First Day of Kindergarten

Today was Lexi's first day of ALL DAY kindergarten!!

She was so excited, she has been counting down this
day for a month now. She woke up with a big smile

on her face and said "Today is the day" We looked

over the lunch menu (hamburgers.....yuk Lexi said)

and decided that even though she couldn't wait to

get her first tray of school lunch, she would have to

wait a couple more days. Just until they served

something she would actually eat. So I packed her

a lunch, so she wouldn't starve all day. We walked

into class and she put her backpack in her cubby

and grabbed her chair bag. After she found her

place and started coloring.....it was time for Mom to

leave.

I have to admit I did get a little nervous and

emotional. I didn't think I would, but then I realized

I wasn't going to see my little girl all day. I got

over that pretty quickly when I went home and it

was so quiet. Makena was so quiet, she didn't

scream at all!!! Of course, there was no one there

to torment her.

Lexi had a great day and is excited to go back

tomorrow. She came home and told me all about

her 3 recesses and all the fun she had in class singing

songs and learning the rules.

First Day of School

Okay so I am a little behind!!! Shelby's first day

of school was Thurs. Aug 21st. She was so excited

to go back. She was getting pretty bored at home,

you can only play with your little sisters so much.

Anyway, they just remodled and added on to our

elementary school, so she was excited with all the

changes they made. She is in 3rd grade this year

and I am still trying to comprehend how we got

here so fast. I always take pictures on the first

day of school and this year was not going to be

different. But Shelby wasn't so excited about it.

She is "getting to big" she informed me!! And she

also said that 5th grade is the last grade she is

going to allow me to take any pictures of her at

school. She has such an attitude, I feel like I am

already in teenage years.

Man oh Man, we have some rough times ahead.

With 4 attitudes, 4 drama queeens, 4 strong-willed

personalities. What was I thinking? J/K I love them

all and all the little things each one brings!! I hope

we are all the best of friends.

Back to Shelby, she loves school and it shows. She

does very well on her school work and she has tons

of friends. She is a great big sister and she is so

excited to help Lexi with her first year of

kindergarten!!!

Idaho Falls--Bear World

The second day we were in Idaho, we made dad end

his day early and we went to Yellowstone's Bear

World. It is a lot of fun!! The first thing you get to do

is drive through a little forest area that has Elk, Deer,

and Mountain goats. The are all just wandering

around and you drive past them in your car. Then you

go into this gated area were they have all the bears........

about 30 if I had to count them. There are 3 grizzly

bears and the rest are black bears. So you just drive

around and the bears just walk in front of you and

beside you as you go. You definitely leave you windows

up. This time while we were there we went on a courier

tour to feed all those big bears. We went in this big tall

truck and the bears would follow us from stop to stop

and the girls would throw out bread, donuts, and muffins

at them. They had so much fun. There was one bear that

would just clap at Lexi, as if to say "throw the food already"!

They each picked their favorite bear..Lexi's was

Monty and Shelby's was Bailey. You could pick

Bailey out pretty easy because she was all black

except for the brown mohawk down her entire

body.

They also had a petting zoo and a little amuzement

park for the kids. Lexi loved the petting the deer. She

would just follow them around until one got upset and

kicked her in the leg. Then she was heart broken and

wouldn't do it again. She couldn't believe that deer had

actually kicked her!!! Shelby loved chasing the chickens

to try and pet those fast little guys. Makena was

fine petting anything as long as its face was turned

away from her. She did not like their faces.

Makena's favorite thing was the rides. They had a

little roller coaster, some cars that went up and

down, a train, and I ride that goes up and down

really fast and tickles your tummy. Everytime

the ride would come down her eyes would get so

big and she would just giggle and giggle

.

And this is what little Karli thought of Bear World.

Maybe next time she will have more fun!!!!

Idaho Falls---Feeding the Ducks

Okay, so I is definitely time for another post. I can't

seem to find the time to do this. And I think I need

to have a picture everytime I post something. So

anyway, last week we traveled with dad on his work

trip to Idaho Falls. I wasn't about to let him go again

without us. We had a blast!!!! For the girls, it is

always fun to go stay in the hotel. They had so much

fun in the room. They had a separate room with a

bunk bed, TV, a coloring table and a little chalk board.

They were having so much fun!!!! That is the only

reason we stayed at the hotel. The room for us was

really quite gross. I can't believe I actually stayed

there. Bob really lowered his standards compared

to what he normally stays in. But the girls were having

so much fun we didn't have the heart to switch hotels.

The first thing we did was go feed the ducks!! It was

so fun!!! The ducks and geese would just swarm around

us. We even got to feed some ducklings. We ended up

feeding the ducks every day we were there and by the

end of our trip the girls were letting them eat right out

of their hands.

Hats, Hats, Hats

On Saturday my friend had a bow party, I was thinking

I am so sick of bows. But when I got there.....there were so

many cute flowers and I loved these hats. So I got four

different colors and I brought them home and the girls

fell in love with them. Makena and Lexi wore them to

church and Sunday and Makena has wore one every day

since. She will not let me do anything else to her hair.

