It's time...we have been waiting anxiously for our first peaches off of our tree to ripen and now they are ripe! Hooray!
Brenna just couldn't wait to eat hers, as you can see in the picture. She had it polished off and asked for another one in no time!
Well, summer vacation for us is officially over. Good-bye late nights and sleeping in. No more friends all day and picnics in the park.
Hello early bedtime and schedule.
It was fun while it lasted, but it will be nice to again have order and a routine.
Samantha claimed she wasn't really excited but was up and dressed waaaay before she needed to be and couldn't sit still all morning...hmmmm, sounds excited to me. Her day went well. She has a lot of her friends in her class and the best 3rd grade teacher around (Except, I am sure, her grandma!) and made a new friend today.
She was relieved that most of her bruises on her forehead were fading thanks to an encounter with a step stool.
Tyler (4th grade) was scared to death and very nervous, no surprise there. Things like that are hard for him. He had a great day though, I have never seen him so excited after the first day of school. We didn't know his teacher before and he really likes her, it should be a great year for him. Probably the worst part of the whole day was having his picture taken before school.
Veronica was pretty excited about entering 7th grade until back to school night when she realized that her lunch hour was changed when we had to change her schedule to allow for orchestra which meant she didn't have lunch with most of her friends and the fact that there was a mix-up with meeting the teachers. That's when the nerves (and drama!) kicked in but she also had a great day and has a lot of neat classes.
Looking at their pictures I can't believe how grown-up they look. I am so lucky to have good kids who try to make good choices and who behave so well at school and are such good students.
It is not as impressive or exciting as what Vera did on Saturday, but pretty cool anyway.
I bottled 13 jars of beets from our own garden! I have bottled beans, beets and tomatoes before but had not done any for quite a few years and had forgotten how satisfying it is to do that. Now I am excited to do my tomatoes and apples and hopefully my peaches that are growing in our backyard.
Except now I have to figure out where to put them...
This is what Brenna and Braelynn looked like at 7:30 pm after having two cousins (Hafen and Hudson)spend the night the night before and then playing all the next day without naps...
Yesterday, Saturday August 1st was Samantha's baptism day. She was baptised and confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints She looked beautiful in her white dress made by Grandma Smith.
It was a beautiful baptism and she was lucky enough to have lots of family there to support her.
Samantha turned 8 years old last Monday, July 27. She celebrated that day with our family by opening a few presents and having Toll House Pie, our newest favorite evil dessert found here.
Then on Thursday she had a party with her friends at Evans Hairstyling College. Her and some of her friends got pampered with manicures and hairstyles followed by cupcakes, and of course presents!
We are so lucky to have her in our family. She loves life and makes the most out of every moment.
Happy Birthday, Samantha!
