She flies through the air...with the greatest of ease!

Baby girl LOVES the swings.  She says "whee!" every time I push her.  She is growing up so fast, I will have to stop calling her "baby girl."  At home we call her "Sister," so I will start calling her that.  

We all scream for ice cream!

We walked to the local farm store for a sweet snack. It has been super hot lately (ok, it was 81 today...)  but to us that is hot.  The kids quite enjoyed their treats. Momma and Daddy enjoyed the sweet faces of our babies as they ate their yummy ice cream.  

Today was the first day of Joy School. We had it at our house, and focused on getting reacquainted, reviewing the rules, getting back into the groove.  The boy has been anxiously awaiting getting back to preschool. He has two, this one that is home based and focuses on things like family relationships, having courage, making goals, and then a traditional one that teaches reading skills, etc.  He loves them both and both are very good for him in different ways.  I desperately wanted to go to kindergarten this year, but he is still just too young. One more year for him to be a little guy. I figured out today that he will graduate with the class of 2025.  Wow does that make me feel super old.

Fast cars and fun

Today Home Depot had their race car outside.  We couldn't actually sit in it, but we could touch it and look inside.  The boy though that it was pretty awesome.

Labor day

Today we went fishin'. The boy even caught one but it was too little and we had to throw it back.  He is such a funny kid.  He always finds a reason to throw them back. This one was too small, one was too big, one was too slappy, one was too fishy.  I think he just likes holding that pole.

Hanging out with the Elders

We love having the elders in our home.  This current set has spent a lot of time with us, because they were helping teach the discussions to our dear friend, and now they are teaching her the new member lessons!  We try to postpone taking pictures with them until the very last minute because I have this theory that if we take a picture with them and our whole family, they will get transferred!  Transfers are coming up this week, so we took a picture "just in case."  Usually what happens is that every other elder stays with us for about 6 months, so if that is the cake, Elder A (taller one on the left) will be with us for a while, and Elder J (on the right) will be transferred soon.  We'll see if they stick true to the pattern!! 

Makin' do

It has been a crazy weather day today. Super windy, and rainy.  Daddy didn't let that stop him from playing bubbles with baby girl!