Owen starts Kindergarten

Owen started Kindergarten this week.  He goes in the afternoon with a lot of his friends.

He was super excited and really loves his teacher Mrs. Heldt.  She has been teaching for 34 years and is just awesome.  Our mornings are filled with bike rides, Legos and a ton of games.

Owen's buddies- Finley, Samara and Emme

Rylie and Olivia love walking home with Owen after school.

{They are building a new school which should be ready by next year. 

You can see it in the background.}

First day of school

The first day of school is such a fun time of year!

We love new clothes and school supplies. 

We love fall weather.

We love "starting over" and making new friends.

The morning of the first day was a roller coaster of emotions.

We went through them ALL...

Rylie is in 2nd Grade.

English teacher: Miss Guffy

Olivia is in 5th grade.

English teacher: Mrs. Cope

French teacher: Ludlum

This is the last year these two will walk together to school.

To my surprise I actually got a little emotional when I watched Rylie line up and walk in.

I was saving my tears for next week when Owen goes to kindergarten.  I got choked up watching her line up and walk in.  

Dru is in 7th grade.

She has super cute friends and is a SBO again this year.

Lake Powell

We ended our summer with a trip to Lake Powell!

It has been a few years since we have been there.  I forgot how gorgeous and diverse the scenery is.

The water was warm and the girls were the most daring they have ever been.

It was also awesome to get all the attention from grandma and grandpa Martin.

We did A LOT of jumping!

The marina ran out of soft serve ice cream so we shared a half gallon. :)

Ryan caught a lizard.

We brought it home and named it Lucky.

Ryan was the most excited and I was by far the least excited.

Cliff jumping

The girls LOVED riding on the tubes and could not get enough.

Owen lost his front tooth the night before we came home... 

just in time for Kindergarten pictures! 

Thank you Grandma and Grandpa Martin for a trip full of fun memories!