Back Already?

 Did anyone else feel like they blinked and summer vacation was over?  Wow! 

The kids were all so excited/nervous to go back and I had enough anxiety for all of them.  I was so thankful for Rob's use of the priesthood, in his father's blessings, the night before.  It was probably the most comforting to me.  I told him that nothing makes me love him more than watching him do things like that, and it's so true.  I love all the good men in my life!

 I was thankful just to get them all ready in time to take pictures of their cuteness!

 Proof that Dad stuck around to kiss them goodbye and then talked with the neighbor and missed it!  Oh well, the effort was there.

 They are off for another year of learning, growing, making friends, getting their feelings hurt, homework, stress, and coming home to a Mom that is really happy when the days are great fun and ready with chocolate when they are not.  (Mostly for me)

August Haps...

 The first week of August is always the Summit County Fair, which is big news around these parts.  The only thing my kids could drag me to was the parade...I wasn't very excited about it all, this year.  Next year we'll enter chickens again and all that stuff, but this year we just collected a lot of candy at the parade on main street in Coalville!  We had some cute cousins to sit by...that is Marc's backside, he is Rob's youngest brother and yes, butt-less-ness does run in the family.

Brody also lost his very first tooth!  Thank you Dad for being the go to man on teeth removal, stiches, and other things that gross me out!

 For a fun last hurrah, before school, we went to the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point...complements of my Mom and Dad!  Thank goodness for parents :)

 Nicalee also brought her cute, little, redheaded toddler and she and Mom chatted it up...

 Nicalee (and Deb) are pregnant too, and due within a week of eachother...which is about four months after me, obviously!  I'm so glad that I will have a baby soon...I do not envy what they have ahead, but am excited for all the cousins!

 I am so thankful for my parents generosity!  Life would be a lot less fun without all the great things they take us to do!  They are so nice to us!

 We just watched "Soul Surfer" at Mom's the other night, so the kids thought they were pretty funny pretending to be amputees in front of this giant shark.  Tasteless?  Maybe.

 This dino bone digging is the part that the kids were most excited about.  I have a picture of Gracie and Avery digging in this exact same spot while I kneel behind them, very heavy with child (Brody).  That was the last time we were here!  Time really does move too fast for me.



Late July Update...

Gracie got to do a little fishing with Dad and caught her very first "solo" fish!  She was so stoked!  So, of course it had to be shown off to siblings and cousins...

 Then on July 23rd the kids participated in a parade for the kids, here in Wanship.  They had a lot of fun with their friends...this is Brody and his little buddy.

 Avery enjoying the blinding sunshine!

 And Gracie pulling the wagon that she and her cousins spent over a week designing and decorating...there is a cute little two year old cousin in there :)

Following the parade there was a breakfast...it was a fun day.