And she leaves it on all day!!!! Anyway I had to show

off how cute they are!!(my girls and the hats) I am going

to make some black and white copies and hang them

on my wall.

My Husband can do Anything!!

So this last weekend Bob put in our back splash.

I am so excited, I wanted it to be done before we

moved in. But it hasn't even been a year yet so I

will take it. And I love it!!!! He did such a good job.

I am so glad I have a husband that can do things

like this and I don't have to hire someone to do it.

He said this was his first time doing a back splash

and like I said he did a great job!!!!

Scales and Tails

Last night we went to the Library for Scales and Tails.

They do it every year and the kids love it. The guy does

about an hour presentation of his creatures. He tells the

kids what they eat, where they come from, etc.... then at

the end of the show he lets all the kids have a chance to

hold or touch them. Can you believe my girls would hold

a snake? Even Kena almost put it around her neck, but

she was too afraid of the snakes head. She felt much more

comfortable around the turtle.

KEEP OUT!!

I have to tell you a funny story!!! Let me start by saying they are building a new house next to us, they are just starting to put up the brick. Anyway, the other day Bob was working in his office, when the next thing I knew he was out the door yelling at this guy. Apparently, the guy drove his big truck and trailer right across our front yard. Granted there is no grass as you can tell by all the tall weeds!! But it upset Bob!! So he called the home owner and told him to please talk to his subs and let them know it is not okay to drive on our yard. The next thing we know our neighbor had put up this make shift fence with a big sign that says "private property....KEEP OUT" only on our side. So it has been a big joke today. Everyone was asking if Bob put up the sign. Hopefully, this won't cause any issues with the new neighbors.

Makena's OWIE!!!

Today Makena got a big OWIE on her leg. Thanks to mom!!!

We just got done doing her hair and when she climbed down

off the stool she grabbed the flat iron cord. Well it came

down in an open position and got her on the front and back

of her leg. I felt so bad!! We quickly put cold water on it

and then some ice and then I looked at it later and realized

it was worse then I thought. But she is tough!! She cried for

about two minutes (mimuts as Kena would say) and then

she was smiling!!!

Morgan County Fair

Last week we went to the Morgan County fair.The girls love

it. There are a lot of activities for them to do. This year we

entered Karli in the baby contest. I really didn't want to do

it, it is really quite dumb. But I had to because all my other

girls were in it. So I had to have the photo for the

scrapbook. Anyway, I always think my kids are going to win

and they never do. They are the cutest kids in Morgan, I

don't care what any one says. So she didn't get to be

Queen, but she did win "the cutest outfit" award. The baby

contest was at 9 am and then we spent the rest of the day

...looking at the animals, playing kids games, painting our

faces, riding a small train, jumping in the inflatable jump

houses, and eating cotton candy.We finally left at about

4 pm. We had dinner and the girls and Bob when back at

7 pm for the rodeo that night. Radio is what Makena

called it. They all got cowgirled up in their little pink

cowboy hats and off they went. Bob said they had a blast!!

Shelby even got in the arena and tried to catch a chicken!!

We can't wait for next year. Makena asks every day if we

can go back to the fair.

The Last Two Weeks

Here we go, my first real post with pictures. Exciting!!! I am going to
try and fit the last two weeks in this one because we have had too

many exciting things happen!! The first exciting thing that happened
was we started Karli on solid food. Now that is something to jump up

and down about. She spits up so much that anything that stops me

from giving her a bottle I am all for it. We started with the rice

( of course) and she thought it was pretty disgusting at first. We also

gave her some sweet potatoes and she loved them. As you can see

all over her face. It as so funny because she just kept smaking her

lips! We need to get her liking all her veggies before we give her the

good stuff....Fruit!! If you ask me, all of it tastes gross!!

The next thing that happened was Lexi graduated from her summer
kindergarten program. She went to school fromJune 16th - July 23rd.
She loved it!! She got to go on all kinds of field trips. She went to the
Post Office, the Sheriffs Office, the Fire Station, and the most fun of all
was the Dinosaur Park. They got to ride the bus into Ogden, which
Lexi thought was very cool. Mom had to cut some of the strings
that day!! I worried about her all day. But she made it home safe and
sound. She had her little graduation on July 23rd. The sang songs
and each child had a chance to dress up in a costume. Lexi's was a
BEAR. She got to run out and growl and scare everyone. She did a
great job. She was so excited. Then to celebrate I took all the girls
to eat at Deb's Spicy Pie.



Last week Karli got a brand new toy!!! It is the Rainforest Jumparoo!!!
She loves, loves, loves it!!! We put her in it for the first time and it
took her a few minutes to figure it out. But after that, there was no
stopping her. It was so funny though, when she jumped for the first
time... she just had this look on her face like what just happened?
Did I do that? Then she jumped or the a good hour straight. Now
when I hold her she can't sit still she is always jumping!!!