First Days of School

Everyone but Megan and me started school this fall. Josh started preschool, Laura started kindergarten, Lia started second grade, and Nate started the MBA program at BYU.

I love this picture of Josh. He's smiling kind of silly, but he looks so cute and grown up!

I was a little hesitant to do preschool for Josh, but when the girls got their letters in the mail saying who their teachers are and he asked who his teacher was going to be, I was really glad I decided to do it. It doesn't cost me a dime and I love the other moms and kids he's doing it with. I miss Josh though while he's gone. He may be a big kid but he seems too little to be going to school already!

And then we have cute Laura...

Her teacher is Mrs. Burk and she is great! Laura likes school and things are going well. I love to hear her say she made a new friend and to hear the new songs she's learning.

Laura and a few of her friends from our ward.

I'm not sure where Nate stood to take this picture, but it's totally Lia. She loves school and couldn't wait to start this year. She also loves her new shoes. Luann, do you recognize the hands like last year's first day of school picture?

And finally we have Nate. (Just pretend I'm not in the picture--I don't think I'll ever wear that shirt again!) After an eight year break, Nate is back in school. He quit his job and is a full time student. We couldn't be more excited! He loves his program and I love the fact he's at BYU. He's taken a lot of razzing for that since we are after all "U" fans, but we know it's where he's supposed to be. The last few weeks have been really kind of crazy, but it will get better...or maybe we'll just get more used to it. Either way, I'm really proud of Nate, I'm grateful for the opportunity, and I'm excited to see where this new adventure will take us.

Fishing Trip

Nate, his dad and his brothers borrowed a raft and went fishing on the Green River right before school started for Nate. The fishing wasn't as good as they had hoped, but they had a great time. I wish they could do things like this more often.

Megan's Bed

So I mentioned we took the crib down and Megan has been sleeping--if you can call a few hours a night sleeping--in a bed. Well, the other night I put her to bed and she actually slept in there by herself for a couple hours. She woke up once and cried for a few minutes, but I decided to wait and see if she'd go back to sleep, which she did. When I went to check on her and Josh before Nate and I went to bed, I found her snuggled up in Josh's bed. I was pretty sure I hadn't moved her and Nate hadn't either. She must have crawled up there in her half asleep state when I heard her cry. It was so cute I had to take a picture, which woke her up so I moved her back to her own bed.

A Broken Wrist

Laura fell off our slide (she was standing at the top and Josh moved it) a few weeks ago and broke her wrist. It's really all my fault. I was telling a friend of mine earlier in the day how I was surprised we had never had any broken bones (if you don't count Laura's broken toe and the time I'm pretty sure Lia broke her nose), even after some pretty good crashes on bikes and scooters. Well... later that day we got our first broken bone requiring a cast. Nate took her to the doctor and to the store after to pick out a treat. Because she was with dad, she got to pick out a toy too which she promptly put a cast on using old sock when she got home. She wanted to take the splint off the first day because she was SWEATING SO BAD! But thankfully she's been great about it since.