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1st Day of School

Today was Elise's first day of first grade. I told Corbin yesterday that I was going to cry. This is so different than pre-school or Kindergarten where they are only gone for 3 hours at the most. Her school is from 9:10-4:00. 4:00? What? In vegas we always got out at 3:15. This morning we walked her up to school and helped her find her teacher, Mrs. Sweeny, who I think is going to be great. Then they had all the parents line up in a tunnel so the kids could walk through and we could clap as they walked in. As soon as the Kindergartners started walking and everyone started clapping I lost it. Then Elise walked by and I gave her a little pinch and waved. I turned around to see the Bishop's wife standing behind me. She of course noticed I was crying and gave me a big hug. Elise was so excited for school. She loves school and is totally in her element in a classroom with her friends. I know she will do great this year. I'm excited that she gets to be at a brand new school and I know she will make lots of great friends. We are so proud of her.

Labor Day

What's more American than a baseball game? On Labor day we took the kids to the Rockies game. Again Corbin and I thought the kids would only last an hour, but they were awesome. After the sixth inning we took them down to the play area and got them some ice cream. It was a great day and now we are excited that we can take them to a game and they will stay for the whole time. By the way the Rockies beat the Giants 3-0!

Elitch Gardens

As our last hurrah before Elise starts school we decided to go out with a bang and spent Saturday at Elitch Gardens (think of six flags). We started out at Island Kingdom, the water park. We had a blast playing on the pirate ships and riding some big water rides. After lunch we got changed and headed over to the amusement park. I was surprised the kids made it through the whole day we didn't leave until the park closed. It was so fun and I'm glad we were able to spend this time together as a family.

Remax Picnic

The kids were very excited about Corbin's company picnic. They were counting down the days. Elise and Ella loved getting "tattoos". Not my favorite, but in the spirit of company picnics I let them have a little fun. Elise was also a fan of the bounce house. Ella and Easton, not so much. I have to say the view was amazing, the food was delicious, and the kids had a blast. Remax company picnic: mission accomplished. Can't wait til' next year!

Haircut: Take II

It was time for Easton to have another haircut (don't worry I will not be posting every one). But this one I had to blog about. At first I thought it was going to be a repeat of the first, but then instead of giving him the sucker right off, we waited and he watched Elise run down to the bank inside Wal-mart to get him a sucker. Then he stopped crying and actually let the lady do the trimmer this time. And he didn't get nearly as red as last time either. We'll see what happens next time, but this time was definitely an improvement!

Summer Lovin'...had me a blast...

We have had too much fun this summer. We have left the house everyday to go somewhere and have tried to soak up every minute of this summer. And I think we were pretty successful. Most Mondays and Wednesday we went to our community pool at the Grange. On Tuesdays we headed to the Library for story time and then to a local park for a picnic lunch and most Fridays we visited our new fav park, Civic green park in Highlands Ranch. We also spent a day at H2O'Brien park in Parker. Or some days when we needed to stay closer to home we would head over to our little neighborhood park. We have never spent so much time outside in one summer. In fact we went through 2 bottles of sunscreen and about 4 bottles of the spray sunscreen this summer. Usually I end up throwing away sunscreen. I'm glad that I am ending this summer feeling like we took advantage of the great weather because don't get me wrong I KNOW what's coming. It's already starting to feel cooler.

Thanks Amber

It was so fun celebrating my Mom's birthday. Can you believe my Mom is going to be 60 next year. I think she still looks so young. On Friday night we went and saw "Mama Mia". My Mom had already seen it twice, but wanted to see it again with me and Amber. Both my Mom and Amber left on Sunday after church. It was so great to have time with both of them. I really appreciate the time that we get to spend together now that we don't live near that much family. I can't wait until we can do it again. Amber you are welcome anytime. We love having you!

Romanian Festival

The same weekend that my Mom and sister came to visit we drove to Boulder for the annual Romanian Festival. For those of you who don't know Corbin served his mission in Romania. He was so excited to learn that there is actually a big population of Romanians that have settled in Boulder. The festival was outside at the Pearl Street Mall in downtown Boulder. It was so neat to walk around and take everything in. We enjoyed watching the traditional dancing and were even more excited to do it ourselves. It was so fun. Corbin was also excited to eat the food. I was a little hesitant given the stories that he has told me of what they eat in Romania. Lets just put it this way, nothing does not get used off a pig or whatever they are serving (stomach soup anyone?). But he was happy to eat the pork and cabbage. I tried a bite, it wasn't too bad. Ella of course had three or four bites (that girl will eat anything). We ended the day by letting the kids run in the fountains. I was so happy that Corbin got to reconnect to his mission. He loved serving in Romania. It really is a beautiful country. It's our goal to go visit one day and take his parents. I'm glad that this will be a tradition that we get to experience with him every year.

Nice Surprise

A couple of weekends ago my little sister Amber came to visit us. She actually came to see my Mom for her birthday, but I had no idea she was coming until she pulled up to our house following my Mom. Her and her husband Garrett just moved to Kansas where Garrett is stationed so they are only 6 hours away from us. It was so great to see her again and such a nice surprise. Of course the only thing my Mom wanted to do for her birthday was go to the zoo. I have no idea why my Mom loves the zoo so much, but it was her birthday so away to the zoo we went. It was nice to just walk around and catch up with my sister and the kids always have fun at the zoo.