First Day of School!

I can't believe school is back in session! The kids all love school and they love their teachers! Kara came home so excited about her class. She couldn't' t sleep the next night she was so excited to go back to school!


With all the Budget cuts due to the economy the bus has been a nightmare!

To the bus we go!
Oh I forgot to mention that Kara got bumped to another bus on the way home from school and ended up getting off at the wrong stop, so we had a little scare that day when everyone got off of the bus, but our sweet little Kara! Thank goodness someone at the bus stop called me and took Kara over to the gym where Brent was working.

We had to enlist Grandma to create some order at the bus, unfortunately we just were moved to a new bus with a new crazy chaotic stop! At least the kids now are always on the same bus, it took them a month to decide that their system of going to the bus stop and filling the bus to capacity and then radioing in for another bus to come pick the rest of the kids up was lame!

Our new bus stop is a little crazy, but Grandpa has already written in to get things changed at the new bus so it will be safer for the kids. What would we do with out Grandma and Grandpa looking out for all the kids in the neighborhood. Grandma even made sure everyone in the neighborhood gets a ride home from the bus. Don't you wish they were your neighbors.

The other day Kara had a substitute teacher. I asked her if she had a good day and she said "no." She always seems to have a great day so I asked, "why didn't you have a good day(of course thinking it was beacause she had a substitute teacher and she missed her teacher)?" She said, "because I had a bad lunch!" Well guess who made her lunch? Yes, that would be me. She does not like sandwiches, and I put a sandwich in her lunch (nice fresh wheat bread, homemade turkey and a little Italian dressing all of which separated she likes)! I was tired of heating something up for her thermos and decided to sneak a sandwich in. What a way to ruin a kids day! The sandwich came home in the lunch box.

Kara got a hold of Halle's play phone while I was listening and this is her one sided conversation Kara "Do you have a lot of chores?.... Oh me too I have tons of chores!... I just hate chores!... Oh really..... I just finished.... I mean what the heck...well maybe later... oh o.k. I'll call you later....uhuh... by!" Kara then pretended the phone rang again and ran and got Halle. As she was coming back down the stairs. Halle said, "Can I call her back?" Kara said, "No if you keep calling that would be annoying!" Halle then pretended to call Kara's friend Madeline and said, "Hi Madeline we can't play right now, but I'll call you back after me and Kara get done playing Barbie.com."

And here they both are waiting to play Barbie.com so that is the end of this little update.

Ever Wonder how your 4 your old manages to get the Mail?

I heard some rummaging in the garage. When I finally made it outside to see what all the ruckus was, this is what I found. It's not easy being small!

Good job Halle! Always read the mail before you bring it into the house. You don't want to miss anything! No wonder I've been missing some bills (: I think she learned this trick from her big brother Kelton.

Halle looses her front tooth!

I don't cry when they go to kindergarten, but I do cry when their kindergarten picture is going to be toothless. After!
She's pretty cute toothless!

The abscess!

Right before!

She had fallen and hit her tooth probably 6 months prior to the abscess. At the time I thought her tooth might die, but was so happy that it didn't. Then I noticed her tooth was looking green. We lifted her lip and noticed the abscess. Brent called a dentist friend (Wade Pilling) and he said it would have to come out! He met Brent early the next morning at his office, numbed her up, gave her a little laughing gas, and yanked the tooth. He did it all for free, which we were very grateful for. Thank you so much for taking care of our little Halle, Dr. Pilling!!

Happy 7th Birthday Kelton!!

Happy Birthday to my little 7 year old boy! Kelton wanted a Boise Bronco party! He wanted his cake to be a Bronco helmet. He got the idea from his cousins birthday! So we borrowed all the stuff. I thought Kelton might not even know what was on the side of the helmet so I thought I'd put a big B or something easy. Right as I was about to put the B on he said, "mom don't forget to put the horse on the side of the helmet!" I looked at him and said, "how about just a B for Broncos?" He said, "but the helmet has a horse on it!" I said, "but I don't know if I can do that!" He said, "Mom Aunt Natalie made Reggie and George's cakes look exactly like the teams they like." (Thanks a lot aunt Natalie) So being the competitive not so artistic mom that I am I tried. He seemed happy with it, so I guess I did O.K.


