A first and possibly a last

Okay, it wasn't actually that bad, but it was a reaffirmation that I am not the best camper. Two weeks ago we went with our ward on a campout. On the way up I told Travis that it was the first time since we have been married that we have ever been camping together. Travis always goes on the Father/Son camp outs, but I have never been on a Mother/Daughter camp out. Not that I would be jumping in line to go if they had one, but why isn't there a Mother/Daughter spa day or something like that?

Anyway, we all had a really great time until bedtime arrived. Parker did not keep any of the sleeping rules. He wouldn't stay in his port a crib and he didn't sleep through the night! He actually woke up regularly all through the night. Finally at about 6a.m. Travis took him to the car and I was able to get a nice 2 hour block of sleep. I felt like I had a newborn again. But, as tired as I was the next day, I couldn't be mad at him. Who could be mad at this face?


The kids had a great time playing on the rafts. They spent most of the afternoon and all of the next morning playing in the FREEZING water. Travis couldn't resist joining them. I would have, but the water was definitely below 85 degrees...and as you know, I am allergic to cold water.






Travis throwing things out of balance.

I know it has almost been three weeks, but...

Here they are! Finally I am getting around to posting first day of school pictures!




Chase was "kind of" excited to start school again, but Ciera was "super" excited for 1st grade. She was really excited to be able to ride her bike to school with Chase.



As you can tell, Chase does a great job taking care of her.

So far, everybody likes their teachers. Ciera is in a 1st/2nd combo class. I haven't really decided how I feel about that yet... anyway, this week I went and helped in both of their classrooms. I really enjoyed it. It makes me miss teaching and always gets me excited for that far off day when I will hopefully return to the profession.

Cael also had his first day at preschool. He has been asking to go to preschool for about 2 years now. The morning of his first day he must have asked me about 20 times if it was time to go yet. He continues to love it. I love that they do all the "messy projects" there that I am never brave enough to do at home.