Columbia

Last weekend we went to Columbia to spend the weekend with Reesha and Brandon. Mizzou had a home game Saturday so Brandon and J spent the afternoon there while Reesha and I took the kids to lunch and then to the park. It was a great day to be outside and the park was awesome.

The vote was unanimous! Favorite thing at the park - the giant tires!

Random Stuff

Here are a few random pictures I've taken over the last couple weeks. Carsyn and her best friend Taylor looked so cute all dressed up I had to stick that one in here. Maybe they're practicing for Halloween!

New Looks

After spending lots of our time at the pool this summer it was time to get rid of our "chlorine" hair. Thankfully Mom's hairdresser is awesome and did everyone in one visit. Check out our new do's! (Mom is starting to question the intelligence behind this move as now the girls look the same even from behind! It just got harder to yell at the right kid!) Don't they look adorable?

First Day of School!

Well, it happened again. Summer ended and the school year began! Today was the kids first day back to school. Cali started middle school this year (6th grade) so everything was new to her. She came home (on the bus) reporting that it was great! Mom was very relieved that the day had a positive outcome as Cali had been very anxious about going to a new school. Cayden started 3rd grade and has a brand new, straight out of college man as her teacher! So far so good! She wasn't so sure about having a male teacher but once we explained that her Dad had started out as a classroom teacher she became a little more open minded! Camryn started 1st grade and also has a teacher that is new to their school. I'm not sure yet if she taught somewhere else or if she is also going to be broken in by my kids! We will see. We decided not to tell her too much about Camryn as it is always fun to let people discover Camryn for themselves! (Maybe the kindergarten teacher already filled her in!) Carsyn doesn't start preschool until after Labor Day so she felt a little left out this morning. It didn't last too long though as she spent most of the day playing at her "best friend Taylor's" house while Mom had meetings. Mom had truly forgotten how incredibly exhausting it is to send kids to school. Amazingly no one was late for their first day!

Meeting Ty!

In June we were lucky enough to receive a visit from Rachel, Ty and Grandma. They enjoyed our mild weather as the Phoenix area was under a heat advisory. We went to the Discovery Center while they were here, ate out at everyone's favorite - Lamberts, went to Branson but mostly just spent time hanging out at home and playing.

Cruising to Mexico

In June we took an awesome vacation. We were celebrating Mom & Dad's 40th wedding anniversary by taking a family cruise! Brandon & Reesha were there, as were Dustin & Lynn. It was fun to be able to spend some time together and visit new places. Before we got on the ship we also got to spend a day playing at the beach in Galveston, Texas.

Just for practice?

One of the requirements of the cruise ship is that you participate in an emergency drill. It seemed to be just routine to most of us however I'm not so sure what Camryn thought about it!