The Russo's

 Nana & Papa hosted a Back to School breakfast on August 26th They played a lot of fun games  Trying to get the Oreo in their mouth with only their face muscles. It was funny to watch.  Blowing out candles blindfolded  Stomping cups and some had money underneath  The last thing was to feel items and guess what it was. They were a little afraid of what was coming.  Thanks to Nana & Papa for a fun time and supporting us in our homeschooling  We started school on August 28th. Hudson is in high school now! 7th grade for Gianna  This year we started online school through Acellus Power Homeschool. It is our first time paying for courses. I thought they needed something new and I could get help with teaching high school math.  First Day Interviews Our classroom is now a storage room, so we are doing school in the dining room. Hudson is taking Pre- Algebra, Electrical Technology 1, English 1, US History and Science Concepts. Gianna is taking ...

 Josh took her to Waffle House for birthday breakfast  We did a dinner for her at the house that night. She wanted Cajun sausage pasta for the meal. I got an ice cream truck to come by.  Everyone ordered a treat from the truck  She finally got a Stanley cup, dance bag, Converse shoes and money. We sent her with Nana B to get her nails done. Nixon wanted to come as an honorary cousin

Horses are now in the field on our street. They are pretty to watch when we walk Camo. The kids were referred to an orthodontist for braces. We were hoping Gianna could wait longer, but she had more issues that couldn't wait. Hudson got his on August 2nd. It took an hour and 45 minutes. He did a cry little when they took him back.  He picked green for his color. He took ibuprofen for 2 days. It was sore and hurt some. Adjusting to eating was hard for him. He wasn't eating much, he mostly drank smoothies. Jennifer picked him up the next day to help take his mind off of it.  Gianna got hers on August 7th. It took about 2 hours. She went back fine. She picked dark blue for color. She was sore for a few days after and took ibuprofen. She ate yogurt, ice cream and smoothies. Seemed to adjust a little better to eating than Hudson. We went back on September 12th to put braces on the back molars. They both did fine with that.  We went and spent the day in Chattawa for Kaden's bir...

It's been a very hot summer! Hudson wanted to do something nice for the delivery drivers. We bought some drinks and fruit cups and set up an ice chest on the front porch. We had a few people take something. I was proud of him for the idea!  Making homemade pizzas We took the kids to the LSU Dairy Store for ice cream I wanted them to recreate a picture from when Gianna was a baby Went to see Mike the Tiger and showed the kids our brick  My mom celebrating Hudson's birthday late Fishing at the camp Jen took the kids to do some stuff like Top Golf and bowling  Lunch and swimming at Jamie's house Josh worked a lot in the beginning of the year! The plant's regular outage was supposed to be November- March. It went through July.  Around April 25th he started working nights until July 5th. We didn't see him a lot during those months. I was consumed with VBS for most of the summer also. We decided to do a family trip to Ponchatoula for 2 nights on July 26th.  We stopped...