*Kindergarten*

Today was Miss Ashtyn's first day of Kindergarten. She has been super excited to go to school and ride the bus. She started to get nervous last night after we were talking to her about it so Chris gave her a blessing. What a great way to start out the school year! She felt so much better after that. She said, "All I have to do is just try and Heavenly Father will help me and it will be ok." This morning she was a little nervous. She started to panic a little as the bus drove up, but gave me a kiss and a hug really fast and hopped on to the bus. I cried a little, but no one saw ;) It was quick and painless that way!

Walking to the bus stop with her good friend Branson.

Waiting in line for the bus.

Here she is getting off the bus on her first day. I was so anxious for her to tell me how the day went. She wouldn't give me any details, of course, but it seemed to go ok. The only bad things she said was that there were just SO many kids and they kept squishing her. She also mentioned that she didn't say one word the whole day because she didn't know anyone in her class. I find this hilarious because she talks SO SO SO much that it probably was boring for her not to have someone to talk to. She makes friends so easily that I am sure it won't last for long!

Vacation and more!

First I will start with a few random pictures. Collin loves to climb on Camden's bike and pretend he is riding it. He makes me so nervous but he hasn't fell yet!

The other morning I was being really lazy and didn't want to get out of bed. I could hear Ashtyn getting some cereal so I just assumed they were all watching cartoons. This is what I came out to. She just thinks she is the mom! She got them each a bowl of cereal and made a "table" out of a pillow with a blanket on top. They were having a breakfast picnic. So cute!

We decided last minute to go on a little vacation last weekend. Chris had to go up to Salt Lake to work on a job he has up there so we decided for all of us to join him! We decided this Thursday morning and drove up there Thursday evening. We stayed at my Aunt Shelli's house where we always have so much fun just hanging out with them. Friday morning Chris had to go to the house to work for a couple hours so the kids and I met with my friend Donna and her kids to hang out. We went to lunch and then went to a place called Jump On It. I was expecting a place like Jumpin Jacks but this was more trampolines. My kids LOVED it! There are a bunch of trampolines lined up next to each other and also a couple of blow up slides and a kiddie area. We spent 2 hours there and then went to pick Chris up. For dinner we went to Chuck-E-Cheese. Yucky food, but the kids loved it. We were prepared for bad food and to waste a bunch of money, which is exactly what we got. We had a lot of fun as a family and that's what matters, right? When we got back to Shelli's house they had a little bon fire going in their back yard with stuff for Reese's Smores (or SNORES as Camden would call them.) It was so fun just sitting around the fire visiting with the family.

On Saturday we went to the Hogle Zoo. It was a super hot day but we had a lot of fun! We came home and went swimming at the neighbor's house and then Shelli had yummy BBQ hamburgers and corn on the cob for us. She seriously spoiled us! GOOD TIMES!

I really didn't want a picture of my fat face on here, but I only got a few pictures that the kids were actually looking, so just look at the cute kids :)

I think the train ride was the hit for all the kids.

The giraffes- no kids would look at the camera, and Camden just plain refused to be in it at all!

They got to pet a snake. YUCK!

Here is a few from the Jump On It place. Most of them were blurry since I only brought my small camera and the kids were moving way too much! Camden tried to make a hoop for a long time and finally made a couple. The hoop was SUPER high!

Ashtyn getting on the platform. They loved climbing on it and jumping onto the super bouncy tramps!

We were so bummed to have to go home from our fun vacation!

**24th of July**

I took the kids down to the park for the 24th of July celebration. They all thought it was so much fun to give the ladies their ticket, play a game, and then get to pick out a prize. Even though it got super hot, it was worth the fun we had!!

I guess we'll start with the random picture of Collin playing with the baby doll. He loves this doll. It moves it's mouth when you put the binky in it's mouth so it's extra fun, I guess. I think it is so cute when he plays with her.

Ok, here are the 24th pictures:

Waiting in line for the darts.....

The bean bag toss was the favorite......

Digging for gold......

Getting their faces painted.....

Camden's is Elmo and Ashtyn got fireworks.

Fun, fun day!