School Has Begun!

Today was Makenzi and Eli's first day of school. Finally Eli gets to go to real school too! They were both pretty excited. Makenzi starts at 7:35am and Eli starts at 11:15am. Spencer dropped Makenzi off at school on his way to work and he said that everything went smoothly!

Gavin and I dropped Eli off at school later that afternoon. He did great! I think that he is really ready for Kindergarten this year. He made sure that everything (snack) was in his backpack before heading out the door. He lined up with his class when the whistle blew and as they marched to their classroom he didn't even look back. When I picked him up from school his teacher Mrs. Montes said that he did great! She didn't even have to tell him to be quiet once! I'm delighted!

The 4th In Utah

This year we wanted to really celebrate the 4th of July so we plans to go to Utah where they "really" know how to celebrate. (Really means that fireworks are legal) This is the first trip that we had to split up on our flights. So Makenzi,Gavin and I went up on June 30th and because Spencer had to work, he and Eli came up on the 4th.

Makenzi has been wanting to donate her hair again, for the 3rd time, to locks of love so just about the first thing that we did when we got there was haircuts. She donated 11inches this time and now she has a long a-line. Just what she wanted!

We also went to Utah for my mom's mom's side of the family reunion. This is a picture of my Grandma Hall and her sister Judy and her brother Richard. My parents hosted the reunion at their house.

On the morning of the 4th we drove up to Kaysville where Spencer and I graduated from high school, and we watched a great parade. Because of the reunion my Aunt Brenda and her husband Jim were in town to celebrate with us.

It was hot but not as hot as Tucson. We had a lot of fun watching the parade. It was just like how I remembered it. Makenzi wasn't sure in the beginning that she wanted to be collecting the candy and other stuff that was being thrown into the onlookers but after she warmed up she really got into it. I'm sure that it would have helped if Eli was there but my mom and my little sister were there to get her started!

Later in the evening after Spencer and Eli arrived we went and saw the fireworks! My kids didn't really want to sit still for the action. I think that they had just had too much fun for the day.

My sister and her husband were a great help with chasing Gavin around everytime they were with us.

On July 5th, we had a bar-b-que with Spencer's family at his oldest sister's house. My kids loved getting to play with their cousins!
On July 6th, my parent's had a birthday party for Eli. My cousin Ryan and his kids bought Eli some silly string and Eli had a great time spraying everyone including the great-grandparents with the silly string. He is such a character!
He loved all of the great presents that everyone got him and he looks forward to going to Toys "R" Us to spend a gift card that my mom and dad gave him. He has been looking forward to his birthday for quite some time now!