Generosity

Hey Drapers. I was just thinking last nite how lucky my kids are to have such kind and generous aunt, uncles, grandparents, etc. With all the birthday money Mason got he was able to buy a Play Station game. Star Wars Lego something or other. He's quick to tell his friends that he bought it with his money (I'm sure he's not bragging - ha ha) and it was $42. It was nice to have him buy it and not have to keep telling him no, it's too much money. As for Kenzie, she's quite the shopper now. She's always asking to go to Target. She enjoys using the gift card there. Quite the shopper, I tell ya. Anyway, thanks to everyone for everything.

Package Coming

Mom-

Just so you know there is a package coming with Lexi's drip drops and an outfit for Tay that they left at my house. I was also talking to Lexi on the phone today and I was asking her what she was going to do when she got to Utah and her only response was give Grandma a hug!

Love,
Nicole

Posting Pictures

Ummmm I thought this one wassss preatyyy coooool! :)



I thought I would post some pictures. We are still trying to unpack all the boxes. When you draw names for Christmas make sure I get someone good. Did we decide to go with the couple thing???

My first day of school...

Well, we're back. The students are back to. By popular request, I decided to post a photo of my first day. I decided to go with the nerd in me after all, and I was able to stay in character all school day!

See ya!

D

Bubble Bread Recipe

18 frozen dinner rolls
1 pkg. cook and serve butterscotch pudding
1 Tablespoom cinnamon
1/2 brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
extra butter to grease pan


Butter the bottom and sides of 9x13 pan. Place rolls in pan. Sprinkle cinnamon and butterscotch pudding over rolls. Melt butter and brown sugar together.Drizzle over rolls, covering each one. Cover with aluminum foil sprayed with pam. Let rise over night. Bake 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes. Invert immediately after baking onto a cookie sheet. Enjoy.

Fall schedule

Here's the fall soccer schedule:

Kenzie has games on Tuesday nites--
Aug 30 5:30
Sep 6 6:30
Sep 13 5:30
Sep 20 6:30
Sep 27 5:30

Mason has games on Saturday--
Sep 10 11:00
Sep 17 12:00
Sep 24 11:00
Oct 1 9:00
Oct 8 9:00
Oct 15 11:00

Call 768-0896 or blog for field info. :)

Another question for Emily

Sorry for blogging this, but it is the easiest and quickest way to get an answer. Kenzie was wondering if Jessie would like a purse or something girly like that for Christmas. Any advice? Thanks for your help.

Cam photos

Just thought I would share some photos I took yesterday. Cam was having so much fun playing with the car. She's feeling better. Not quite back to her full self, but better. Bye!

Question for Emily

Hey Em. Do you guys have a sandbox? When you come to Utah we need to draw for Christmas.

breakfast bubble bread..... huge hit!

Hi Em,
Thanks for the awesome recipe. I made 2 batches this morning and it's definitely the best sticky bun recipe I have ever made. I think I ate about 20. Yum, Yum!

It's soccer time

Here are 2 pictures for all to enjoy. The one of Cam is not so pretty, but I thought Bec would enjoy seeing that she has a barrett in her hair. :) It's soccer time here at the Drapers. How about the Kynastons? As much as I love baseball, soccer is much more fun to watch at the young level. Kenzie has had 2 games and Mason starts on Saturday. Bye!

Just a little bit of love sent from kansas!! Can you believe the sixe of that bus? I got the chills just trying to set up the photo shoot. The bug flipped on it'e back while trying to attack the binky.

for those who are addicted.... something new to look at :o)

Lawn mower

Hey D, I need another number,it should follow OVRM120---to order the right parts. The cam is 41.00 gasket 3.50 bottom seal 4.38 1week to come in after ordering. Let me know.

pictures

Love the pictures!!!

