End of Summer

We've had a fun-filled summer and it has flown by! Here are some more of the highlights:

Going to the Boise Classic hot air balloon festival at Ann Morrison Park. We lasted long enough to see two balloons blown up and then had to head home for bed.

Watching for Daddy to come home from work...a daily event (you can see Bill's car turning onto our street).

Daniel learning to walk

Good times with Dad in the back yard

Playing in the children's room at the Art Museum

More playing in the back yard

I'm so glad these boys love to play with each other! We're looking forward to a nice Autumn and more exciting adventures!

Preschool

Sam started preschool this week! It is a group of six 2-3 year-old kids from our ward and the other five mothers and I take turns teaching in our homes. It is two hours every Monday and Thursday mornings and I taught the first week. We are learning the alphabet, so this week we studied the letter "A".

Nate, Amerie, Olivia, Spencer, Sam (Kenzie was absent)

We did a matching game with animals that begin with the letter A, colored pictures of the animals, read the story and learned the song, "The Ants Go Marching", had a snack of "Ants on a log" and apple slices and made a little "Autumn" craft.

The kids sat still pretty well most of the time, but the last half hour they were ready to just play. Daniel loved being part of the gang. Sam gets along with all of the kids pretty well (he's knows most of them from the nursery in our ward). I think this will be really good for him and help prepare him to be a Sunbeam next year. And the weeks it's not at our house will be really good for me so I can run errands with just Daniel. It will be a breeze!

Sun Valley

I always look forward to this time of year because we get to go to Sun Valley, ID for a few days. This time we left at noon on Thursday so we could enjoy most of the day there. We picked Bill up at work so the boys could take their nap in the car. They slept most of the time and we arrived a little after 3 and checked in.

Since our friends, the Wilson's moved here, they came too and we hung out with them most of the time. We went swimming every day (I never had my camera with me though...boo!) in the wonderfully heated pool. It was great weather; a little chilly in the mornings and evenings, but perfect the rest of the time.

Sam relaxing on his bed. This year we got a family suite that had two rooms. It was a life saver when it came to nap and bedtime!

Feeding the ducks

Even Daniel wanted to participate!

Walking through Ketchum

Dinner at Despo's in Ketchum

Catching a little football on a break from Bill's meetings

One last feeding

Just before leaving for home. I hope this tradition keeps up!