Preschool Begins!

Dallin started his second year of preschool yesterday. He is growing up so fast, we can't even believe it!

Here is my big boy, before we left for school. He couldn't wait to go to school. He wanted me to take a picture of his new shoes, that he was so pumped to wear!

These are his friends at preschool. Dallin, Brynn, Charley, Laney, and Korbin. Korbin is Dallin's cousin, and all the others are Korbin's cousins on the Garner side of his family. So he knows a lot of kids in his class.

Once he got into class, he had to find his name on the attendance board and move it over. He knew exactly where his name was. Then he got his name tag and was told to go find a seat and start coloring his picture. He was so excited, he looked at me and smiled, while making scribble marks on his picture and said, "Mom, take a picture of me coloring!"

Dallin and Korbin, in their seats doing their first assignment. Right after I took this, I said goodbye and he waved like crazy at me! I can't believe he is getting so big.

The Rest of Our Summer

I am sitting here after the first day of school, wondering where our summer went. I can't believe it is already over. We had such a fun time, took a few mini vacations, and relaxed a lot. There are a few things we did almost weekly. Here are some photos we took through out the summer:

Lagoon:

Dallin was a pro last year, and it carried right over. He loves every ride he can go on, except the scary ones. His favorites are Rattlesnake rapids, Odysea, Bat, and Dinosaur Drop. When I asked him his fav's, the list was like 5 minutes long!

Tayah was pretty shy at the first of the season. She didn't like hardly any rides, but now she loves them! Her favorites are the cars, the transformer ride, and scaliwags!

Swimming:

Both of my kids are little fish and love the water! We went to my Aunt Nona's pool once a week all summer long. We also made it to the public pool a few times!

Our little daredevil going off the diving board! He did this at least 10 times a day when we were at my Aunt's house!

Tayah loved to swim with Chloe and Berkley!

We had a great summer overall, and I am sad to see it go! Dallin starts his 2nd year of preschool on Wednesday, and I began my 7th year of teaching today! Wow, I am old. Happy New School Year,everyone!

Island Park

We went on our annual trip to Island Park a few weeks ago. We always have a good time camping and relaxing. We got there late Thursday night. Friday we headed into Yellowstone park. We weren't seeing very many animals at first, but ended up seeing 2 bears, some deer, a lot of bison, and a coyote. Saturday we went into West Yellowstone for some shopping and lunch. It was a quick weekend getaway and we had so much fun!

My parents always buy the kids a shirt when we head up there. They look so cute all together, and all the kids that couldn't make the trip got matching sweatshirts with the others. We had a hard time finding one to fit Tayah, so she will have to grow into it. Thanks Mom and Dad!

Bear Lake 2009

We took our annual trip to Bear lake with Brians mom's family again this year.

We spent 4 days camping up St. Charles Canyon on the Idaho side of Bear lake. It is so nice to see and visit with everyone. We relaxed a lot and went to the lake a few days. It was great!

We spent a lot of time on the beach, because it was so windy. The boat wasn't a whole lot of fun.

There was a lot of digging in the sand. Who needs sand toys, when there are a bunch of sticks laying around?

The boys enjoying a picnic lunch in the trees. Look at those messy mugs!

Tayah decided to take out her pigtails. Can you say, Ace Ventura?

We had another great trip with the Barker Cousins. Can't wait until next year.