Fair!!!

We went to the fair a couple of weeks ago with Grant, Beth and Rachel. It was a lot of fun!

Rachel and Ethan were able to see what it was like being weathermen. They would put a blue cloth over the body of whoever was there, and you would just see their head on the map. It was pretty fun.

Howdy!

Grandpa paid the guy some money to get some stuffed animals for the boys and to let them throw a few darts. They both did actually get a balloon each. They were quite excited!

The boys LOVED the rides. They only went on a few, but the look of pure delight on their faces was priceless!

Grant and Rachel rode on the swings.

Ethan got to make this plane move up and down. There was a lever that you could push from the inside. He loved that he could control it.

Grant and Rachel rode on the bumper cars . . .

and Ethan and Grant couldn't get enough. They loved watching them. Of course, they wanted to ride them too, but I guess it can sometimes be hard being a bit too little.

Sasha pretty much just got to enjoy the ride. Luckily, she did take a nap, so that made her and us parents pretty happy!

Ethan starts kindergarden

Ethan started Kindergarden yesterday. He was so excited! He was up pretty early getting ready. He actually didn't ride the bus yesterday though. For the first day, they had the students bring an adult friend (parent, grandparent, neighbor . . . ). So, I went with Ethan while my neighbor watched Grant and Sasha for me. Here are some of the pictures that I took while at school with Ethan.

The students drew pictures of their families. He drew each of our initials by the person. We are all holding Sasha up over our heads.

This morning, Ethan rode the bus to school. He was so excited to get on. I believe in this picture, he is looking at the school bus coming.

He was so excited to get on the bus. The bus driver actually had to talk with him about watching her to see when he could get on. He thought she was ready, but I guess not. In this picture, you can his little orange back pack. He sat right in the front seat.


He's looking forward to going to school tomorrow. I think it will be a fun year for him!

Ethan can ride his bike!!!!

Ready! Set!

GO!!!

Last week, Ethan learned to ride his bike. He was so excited! It was actually quite amazing. We were out playing with friends, and one of our neighbors helped him on and held onto his seat. She said he circled a couple of times, and then he was going so fast that she had to run to keep up with him. I guess he was ready! That was all that he wanted to talk about for the next week. It is still his favorite thing to do. Amazing!

Brian and Ethan went on a bike ride together through the neighborhood. They really enjoyed themselves.

Day Camping

A couple of weeks ago, we went camping for a day with Jake, Angie, and Kai. We just left in the morning and came back in the late afternoon. We really had a good time! (Angie, I borrowed some of your photos. I hope you don't mind.)

Brian, Ethan, Grant and Jake rode the 4 wheeler up the mountain with a trailer to stock up on fire wood for hunting season.

We just love the face that Ethan makes for pictures. The funny thing is, he's not making a face. He thinks he's just smiling. Funny boy!

Sasha had a really good time eating all of the junk food that she could. Hello Marshmallows!

Jake and the kiddos relaxing by the fire.



Grant had fun too. Ethan picked out his own marshmallow stick, actually I think he picked out several. He had a hard time keeping track of them.

Angie, Kai and Sasha eating some grapes. Kai was so nice to feed Sasha. I think after all the junk food, the fruit was a nice break.

Swimming Lessons

At the beginning of August, the boys took some swimming lessons. They did really well and had a lot of fun. They are also not afraid of the water anymore. Here is Ethan with Coach Jessica.

And here is Grant with coach Haylee.

On the last day, they did a swimming safety class. They taught all sorts of things. One thing they did is teach them how to use a life jacket. When Ethan and Grant were both together, I had to take a picture of it.



Each day, at the very end of class, everyone would get together and put their hands together and yell "We love swimming!" It was pretty fun.

Just to tell you how good the swimming lessons were for the boys, even Brian said it was worth paying $40 per child for swimming lessons.

Sasha hung out with me by the side of the pool while the boys were in swimming lessons. She was pretty good.

Rigby Lake fun!

We went to Rigby Lake with our neighbors about a month ago, and had a really good time. L to R: Ethan, Grant, Chloe, Dylan, and Jodi.

Funny Ethan!

Grant had a fun time too!

And yes, Sasha was there too.

INL Picnic

In July, there was a company picnic for all of the INL employees. The kids had so much fun. There were probably 20 huge jumping castles/slides. The boys had a blast. There was also free food, ice cream, pop, cotton candy, and snow cones.

I love the mid air shot!

There was also face painting. Sasha sat patiently.

Grant's is a sword.

Little car for Ethan.