Kindergarten!

I can't believe that my little bug is old enough to go to school. She has been so excited. This morning Bugs woke up before her alarm and was so worried that it had already turned off by itself. I assured her that it wasn't time for her to get up yet. She decided that it was time to start getting ready because "I can't be late on my first day. I don't want to be the last one in my class". So Bugs fixed herself a fruit cup and a yogurt for breakfast. After she ate, she brushed her teeth and her hair, and then picked out her outfit. She was very excited about her choice of clothes. All of this was accomplished before 10 am. School doesn't start until after 12. Needless to say the next few hours went by very slow. Here are a few pictures of her before we left.
Peanut wanted to go with Bugs to school. She compromised by being able to walk Bugs to her class. While Bugs was at school, Peanut and I (along with a couple of friends) made cookies. When I was growing up, my mom would always have homemade cookies on the table waiting for us when we got home from school. I am hoping to continue this tradition with my family. So far so good.


Bugs gets to sit at the front of her classroom. There are 18 students in her class. She is way too cute. I love this kid!

Giving Daddy kisses before "off to school, off to school, I can't be late!"

Mom and Bugs

Red dirt

This last weekend we went to the Morrill family reunion. The kids had so much fun. I love being able to just let the kids play and get dirty. They loved to freedom of being outside and running all over. This picture is of just how dirty their feet got. You don't even want to know what the bath water looked like when we washed them all off.
I decided that I wanted to try to take a family picture. I thought it was a good idea, however my children didn't exactly agree with me. I posted a few anyway.

I love these kids. If only Peanut would smile on cue.

Look how cute my little guy looks. I still can't believe that he is a year.

Playing in the dirt. He is all boy.

Little man's birthday

My little man turned one this month. I can't believe it. Where did the year go?! We had a beach party/sport theme party for the little one. I am so thankful for all of the family and friends that were able to make it for the party. We had sloppy joes, corn, and fruit-along with cake and ice cream. What a fun day.

The football cake and sports cupcakes

Little man blowing out the candle and digging into the cake

A timeline of the demolition of the cake. The last picture in the collage is of Mike spraying Little Man off with a hose. He loved the cake and was mad when I took it away.

More Pictures

I found some more pictures of my sweet Grandma, and Grandpa. It has been so fun to reminisce will going through the pictures. There are so many happy memories. I love them both so much.

This is the classic way my grandma's birthday always ended. Every year the extended family would get together for a picnic. By the end of the night a water fight would break out, and only end when Grandma hid the handle to the outdoor faucet. What a great way to celebrate a birthday!

(Those are my two older brothers shivering in the front of the photo. Aren't they cute?)

Happy Birthday!

Today my grandma would have turned 91. Happy birthday Grandma! I miss her so much, but am so grateful for the wonderful life that she was able to live and that I was able to be a part of it. I wish that I had a better picture, but this is the only one that I was able to find. This picture was taken when my brother was entering the MTC.

Family Reunion

After our trip to Seattle, we made our way back to Eastern Washington. Mike's sisters and their children, except Kristina, all traveled to his mom's house for a get-together. Bruce (Nanette's husband) wasn't able to make it over either, he had to work. All of the kids had a great time together. We played in the sprinklers, swam in the neighbors pool, played volleyball and badminton, and threw the football around. It was so fun to see my kids getting to know their cousins better, and just having fun. Here are some pictures of our little reunion.

Little man will be one next month. Since we do not get to celebrate birthdays with Mike's family, we had a little party for him with them. Kris made a cake with Winnie the Pooh and Tigger figures, and we opened presents with the family. Little man was so excited for the cake. He started out a little tentative, but it didn't take him long to dive right in. He was mad when I took it away.

Woodland Park Zoo

The zoo in North Seattle is amazing. We thought that we would be able to breeze through it in a few hours. We have made it through Hogle Zoo pretty quick, so we didn't plan to spend a huge amount of time there. Boy were we wrong. We spent almost four hours walking quickly around the zoo, and we still missed at least a third of the animals. The entire zoo is beautiful. There are so many trees and flowers all along the paths, and the enclosures for the animals are amazing. The kids had a great time, but were very tired by the end. I think the gorillas were my favorite part. There was a large male, a female, and a few young gorillas. They are able to move around the trees so gracefully. Peanut loved to see the giraffes, and Bugs like the elephants and the hippos. At the end of the day, of course we had to ride the carousel. What a fun way to end our vacation in Seattle.