First Day of School

The kids first day of school pictures. They are growing so fast I can't believe it. Of course Odie has to be in the pictures. Too bad they don't make little doggie uniforms.

Savannah being a little theatrical.

All the girls...
Now with the boys.

Playing Catch Up...

This summer was crazy busy. We really didn't head out on any far family vacations but we kept so busy here at home anyway. Here are a few of the highlights of the past summer.

Two of my favorite YW graduated high school this year. These girls are awesome and I miss them dearly in YW.
(Diane, Michelle, Valeria, and I at the Sanger graduation)

Girls camp came the first week in July which meant we were gone for the 4th of July this year. I missed celebrating with the whole family but at least I had Chyna and Savannah up there with me.

Savannah had an awesome time her first year at camp. She had a great cabin with some pretty awesome YCL's. She really shined up at camp and it made me feel so good to see her so happy.


These are all her cabin girls. Seems they were up to no good that night.

Gabriel celebrating the 4th at home.
Next came Gillian's 9th birthday. She opted for a cookie cake this year which was pretty delicious.


Her main gift...
We usually go out to dinner together to celebrate my birthday and hers. This year she picked Outback Steakhouse. Good choice!One thing we always try to do at least once in the summer is take the kids to the drive in. They are becoming extinct but luckily we have two that are pretty close to us here. Gillian and Gabriel goofing off before the movie.

Now this was one of the highlights of the summer. For some reason even though we live barely an hour away from Yosemite we have never taken the kids up there before. I know people travel states, even countries to come see Yosemite and we had never traveled the hour before. Well we finally made it this year on our "stay-cation". The kids were most impressed with the waterfalls and getting soaked on the way up to them.








And our other thing we love to do is camp at the beach. We did our trip to Morro Bay this summer and this time Odie got to come with. He loves the car trips.


Lastly our favorite summer treat is Yogurtland. Can't get enough of that place. We especially loved their Hello Kitty stuff they had this summer.