The pictures are totally cute. So sad to hear about Camrie's ear infections!! I'm a believer in tubes!! All is well here. Thank you to all for prayers and thoughts on behalf on Lexi. We took her in last thursday and her urine was completely free of blood. We are thankful for that, don't know what was causing it, but if it's all gone...who cares!! School started here last week. All day kindergarten for jessie and 2nd grade fir tay. Tay rode his bike to school today with a bunch of kids. That was hard to let him do that. Lexi is loving the one on one today, she already said that she doesn't miss her brobo or sister. We are excited to see cole and bens new home. We'll see everyone else soon too! Oh yea, I saw Rylie (ryan and becca's friend) today at the "Y". She says hi and hope all is well. Talk to everyone later.

Em

Back to school

Well, the kids made it off to school this morning. We'll see how it went at about 1:30. Here are some pictures. Kenzie was way excited. Mason said he wasn't excited, but he's OK with going to school. Rylie is happy to be in underwear. I'm sure she'll also be happy to go waters in them. :) Congrats on the house Biblers. That's awesome. Bye!

We did it!!

We are now Home Owners. We closed Friday night and we are finally done with all the paperwork. Our new address is 4600 N. College Ave. Kansas City, MO 64117. I will post some pictures as soon as I can find of my digital camera. We have been moving like crazy all weekend and we still have a few things left but we are pretty much done. We will not have a phone for about a week so you will need to call us on our cell phones to get in touch with us or you can call me at work 816-303-7802. I am at work most of the time anyway :) Em and Brian are coming this weekend so we are hoping they can help us break the new house in. I can't wait to see everyone.

Love,

Nicole

Bummer

P.S. Here's a fun Bear Lake picture if you haven't seen it yet. It shows a little of Rylie's personality - and then some.

"Bummer"

The Last Week of Summer

Well, this past week has been a little less of a vacation than it is supposed to be.

Cam has had an ear-ache for about three weeks now. She was on anti-biotics for the 2-week cycle and then when we finished the prescription she got sick again. But this time really bad. : ( She's been pretty sick for the last 3 days now. We took her into the doctor yesterday and he gave her a shot. Then another today. And another for tomorrow. Hopefully that will do the trick.

One upside to the week, though, was yesterday. We went to a BYU Womens' Soccer game vs. UVSC. It was a very exciting game. If you've never seen a college soccer game in person, I would highly recommend it. I was amazed at how skilled the players were. It made me really wish I could have seen Emily play in some of her games. I could picture her out there letting the opposing players have it.

Anyway, tomorrow's the first day of school for the kids and Tuesday's my first day back. I guess it's back to the grind for the Draper clan.

Take care and have a good one,

D

Final Walk Through

We did our final walk through on our soon to be house. We close tomorrow at 4:00. When is everyone coming out to visit?

D- I loved the picture but I still expect it in the mail- I keep the originals.

Love,

Nicole

bored, how 'bout some more pics

Coming home!!

It looks like we'll be coming out to utah leaving august 30 after work and returning back to kansas sept. 5 (labor day) I hope all the teachers at school understand. can't wait to see everyone.

Hand me downs?

Does Mas need a few shirts or should I just give them to someone out here? I think I have a few pair of shorts too. Let me know.

Bear Lake 2005

Well, after several days of not getting this in the mail, I thought I would just scan it so Cole and Ben can get a preview. This is the annual "Draper Family Vacation" drawring. I sent one to Ben last year and had to continue the tradition. Some of it's kind of funny, most of it's not - but hey, I'm still an amateur.

Anyway, Bear Lake was sure fun. I'm ready to go back today.

D

Click the pic to enlarge...

A nice visit with Pam and Kelly...Our whole entire primary with teachers :) ....Brian and Tay working on the Sprinkler System.

CHEAP TICKETS

Ben saw an advertisement with Expeduis.com saying that tickets are 83.00 one way. All of you that talked about coming out for Thanksgiving check it out. You could fly into Wichita or Kansas City. I am looking into it for Christmas.

Goodness, all my pictures didn't fit.

Many of you may know this, but I just figured out you can click on the picture to make it bigger. Amazing. :)

Anybody tired of Bear Lake pictures yet? Not me!

When do we go back?

More pictures....