Payton and Ellie's Birthday

Ha! I bet no one even checks this anymore, it's been so long since I updated. I thought I'd just highlight a few things that have happened in the last six months!

Payton and Ellie turned four on November 25, 2011! They had a Harry Potter party and I took them to pick out their own balloons...which is why Payton chose "Get Well Soon".

New Pictures

Here's a couple of our new family pictures!

SCHOOL!!!

Oh Man! I just barely posted about the end of school last year...I only posted one picture of our summer trips...and school already started two weeks ago!

Max is my big first grader now! He really enjoys school and of course, is a very smart kid! He's growing up and I can't believe it...but I still try to get hugs and kisses from him as much as possible and we still get/have to lay down with him, tickle his back and sing him a song when he goes to sleep! I love it.

Here's Max with his best buddies, Aden and Lucas.

And with his best girls...

Ellie and Payton!

It really is too bad that I'm so bad at blogging these days...we had such a fun summer! Besides Waterton and Spokane, we went to Utah for a Mano family trip in Park City and for Taryn's farewell, we went to Southern California to Legoland and multiple temples with Taryn, we got to spend time with Wendy and Jason and their kids from Hong Kong, we had a very extended family reunion in Vegas, we went to San Francisco and took the scenic route home (for 14 hours!), we had a visit from our good friends the Boyles, and we went to Utah again for a Holland family reunion and to see Rhett and Amy's new baby! Whew...what a summer!

Waterton, Canada

See look...two posts in a row!

The day before school got out we flew to Spokane for our first trip of the summer. From there we drove up to beautiful Waterton where we took almost 650 pictures! I don't really know how to share all that we saw and did there, so for now I'll just post one picture...this is at Cameron where the lake was still frozen over and the snow still deep! It was an amazing trip where we could spend all day outside and never get bored, where we were reminded what true "nature" is, and where we saw 13 bears!

Kindergarten Program

The thought of trying to catch up on my blog has been very daunting...it's kind of like pulling off a band-aid, just do it quick! So here goes... Max finished kindergarten with a little program and award ceremony. I took pictures, but unfortunately deleted them by accident...luckily we have good friends that took some and actually know how to work their camera!

Celebratory slushies with best friends the Lys and Salos! Max, Lucas and Aden were all in the same kindergarten class and had a great year together!

Field Day

I can't believe my first little baby Max is so grown up now! (Still waiting for that tooth to come in though!)