A new blog address?!?! That's weird...

Yes! I changed our blog address! I figured we are new enough on the blog scene that it shouldn't be that big of a deal, but, then again, we are new!!!

The first address, while cute and fitting for our family, was a fingertipful to type! This one is also fun, though, because there are at least 3 other Bleak families in our family that have a blog (if there are more, you gotta let me know!!:)). Also, Bleak blog sounds cool!! ha! And lastly it's pretty funny because of all the close minded people out there that refuse to acknowledge that fact that there are other pronounciations to words, let alone names, than just the english pronounciation! So to them, and those that do not know us, it sounds like this would be a pretty sad blog to veiw! haha! FYI, our last name, Bleak, is pronounced Blake... it's the Irish pronounciation! Anyway, hope you'll still follow us, even as bleak as our blog sounds! haha!

Ellie's school... on the trampoline!

Of course, on Irish's first day of school, Ellie was just as excited as Irish, which is why it was so sad when she begged to stay when we dropped Irish off, and then, after dropping Irish off, she went straight to her room when we go home and got her little backpack then headed out the door saying "C'mon mom, I go to kindergarden!!" It broke my heart a little. She was really deeply hurt that she didn't get to go. So she and I put a book in her backpack, some paper, a pencile and crayons and went to have our own kind of school. We called it "School on the Trampoline!" She loved it! We practiced writting the names of everyone in our family, drew pictures of things we saw, practiced our colors, read a book and then, of course, we jumped! We had a lot of fun and I think it was just as much for my good as it was for hers, it was so nice for me to spend time with my Ellie Joy like that! And it sufficed as far as she was concerned too, that is, until Irish got home and showed us the clay she made at school... Ellie's eyes welded up and she pouted, "I go to Kindergarden!" Soon enough Ellie... but not too soon!!

Look out world, here comes Irish... well, look out Panaca Elementary anyway...

Someday I'm going to have to find a way to get it though my head that I AM NOT 18 ANYMORE!!!!! Where does the time go, seriously?!?! sigh... Well, today was Irish's first day of school, sniff, sniff for mom. The day started out early, but that didn't phase our ambitious five year old! She requested the night before that I wake her up siging, "Happy First-day-of-Kindergarten to you..." you get the idea. So after I did that at 6am (school starts early, 7:45, only 4 days of school a week here!!) Irish got going! First we did her hair in her 2nd favorite way, because it is the 2nd fasted, then grandma fulfilled her request of a big celebratory breakfast consisting of bacon, eggs and cantalope, leaving out the sausage only because we didn't have any! But I had to stop her short of waiting for her breakfast in bed... like daddy got on Father's day! Then after her "IHOP" breakfast we laced her shoes, threw on her backpack and headed down the road! At school she was very excited to find her cubby, desk and backpack hook! Her teacher Mrs. Harding had the room looking great which added to Irish's excitment. Then after trying to get her to allow me a few pictures I decided I had better leave her to this new chapter in her life and I proudly, yet somehow lonesomely, left my first born baby to venture into the world of SCHOOL! So glad Ellie came with me to hold my hand back to the car! Needless to say, she did GREAT. I know she'll have a wonderful year in kindergarden. We are excited to watch her grow and become her own little lady. We are so proud of you Irish!

Jaydon's Bday cake

Happy Birthday Jaydon! My nephew Jaydon turned seven this month and I offered to make him his cake. His favorite superhero is apparently the Wolverine from Xmen so I came up with this fun cake (Ellie was my helper). I think this is my favorite so far for several reasons, including the facts that it was the easiest and it didn't give me any problems front to end. The "blades" are just cut-out cardboard covered in foil. After his party he used them as throwing blades and then as swords, what a boy! I think you're pretty cool Jayd, Happy Birthday!!

Too good not to post!

These are just a few more pics of the girls on the trampoline with the sprinkler that I couldn't bare to not share... ENJOY! (you know they did!)

Ahhh to be a kid agian...

I PROMISE, these are quite possibly my favorite pictures ever taken!! To me it captures prefectly what being a kid is all about! You can see on their beautiful faces how great life is and the only things that matter to them are that very moment and two things about the moment, one, that the sprinkler is on and under the tramp and, two, that they jump as high as possible! And can you imagine, as their mother, how much I will LOVE to look at these pictures when they are all grown up... THIS is living the dream

Lincoln County Fair

I made this cake for the county fair this month. I used fondant this time and I really liked it! I still have a lot to learn though.... Lincoln County High School colors are red, black and white, so in hopes to win a ribbon I went for brownie points and did my cake like this topping it off with a Lincoln L! And I won a blue ribbon!! Not too shabby for a major beginner!!

I LOVE my calling!

I will admitt that there are days that I'd like to not have to think about having any responsibilities on Sunday other than getting my family there on time because, lets face it, that in itself can be a very daunting task! But even on those days, when I am standing there in front of those primary kids singing the sweetest praises to our Heavenly Father I personally can't imagine a more rewarding calling! First of all, I love primary songs because they are so sincere and so sweet. They bring us back to basics and remind of what is important. For me, few things touch my heart and connect me with the Spirit of the Lord better than hearing the innocent voices of children singing their testimonies through the primary songs. Today in primary I will revisit our song from January, The Family is of God. I taught the kids just a little bit of sign language in January to help them remember some of the words to that song. But today I will teach them the whole song in ASL so they can do it in their program. Thanks to my AMAZING sister for helping me to get it right! I LOVE YOU HAUD! ;) The kids LOVE using ASL and it is so pretty to watch! I can't wait! Now, off to races of getting myself and my three DARLING, COOPERATIVE, REVERENT, AGREEABLE, ANGELIC little girls ready for church! Good luck to you and yours too!! ;)