First Day of School

the kids started school a couple weeks ago. after i did a celebratory dance in the driveway - i went in and spent the time with tanner doing something spectacularly exhilerating (like make a menu and grocery list for that week).

kaylee is in mrs. edelstein's third grade class and is already doing excellent work! she started ballet and will be starting girls scouts (brownies) this week.

emma is in mrs. modrow's first grade class. i can tell they are going to get along very well. emma is also starting girl scouts (daisies) and begging to get into swimming (you think she would have had enough after this summer) - so i think another year or two we'll try to find a swim team or club that doesn't have meets on sundays.

dallin started preschool and is loving it! they only meet 3 days a week and it's torture for him to get through the weekend. at least i know he'll be ready for kindergarten!

so it's just tanner and me...my baby!!!Y

Kaylee's Baptism

our little kaylee is baptized! i can't believe it, but she's turned into quite the responsible girl. we had a wonderful day. aaron's parents, my parents, my sister and my niece all came to visit from california and utah. we got to be baptized on her birthday (which was on a sunday) so that was pretty special. we are grateful to all our friends who came (christina stuetz even made it down from the cities) to support kaylee in her decision. we are so proud of her!Y

kaylee in her beautiful dress that jody and tara picked out in utah

kaylee and her daddy right before the service

Renegade Kids with Camera

i found these pics on my camera - usually i just find 20 or 30 pictures of the wall or the carpet or something else totally uninteresting - but these ones were cute. Y

dallin in all his glory...

here's emma workin' it...

cousin anjulee - born to pose

Camping with the Young Women

here's some pics of the yw overnighter we had in august. we went to minneopa and had lots of fun. didn't get very much certification done though...

here's the four girls at the mill - erica, lisa, laura, and marian

this is below the falls - marian, laura, erika, tara and lisa (sitting).

another one below the falls - lisa, erika, marion, laura

a shot from above the falls

...and another one...