Dallas and I went on a fun date. We went canoeing down the Provo River:
It was so beautiful and peaceful to be on the river.
We found little baby sparrows in a nest under a bridge. I’m not really an animal person (understatement), but those baby bird heads poking up above their nest was the cutest thing I’ve seen in a long time:
We also climbed a wall. Just call him Spiderman:
Special thanks to my mom for babysitting the kids so we could have an evening alone. It was wonderful!
Once again we found ourselves at Thanksgiving Point’s Dinosaur Museum to take advantage of their Two-Buck Tuesdays.
Dallas and Spencer enjoyed the sound exhibit:
Brooke liked finding the plants and animals in the cases:
The erosion table was a hit as usual:
Can you guess who directed another photo shoot?
We attended our ward campout. The smartest thing we did in preparing for the campout was ask my parents to watch Spencer that night. The dumbest thing we did was forget our pillows. Bah. I hate camping.
The girls were so excited to sleep in the tent. We were sitting at the campfire while it was getting dark and they kept begging to go to bed. That’s a first. It almost made me think I like camping. Until I remembered I didn’t have a pillow.
Here we are the next morning (the Cheetos were another big thrill for the girls):
We were unexpectedly reunited with an old friend. Brooke had a stuffed dog with rabbit ears that she named Reindeer. She had lost Reindeer ages ago. Turns out she had slept with him in my sleeping bag last year and he got rolled up in the sleeping bag where he’s been ever since. She was ecstatic to see him again.
We visited a beautiful waterfall:
Did you know it’s very important to heed these signs?
A couple of weeks ago I was talking to my sister on the phone. We were commiserating with each other about a naughty phase that our children had been going through. She invited us up to her house in the hopes that our kids would entertain each other and be so distracted they’d forget about trying to get into trouble. The plan worked beautifully and we had a much-needed good day.
Here’s my sister and Eli:
Sarah filled up her little pool and the kids had fun playing in it for a few minutes…until it started storming.
Spencer took one step in the pool, slipped, and got soaked:
Dream come true for the girls – a trampoline!
Brooke has been into posing for the camera lately, like so:
Cute little Carson (also known as tortellini):
Thanks for the fun day, Sarah!
Somehow five years have passed since I had my first baby meaning that baby is now a kindergartner!
We had to get a shot of the backpack:
Caroline has been desperate to be a kindergartner herself and therefore tried to insert her cute face into all the pictures I was taking of Brooke:
I was trying so hard to get a good shot of Brooke but she was making the funniest faces:
Brooke’s faces were causing my mom to laugh uncontrollably:
Finally a cute one:
Looking a little nervous as she had her before-school snack:
Parents were invited for orientation on the first day. Here’s Brooke in her desk:
Here she is on the second day of school lined up against the wall ready to go in:
Brooke seems to like school so far. She especially loves show and tell, choosing things from the treasure box, and playing with her new friend. She’s in a French immersion program, so she occasionally surprises us by saying words or phrases in French. I love it.
