First Day of Preschool!

Kate started preschool this week with Miss Amy - a fabulous teacher in Pleasant View. She is in the same class as her friend Payton. She was very excited to go and talked about it for weeks but when we arrived she changed her mind. I had to leave her crying in the teacher's arms but Kelly (Payton's Mom) assured me it only lasted a moment! She has so much to tell us about when she comes home including the rule that Miss Amy does not allow nose picking in her class! She especially enjoyed her "birthday" day when she was able to be the leader for the day! I will have to post a pic of her and her teacher at a later time because she has just not wanted to stand that close to Miss Amy yet! Below is her first day pic with her new backpack - Wow she's a poser!

The "PRINCESS" is FOUR!!!

I cannot believe it was four years ago that we added a little girl to our family! Kate had her fourth birthday on Sunday. We had already celebrated with the Oborn's and Grandma and Grandpa Wilson were out of town, so we had a small family celebration on Sunday morning. Dalton's friend Jake was here too, and that worked out well because that is Kate's "monkey". (we don' know where that came from but that's what she calls Jake)

The boys decorated the front room the night before with balloons and a sign so when she woke up they made a big deal and opened presents in the special room! She loved it!!

Ashlyn, Holly and Preston came over and brought her some sidewalk paint and chalk. They had a great time decorating the driveway for her birthday! She requested a "Maggie and the Ferocious Beast" cake and once it was finished she spent the day waiting to eat it! Later, we had Ty's coaches family over (he was helping Greg with the basement) so we had cake and she played with their little girls. I think she had a great day!

Oborn Family Retreat

The weekend before school started, we headed up to Bear Lake with Grandma and Grandpa Oborn and all our Oborn cousins. We stayed overnight, swam at the hotel and spent the day at the beach. Ty and Dalton loved riding the waverunner! Ty isn't bothered by the cold water and swam all day long! Dalton stayed out of the water most of the time, but played in the sand, played baseball and made ice cream with Grandma. Kate flew kites almost the whole time! She just ran back and forth along the beach and tired herself right out! Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa who make sure we go each year! It's hard to get everyone together, but it's worth it!

bAcK tO ScHoOl....

It seems like it came really fast this year, but we have officially started another school year. I cannot believe the boys are in 5th and 4th grades!! I wouldn't say they were excited to go back, but once they met their teachers they were excited!

Ty is in the 5th grade and is in a split class taught by Mrs. Hislop and Mrs. Simonson. He really likes both of them and is doing really well!

Dalton is in the 4th grade and has Mrs. Johnson. He really likes her AND her husband who substituted the other day!