Update

The kids have been through 2 weeks of school now, and survived! I have survived too, and have found some time to enjoy my new freedom-ie all the kids in school. Volleyball is coming along. We have played two pre-season games so far. Our first was against Alta. They are a power house. They beat us without breaking a sweat. But that's okay. I was able to see what the girls needed to work on, and boy did we work on it. We only had two days to practice til we played Spanish Fork. My team, the sophomores, were able to beat Spanish Fork in 3 games. JV and Varsity both lost. But now the JV team is taking some of my players, so this week, we have been working on girls in new positions and what not. It has been a very long week. I am looking forward to a somewhat relaxing weekend and Tim's first scrimage football game! The day the volleyball team played Spanish Fork was my anniversary. Cory sent a dozen roses to the high school gym just before my game! What a sweet heart:) He was out of town too. That's okay, we celebrated in July with our motorcycle ride.

I will try to stay up to date with Tim's football games and my volleyball team. In the side bar, I will post scores and a running record! Enjoy and have a great weekend!

Back to School! (Part 2)

All the kids went to school today! Hooray for me:) I was busy with volleyball practice and getting food in the house to enjoy it though. At least shopping was a breeze without four kids wanting one of everything:) Here's all the kids this morning! What a lovely sight;)Little Miss Kelli. I worry the most about her this year. She is so shy and can be mean at times. She also has a hard time going to sleep at night. Hopefully a full day of school will cure her of that!
Kater Bug! She is super ready for school. She might have a hard time not bossing kids around. She likes things done her way and will let you know if you are not doing something "her way."
As for me, volleyball is kicking my butt! Hopefully after this week, it will get easier. Practice is in the morning this week, which means our house is crazy with me getting four kids off to school and getting ready myself. Next week, v-ball practice is in the afternoon. I should be able to catch my breath in the mornings and get some things done around the house before heading to the gym. As for now, the house is pretty scary. Wish me luck this Thursday-it's our first game of the season:0

Back to School! (Part 1)

Well, sort of. Only half of the kids are back in school. Tim is in 6th grade now! I can't believe I have a 6th grader. He is pretty excited about rotations with the other 6th grade teachers and being the oldest in the school. Let's hope he can survive having a male teacher:)
Mak is in 4th grade this year. She actually has two teachers. They will teach twice a week, then every other Friday. Hopefully she will not get too confused with this system. Her challenge this year will be getting enough sleep and getting up on time. So far so good:)
Katie and Kelli met with their teachers this morning, but don't start til tomorrow. They had some homework tonight-coloring paper dolls to look like themselves. Ug! Homework with 4 kids is going to be a chore! Hopefully, Tim and Mak will help me out! Tomorrow, I will post pictures of Kelli and Katie's first day and I will use the camera. I had to use my phone this morning because the camera was dead:(

Riverton Volleyball

Quit post because things are crazy. Here is the web-site for the Riverton High School Volleyball Team. It is so awesome! And things will be added to it often, so keep checking it out. Especially to see how my team is doing:) Go Sophomores! Just click here: Riverton Volleyball
I will also keep the link in the sidebar!

A "Wright" Weekend!

Our weekend started out with a huge bang-literally. Thursday night, while I was at a Volleyball meeting, Cory took Kelli and Katie for a bike ride. Ever since the girls mastered their bikes without training wheels, we can not get them off the bikes. Any way, Katie swerved to miss a parked car, and ended up meeting the road with her mouth. She got road rash on her cheek, nose and upper lip, cut the inside of her lip, knocked out a tooth and ended up with a fat lip. I took her to the dentist at 9pm for an emergency x-ray and exam. Thank goodness the tooth she knocked out was a baby tooth! She going to be okay, just a little cut up and bruised for awhile. This is Katie a day after the "accident." Notice the huge hole in her mouth now:)This picture doesn't do the trauma justice. Where the new tooth is coming in, Katie had a huge cut there from where the baby tooth got knocked out. The cut inside her mouth was worse as well.

So, due to Katie's injuries, we decided to take it somewhat easy Friday and see how Katie was feeling. We ended up going to "Boondock's" for a late lunch and an afternoon full of fun. The kids played arcade games where they collected tickets for prizes. We played a game of Laser Tag, drove the go-carts and got wet on the bumper boats! It was a great afternoon, and Katie did well and kept up with her brother and sisters!Mak driving!
Kelli did well for her first time:)
Katie and Tim. They each drove the little g0-carts as well. I just love this picture of Tim. His face is full of determination to "win" the race!
Tim, Katie and Mak getting me and Kelli wet!
Kelli and I were quite the team!

Cory's Dad and his wife came down from Montana Friday night for a weekend visit. The kids love it when Papa comes to town. They played games with him, showed him around the house and backyard and hung on to him. Especially Kelli. She just loves her Papa. We also got some yard work done yesterday with an extra man around. We are putting a garden in, and in order to do that, we cut up some sod. Cory's Dad helped take the sod out of the garden area. He also helped Cory place the sod in a bare area of the backyard. We also worked a little bit on the sprinkler system:(
Toby, Cory's Dad-Rick, Kelli, Mak, Tim, Cory, Katie and me this morning before church!

Just so you know, this coming week is volleyball try-outs for Riverton High School. I will be busy the entire week, so I will not be blogging unless another "emergency" or something funny happens with the kids as they spend their last week of summer break with their Baci. See you all soon! Go Silverwolves:)