Farewell August

A is for apples

We made applesauce.  

Lucy was great at cutting the apples.

 Great job Lulu.

 Kate was spotlighted for her Birthday.
She took pink sugar cookies

and celebrated her Birthday at School.

Kate is loving 3rd grade.

Kathryn & Catherine 

Our good friends the Bergsteadt's had their baby this week.

She is 3 days old in this picture.
She is adorable and we love her name!!

 Amy came into town.
Amy had to fly from New York to Utah for work.

We were so  happy to spend the evening with her.  

 This little princess got invited to

a Birthday party for her friend Emma.

She was beaming.

Our girls are officially back in school.

I cried for 3 days in a row.

 I always miss my girls when summer ends.

The good news is they all LOVE school!!

It is going to be a great year!

Lucy's First Day of Preschool

Lucy's First Day of Preschool

Lucy knew just what to do.

 Lucy & Mrs. Mary, her wonderful teacher.

Making friends. 

 Lucy LOVED her first day of Preschool.

She is going to have a great year!! 

First Day of Oak Hills

Happy First Day of School

 

Abby is in 6th Grade.

She has Mrs. Wendy Pitt.

 Kathryn is in 3rd Grade.

She has Mrs. Pickett.

 Ella is in 1st Grade.

She has Stacy Stuart.

 Abby & Friends

 Kate & Friends

Ella & Friend Colby

 Lucy & Friends Emma & Liesel

Early out on first day means playdates!

 Special dinner & Father's Blessings

It is going to be a great year!

Happy Birthday Kate

Kate's Safari Birthday Party

Happy 9th Birthday!!

We were in Park City on Kate's Birthday, so we

had her friend Birthday party two days later.

Kate still LOVES zebras. Since she already had a zebra party

for her 7th Birthday, we decided to expand the theme to

Safari and to include all of the fun 

animal prints for her 9th Birthday.

Kate is lucky to have a lot of great friends.

Rachel, Julia, Ella, Maddy, Emma, Morgan, Emma,

Kate, Caroline, Ashley, Olivia & Lizzy

 Kate's Safari Cake

 We started the party with safari hats 

& safari games & a safari.

Kate choose an alligator pinata.

So many thoughtful gifts.

Grammy & Papa J came to join in the fun.

  We had fun with all of the animal prints.

 Party bags & pinata.

 Beautiful Kate. 

Kate's friends.

 The night before Kate's party Papa J & Grammy took

us to The Spaghetti Factory.

 Afterwards they came to our house and we played games.

It was a fun Birthday week for Kate.

Happy Birthday to our 9 year old!

Mueller Park

The last Saturday night of summmer....

We had a great time at Muller park with 

The Dehner's & The Hess's.

Amber planned a fun night and was

so prepared with paint for the rocks.

The kids LOVED it!!

  Kate & Morgan

 Will, Kate, Meg, Morgan, Ella

Playing in the river.

 We are grateful to have such great neighbors and friends.

Week 12 Last Week of Summer Fun

Park City

  We spent our last week of summer vacation in Park City.

 We stayed in a beautiful condo at Silver King.

SWIMMING

We spent a lot of time swimming.

We had the pool to ourselves.

Lulu's awesome backfloat.

ROAD BIKING

James rode his bike 

from our house to Park City. 

He enjoyed a few rides in Park City with Abby.

James & Abby rode their bikes to Deer Valley.

BIRTHDAY

We celebrated Kate's 9th Birthday on our trip.

We packed all of her presents and 

hid them around the condo.

 We went for a Birthday swim.

Kate spent her Birthday morning painting.

We decorated her door.

We took Kate to dinner at Main Street

Pizza & Noodle on her Birthday.

Cupcakes & Rainbow Sherbet

I can't believe Kate is 9! She is a beauitful,

happy, bright, talented girl.  She is so thoughtful to her

sisters and so helpful to me.  We are so grateful

that Kate is apart of our family.

We love our Birthday princess.

SHOPPING

We did a lot of back to school shopping

at the Park City Outlets. 

Condo Time

Abby & Lucy's Room

Kate & Ella's room.

 Bath time with the bath bomb.

Playing games, watching movies....

Exploring Park City.

Utah Olympic Park

We visited Olympic Park.

It was fun to share the olympic spirit with the kids.

It was fun to watch the skiers  and the rock climbers

do tricks and land in the pool.

Our future Olympians.

Park City was a perfect ending to a fantastic summer!!