Emergency Preparedness Fair

Our Stake put on a Community Emergency Preparedness Fair today, and the kids go to talk to a paramedic in an ambulance. We came home with lots of useful information too.

Labor Day

We were invited to go to some friends relatives' house for a swim party on Labor day. All the kids are in our ward and they all play really well together. It sure was a lot of fun watching them have fun!

Karate

Ella started back up taking karate classes again. Here she is kicking a board in half. Sorry it's a little blurry.

Bingo Nite!-August 25th

The kids school had a Family Fun Nite during the first week of school. It was crazy getting back into the groove of a schedule, getting up early and going to bed, so I almost passed on the whole evening. I was glad I packed them all in the car and went. It was really low key and fun. Kaitlyn got the first bingo and won a gift bucket of popcorn, red vines, milkduds, sunkist and the movie "Rio." Then Andrew won a raffle drawing of an In N' Out gift card and Kaitlyn won a Jamba Juice gift card! They were so excited! Well worth it! It was nice to see some of their friends there as well, after being out of school for the summer.

First Soccer Practice for Andrew!-Aug 16th

Andrew had his first day of soccer practice on August 16th. He is standing behind his best friend, also named Andrew. They are super excited that they are on the same team! There are only 6 boys on a team so they get to play all the time. They are so cute!

First Day of School! First Day of School!!

So back to the life of homework, schedules, PTA meetings, driving kids around, drop-off/pick-ups, soccer, karate, gymnastics and dance. The kids had a hard time falling asleep early Sunday night, but they were super excited to get up and going in the morning. Andrew, not so much, until I told him there was something outside for him. He started to get up, then asked if I could just bring it to him, but I said "no," he had to go look for himself. The PTA went around last night and put these signs up at each Kindergartner's house to make them feel special. Pretty neat!

Beach Saturday!

So after the girls cut their hair we went to the beach to meet up with the Pynes. It was Jaden's 4th birthday and he wanted to go to the beach. Kaitlyn and James went out to boogie board and Ella and Andrew played in the sand. The kids sure had fun. So sad, it's the last weekend of summer, school starts August 22! The summer sure flew by!