Back to School

Brooklyn was so excited for first grade! She is so proud of her new backpack with her matching lunch box. She gets to eat lunch at school and be gone all day! She is big like her brothers. Mom is excited to just have one at home now. Alec looking handome with his backpack on ready for 5th grade! Stop growning so fast!
I can't believe I officially have a child in Middle School. Zach will be in 7th grade this year and will get to have 7 different classes. Zach is excited to be out of elementary school finally! His cousins were able to go to Middle School in 6th grade.

Draper Days

The kids look forward to draper days with the cousins every year. We often have matching outfits with their cousins to celebrate the holidays for July. Pretty soon they will be too old to think that is fun anymore.

American Girl

My sisters and I decided it would be fun to take a girls trip to the American girl store with the girls. Grandma also came along and we had such a great time. We thought it would be fun to go to the store in Los Angelos and then we could spend a day at the beach as well since it was July. However, the weather was a little cool for this time of year so we went to get pedicures instead of the beach.

Brooklyn had a hard time deciding which doll she wanted to get. So many cute dolls to choose from. She ended up with Kit which was a great choice!

Grandma with Ashlyn, Maddie, and Brooklyn

We afternoon tea in the Restaurant. The girls enjoyed the experience but we all decided the food wasn't that great.

My brother was able to get us some tickets to Disneyland and so we surprised the girls and took them there. They had a blast with just their cousins and no brothers or sisters. They felt special for the day. The weather was perfect for a day at disneyland, we couldn't believe we kept our jackets on most of the day and it was July! It was great not standing in line without the heat.

Winnie the Pooh ride

The 3 girls

Gotta have a picture with mickey!

Lagoon Day June 2010

For the past several years we go to Lagoon for Darren's work party. This year was so stormy and cold that Lagoon let us come back with our tickets sometime by the end of the month. We played a few games, rode a couple of rides and then we went home. Brrrr it was freezing!!!

Soccer

Darren coached Alec's soccer team this. They did really well and had a lot of fun. These are 2 of the neighborhood boys.

Alec, Kyle and Cole

Tonsillectomy

Zach had HUGE tonsils, choked often, and would get sick for weeks so we planned to remove his tonsils with Makenna who also had large tonsils. Unfortunately, Makenna got hand, foot, and mouth disease and was unable to get hers out. Zach was a real trooper and did really well. We love Dr. Kelly, his recovery was perfect! Zach ate hamburgers, and all kinds of food right after surgery!

Graduation!

Zach has officially graduated from Elementary School. He had an interesting year with 3 different teachers. We decided to move out of Alps where he had been for the last 5 years and move to our neighborhood school. We are so happy with our decision and Zach met some great friends to start Middle School with. This was Zach's 3rd teacher Miss Chatterton who ended up being the favorite.

Zach with Brennan, Dallin and Carter