First day of school 2011

My second attempt was a success!  Here are the rest of the girls on the first day of school.  Riding the bus for the first time in our school career.  Aubri starting kindergarten.  It was an exciting day.  Oh and dad trying to embarrass them with swim goggles.

I sat down to do a "quick" post since I haven't done it in a long time.  Of course it is never a quick thing for me.  I had pictures of all my girls on the first day of school and Sam's picture is the only one who made it into the post!  Seriously, what is wrong with me.  Maybe once my family room is picked up I will attempt to post again.  This picture makes me sad that it is her last year in Elementary school, and her last year of innocence; yet it is so fun to see her grow up.

Lilly at her cardiologist appointment.  She looks like the terminator or something bionic.  She was very brave though.  And good news, her holes are both smaller then before!  

Our cute friends, the Rowberry's, came to spend a couple days with us.  It was so good to see them.  

 How cute with all these girls here they rehearsed a show for us.  Sam played "A whole new world" and Kenzi and Grace sang.  Kenzi and Grace also sang "When I am baptized for us and they promised they would sing that song again on their baptism day.

We have this steep hill in our backyard that goes down to the basement, perfect for a slip n slide in the summer and probably perfect for sledding in the winter.  These are some of our new friends, Pearl and Lucy.  It was so fun.

Oooooops!  Good job Sam, we give you a 10!

Another trip to Utah.  This time for Addie's baptism.  It was so much fun, the cousins hadn't seen each other for a while and it was so good to see them all.  They absolutely love each other, and are so cute all together.  Thanks Addie for having a reason for us to all get together and thanks for the yummy food and swimming Todd and Darc.  We love you guys!  

I couldn't help following these two around and trying to get some cute pictures of them.  They are so cute!

I really can't believe how grown up all these cousins are.  It is crazy how fast this happens.  They are so beautiful and handsome!  We love you guys.

A little swimming after the baptism.

New Lens

So my cute daughter dropped my camera and my lens broke.  Luckily it was only the lens and not the camera.  I bought a new lens on amazon after a recommendation from Amber.  I finally received the lens and had to play around with it so I could get used to it.  These are just random pics of our garden and backyard.  Hopefully it will give ya'll an idea of where we are.  We are loving it but it has certainly taken some adjusting.  I think the adjusting has come more from me than my girls.  I was so worried about my girls and how they were going to handle this move, but I never thought about how I was going to handle it.  If I didn't have my two sister-in-laws I would have gone crazy by now.  Each day gets a little easier.  I can't wait to see what grows in our garden though!

Saying Goodbye!

Last day of school, and our last day in Cedar Hills.  Sam asked me to come pick her up from school and bring my camera to take some pictures.  I am so glad I got these pictures for her, but I could not hold it together.  We both left the school crying.  We walked outside and I saw so many people from our ward that I darted across the street and avoided everyone except Kim Cannon.  Those who know me know that I absolutely hate goodbye;s and we have had a lot of them.  I hope none is offended I just can't keep it together when I am saying goodbye.  I want to tell people how much they mean to me but I can't speak because I am crying and it's not very cute!  So if anyone is reading this from our neighborhood please know how much we love you guys.  We have learned so much from that ward and have loved being your neighbor!

Summer Toes

I saw the cutest picture of this family and their three girls toes.  I had to copy it with my five girls toes, although I didn't get their toes all painted cute but it does show the colors they love to put on their own toes.  I love dirty summer feet and legs with bruises everywhere.  

Our neighbors did a great job on their backyard, it is so nice to finally have someone taking care of that yard, and they installed a trampoline which my girls use everyday.  You can tell who rules the tramp when there are five kids on the sides watching while Hadley is in the middle jumping by herself. 

Last Day for Aubri

Aubri is officially a kindergartner.  I can't believe it, but she is so excited and definitely ready for it.  Thanks Mrs. Whiting.  We are sad to leave Learning Dynamics Preschool, they have such a great program, I'm not sure what I'm going to do with my last two littlies.