We had our first annual "End of Summer Party" We had so much fun this will be a long tradition. Who knew pizza, 10 bucks of plastic and a bottle of baby oil could be so much fun!
Second:
Another visit from Grandma and Grandpa is always great. We all went to Snowbird to attend Jesse's cousin John's weeding reception. It was a beautiful reception up in the mountains. It was a really nice dinner party and I think I promised the kids to be on their best behavior and the reward would be donuts. My kids will do anything for a donut! Of course they were perfect! I love this photo of Sophie and her Grandpa, you can just feel the love between them.
Third:
My sweet neice Princess Shaylei got married to her Prince Steven in the SL Temple. It was a beautiful day and a lot of fun. It was so special to have our family in the temple to share in her special day. My camera was in my purse the entire day and do you think that I snapped one photo??? NOPE!
Fourth:
We had our first "official" sleep over with friends. They had so much fun and they actually went to bed at a reasonable hour! The kids with Mason and Jacee!
Fifth:
For the 24th of July we had a chance to stay in my friend Jackie's condo up at the Gateway. It was a lot of fun, the kids had the best time in the fountains. It was great to walk out your front door and be in the middle of an outside mall. Thanks Jack!
sixth:
The first day of School. My wonderful boy started second grade and I still can't believe it. He was so excited!He has two teachers, they team teach and at first he was a little nervious to have two teachers but now he LOVES it. They are great! Then my sweet Sophie started Kindergarten, I know give me a moment....She was SUPER excited to go to school and to be close to her brother. Her classroom is right around the corner from his and she loves it! I just went to SEP's and Sophie's teacher Mrs. Esquerra said that the best part of her day is when Dylan comes to pick her up and both of their eyes just light up when they see each other. Ohh!
Seventh:
On Labor Day we left and headed to Montana to Uncle Scott's wedding reception. We were sad that Uncle Dave and Daddy could'nt join us they were working but, that meant that Aunt Lynnie and I could ride up together which was one of the best parts of the trip. Just chattin with my sis and the kids completely entertained by their sweet cousin Kenadie was a perfect way to spend 8 hours!! Uncle Scott was nice enough to host all of us at his home. We all camped outside of his house, it was a big "Shuman" rondavue. I think I laughed the entire weekend, between my sister and her girls it was a riot. I also think I saw my kids once a day and that was at night, they played with cousins all day. Super fun! We went to a beautiful lake and Dylan once again amazed me with his Kayaking skills, he loves it. I was a little nervious the whole time because the water was freezing and if he fell in I was perpared to turn on my past lifeguarding skills to save him...Great Memories!
Eighth:
The kids had a wonderful oppurtunity to spend a week with Grandma and Grandpa in Arizona. They just can't stand to be away from them for too long aren't they the best. Jesse and I took them half way to Page, AZ. I cried when we left and about five more times until we got home. Then I cried after I would talk to them on the phone every morning. Ohh and then again at night when I went to bed...They had a wonderful time swimming, playing with cousins and just getting spoiled for a week. Jesse and I felt like we were dating that week. We planned something every night to keep us busy. We went to the temple, dinner, hiked the "Y" (I know, I couldn't believe that Jesse would do that but he did. He spit on it a couple of time just to note), dinner with cousins, movies, and much more! It was a great week all around!
Not a great photo of us all sweaty and hot but I had to prove that we did it!
Ninth:
We had a great summer again we are so blessed to have wonderful fun memories with family. Ok, this post took me all day! Note to self, don't go four months without posting AGAIN!!!!
