Matt's First Day of Kindergarten

Okay, this was yesterday, but it was so cute I just had to put it on the blog. Super Matt!!
Real first day of kindergarten pics from here on out.
My handsome little guy.



His teacher Miss Littlefield is awesome!

Bye!
And that's it. My youngest is in school! I guess I better go make good use of my time and mop the floor!

A Hot Dog Day

The wiener mobile was at our Walmart yesterday so the kids and I went to check it out.

They were doing a fundraiser for Primary Children's Hospital, so we bought some hot dogs-Yum!

And they gave the kids these "delightful" whistles.
Pretty cool! On a non-hot dog related note, Kent and I got to chaperone the local seminary dance. We had a lot of fun busting hooligans and observing the non-dancing kids.

First Day of Second Grade

Today was Anna's first day of 2nd grade!
Matt starts kindergarten next week.
I wanted the kids to hold up the number of grade they are starting. Unfortunately, Matt's K kinda looks like a gang sign.
Anna is starting Spanish this year. Her teacher's name is Senora Duran.
Bye! Have a great day!

Hard at Work

What Did You Do Today?

Went on a bike ride to find some ducks and go to the park.





Had a dance party.


Ate "spider" hotdogs.
Had S'mores.


Popped some popcorn.
A Summer day to remember when winter comes--loved it!

Backyard Campout

It's August Already?!

Summer is just flying by! I finally got around to uploading the pictures on my camera this morning, and was surprised to see some that I had forgotten all about! Anna's birthday for instance...My Anna girl turned 7! When I was a kid we had to wait until dinner to open our birthday presents, but my kids get to open them as soon as they wake up on their birthday. Hence the PJ's and robes.

Finally!! Anna has been wanting a scooter for a long time.

We had a horse themed birthday party for her friends in the afternoon.

Then the family party later that night.

Watch out for the severed man hand on the right!!

A random summer day with friends. They were all eating snacks and making faces.

The kids eating hot dogs out on the deck. I think they look pretty relaxed.

I had to be very sneaky to get this picture. The girls were dancing in the kitchen, but they were too embarrassed to let me watch them. So I just snuck my camera around the corner and snapped it once-a little blurry, but I got it!

Yesterday we went to visit uncle Danny and aunt Carissa. They have a community garden spot, and we picked the first ripe tomato of the season to eat with our picnic.

"We made a tomato!" He He!

We had our picnic lunch at this great park near their apartment. It's on a steep hill so it's got a great view of the city.

Underdog!

That's it! I think I'm all caught up. Only three more weeks of summer. Sad face.