Friday, August 26, 2011

Last Hoorah and the Beginning of Another School Year

I am a little bit proud of the fact that something actually grew in my yard this year. These dahlias have been so fun to watch grow and bloom over and over again. I thought I should share and gloat a bit by posting a picture of one of the blossoms. Thanks for humoring me.

All our beauties on the first day of school. Such a fun/sad day.

Mallory all ready for her first day in first grade. That's right, I have 3 in school all day. It has been eerily quiet around here this week. We miss our buddies but are enjoying our somewhat casual days while they are away learning.

Mia is in second grade and looking quite darling if I do say so myself.

Libbie proving that we aren't getting any younger. Time has gone too fast! She is in the fifth grade this year. It seems like yesterday that I was in the fifth grade.

Grandpa flew in for a quick visit last weekend with perfect timing to catch one of Libbie's games.

Jake and his girls paid us a visit recently while Hannah was on a little trip. It was fun to do a few things together including pizza, a splash park, and the zoo. Grandma Jill and Courtney even joined us for our trip to the zoo on one of the hottest days of the summer. We won't talk about how the orangutans scarred me for life. Horrendous I tell you, horrendous.

Cutest turtle we saw at the zoo for sure.

Good thing this picture turned out decent. We waited in quite the high-stress line to get it. A lady got after us for letting our "out of control son" ruin the picture they were trying to take. Only, the boy ruining their picture wasn't our son. Ha ha. So when we couldn't locate the kid's parents anywhere nearby, Jake tried to help everyone out by removing the child and started to look for someone he would know. Lucky enough, the boy's clueless dad was looking on at the whole thing unfolding from about 500 feet away and just wasn't saying a thing. Some people and their children...

Mia perfecting her leap over one of the sprinklers.

Molly

Jake and Little Junie

Claire and Annie



On our way to the splash park in Herriman, we spotted the "Up House" and had to take a quick detour.

5 comments:

Cammy Patton said...

I want to hear the monkey story - Do it. :) What a darling little group of kiddos you have. Love all the pictures!

Brennan and Rachel said...

The "Up" house??!! I didn't know that was there. I'm jealous! Thanks for sharing, your girls sure are getting old. Mallory especially seems to be growing up too fast for me! Miss you guys.

Jill Oyler said...

I loved all the pictures, but the first day of school for the girls just brought back so many memories. Thanks for sharing and giving me another smile or the day!

Caleb and Marci said...

Super cute. Mals looks so grown up with her haircut.

Cherie said...

The orangutan story is a must hear. Enjoyed seeing all the girls on their first day. Can't believe they are getting so grown up. I liked the picture of Jaren sitting on Grandma's lap with his shades on. Big hugs to all!