Kids Pics Fall 2010

Reagan's first day of Kindergarten

Reagan started school yesterday. The bus picks him up right in front of our house. Boy, am I spoiled! I hadn't even thought of crying, but when the bus pulled away, out it came! I think Reagan's going to love going to school.

Last Swim

Our last swim of the summer. Lucy has no fear of the water. I have rescued her a couple of times. This summer Reagan conquered his fear and remembered that he does know how to swim. Now they will forget everything this winter!

Ally & Sadie's first day of school

First day of 3rd grade and 5th grade for the girls. They started a new school this year since we moved at the beginning of the summer. Now they ride the bus. It is wonderful having the bus stop on the corner right next to the house! Reagan gets to start Kindergarten next week.

Pigtails

Lucy before she ripped out her hairdo. She won't leave anything in her hair.

One token Lagoon Day picture

We are not the best picture takers. Here is our one picture to document Lagoon Day this week. This picture is on the ferris wheel at 9:30 just before we came home. We went to the water park and Rattlesnake rapids and got soaked just before this picture (thus the very nice hairdos.)

Sandstorm at Yuba

We saw the black clouds rolling in at about 11:00 and started taking down the tent. We had just gotten the sand filled sleeping bags put away when it hit. The kids were crying so we put them in the car. Ryan and I took down the tent in the Arabian sandstorm with our eyes closed. We couldn't see anything. We just wadded up the tent and shoved everything into the car. You can barely see the kids in all the stuff. These pictures don't show how bad it really was. We had sand coming out of our eyes, ears, nose, eyelashes, eyebrows, even places we didn't know we had. It took a few hours to vaccuum and wash the car and clean everything when we got home. What a nightmare, but quite an adventure!

To top it all off, we stopped in south Provo on our way home to pick up a twin size box springs for the bed downstairs. We were able to slide it above the kids heads inside the car. Too bad I didn't get a picture of that!

Yuba Lake

We went to Yuba Lake with some people from our ward over the weekend. The wind was blowing the whole time we were there. It's very sandy there so there was sand all over in the tent and the sleeping bags. The kids had fun making sand castles since it wasn't warm enough to want to get in the water.

Our little Cinderella

Summer pictures of the kids

Lucy is quite the walker these days. It is so cute to see something so small moving so fast on little legs. We call her "half-pint."

Reagan found some raspberries.

You may not be able to tell from Lucy's expression, but all of the toddlers and babies love Aaron.

The kids like having a basketball court to play on, especially one where they can raise and lower the basket. We've discovered that Ally really good at shooting hoops, and Sadie has a knack for soccer.

Day at the Ranch

A fun day at the Ranch

We had such a great time at the ranch last week. Grandpa stayed busy helping everyone ride the horses. Ally got to ride all by herself.

San Clemente

We went to the beach in San Clemente with Erin and Ryan Webber on Memorial Day. Jaeden and Reagan dug a serious hole that Trey ended up wanting to sit in.

Some Disneyland

The Autopia cars are still too hard for the kids to drive without help I guess. Ally and Sadie started out on their own, and I ran to the end with Lucy to get a better picture of them. When they came around the corner, there was a random guy in the car with them. I guess he rescued them from holding up the ride.

We didn't get too many pictures at Disneyland, but here are a few. Ally was still on crutches at Disneyland from her really bad ankle sprain one week before our trip. We borrowed a wheelchair and were able to get around fine. All of the kids were so good. Lucy only had a tiny little nap during "It's a small world" and that was it all day. She was an angel. Lucy and Reagan both fell asleep on me right before the fireworks show at 9:30. It was a very tiring but very fun day.

More of the kids at the beach

Lucy knows all about looking at the camera and smiling. She loved the sand and the water and wasn't afraid to get wet and dirty. She ate some sand, and it was all over in her swimsuit and diaper. Ally, Sadie, and Reagan like to bury themselves whenever they go to the beach.