Holding on to Summer

We have had such a fun summer. We hate to see it end. Yesterday we went to the local waterpark for one last day. It was great! We went with our friends Dana, Joey, Jacob, & their Auntie Laura.

Mmmm. Melted Oreos!

Abby's 1st Day of School

Abby started back to pre school this week. She is in the pink room this year. Which she LOVES! Her teachers are Mrs. Melanie & Mrs. Melodie. How's that for confusing? She is very glad to be back with her friends from last year. She really enjoys seeing Sofia, Katie, & Owen. There is a whole group of little blondies in her class. She has been very happy to go every day and does not cry at all when I drop her off at teacher's kids before school starts. This has made our mornings much happier.

She does still have her moody moments, though.

This is her friend Matthew. They were in the Orange Room last year together. He is not quite 3 yet, though so he is not in her class this year. They still love to play together and sometimes become quite brother/sistery. His brother is Nathan's friend Mikey and his mom teaches with me at DS. So they have spent alot of time together this summer.

Here's Abby with her friend Sofia. Sofia's mommy takes care of the teacher's kids before and after school.

Abby's Princess Tea Party!

Abby loves princess and she loves having tea parties. So last Saturday we had a princess tea party for her birthday. Here are some of the highlights. I'm sure you can tell make-up was a HUGE hit!

Our Big 3 Year Old!

The Littlest Princess!Princesses busy making crowns. Katie & Sofia getting beautiful with make-up.

"How do we look?"

I have a serious problem remembering candles for my kids' birthday parties. I forgot them at Nathan's this year, too. I will have to remember to put them at the top of my list next year!
Birthday plate that Aunt Lyssa made at Mimi's studio.
Even some of the grown ups got in on the princess fun.We sure do love princess Mallory!

Make-up table!

Kendall, Katie, & Sofia Have I mentioned how much she LOVES make-up!

Abby is 3!!!

Today is Abby's 3rd birthday!!! I'm not sure where the last 3 years have gone. Abby is definitely crossed over into the little girl phase of life. She is not a baby anymore. She makes us all laugh ALOT! Her personality is very strong and she enjoys being the center of attention and making people laugh.

Some of her favorite things right now are babies, Barbie, all things princess, & dress up. She also loves to run around with Nathan's guns and pretend to shoot them. We just never know what she will come downstairs wearing or doing. She loves to get all dressed up with clothes, jewelry, shoes, & purses.

She also loves to snuggle with her daddy, play with friends, swim, & love on Mallory. She loves to eat pancakes, Lucky Charms, pepperoni pizza, Sonic grilled cheese, watermelon, & pink lady apples. She does love pink!

She wanted pepperoni pizza from Ci Ci's tonight and pink cereal (Lucky Charms)for breakfast this morning. Pretty easy bday meals.

We love you Abby and are so glad God has blessed us with you!

1st Birthday Luau2nd Birthday

3rd Birthday Princess Party! We celebrated her bday last weekend with a princess tea party. Pictures of that will be my next post.

Here she is tonight after bath time in her princess chair. Marcia & I decorated this for her princess party.

1st Grade!!!

Nathan started first grade today! It was a super exciting day for him. The first words out of his mouth this morning were, "I'm a big first grader, I'm a big first grader!" Clay, Abby, & I said good bye to him and the end of his hallway and he just walked on down to his room and was gone. He didn't even look back. I love that he is so confident to go into this new situation and be so brave. I, on the other hand, walked back to the car very teary-eyed. We love his school and feel like he has an excellent teacher. He chose to have pancakes for breakfast this morning and a turkey/cheese sandwich in his lunch. After school we went to celebrate at the snow cone stand with our friends: Dana, Joey, & Jacob. He was very tired when I picked him up and not very talkative, but as the evening has gone on he has shared more and more about his first day. Can't wait to see what the 2nd day holds for him.

Rainy Day Fun!

We are finally getting some rain this week. It is a nice break from the scorching temps we have had lately and it has been very FUN for Nathan and Abby. I was out organizing the garage a little yesterday and these two just got busy entertaining themselves out in the rain. They had such a great time. There was lots of laughter and squealing! At one point I was talking to my sister on the phone while they were doing this and I was so concerned that they were going to get hurt. I thought surely they need a helmet or something for all this running, sliding, going over curbs and such. She informed me thought that we used to do the same thing with our wagon. I guess we turned out okay. I hope the same for my monkeys!

Everyone's gotta clean their wagon after rainy day rides.

Go-Carts were SO last year!!!

Saturday my in-laws came in town to stay with us for the night. Little did we know that this vehicle was going to come out of this visit. Clay & Grandad spent Sunday afternoon driving about 1 1/2 hours away to look at this cool golf cart. Luckily the drive was worth it and they came home with the BAD BOY BUGGIE!!! Or as Abby likes to call it the FerFari car. Which is her version of Safari Car. Eventually this vehicle is going to the ranch to be for hunting, but until then it is in our garage. Good thing I spent last week cleaning out the garage.
When will mom ever learn to stop taking our picture while looking into the sun!?!

On a side note, we have been enjoying a Daddy week at our house. Clay took the last two days off and we have been having so much fun. Yesterday we ran some errands, went shopping, relaxed at home, and then went to Chuck E. Cheese's for dinner. Today we spent the day at the waterpark and working on the Bad Boy Buggie. It has been so much fun to have him home with us. We are very sad that it has to end tomorrow. We are also very sad that summer is starting come to an end. We have had such a relaxing time, but I'm sure this will be a fun school year and we are really looking forward to Nathan starting 1st grade.