1st day of school

Katelyn ready for 3rd grade

 Hannah ready for 5th grade (her last year in elementary here)

Here they are getting ready to leave for the bus.  They chose to ride the bus on the first day instead of getting a ride with mom :(

Here is Taylor happily watching those two go off to school as she didn't start until the next day.  Natalie slept in that morning.

Here is Taylor's first day(actually 2nd because I forgot to take a picture) But this is proof that my girls can share, notice the outfit--Hannah wore it on her first day.  I was proud of this moment as I remember sharing clothes with my sisters!

End of Summer Party er I mean wedding!

What a wonderful way to end our summer, going to Cyndi and Renato's wedding!  It truly was a mini family reunion and we enjoyed ourselves so much!  Here are some photos of the event.

Here as they were about to come out of the temple we got the BE QUIET sign.  (something we are familiar with :)

Julie was smart and brought a few snacks

two new nephews

                                     Now here we are at the reception

there was LOTS of good food!

Drew enjoying some cake

What a great cousin :)

Jen and Jill serving cake

Rich has always been a lady's man :)

The candy table was a favorite!

I said, "Smile"  and BOTH children obeyed 

Grandma with Gannon-Sticker are compliments of cousins when we stopped at IN-n-Out.

switching seats with cousins on the ride home was a highlight!

girls playing around with some fabric from the wedding.

Bitty Baby goes wherever I go!

Visit to Seaside

Our first trip to Seaside will not be our last!!! Other than the un-summer like weather(which can be expected) and an episode with Darren's back, we had a wonderful trip! I posted only a small portion of the photos we took. Riley, our niece was visiting from Utah so we decided going to the coast was a must. We were hooked up with a nice place to stay--Matt and Beth's connection, and we went to the beach, aquarium, Maritime museum(in Astoria) swimming, candy shop, and rode the carousel. We also saw sea lions and drove to Washington State to see Cape disappointment --which ended up being a disappointment of a trip :)

This first photo is of Natalie watching Snow White for the first time! I wish I would have gotten video of her giggling as she watched the dancing scene. She found a new liking for Snow White after actually watching this show.

There is NOTHING like the beach!!!!! It does look freezing but really that afternoon it was warm enough to have just your suit on--at least for a few hours, and then home for hot cocoa.

Ok these next two photos I love because in the first Taylor has just thrown a sand clod at Hannah (Hannah is trying to block it) and then in the second Hannah has taken off after Taylor.