The First Day Of School!

School Days, School Days...

Ahhh, yes! They are finally here again! I absolutely L-O-V-E this time of year! Back to schedules, set times and places for my kids to be, and things to do! I am not a schedule maker, but if someone else does it and my kids have to be part of it...wonderful! I know some moms are happy to get rid of their kids again for the school year, that's not it for me! I miss them, but they now have a set "purpose" for the next 9 months! And they grow so much! I love every new school year! The excitement of the "new"! My children don't share my excitement! Kassidy was V-E-R-Y nervous for the first day (she's a worrier any way), and Emma didn't think that she wanted to leave her mommy EVERY day! I thought that I'd have a hard time with that too! But all is well! Kass started on 8/20 and Emma on 8/21(yes, the same day I turned 30 gulp)! And they survived the first week, except when Emma walked in after school Friday. The first thing out of her mouth was "I am so excited for tomorrow, there is no school!" That crazy girl! So here we are started on a new week and they still have Smiles!

Look out Park City!

Girls Weekend!

Well, last weekend (Aug. 15-17) we had a "girls only" weekend in Park City. There was my Mom, my two sisters (Sonja and Jamie), Breanna(Jamie's step-daughter), me, and my 3 girls. It was one last fun time before school started. And a good reason to shop! We stayed in a GREAT condo (about 1/8th of mile from the outlets) with 3 bathrooms. Bathrooms are a hot commodity at our house (only 1)!

This picture is from our balcony, and yep those are the outlets! We shopped, listened to Addison throw fits, and ate lots and lots! We got good deals on school clothes and just hung out. Definately a good time was had by all! Thanks to grandma for telling us we needed to do this and for Sonja or making it nice and comfortable!

Pioneer Day!

I know, I'm a bit late for this...I've had other exciting news to share! But I do want to share our fun we had on the 24th! We ALWAYS go to Bountiful for the 24th! It's fun for the girls and I (for some reason Paul skips out on us). We always start off with the parade on the 23rd. According to Emma, this year it was WAY too long. But thankfully Sonja brought umbrellas for shade and Mom got us a good spot to watch from. It also didn't hurt that we had lots of good food and water to help us make it through! Then on the 24th it was the carnival at Bountiful city park! I think I love taking my kids to this as much if not more than they like going! There are always fun things to do! Thankfully this year they brought back some rides! The girls

tried not to burn themselves on all the hot metal, but they had fun! Then there was rock painting(not sure I get the point of this), fish pond, yummy food, the pony ride, and of course the FACE PAINTING! This was the most exciting for these lovely ladies and of course the longest line! Kassidy got a spider and it's web, Aubree(my niece) got fireworks, Emma got a pony, and Addi got red, white, and blue stars. After the carnival we went back to Grandma's and relaxed for a while. Then we had a BBQ at Sonja and Frank's for dinner, for early evening entertainment the girls ran through the sprinklers. Addison was hilarious! She kept sitting on the sprinkler and then telling Frank that she was "really wet". Then we made smores and did fireworks! GREAT holiday celebration!