September

My weekly posts are turning into monthly posts.  September was a great month!

We traveled with friends to Seattle to watch BSU v. UW.  Fun was had by all.

The lone BSU fans at the Husky tailgate

Pretending to be young again



Thank goodness Costco sells booze

The next day...Quinn had her first day of pre-school!

She did just great.  Mostly because she has been in the same classroom with her big sisters

for years and years now.

Delaney was showing her the ropes at Wesleyan

Then it was her turn!  Big first day at 4-5s preschool.  

Not sure what these two will do without each other next year.  Sniff sniff...

Round 1 of Halloween costumes.  They changed their minds of course. 

Back to the drawing board.

Delaney is half the size of the other girls in her gymnastics class.  But not to worry, she holds her own pretty well.

Still hitting the water every morning in McCall

Boat ride home from Shore Lodge with the Richins

 Ruby really likes to be inside with the girls all day now.  I can't deal with the dog hair so we vacuum her all the time.  She LOVES it.

 My car time has doubled this year.

 Movie night at the Botanical Gardens.  First sleepover at our house with Ava Mae!

 Riley gets tortured daily

 Again...the smalled BY FAR

 Scarecrow Stroll

 Boy these kids are getting big!

 Three Little Pigs by Roosevelt 2nd Graders

 Moms got to leave town for a fun night in Seattle!

2nd Grader!

The big day finally arrived!  Meredith loves schools.  I mean LOVES.  Basically she's been counting down the days until August 27th.  School starts early here in Boise which is fine...we all need a break from each other I think!  We sure will miss Meredith though...especially me, she is my voice of reason most days!  Off to Mrs. Eversons 2nd grade classroom

(which I can see into from my kitchen window, lucky me!). 

Nice to hear the school bell ringing again!

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 Had to take a picture of these hooligans.  They've all been together since pre-school.

August

Way way behind in blogging here.  Seems to be a trend!  I might need to switch to Wordpress...we'll see if I ever get around to that.  In the meantime, here is what happened in August.

I forgot my nice camera, and got a new phone and lost all the pictures from Delaneys birthday.  It kind of makes me sick to my stomach - she had such a fun birthday in McCall with family and friends.  So here is what went down...

 Okay so blogger is giving me fits and I'm too tired to fix the order.  Here is us back in Boise for a few days!  A trip to the vet was thrilling to the girls.

 Now back to McCall for the week.  Haircut time!

 I just love this picture!  Meredith was having a treat with Uncle Scott and Aunt Stacy

Meanwhile we had whoopie pies on the beach

 Boatload of kids after a movie at Shore Lodge

 Couldn't resist.  Delaney sleeps HARD after a day on the lake.

 So fun to have Scott and Stacy visit

 We celebrate my birthday with the Bryans.  Erin made her famous chocolate cake!

 Meredith got to ride with Scott and Stacy.  She loves mountain biking.

Thinking she might not be a team sport kind of gal!  I would want a little alone time too, she gets harrassed by her sisters most of the time.

 Back in Boise at the zoo...

 I don't even know what to do with this kid most days...she's 3 going on 32.

 We had a lovely birthday celebration for Lamby.  All her friends came.  Even baby jaguar!

My most hated place...the fair.  I don't think I can do it again.  Seems like a good 'Dad' activity.

They rode a camel (?).

 Petted some goats

 Rode a coaster...

All three did a bungee jump thingy and it was hilarious.  Sadly blogger doesn't want me to share those pictures.  Stay tuned!