Sunday, August 31, 2008

Abbey's first day of school


Abbey started the day after Ryan and was glad to have her own day of pictures. She loved her first day of school and felt like such a big girl when she had school lunch with Ryan. (A priviledge she did not get in kindergarten). Her only concern was she didn't do alot of worksheets and didn't have anything to bring home and show me! She loves her teacher who is from Texas and has a heavy southern drawl. It should be a fun year!
When Ryan and Abbey were getting in the car to go to school, there was no doubt in Allie's mind she was headed there too. She has on Abbey's flip flops and High School Musical backpack. When we carried her back into the house she laid her head on the couch and cried. It's hard to be a little sister!

Ryan's first day of school



Ryan started 2nd grade and was so excited. Here he is with his teacher who "totally rocks and is so cool!" Of course when he came home the first day I asked him what his favorite part of the day and it was recess. The same answer for the last three years of school. He so much enjoys running and playing with his friends.

Allie turns two

Thank you to everyone for coming and spoiling Allie with gifts.



Just waiting on you guys so I can eat my cake! (Thanks to Camille for lending the number two candle I forgot to buy!)


Sorry this is turned sideways...it was still cute!

End of summer bash at Ho Ho's

My mom was kind enough to throw an end of summer bash at her house for the grandkids. It was complete with pizza, swimming, cupcakes and a pinata!




Just chillin'!

Timpanogos Cave

This is what happens to people who love the outdoors!

I had this thought that since Jeff and I are not outdoorsman that we could expose our kids to some nature by hiking Timanogos Cave. I researched the website and it said it was only 1.5 miles. Well, that's 1.5 miles up and another 1.5 miles down. Now, that doesn't seem like much but we couldn't bring the stroller for Allie and Jeff carried her the entire way up and through the caves. Then coming down Michael and Jeff took her half way on their shoulders and I carried her the other half. It was a good little workout !
When I asked the kids how they enjoyed it they were so so on their answer. However, everytime we talk about it they say how awesome it was and how much fun they had with Uncle Michael and Aunt Adrianne.

Abbey and Uncle Michael.

Synchronized swimming at it's best


Our good friends and neighbors the Jones family moved away this summer. They were renting an apartment until their house was built and invited us to come and swim in their pool. This is a little footage of the fun they can create!

Hill Airforce Base Museum



We spent the day at the Hill Airforce Base Museum with Andrew, Bev, Christian, Jess, Luke and Jack. We had such a fun time looking at all of the airplanes. Okay, well I had a fun time after the first five the kids were not so impressed! They all looked the same to them.