Busy but fun week...

Two Saturdays ago Sariah and I flew out to Cali for Anna and Jason's wedding.  Matt and Vanessa drove up from So Cal and we had a nice weekend celebrating this event.  I took the pictures at the wedding with a little help from my talented cousin, Shelly who also flew in for the wedding.  Anna and Jason looked great and Rogan was so adorable in his tux.  A short trip, but worth it!

Then Wednesday Alex and I had a Mother/Daughter pedicure activity at the church.  We ended up with matching sparkly lavender toes.  She's also been working with her Dad lately on a car for the Daddy/Daughter Derby coming up in a month.  Gotta love Activity Days!



 Wednesday, Brad also flew to Utah to recruit at BYU for work.  So we took Nana with us to the Ringling Brothers Circus on Friday.  All I could take inside was my ancient point and shoot but it's better than nothing.  We went early for the pre-show so the kids could meet the performers and participate in some of the activities.  I wish I could've taken pictures during the show, it was pretty amazing but alas, it's against the rules.  Both of the kid's favorite part was a clown act between some older clowns playing nice band music and a younger clown rocking out to Black Eyed Peas on an ipod.  He ended up "swallowing" the ipod in the end and controlling it with his tummy.  Funny that a transition act was their favorite.  But Johnny also really liked the death dome with the motorcycles riding inside a dome cage and the ninja who jumped blindfolded through a flaming ring of knives.  Alex really like the high wire act and the elephants.  Oh, they both also really liked the dog acts which were pretty cute.  They watched the show with their clown noses and silly hats on the whole time while eating $10 bags of cotton candy and popcorn.  I think we spent as much on "stuff" there as we did on the actual tickets.  And if the hats didn't come with the snacks they would've walked out of there with nothing but their free clown noses.  Oh well, I guess they need to make money some how.  It was fun and I'm glad Cathi could go with us, every one had a great time.

Alex started another season of soccer and is doing great this time around.  She really enjoys her team and has shown lots of improvement already.  This last Saturday she had pictures and two games in the afternoon.  It was a long, hot (97 degree) day.  But all of the girls pushed through and did a great job.

And drum roll please...................Johnny lost his first tooth!
It took forever for it to come out since it became loose and he was very impatient.  He asked me almost every day to try and pull it out for him.  He REALLY wanted that money from the tooth fairy.

An evening on the lake

Just before school started we got to go out for an evening on the lake with Jason and Suzy. 

The weather was great, the lake was quiet, good food, good friends and a great time!

First Day

   I thought this day would never come.  August seemed to drag on forever since we planned most of our excursions during June and July.  They weren't quite as excited this year as I was and I think Johnny was a tad bit nervous.  Just lots to remember and he doesn't want to disappoint his teacher or any possible new friends.  His closest friends all ended up in other classes but he did know some of the kids in his current class and he knows the teacher already because Alex had her in 1st grade as well.  I snuck in at lunch to see how it would go (and because I forgot to send money for hot lunch that day) because Johnny usually spends his entire meal time talking and it takes him an hour to eat.  I figure he will just have to learn the hard way that if he doesn't eat enough and eat it fast at lunch he's going to be very hungry by the end of school. 
   Alex couldnt' wait to wear her new cupcake shirt (it even smells like cupcakes) with her cupcake earrings and Johnny was excited to have something new at all since he usually wears hand me downs from his cousins.  Hand me downs are awesome and he doesn't complain but he felt pretty special that I bought him some brand new shirts just for him.
   Over the weekend I made a couple of batches of salsa and today I'm making peach/raspberry jam and maybe some just raspberry jam as well.  I'm trying to use up the fruit I've picked at friend's houses and the vegetables in my garden.  I'm thinking I will have to make some spaghetti sauce as well because my tomato plants are still producing tons.  I love the routine that school provides and the peace and quiet I get now during the day.  I have a very long list of things I want to get done now that I have a little more time.  We'll see how it goes.  3 hours, 36 more minutes until they get home.  I'd better get crackin!

Chasing Waterfalls

One last trip for the summer.  We met Sariah and Hunter in Twin Falls for a little camping excursion.  It was our first real camping trip using our tent trailer we bought last Fall.  We used it last spring break in our backyard and then again at the cabin for the family reunion because there just aren't enough rooms in the cabin anymore for the Day's growing family.  It was hot but the kids had fun at the park and pool at our campsite and we found a few waterfalls in the area.  The main one, Shoshone Falls, is huge and we had a picnic there and then went swimming at a nearby lake to keep cool.  My favorite part of the trip though was this extremely tall waterfall that you could walk behind.  I took some pictures that I'm hoping to stitch together and post later.  But for now, these pictures are some highlights from the trip.  It was nice spending time with Ri and Hunter, who knows where they will be living next summer.

High Dive

They LOVE the high dive!