Katie's first day of Kindergarten!

Katelyn had her first day on Kindergarten today! It actually wasn't too sad for either of us. I came to school with her and stayed the entire 45 minutes we were there. We put away her school supplies, met her teacher, and did a little scavenger hunt/tour around the classroom. It was fun to see where she'll be spending the next year learning and making new friends. I think tomorrow will be a little different when I drop her off and have to leave, but I know she'll run in without looking back and will have a great time.

The kids before school.

Waiting to go inside.
At her desk. So excited!

Camping

We were only able to squeeze in one camping trip this summer, but it was a fun one! We went with all of my family and spent the weekend roughing it. It was kind of overcast and chilly most of the time, but we were still able to have fun. It was actually nice to not having blazing hot weather. We only wished for the sun when it was time to play in the water, but that's okay. The kids, of course, had a blast and loved being able to spend all day playing outside. It was a great camp site with lots of trails and hills to climb on, and a creek nearby with sand to dig in. We ate lots of yummy food and relaxed a lot. Scott, my brother, and the other brothers-in-law even went on a big hike to a mountain lake. I'd say it was a successful camping trip.

The kids and their cousin, Dallas. This was the great sandy spot by the creek. Too bad it was too cold to go in and play, but they managed to have fun making sand castles and throwing rocks and sticks into the water.
We took a four wheeler trip up a trail. It was a beautiful view!

Hanging out with Uncle Matt.

What's better than eating breakfast outside next to a warm campfire. (This was the first morning. I had French braided her hair into four braids to see how curly it would end up.)

This is how curly it ended up.

Gage and Aunt Emily. This was after a long night of Gage not sleeping. Luckily, he did much better the second night.

Is summer already almost over?

Blogging has really been the last thing on my to do list lately, but I thought I should give an update on what we've been doing for those who do visit this blog. Instead of writing paragraphs upon paragraphs that no one would end up reading, I'll give just give you a list (and some pictures) of what we've been up to...

- We watched the Blue Angels perform (from a distance). It was amazing, even from far away!

- Scott and I went on a little vacation with the other adults in his family to Park City. It was our first trip without kids EVER! We had so much fun shopping, golfing, eating out, riding the Alpine slide and the coaster (which I highly recommend), and just relaxing! We missed the kids, but It's great to have a few mornings where you don't have to get up if you don't want to.

- When we got back we had a reunion with all of his family - including kids. All of them get along so well and had a great time.

- We did the summer reading program at the library and the kids enjoyed all of the fun prizes they earned.

- We took family pictures. Gage made this face in all of the very best pictures. Oh well, I guess it shows his personality. He's always making some kind of funny face.

- I was able to do a few things with some old high school friends. The kids and I also got together with friends from Denver. So much fun to see everyone!

- Birthday parties, zoo, the park, playing in the yard, visiting family, long walks with friends...aaahhh, so much fun.

Is summer already almost over? School for Katie starts soon. I am ready, but I'm not. She is very ready. I know it will be fun, but now time will really fly. I'm not sure if I'm ready for that. But ready or not, here it comes.