Thursday, September 3, 2015

1st day of school

My second consecutive post... I wish I could keep it up.  Let's go back a couple of weeks to the first day of school.  I have to admit, this year I had mixed emotions about summer ending.  usually I can't wait. 11 weeks (minus a couple of trips) having 4 kids stuck in a house because it is too hot outside, no pool day after day can get on a mom's nerves.  But this year, I enjoyed the sleeping in and the kids were really good.  And we did get invited a lot to swim at other's homes, so it wasn't half bad this summer.

But here we are back in school.  The kids were excited and couldn't wait to see their friends and meet their teachers.  And Graham started preschool this year, so I have a few hours a week to myself.  I have to admit, it is weird to have the house so quiet for a few hours.  Half of me likes it and half of me doesn't.  But luckily, I have 3 years of this before he is gone, so it will work out great.  I get a few hours to myself and then I get to have him with me.  Best of both worlds.

Okay, so here are our traditional first day of school pictures.  enjoy!






Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Celebrating Turning 8 this year

I am not very good at posting on my blog these days.  Life is busy and my blog is what suffers.  So, instead of trying to go back and start at the beginning of summer, I thought it might be best just to start where I am in life (and if I can I will go back).

So, I saw this adorable idea on pinterest and thought to myself, we have to do the same thing this year.  My little Ella turned 8 this year along with several of her cute friends.   So the moms and I made sure we could make it happen.

We got the girls together in their baptism dresses and the "I like to look for rainbow" balloons and made our way to the temple so we could commemorate their important decision to be baptized this year.

I love the way the pictures turned out.  I love this cute little girls.  I love that they decided to be baptized and I love their cute friendships.  So much to love and so much to capture and celebrate.

It is great to be eight, for sure!