First Day of School 2012

I hate how fast time goes by! I can't believe Emma is not in 3rd grade.  She was very excited to start this year because she had several friends in her class and she got the teacher she wanted.  Brielle was excited and nervous for Kindergarten.  Luckily, she knew one good friend from preschool in her class so she knew they could play together at recess.  The first week of school, Brielle came home singing songs her teacher taught the class to remember what the rules are.  It should be a great year!

Salt Lake Day Trip

We had not ridden the Frontrunner for a couple of years and thought it would be fun to go to Salt Lake before the summer ended.  We first went to the Clark Planetarium and watched a 3D IMAX movie about two people who saved endangered elephants and orangutans.  It was pretty fascinating and my kids loved it. We stayed in the planetarium for awhile after checking out all the interesting things they have (like walking on the moon!).  Then, we went to the Discovery Gateway.  I don't know how many pictures we have of the girls on their giant horse, but it is their favorite section!  They played for awhile and then we went to get dinner.  (I love that you can leave Discovery and come back later).  When we went back, the girls had their eyes on some stuffed snakes in the gift shop and they used all of the money they had saved to buy them each one.  It's always amazing to see what they get in their mind to buy.  Fun day!

More Summer Snippits

Summer always means fireworks and this year we found a new place to watch the Weber State fireworks.  It had a perfect view, wasn't too crowded and it was in the middle of the neighborhood so we could get to our car quickly.  We had season passes to Lagoon again and you would think with all the times we went there I would have more than one picture, but Brielle on the train is it!  I love any sleeping pictures!  It's so funny to me that Brielle zonked out in the middle of the day on her bean bag.  We played hard this summer!  My girls also won some fish at the Riverdale fun days.  I'm don't remember what the number four means that Emma is signing, but it was probably the amount of days our fish were going to last!  And if you want to know what to do with Jenga pieces besides playing Jenga, check out Brielle's cute letters.