First Day of School & Class Fieldtrips

My annual date with each child to get school supplies although now the district supplies it all, so we just needed shoes, backpack, and lunch box. For their treats Ezra chose Coldstone, Cora chose Retro Donuts, and Kimball chose Pete & Belle's. The kids all have great teachers so it should be great year!

First day of 5th, 3rd, and Kindergarten.

My sweetest little baby with the humongous backpack just waiting so patiently for the bus to come.

A big, huge grin from both Ezra and Kimball who was an excellent big brother helping him transfer buses and navigate his first day. Yep, I cried. I knew this day was coming and boy did it come fast! My heart just burst at all the amazing friends he'll make and wonderful things he'll learn but so sad at the same time to lose my daily pal.

As soon as Ezra got home from school he went straight to the bathroom and Dad snapped this picture of him. Hahaha!

A few of the teachers needed individual head shots so these are the ones I emailed them. Kimball was proud to show Murphy.

For the first time ever I got to volunteer for class field trips! Kimball's was a hike to Hog Lake where they learned about different vegetation and had an art project. It was in the 80's in October!

Cora's field trip I forgot to take a picture of us together but she got to go to Riverfront Park where they learned about floods and the ice age. Here are a few scenic shots I got.

Ezra got to go to Walter's farm where they played in the pallet maze, irrigation slide, had a tractor ride and learned all about apples, and got to pick a pumpkin to take home.

 

More Summer Fun

The rest are all random things and photos that we finished our summer off with. I LOVE SUMMERTIME!!!

Doing chores

Went to the demolition derby!

Lots of riding on Beacon Hill.

Cora girl, you crack me up!

She wanted her hair straightened and she looks so much older.

My pretty matching Elsa's

Swimming in the Spokane River

The kids decided they wanted to build their own in-ground pool so I told them to go ahead. Haha! After they found out how hard it was to dig the hole and that the water would just seep into the earth without some kind of plastic keeping it, they decided the mud was just as fun.

Cora and Ezra finally learned to ride without training wheels! They did so well, Ezra picked it up super fast and Cora took a little bit of time but eventually got the hang of it. This means we can do family bike rides together now, so we immediately started on the Centennial Trail and biked to Krispy Kreme and back.

This was Cora the second day riding without training wheels. Not as excited about the natural consequences of gravity.

Swimming with Brimhall's and Dubois' at Q'emiln Park in Post Falls.

All the service men and women in uniform unfurling the flag while Lance's quartet sang the national anthem for the rodeo in Coeur d'Alene.

We went on our ward camping trip up to the Pend Oreille River. The drive was so beautiful but it was extremely smoky. There were only 4 families that camped which was pretty sad, I would have loved a better turnout. It was such fun! Jackie Wilson brought their boat and we were able to go tubing.

Our last ice cream stop at Pete and Belle's before school starts.