Here are some random shots of Summer:
Going to bed before 10pm was a hard thing during the summer and that meant a lot of sleeping in for this family. Along with sleeping in it seemed like we had one or two little girls make there way into our bed and Emery seemed to love to snuggle with her feet.
Tyler and Ryan worked really had this summer getting the underground dog fence in so Skip could have more running room.
Like said the summer went so fast and I of course forgot to bring my camera to the end of summer activities that the next pictures were of the first day of school. Tyler was going to the big Jr. High and mom was having a very hard time with the fact that she had a Jr high student now! But it was fun to see him so excited about going to school, getting a locker, and of course lunch time had many more options than the elementary lunch. Treven was also excited to be a big 3rd grader!
Since Halle was to start kindergarten again she didn't have her first day of school until the next week so she got to spend one more week playing with mom and Emery. That meant a couple more playgroups at the park and some shopping with mom. Halle was a little scared to go to kindergarten since she didn't know anyone in her class, but she loved meeting her new teacher Mrs. VanAusdal and then already making some new friends on her first day of school.
August 22 brought Halle's 6th Birthday and a week of celebration. We woke up Halle with our wonderful singing of Happy Birthday and a big pink doughnut. That day was spend shopping for her presents, going to lunch at Magebly's with her dad, grandma and grandpa Strong, and then it was time for her first soccer game. She did awesome and made 6 goals on her 6th birthday. Since we had a lot going on her birthday we had her friend party that Saturday and then had the family over for cake and ice cream on Sunday.
Halle really wanted a zoo party so we did a theme around animals and had a bunch of her friends come over and play animal games, make masks, eat pizza and then we had a lady come from an animal reserve bring 4 animals to our house for the kids to learn about and touch. Halle had choosen for the lady to bring was a skunk (it had been de-stinked), a sugar glider, a fox, and a baby hedghog. Of course I forgot the camera when the animals came since I was a little busy with two little girls that were deathly afraid of the animals. By the end those two little girls touch the fox. The lady was wonderful and then let us see all the animals in her car and brought out a funny bird that the kids had a ball talking to.
Sunday was cake and ice cream with the family, Halle wanted a lady bug cake, so mom gave it the ole college try and it ended up looking like lady bug road kill. Lucky for me Halle loved the cake so I guess it worked out in the end.
Tyler and Ryan have been spending some quality time out on the golf course this las month.
Labor day weekend was rainy and wet so we have been spending a lot of time inside and coming up with fun things to do as a family. Friday night we had an indoor camp out and put the tent up in the basement, made tin foil dinners and then went up to Grandma and Grandpa Strong to roast marshmellows. Then it was back to sleep in the tent along with a movie in the tent. Saturday we went bowling with the clements family and then the boys went to the movies while the girls went shopping, Sunday we did a fun family home evening that was Tyler's idea. He saw a cool cake in the friend and it was the one Pres Monson mother made for him on his birthday. So Tyler went to work with mom's help and we made the cake along with learning some things about President Monson. Thank you Tyler for the fun FHE!
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