The Royal Family in 2008

Back Into The Groove

School started back the day after Labor Day and two weeks later we're back into the swing of things.


The Queen has just 3 kids in her Pre-K class. All boys. Two of them are from our ward and the other one is our Padgett cousins. She can take three more kids, but I think she wouldn't mind if she didn't get any more. Also, she was released last week from her calling in the Relief Society presidency and called to be the Den Leader for the Cub Scouts ... I think she's really excited to be involved in the scouting program.


The Princess is in the 6th grade this year and is attending a charter school downtown. Somehow the paper work for her to ride the bus got messed up, so I have been taking and picking her up from school and will probably have to continue to do so for another week or so. I enjoy taking and picking her up ... I usually drive her crazy with my choice of music on the way to school and then I drive her crazy asking her questions about how her day was at school. She seems to really like the school, which is great because she was determined to not like it when she found out last May that she was going there.


Prince 1 is back at the school in the dale. He's a big bad 4th grader this year. We were happy that he got Dr. Smart, the homeroom teacher that we requested. We really like her as the Princess also had her for homeroom in the 4th grade. He now changes rooms for each of his subjects. He's trying to get used to it and the extra homework he has.

Prince 2 is a big bad kindergartner. He has a great teacher and she has high expectations of her students. He's not used to having to do homework, so he's been a bit of a whiny hiney when it comes to getting it done. He is doing good work in class and the teacher said that he has been able to go around and help some of the other kids with their work.


Last Saturday the Princess and P1 started back with the youth orchestra program. P1 is playing in the 2nd violin section of the Debut program. The Princess is 1st chair in the first violin section in the Lyric Strings 1 and in the first violin section of the Lyric Strings 2 ... I am probably the only one glad about where the Princess is sitting, and only because it's proof that she's getting something out of the lessons we're paying for. They are still taking their piano lessons and are getting pretty good at the piano, too.


I'm working a lot more from home these days and that is really helping with the auto fuel section of our budget. I was finally released from my calling as Gospel Doctrine teacher last week. I had accepted a calling to be the 1st counselor in the Elders Quorum presidency last month and have been doing double duty.

All Hail the Queen Again!

Before we were married the Queen instructed me that I could forget our anniversary and all other significant events in our lives, but I could never forget her BIRTHDAY! Do you think I have ever forgotten her birthday since received those instructions? NO! Today is the Queens 29th Birthday! So, ALL HAIL THE QUEEN, and join me in wishing her the best birthday ever and many many happy returns!

Also, I'd like to shout out a Happy Birthday wish to her sister Tammy who also was born on this day 12 years after the Queen! They are the only girls in their family. They are the oldest and youngest of the children in their family, and the most important!

Happy Anniversary, Darlin'

Happy Anniversary, Darlin'!

Thank you for the best 12 years of my life!!

I love you, I love you

M. P.

Fill in the Blank

The youngest prince's filled in the blanks on this page from a book his Pre-K class made for their mothers. The Queen wasn't too discouraged by the third answer when she saw that another student had answered 93 for her mother!

The Mother of My Children - All Hail The Queen

This is the Queen. You can see why I married her ... She's Hot! But, better than that, she's smart and she's the world's greatest Mom! Now you may want to disagree with me, but don't, on this point I cannot be swayed.

Isn't she lovely? Isn't she wonderful? (can't you just her Stevie Wonder singing?)

Here she is with her Mother ... Happy Mothers Day my dear Mother In-Law ... Thank you for your Daughter!

Here she is with the kids that gave her the right to be called a Mother ... and an Aunt! That's one of her favorite nieces at the right in the picture.

Now, what follows is proof that she is possibly one of the most fun Moms in the world! I loved that she did this and so did her kids.

I love you, I love you ... Thank you for being such a wonderful Mother to our children ... What is good in them is because of you.

SB & MP FOREVER!