Happy Birthday Spencer...

"Offerings To The Little People"...

Kurt gets to drop a load in Provo on Thursday,

he's excited to see the Lowdster....aka Lowry.

Spencer and Lynzie are excited to get the play station back that we left there,

and

I'm excited cuz Kurt's bringing back the painting!

Ohh, the painting!

My dad has bought each one of us a H.T. painting,

this is mine...

Howard Terpning rocks!

Caitlyn says "Hi"

on day #2

This morning I walked Lynzie to school,

we let Sadie go,

she was so excited that she got to go to 'school',

that

she was actually hopping like a rabbit!!!

first day of school......first day of school....

We're ready to learn to get some knowledge!

(Finding Nemo)

Senior.......Junior.......6th grade.......4th grade......

Oh ya, and just so I remember....

Spencer is now too 'cool' to wave to me, or even look my way,

or acknowledge me in anyway!

I hate when that happens....

at least Lynzie still loves me,

(at least for a few more years!)

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Poor Sadie,

it was the hardest on her today....

she wanted to go too,

she was sad that all her 'besties' left her this morning,

she followed me around all day like a little lost puppy!!!

get it.......little lost puppy!

We'll have to sign her up for some

doggie daycare

or

little canine craft classes

or

something!!!

j/k.

Saturday is a .....

(right by the light of the moon...)

bye-bye flipper....

We will not miss you!!!

So....

awhile back,

June 30th to be exact...

We were in Utah....

everyone

except Kurt,

he found himself in Wyoming dropping a load

in his pretty green truck,

while he was unloading a rubber strap flipped off and the metal end flipped him right in the smacker..

and

knocked out two of his front teeth!!!

he called me and was all calm, telling me what just happened....

I, on the other hand, was a nervous wreck...

it took him a day to finally get back to us in Utah,

I've never been so relieved to see him as I was then.

meanwhile,

I called our wonderful dentist, Dr. Titensor, back here in Texas, to give us a referral and some info. on what to do or what not to do...

so,

he gives us the name of a great dentist,

Dr. Ellis, if your in the provo/orem area...

who happens to be my sister's dentist and is just a few blocks from where we are staying...

tender mercy,

he even opens his office and comes in to met us there to take care of Kurt!

through out this scary ordeal we felt blessed in so many ways,

blessed that it only hit his teeth, and didn't take out an eye or something worse!

and blessed to have a great dentist both here and there,

so

after some intense dental work,

Kurt was the proud owner of a fake tooth named "flipper",

yep, 'flipper' is what it's really called in the field of dentistry,

so

'flipper' is uncomfortable and it can be 'flipped' in and out easily,

( hence the name)

which is exactly what Kurt would do with it and so therefore,

little 'flipper' would drive me crazy cuz it was always 'flipping' around!!!

so

today was a good day because we got to bid 'flipper' good-bye forever,

and in it's place Kurt got a bone-graf and 5 stitches,

which is ironic cuz thats what I got to go through a few months ago in the same spot...

(it just brings Kurt and I closer together when we have so much in common....

like matching bone-grafs and all.......precious!)

If I do say so myself, his teeth look great again!

In the scriptures it says;

"Mourn with those who mourn

and

comfort those who stand i

in other words,

put a raisin over your tooth to make it appear like your missing a tooth too!

we love you Dave!

n need of comfort"

OR

he's growing up...

2001

today

middle school...

oh my gosh,

watching Spencer get ready for 6th grade middle school has been one of the funniest things....

and it started a few months ago, at the end of last school year.

He's been nervously excited for it all to begin,

and

today was one of the big days,

today (Saturday) they got to go and have a mock school day,

going to all there 8 classes for 20 minutes each, meeting there teachers,

checking to see which friends were in class with them, trying to open there lockers,

and

scoping out the girls,

(that in itself is the most hilarious things ever!!!)

pure concentration!!!

(Cameron, Jacob, Spencer....two of his greatest friends)

It's exciting to be doing this for the 3rd time again,

but,

doing it with girls is a little different than with a boy!

I have loved hearing Spencer's views on life as a middle schooler,

and seeing it from an 11 year olds point of view....

I have died laughing out loud with and at Spencer during this process...

and I have a feeling this is only the beginning!

he's a funny kid!

Enjoy...

I like days like today....

eating Banana Nut Bread

and

listening to Mindy Gledhill new "Anchors" cd...

Banana Bread

• 1/2 c. veg. oil
• 1 c. sugar
• 2 eggs
• 4 ripe banans, mashed
• 2 c. flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 3 TBS milk
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla
• 1/2 c. chopped walnuts

Beat oil and sugar together. Add eggs and banana and beat well.

Add dry ingredients, milk and vanilla.

Mix well and stir in nuts.

Bake @ 350 for 1 hour.

Enjoy!

2 years ....

Our Sugarbucket blog is two years old!

It's been fun to journal our family for the past two years

and

even funner

to look back and laugh!

we've come along way in the past 2 years...

kurt & julie sitting in a tree...

Oh, they're home....

but

only for a few hours

and Kurt is leaving again...

it's rather frustrating!

I want to be able to spend just a little bit longer with him...

I won't be able to go with him to El Paso because he's not coming back,

he's going to Arizona....

gosh darn,

I can't believe he's leaving again.

I made him take goofy pictures with me so I could stare at him while he's gone...

poor guy, he's a little past exhausted!

9 year old girls are the cutest!

home again, home again, jiggity, jig....

It's been nice to be home and even nicer to be home with my family instead of working,

....wow....

what a difference that has made, I'm feeling better than I have in a loooong time....

altho,

Kurt and Caitlyn jumped right back on the road to Virginia for a family reunion on Kurt's side.

I'm always glad for Kurt and even Caitlyn (since that is her birthplace too) to get the chance to get back home,

and he always seems to make it back to VA just in the nick of time for his birthday!

IMagInE ThAt!!!

which was on the 31st...

so, we'll just celebrate when he returns,

but....

in the mean time,

here's just a little nibble on your ear

until I see you again! wink, wink.

I wanted to go to Virginia with them, but Cj wanted to stay and work, and I wasn't ready to leave her again,

which I'm glad I didn't cuz we've been having a little bit o' fun here together and it's worked out better!

Caitlyn said something the other day, that she had only slept in her bed 5 times this summer, and it's true, this has been a different summer,

infact, we've only been down the "lazy river" once and that was the day they opened!!!

Speaking of, I'm in denial that the summer is coming to a close and that (you know what) is going to start in a short 2 and 1/2 weeks.....last night I about cried as I noticed it got dark at 8:50 instead of 9:30ish....

I love summers and the freedom of just being in the moment...