School starts

 Such a turkey!  And ewww gross for AJ that is her tooth brush! lol...

 Trip to Tauphus zoo the day before school started.  Brought AJ's friend Avery with us.  We had a lot of fun.  We played at the park and had a picnic after the zoo.

 Traditional school pancakes!  Can't believe AJ is in 4th and Brylee Kindergarten!  It is crazy how fast time flies!  They both have great teachers.  AJ has Mrs. Thompson and Brylee has Mrs. Prescott.  They were both so excited for the first day.

 Josh and Aspen

She is growing too fast!

 Saying goodbye to her sisters. I had such a hard time leaving my baby at school!  It was not any easier with Brylee than it was with AJ. 

 Aunt Joy does a frist day of kindergarten gift.  Brylee loved it.

 Second day of school and they are still excited!  And AJ has on new glasses! 

We love Adams elementary!  Great staff, great atmosphere, great kids!

Summer Vacation 2013 #14 HOME!

Finally it was time to go home.  We had so much fun but I was so ready to be home.  Plus the girls started school in less than a week and I was feeling the pressure of normal life hitting. 
On the way home we had to stop at Little America.  I remember stopping here as a kid.  It is a fun rest stop. The kids had a blast.

 Playing around, eating ice cream cones, stretching before we have to get back in the van.

 

 

 Utah mountains!

 We drove straight to Tepanyaki for Joys birthday dinner.  The food is so yummy!  We only stayed one night in Utah, we had to get Snoop.  But it was a fun night!

The entertainment is fun too...

 Brylee's face when the chef had the fire put out by a toy peeing... so funny.

 Idaho!  Rainbow over Rexburg temple as we came home.

 Total miles we traveled from Utah back to Idaho, 3600.   That was a lot of miles to do with 4 young kiddos in the van.  But they did amazing.  It was such a great trip.  So many fun memories.  So much to be thankful for.  I know the Lord watched over us and kept us safe.  I love my family!  Time with them means everything to me!

Summer Vacation 2013 #13

Colordao!  We had so much fun staying with Blake and Ellie Bailey.  Their kids and our kids got along so well.  We watched Avengers in 3D in their home room theater, played games, ate yummy food (Ellie is a great cook), learned about and got addicted to making paracord bracelets, and we went boating!  We had a blast boating.  The weather was great, overcast.  Glenn got up on a wake board for the first time.  AJ tried water skiing but I think she as a little too scared to really try.  She says she wants to try again next time.  We watched Blake in awe, he has some mad skills!  Eli and Massie were awesome on the ski's too.  Mostly we played on the tube.  That thing is AWESOME!  We had so much fun! Can't wait to do it again, hopefully sooner than later.

 The kids... oh and Blake, lol.

 

 Glenn had an awesome run and an awesome crash!  Glad he was not really hurt, it looked so painful, he said it was very painful.  But he had a blast getting up on the board.

 Blake!

  Kenna fell asleep...

Our tube routine. Ellie and I laughed almost the whole time we were on the tube.  Blake tried to tip us but there is no way to tip this tube!  So much fun!

 Playing in the lake

 Deer by our van...

 Blakes house

 We loved out time in Colorado with the Baileys.  But now we are off to a night in UT and then....HOME!  It has been a fun but long three weeks!