letting Ruth Ann and Becky feed us every once and a while and planning ahead!