1st Day of Kindergarten

Where did the time go? I can't believe that Cole starts kindergarten today!
He is so excited...all ready and wearing his backpack four hours before school starts!
The new Batman backpack
He insisted that I zoomed in on the backpack to show the motorcycle...
And what kindergarten ensemble is complete without a new watch! He has been wanting a watch fora long time so I gave him one this morning and it made him so excited!

Good luck Cole!! Have a great day! We love you!

Our Newest Addition

We got a new kitten yesterday. We haven't agreed on a name yet. She is so tiny, so cute and so sweet. Our kids LOVE her, they just follow her around the house all day and laugh.

She is so much fun!

Toothless

Cole lost his first tooth today!!
He and Josh were wrestling and it fell out! He is so proud!

Washington Vacation

We spent the last week of July in Washington with the Andersons. We had a blast!! We didn't want to come home.
Our kids made the 15 hour drive surprisingly well! Luckily it started out with some sleeping time (we left at 4 a.m.)

We were so happy that LauraLee drove with us. We had so much fun with her!
This is a fun train park we went to.

Kim, Steph, Julie, LauraLee, Kelly, JoAnn, Deah and me

Alaria, Malia, Kylie and Quincey...so cute!
Josh

Josh, Alaria and Grandpa Gillespie

The Seattle Temple
Snoqualmie Falls
We couldn't get enough swimming time in their beautiful pool!
Cole's proudest moment was learning to "swim across the pool... under the water...

with no life jacket on"

Alaria LOVED hanging out with Malia!
These are from a great park we played at by the temple. It is surrounded with a wooded area, that the kids loved walking through.

Alaria and Quincey in the playhouse

Me and Alexis

Josh and Kylie

Kris and Jacob
Josh
Julie, Laura, Kim and Brad

Ali and Quincey

We even had some fun girl time!
We went to a park by Lake Washington, watched the Blue Angels practice and ate the most delicious Thai food!

Fun times...just hanging outAli - fully accessorized with Kylie's shoes and Kim's necklace!
BBQ Master

Cousins!!!

Josh and Caleb
Trey and Cole
Ali and Quince
Jacob, Cole, and Marcus...what talent!
Josh and Trey

Mackenzie, Marcus, Caleb, Cory and Jacob

Picking fresh raspberries and blueberries. Yummmm....
The results...
While we picked and ate berries, Alaria ate dirt. This is what her face looked like when we left the fields.

What a great week! Spending time with lots of family and having SO much fun! We couldn't have asked for a better vacation!