First Day of School

Well Kaelynn started first grade this week. It was a lot harder for me to send her away to first grade than it was to kindergarten. I wasn't expecting it to be very emotional for me but it was. I thought that she would be the one who had a hard time adjusting, but she is doing great. She likes her teacher and is meeting a lot of new friends.



Here are all the first graders at the bus stop.



Kaelynn getting on the bus for the first day of first grade! WOW!




On Wednesday she came home telling me that her new friend said that she had bugs in her hair and showed one to Kaelynn! (I am thinking great, PLEASE don't play with her!) So now we keep checking Kaelynn's hair for lice. Luckily so far there is nothing.

Hailey is missing having her sister home. On the first day I came home and took a shower, when I got out Hailey asked "Can we go and get Kaelynn yet?" She kept asking the same question all day. Poor girl! She is now doing pretty good, but she is excited when it is time to go and get her from the bus stop.

California

For our last trip of the summer we were able to drive to California to visit Nate's family. Our oldest nephew was getting baptized and our neice was also getting blessed. It was a quick trip but we had a lot of fun. We drove down there and it went better then I thought it would. The girls did very good and Chloe did very well also. While we were there we went to the lake and Nate was able to try wake boarding and we also went on a jet ski for the first time. All the cousins had a slumber party, which they thought was a lot of fun. Poor Kaelynn was sick the whole time we were there. We love going to California and we were not ready to come home.





Riley and Kaelynn




Cami and Hailey

Swim Lessons

In July Kaelynn took her first swim lessons. She has always been scared of swimming, and does not like water in her face. The first day of swim lessons she cried the entire lesson. I felt very bad for her teachers. But then I realized that I need to brib her a little more, which seemed to work. She would get in the water without crying, but would not always do what they were doing if she had to put her face in the water. But on the last day she did put her whole head under water. I was very proud of her and she did a great job.



Kaelynn and Makenzie



Kaelynn learning the backfloat. (she is trying to keep her head out of water)

Two Wheeler Girls!

After we came home from our family reunion, Kaelynn thought that she was the last one her age to still use her training wheels on her bike. All the girls on our street her age had just learned how to ride their bikes. She was very sad so we took off her training wheels and worked with her one evening. By that night she was doing pretty good but still needed some practice. The next day was our play group at the park. She started riding around on her friend Makenzie's bike all by her self with out training wheels. She was very proud of her self. I did take a video of her riding her bike on my digital camera. But apparently it matters which way you hold the camera. The video is sideways, so I will not post it.





Kaelynn, Tenaya, Makenzie, and Cami ride down the sidewalk calling themselves the "Two wheeler girls". It is fun to watch them.

Family Reunion

We were able to see my whole family at the beginning of July. We went to Cannon beach, OR. A spot that my family vacationed every summer when I was growing up. It was good to see my family since we all live in different states. It was also fun to share a spot that I love with Nate and the girls. We had fun playing with cousins, playing on the beach, going shopping to the candy store, and many other fun things. It was great to be able to spend the time with family.



Hailey got tired of walking on the beach.



Nate and Hailey jumping in the waves by Haystack Rock





Kaelynn and Hailey on the beach