Morgan's first day of Kindergarten

Okay here is a picture of Morgan in line for his first day of kindergarten. Yeah Morgan you are so brave. I forgot to take pictures before he left the house and got on the bus so I rode my bike over to the school and snapped a couple of pictures there. Boy was the house quiet when I got back home.

Kaitlyn's first Daddy Daughter Date

Here is a picture of Kaitlyn and Earnie ready for their first Daddy daughter date. Can you see Morgan trying to sneek into the picture?

Morgan and I at Thanksgiving Point

Thanksgiving Point does something during the Month of August called $2.00 dollar Tuesdays. Since Kaitlyn started school on Monday and Morgan loves dinosaurs, Morgan and I had an adventure on the Tuesday after Kaitlyn started school. And let me tell you in the state of Utah where there are so many little children there was a line around the parking lot just to get into the museum. It was a fun little Mother Son outing.

Kaitlyn's first Day of 3rd grade

Yeah, summer is at an end and Kaitlyn gets to start 3rd grade. She was so excited about the start of school she was up early every day. At least two of the days I had to tell her she could not go to the bus stop an hour early.

Family in town

So this past week has been crazy busy. Morgans 5th birthday was last Wednesday. My sister Krissy and her family, My Mother and my Brother came into town on Thursday. We met up with my sister Karyn and her family at the parade on the 24th of July. We ate lunch at the Lions House down on temple square then walked around the temple grounds for a bit until Morgan dipped himself in one of the reflection fountains there and we headed back home so we could go to the hotel and go swimming. We wore ourselves out swimming so much so that Morgan was the best behaved little boy at Sizzler that evening (see picture of him asleep at table). We had tickets to go to the Oquirrah Mountain Temple open house at 10:30 on Saturday the 25th. We took a couple hours break from eachother then met up again at Wheeler Farm. We had fun walking around there. We were a little bummed we missed the last hayride but the kids were able to milk the cows which they seemed to like. I love my family but boy is it a production to move 23 people from place to place. I love you guys will miss you. I am now looking forward to the quiet uncomplicated end of summer.

Morgan's FIVE

Morgan turned 5 on July 22nd we spent his 5th birthday at the Hogle Zoo. We had a blast although it was really hot and my kids and their cousins soon became tired of having their pictures taken. I told them we had to keep taking their pictures so we could prove to them that we actually do fun things. We were able to see a lot. We rode on the Carousel and saw the monkeys, elephants, cougars, zebras, bears, penguins, giraffes, cheetas, snow leopards, aligators, camels, gorillas, and fossas. Morgan was excited about holding the map. He was a little bummed that we missed the Bighorn Sheep and the Wolves but I think that overall he had a fun time. And now we have those to look forward to the next time we go.