Ryan got an email from an unnamed dental school today asking him for his application fee so they can review his application.....That's a good sign, but does not mean that we're in yet; it just means that he wasn't denied at first sight. We're both a little giddy today. We won't give any specifics yet. We're keeping it a secret until he gets an acceptance letter and you guys have a chance to guess where we go. (Kinda like a mission call, but narrowed down to 5 locations.)

Why

I am wondering why the rest of the country is that blue/gray color and where I live is that deep red/maroon color? Man, it's hot today! I think maybe I'll make some snow cones for us today. Anyone wanna visit yet? ...Maybe another month or two of freezing weather and you might want to visit. Maybe we'll have snow cones instead of turkey for Thanksgiving this year. Maybe instead of Christmas stockings, we'll have snow cones, slushies, or even ice cream. Are we EVER going to cool off?

Ok, the boys thoroughly enjoyed their snow cones. Too bad no one had time to take me up on my offer before we ate them...they were good.

Homeschool extension

After eating his snowcone today, Ethan found a grasshopper and CAUGHT it! He was so proud of himself. The kids have been so interested in grasshoppers b/c we have been learning about them lately in home school. The boys knew exactly what to feed it and made a home for it for a few hours before I made them release it. They actually thought I would let them keep it for a permanent pet! 

A tree!

Our tree in our front yard blew over 2+ years ago when we were hit pretty hard with a micro burst (very common in our neighborhood). We have had a bare yard ever since. After getting grass planted in our front yard again, I decided that I need to work on our back yard. I decided that I would start with a tree, so we were saving up the $20 so we could buy one from Home Depot. Anyway, one of our customers told Ryan about a Nursery in Queen Creek that was going out of business, so he stopped by after school one day. All of the 5 gallon shrubs were $5 and the 5 gallon trees were $10. I gave permission to spend money we did not have and 1/2 hour later I had a tree and 2 hibiscus plants in my back yard. Since our yard is so yucky, or should I say solid granite, I dug a HUGE hole to plant the tree in. We filled it in with plenty of mulch mixed in with the dirt/rock and now we have a teeny tiny tree. I told the kids that the plants were poisonous so they wouldn't touch it...such a mean mom! Someday, I'll put in sprinklers and plant grass so that the kids stop pouring dirt in each others' hair!

 

Funny thing happened. I was trimming the extra thread from Kate's blanket after I washed it. Jayke saw it and said, "oh, that's an ugly part of the quilt" as he was pointing to the fraying parts. Guess he's not getting a rag quilt, maybe I'll actually have to do it the right way...