Princess Kloe

Our little Kloe has discovered princess dresses. She loves picking out which "pretty" dress she is going to wear for the day. And even likes to dress her baby doll up in a princess dress too! What a cutie!

First day of School

Our super cute boy is a first grader! Josh was so excited for the first day of school. His teacher this year is Mrs. Gerard. Before school started Josh and Mom went on a back to school date. We went shopping for all of his school supplies and some new school clothes. On August 18th we went to back to school night and Josh got to meet his teacher and pick out his desk. He put all of his new supplies in his desk. That night we all went out for ice cream to celebrate the new year. The night before school started Josh got a Father's blessing and a good night's sleep. He started his morning with a big pancake breakfast. (his favorite), and headed to the bus stop. When he came home he said he had a great day. He loves taking his lunch to school in his lighting McQueen lunch box and playing at recess. He said that he most looks forward to learning math this year because, "it's good to have math skills."

Bear Lake!

We love Bear Lake. We were able to spend two weekends at Bear Lake this summer. The first weekend was the Collins Family reunion. We had a great time staying in the Gathering Place house with all of the Collins clan. We played games, watched funny skits and a magic show. Played on the beach and ate Raspberry Shakes. Two weeks later, we went back to bear lake with Clint and Holly and their family. We also met up with several of our friends from our neighborhood who were also at Bear Lake that weekend. The best things about Bear Lake are the raspberry shakes and the beach. We love that the water is so warm and shallow. The kids can play in the water and in the sand. We can play paddle ball on the beach and soak up the warm summer sun.