B&D&A

Smith Cousins

We took a rare photo of all the Smith grandkids before Rick, Melissa and Katelyn headed up to Seattle for Rick to begin his PA program.  Not the best picture inside Blue Lemon but it will still be a fun one to look back on in a few years.

4th Frozen Birthday

Charlotte had such a fun, magical 4th birthday!

Elsa, Mackenzie, Olivia, Grace, Jade Chow, Dylan Gay, Char, Ava Sharp, Raegan, Brooklyn

Mackenzie thought of the words for this card and I thought it was so clever!

Charlotte also got to celebrate at school- show off her birthday mobile, share her favorite story book and bring donut holes.  Here she is with Miss Vicki and the birthday bear.

Breakfast in bed is a birthday tradition around here and Mackenzie and Brooklyn took care of everything this time around.  They even made cards for her tray.

She's already talking about her next birthday.

First Days 3rd, 1st, Winner 3's

Mackenzie starting 3rd grade in Mrs. Sorenson's class.  I can't believe I am old enough to have a 3rd grader.  And I can't believe what an awesome girl she is growing into.  I'm afraid to blink or she will be a teenager and I want to keep this sweetness as long as I can.

Brooklyn is starting 1st grade with Miss Neal.  She loves to do her hair in 2 braids every night so her hair is easy to brush out in the morning!

Charlotte is going to the Winner school and is in Miss Vicki's class.  She goes Tuesdays and Thursdays and every other day of the week she cries that it is not a school day.  She loves art and especially SNACKS!

A Quick Back to School Disneyland Trip

Back to Iowa

In Robert's quest to visit every division 1 football stadium in the country, Mackenzie got to go back to Iowa where she was born.  Brooklyn, Mackenzie and Robert saw Iowa vs. Iowa State, visited our old house, went to the Children's museum and had a fun trip to Des Moines.

Mackenzie got to choose whether she wanted to go by herself with just dad or have Brooklyn come along.  Of course she wanted Brooklyn to come along because they really have fun together, those two silly girls.

NYC (my first time)

The break down of the week went as follows: Monday travel day. Tuesday was a stroll around Central Park and trip to the top of Rockafeller Center.

My highlight of the trip was Tuesday night when we went to the evening session of the US Open.

Wednesday we did a little Times Square shopping before heading back to the US Open to wander around with our Day Pass.  We finished the night with a Mets game.

Thursday we enjoyed some shopping in Soho, went to a movie, and (barely) caught the Amtrak up to Hartford, Connecticut.  Let's just say my husband has much less anxiety about making it on time when we are traveling. Like this time when we had to stop for a hamburger on our way. Or the time we almost missed our flight to Paris because he had to change the light bulbs before we left.

The next day was game day but we had time during the day to take a drive to Mystic, a seaport town, where we got some seafood and souvenirs, oh and ice cream cones.  The game was a success with a good win BYU over the Huskies