OSU Football Game

Matthew's brother lives in Louisville and was able to get tickets to the Louisville OSU football game, so he came in town and the boys and their Mom and Dad went down to the game. It was a rainy day unfortunately, and they got pretty wet, but they had a great time together.

Soccer season has begun

Emily and Angela are both playing soccer again which is keeping us really busy, but they are having a great time. They're both improving in their skills and agressiveness.

Before Angela's first game.

Here's Emily, no that didn't turn into a goal unfortunately.

First Day of School

Whew! I'm done with the summer posts. The girls all had their first day of school on different days. Angela had a high fever the day and night before school started, so she had to stay home, so disappointing for her! And Nicole's preschool started the next week.

Emily-4th grade
Her good friend Ally is in her class again-3rd year in a row!

Getting settled at her desk. It turned out to be nice to only take Emily that morning because it wasn't so rushed getting both kids to their classrooms and I could stay and see her classroom for a few minutes. Her teacher went to the same high school as me, the same year as my sister and remembers her. Emily thinks that is so cool.



Angela-2nd grade

Nicole is in a co-op preschool with 5 other friends her age from church. We have it in our homes, rotating every 2 weeks. She was so excited about it and she loves it! She packed her backpack with a water bottle and snacks when Emily and Angela were getting their's ready and then it was so hard for her to wait another week. It was so cute!

Sunriver 2010

We ended the summer with a trip to Sunriver with my family. My sister and her family also came from California. We had a great time together. It was a great time of year to be in Sunriver, the pools weren't crowded at all and it wasn't too hot during the day. After looking at all the pictures, now I know why it was so exhausting- we did a lot in 4 days! (Actually I think it was because we had a 1 year old with us.) But we did pack a lot in!

My parents rented a great house with lots of space.

It's funny that even being in a place like Sunriver where there are so many fun things to do, the kids still really enjoy going to the park. I think we came here at least once a day.

The tire swing was the favorite. Emily came home feeling sick one time she had spun so much.

The girls couldn't figure out how to get across this thing, so Matthew and I experimented with ways to get across. The kids eventually figured it out and after almost bruising my shins, I realized why playground equipment is not for adults.

We made a trip to the stables. Angela had a pony ride.

Nicole decided she didn't want to ride the pony.

Emily was too old for pony rides, so her, Matthew, Jennifer, and Michelle, went for a 30 minute horse trail ride. Emily loved her first horse riding experience.

After the guys were gone golfing for half a day, us girls went out for dinner.

We also went for a hike to Benham falls. It was fun to be in nature with my mom and sister.

We went swimming on the warmer days. The kids spent most of the time waiting in line to go down the slide.

I hung out in the kiddie pool with Ashley and Nicole most of the time.

Jennifer got in the hot tub with all the kids at 7:30am one morning. Why not, we're on vacation?

Out to ice cream, yummy!

The house had a pool table off the garage, Ashley loved crawling around on it.

Matthew taught the girls how to play pool. Although not with sticks yet.

We played cards.

And Bingo with pictures of our family.

And went for LOTS of bike rides.

Bike ride with Grandma

My dad brought their tandem bike and took Emily and Angela for rides on it.

Aunt Michelle loves to tickle the girls.

The 6 granddaughters!

The whole group minus my sister on a mission.

Daddy/Daughter Campout

Matthew took Emily and Angela to our ward's Daddy/Daughter campout. They had so much fun roasting marshmallows, sitting around the campfire, sleeping in the tent, having smores again for breakfast (only with Dads!), throwing rocks in the river, and playing with friends.

I think their favorite part was stopping at Bonneville Dam on the way home and

looking at the fish ladders and fish hatchery. A number of families did the same thing and then stopped for lunch together on the way home also.