We had a fun trunk or treat on Friday, I have to explain the Jim 1 & Jim 2...This is because Jim 2 is the second counselor in the Bishopric with Jim and our Bishop had a B on his shirt. We have wanted to do this for a while since that is how they are known. It was turned out awesome! Thanks Jim 2 for being such a good sport. And yes my daughter is only 14!!

These are some pictures from our summer vacation. We had a lot of fun when we went to Utah for Chris & Olivia's wedding. Also this past May Jim got a new project, he is so excited to get it working so he can drive it to work. He is also preparing for a race on Labor Day weekend. If you click on the picture it will make them all bigger, since they are all pretty small right now.

Wow, it has been a while since I have posted anything. I decided that it was time. It has been a rough summer for us Nightingale's. We have had a very long summer. We took our family vacation right after school ended. My brother Christopher got married the end of May. It was a very fun trip for us. We stayed for almost 3 weeks. Since we got that out of the way, we didn't go anywhere else. I work two days a week, so this made for long days for the kids. Thanks to my wonderful daughter Kennedy for making this happen and not killing the kids. I am so lucky to have such wonderful kids, and a wonderful husband who works so hard for us. Speaking of which, Jim has made Associate in his company...Hooray!! He has worked very hard for this accomplishment. Kennedy has started high school this year, can you believe it. Her high school(Vista Grande) is brand new this year, which is very exciting. She is taking a very full load, AP History, Pre-Ap English, Pre-Ap Geometry, Pre-Ap Biology. So far so good, she has also started early morning Seminary. Connor is in the 6th grade, I have seen a change in Connor this year already, (since they just barely started school, this past Tuesday), I have seen a sense of maturity in him, he is trying real hard to do the tasks which lay before him. Him and Morgan(who started 3rd grade) have started in a new school as well. It is called Legacy Traditional school. It is a charter school, which is brand new to this area, it is throwing the Casa Grande Elementary School District for a loop. They opened up with nearly 4o0 students. It has been great so far. Connor has 15 kids in his class, & Morgan has 18. It will be an awesome year for them. And finally to our trouble child, dear sweet Mason. As I have written previously of all the trouble he put us through last year, I think we are on track for a good year!! Mason is going to a specialized school, it also has smaller class sizes. It is called Mary C O'Brian. It started out with programs for the handicapped, it still has those specialized programs but it has opened to the public. I put his name on a waiting list, and they had room for him. I was so excited that he was able to get in. My friend Aimee had her kids in it in the past years, and has absoulutely loved it. He is in Kindergarten, which his teacher has already told him he is as smart as a 1st grader. I think this is the boost he needed, to feel like he can do it!! Even thought he has to get on the bus at 6:20 AM and gets home at 4:20 PM, he is doing very well. The poor little guy has fallen asleep on the way home this past week! It keeps him out of trouble. So all in all, this year has started out very well. I am so glad that school has started. Sorrry about the novel, but it is to be expected since I haven't written for a while. Pictures will come later.

These are hillarious!! I love them!

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Ok so I have been worried all day about our meeting with Mrs. Scubiez(Mason's teacher). It actually went better than I had imagined. As you all know, my son has been on shaky ground pretty much all year! This week hasn't been any better. Lets see, there was the last 3 weeks he has been on probation, we had a meeting with the principle. We set some goals. During that period, he was suspended. So I thought for sure he would be done! Thank goodness my son is really cute!!! He has survived the chopping block! Thank goodness his teacher really likes him or he would be done. I don't know maybe it was the incident when he "smuggled" a toy sword in his backpack...or telling her that she was counting wrong. I guess she can see his sweet spirit, cause thats all that is going to get us through this year!!

Family pics

Here is a sample of some of the pictures we got taken. I am so excited that they turned out so well! We had a lady from our ward do them. She did a great job! I just realized that the top family one, Jim's head got cut off...sorry Sweetie!

Christmas jammies

We always look forward to jammies. This year grandma out did herself!! She made the jammies and pillowcases to boot! Thanks, Grandma! We love you! I know its a little late, but I haven't had much time to post! But we did have a wonderful Christmas. Jim is doing good, it seems like all the tests have come back negative, which is good! He still has some dizziness and numbness, but it could be alot worse, so we are very grateful for what we have to deal with! Thank you too everyone, we couldn't have made it through without everyones prayers!