Family Home Evening

We picked Caleb up from soccer practice and headed out to the lake for some quick wake boarding. It was awesome. The water was actually perfect and we were the only boat on the water. Caleb is getting really confident and even got a little air on the wake. And Ashlee tried the knee board all by herself. She was so brave. Syd still loves the tube with me. We tried to let her go alone but it was a disaster so maybe next year when she is 5






. I'm so sad that summer is over and our boating days are through for the season.

First Day of School

This is Ashlee on the first day of 2nd grade. She was sooo excited to go back. Caleb started middle school and he absolutely did NOT want me to take him to school. sniff... So no picture of Caleb. I cried the whole way to Ashlee's school after I left Caleb at his friends house so they could walk. Miss Syd didn't want to take pictures either. I'm so glad that at least Ashlee is easy to get along with.

This goes against everything I believe in........

It's not that big of a secret that I am a little OCD. That being said, for our birthday we celebrated with a fun boat trip with Nanny and Grandpa. The kids picked Don Pedro just for the mud. Having the kids coated in mud, wanting to climb in the boat is NOT my favorite, however looking at their cute smiles almost makes it worth it. By the way, I'm pretty sure that I am the WORST blogger ever. This trip was on August 15. My mom informed me the other day that she has started to Blog stalk and looks at Misty's blog just to catch up on what is going on with my kids. sad :(

Arrow of Light Birthday Party

On August 14 we had the Cub Scout Campout. It was also Calebs birthday. We decided it would be really cool to have his Arrow of Light ceremony out at the lake. His friend got his award too. So with the help of Chris Youngberg, Bishop Rowe and Carl we had a pretty fantastic ceremony. Chris used B. Rowes Indian costume and script and rowed into camp in a canoe that Carl brought out. And instead of turning the electric lights, our friend Jen brought tiki torches for the boys to light. With a few sticks, some rope and imagination we made a bridge for them to cross into Boy Scouts. The girls just had fun running around and getting dirty and making SMORES (pretty much the best part of any campfire). Nanny and Grandpa were also there to celebrate Caleb's achievement.

Marine World

All summer we were trying to plan a trip to Marine World in Vallejo with our friends Bridgette, Chad and Brando. We were finally able to go the first week of August and were especially lucky because Nan was here to go with us. The kids had a blast. Sydney was only slightly sad when she wasn't tall enough for the big coasters. Ashlee, being the nice sister skipped the big ones too. Sydney loves Chad and tried to hang out with him all day. Aside from the 50$ lunch of fries and chicken nuggets, it was a fantastic day.

The group just starting our day.

Sydney told Bridge that she will love her forever and ever.

I snuck my camera on the ride (at the threat of being kicked out if I was caught) and got these 2 pics of sydney on the rollercoaster. I love her face in the second one.

Sydney and her friend Chad on the swings.