August 27, 2008

Addie's first day of Kindergarten was on Tuesday. All of the other grades started almost two weeks ago. She has been waiting patiently for her turn to start. She loves it!
Addie in her new classroom. She was excited to go to school today because they were going to have Art and PE.
I saw a caterpillar on the way out of school and pointed it out to Addie. My mistake... of course she had to bring it home and has been playing with it for two days.
This little girl loves animals and insects. She would love a pet. It is unfortunate that her Mom does not share her love of all living things. I would not let her keep the snake she became attached to last year about this time (she wanted to let it live in her bedroom). Her Aunt Jenny convinced her to set the very large lizard she found free. It suffered life on our deck for a couple of days. Maybe if I let her get a real pet all of the poor creatures that find their way to our house would avoid play torture.
Kolby had his first piano lesson today. He was very opposed to the idea. I could not have been more surprised when he came home and immediately started practicing. He loved it and did not want to stop playing all night (we'll see how long that lasts). It was a pleasant surprise as I thought I would have one ornery kid when he was done with the lesson. Kolby had a nasty bike wreck on the way to school yesterday. His hands are a small example of the cuts and bruises all over his body. The chain came off his bike as he was going off of a bump. He had a hard crash. I did not know about it until he came home from school all torn up. Kolby used the first aid kit in his backpack to tend to his wounds and walked his bike most of the way to school and home again. He was beat up enough that his teacher noticed and asked him what happened.

This video is to indulge the Grandparents. Kolby is taking piano lessons from a lady who Tyler took piano from when he was a kid. A weird coincidence considering we live five hours from where Tyler grew up. Can anyone believe that summer is almost over? It seems like it just started. Hopefully, the cooler weather will kill off the black widows, tarantulas and scorpions we are finding around. Right now, it is a good idea to not go in the garage without shoes on.

August 22, 2008

I have not had throw pillows on the couch for a long time because the kids just throw them on the floor (it drives me crazy). The pillows got put out again last week and I am already regretting my decision to let the pillows return. This is Landry's new activity. Sometimes he stacks them on top of each other (four high) and jumps onto the tower.

Last week Landry was obsessed with shin guards and soccer. He would cry until we would put them on and let him go outside and play soccer.

August 15, 2008

Landry really enjoys playing with his new lawn mower. He has a lot of fun pushing it around.

Addie lost her first tooth!

This is Addie's first year playing soccer.
She loves it!!Last week we had a camping party.
It was in the neighbor's backyard.
Kolby enjoying the great outdoors. We got to sleep in our beds at home that night. The tin foil dinners, cobbler and smores tasted great.
Landry loves jumping on the trampoline.
He really likes playing with his friend. The kids even topped off the night with some ice cream.

The indoor picnic/movie is a special treat. Arctic Circle with a shake is usually on the menu.
You have to try really hard to get this messy.
The dog days of summer. The kids and their friends trying to beat the heat.
Getting ready for the beginning of soccer season.
Practicing their skills...
The first day of fourth grade.
Kolby enjoyed his first two days of school.

August 4, 2008

We were able to visit Bear Lake.
The beach was relaxing.
We enjoyed playing in the water.
It was a fun little outing.
If you know Landry you know he is usually throwing a ball at someone or something. This picture makes me laugh because the ball is just about to hit Tyler in the back of the head.

Our family photo was taken at Tyler's Grandma's 80th birthday party.