4 of each - Part 3: Collin

If you know Collin, you know how much he loves trains and especially Thomas. He had a blast both days we went!

 

 

 

 

4 of each - Part 2: Abby

Abby didn't get to go with the boys on Friday to see Thomas, so we went back on Saturday. Though she definitely is not as enamored with Thomas as the boys, she had lots of fun. There's also a picture of how excited she was to stay up later on Friday night and enjoy some orange julius.

4 of each - Part 1: Evan

Evan got to go to "Day Out with Thomas" twice this week, and had a blast. It just finished raining before Amy got there on Friday with Collin and Evan, so they practically had the place to themselves, including the rain puddles!

Annual Trip to the Pumpkin Patch

Hey everyone! We made our annual trip out to Sweet Berry Farm yesterday and had a great time. We were out there before it started raining so it was a beautiful, overcast day. What an awesome family tradition!

Quick update

So it has been a BUSY last few weeks. We went up to D-town for labor day with Brant and Chris and g-parents Sheen, and watched the BYU/OU game at Brant's. We got back in town and a few days later on Friday, Amy's parents came into town and were here until yesterday. Their visit happened to coincide with the first rains we've had around here for quite some time. Then this past Saturday, I made a trip to New Orleans and back to watch BYU trounce on Tulane. Yesterday, I went to a funeral of a woman we knew who unexpectedly passed away last Friday. And finally today, I stayed home sick. It's been a lot of travelling, for the most part a lots and lots of fun, and definitely full of emotion.

After Amy let me take a rest this afternoon, I offered to give her a break and took the kids to a local park. I took the following pictures with my cell phone, the quality may not be the greatest. But I think after the last few weeks of everything, these kids just needed a chance to get out and just play.

Big man on campus!

Collin starts his first day of pre-school today and is SO excited. He got the same teacher as Abby had last year (Ms. Terry), and he got to finally where his astronaut T-shirt. For some reason he's into tucking in shirts these days, so I took a picture with the shirt tucked in and then asked him to untuck it for the rest. Good luck this year Collin!

First Day of School! First Day of School!

I don't know how Marlin was able to sleep in at the beginning of Finding Nemo. The whole family was super excited for Abby to start her first day of school. We got up early, and while she got cleaned up, I made her a bunch of eggs (way too many as the picture shows below). We took some pictures, got loaded up and headed to school!

I don't know why it was surprising to me how easy it was for her, but she's always been little "Miss Independent". Specifically, we walked into her class, she walked straight to her locker, put her bag in, and went to sit down at her desk and start coloring. It may have been her last day of school as easy as it was for her. It was the same the first day of preschool, it was the same attitude when she went into primary, and it was the same when she went into nursery at church. I'm sensing a trend...

Anyhow, enjoy some pictures!

OK, so not everyone was up early. Evan slept in until it was pretty much time to go, hence why he's not in these pictures. :)