Funny thing is no one even ate one bite of the cake! They all said, "No we don't really like cake!" Actually I was kind of glad, because I thought all the dye I had to put into the frosting might kill them, so it was probably one of those blessings in disguise!

Kelton really wanted a bike for his birthday, since the hand me down bike he had his older brother was always riding. He had it all planned out. He said, "mom so when you make the scavenger hunt for me to find the bike I'm getting for my birthday, make sure it's really hard, O.K." He really was not even going to get a bike, but I felt so bad we ended up doing a really hard scavenger hunt(well a lot of running) and at the end was the bike just like he had planned.

The party crew in their BSU gear! I talked Kelton into just a few kids. I think he was a little bit bummed, but he acted like it was alright. He does not like anyone to feel bad even me.

This is them on the scavenger hunt. We love our little Kelton. What's not to love about Kelton. Kelton is such a sweet little guy. Kelton loves to give squeezes and just over all is always trying to be good. Even if it is not his day to do the dishwasher he always jumps in and helps. If someone is crying about cleaning up Kelton will jump in and help to keep them from getting into trouble. Kelton's teacher asked me, "Does he ever do anything wrong?" Kelton adds so much to our family. He makes my job easy.

Kelton also likes to do everything perfect. He even thinks he should know things he has not been taught. Hayden was quizzing Kelton on the states and capitals and Kelton was getting so frustrated because he did not know the answers. He was determined to learn them all after I explained to him that there was no way he could even guess the state when he had never been taught them. I love this about Kelton. He is so determined even if he has to cry through it.

Kelton also always has something funny to say. I probably could have a whole book on the things Kelton says. He keeps us all laughing with out even trying.

The kids got their teacher progress reports today his teacher wrote, "Kelton is a dream studen! He is always on task and actively participates. Kelton gets aong with everyone. He tries his best on all assignments and completes work in a timely manner. He is a pleasure to have in class." Kelton has grown so much this last year. He has gained so much self confidence. I am so proud of how hard he works. I love you Kelton!!

Sponge Dobbs Families!

Brent and I were in charge of our family reunion this year! Ryan and Kathy let us have it at their beautiful home in Reno, Nevada. We had lots of fun and made lots of great memories.
Every one was able to come except the baby! Dallas his wife Katie and their little boy Tiger moved to Texas on us right before the reunion. We sure missed them, but we did get to skype them in once!


The well mannered, proper group!

The real story!

Youngest to oldest! Tyson, Heather Ryder and Brody.

Brady, Brandi, Teja, Roxy, Cozette!

Alison, Brent, Hayden, Kara, Kelton, Halle.

Natalie, George, and Reggie

Ryan, Kathy, Hailey, Payton, Carson, Brooklyn, Ciara.

Kerri, Mark, Lexi, Tanner.

Mom and Dad Sponge Dobbs!

Dobbs Family Reunion Talent Show!

Every year we have a talent show, and every year the talents just keep getting better and better! Ryder threw and caught his ball! It's great to be soo loved!



Look at that happy little face! Good job Ryder!



Brody sang the ABC's for us!



Tanner took down his Padre with some cool wrestling moves!

Lexi is the queen of Abs, so she used grandpa as her victim.

Reggie showed us his amazing soccer abilities!

Georgie rocked it on the electric guitar!

Teja displayed her amazing art work!

Roxy delighted us with her impersonation of a the galloping horse, Boticelli ! It was truly amazing. She was the best horse I've ever seen for sure!

Cozy took some of her first little steps!

but preferred to crawl!

Payton did a comedic scketch based on a life experience! It was great. He told how he went into the out house and used the bar of soap in the latrine to wash his hands!

Carson did a skit using his entire family as actors. We just may see them in Hollywood!

Brooklyn did some awesome jump roping!

Ciara singing "I'm being eaten by Boa constrictor"!

Hailey did the hula and could have done it all night if we would have let her!!

Kelton did 5 pull-ups and........................

40 push-ups!

Halle sang Catch a Falling Star and put it in your pocket, but it was mostly about the outfit!

Kara sang a medley of 50's song( Say Say Oh Playmate, You are my Sunshine, and Rickety Car)!

Hayden hammed it up with an upside down rendition of A your adorable!

And the grand finale was Brent trying to blow fire!

Lets blame it on the wind!

Oh wait there's a little smoke??? Don't try this at home!