another first day

Karter started preschool today! He was so exicted to go and even happier when we got there. I think that this will be great for him. He gets to have lunch and a snack, meet new friends and learn all kinds of things. Good luck budddy.

baptism, blessing and birthdays (oh my)

We had a fun filled family weekend. We started with a baptism on Saturday for my nephew, Dallin. He was so excited and it showed. After the baptism he was asked how he felt, his response, "WET." It was great to be able to see him receive such a wonderful blessing. Plus, Kimble is the next one to be baptized and now that she knows what it means to be baptized she just can't wait.

Sunday morning we were able to attend the blessing of baby Jenna. Her father gave a wonderful blessing, she is a lucky little girl.

Sunday evening, we had dinner at my parents' house to celebrate the birthdays of two of my sisters. It was fun, as always, and also a relief to know that we made it through all the August birthdays (5 from my family and another 1 from Kevin's). The red velvet cupcakes and mini cheesecakes were a yummy way to top off our weekend!

quick update

{This is especially for you, Steph. wink, wink}

Kimble has been doing great at school (with the exception of a few yellow cards for talking when she wasn't supposed to be). Here is to a fantastic first grade year!

A couple Sundays ago I thought Karter was looking so studly in his church clothes, so of course we pulled out the camera. Koltyn could not be left out and had to have his picture taken too. After taking Karter's picture he said, "It looks like I am sleeping!"


I helped the boys build a fort one morning (which turned into several other mornings). They absolutely loved it! I even let them pick a movie to watch while they hung out.

camping: from heather's pov

My sister Heather, a great photographer by the way, had so many great pictures from our recent camping trip. While we were only there for about 24 hours, she was able to snap 500 pictures around camp and at the lake. I stole just a few...










Just a couple more lake memories, you can never have too many great pictures!


Enjoying Sunday morning with a story from Uncle Aaron, chilling in the chairs and Kimble not participating in the lesson (sad to say, not surprised).



Thanks for being our photographer, Heather. You are amazing!

camping. twenty-eleven.

Saturday morning, the kids and I headed up to the rim for the annual Stewart family camping trip just for the night. We arrived about lunch time, but everybody was at the lake. So the kids entertained themselves by throwing rocks into mud puddles and looking for birds in the trees. After a short while everyone was back and the fun began. Evelyn was taking a nap though, so sweet. We spent some time around camp, snacking of course, until Amy and Steph (along with Evelyn and baby Jenna) headed home before making our way to the lake.






Off to Willow Springs lake for a little fishing, rock skipping (or just throwing for the boys) and mushroom hunting. Kimble really wanted to go fishing, but was disappointed when she didn't get any bites. After a little exploring, we found a BB gun still loaded and broken fishing pole. Both discoveries kept the kids happy for a long time, giving us the opportunity to see the sun setting.
























Sunday morning was a time to relax around camp. After breakfast my Mom taught us a short lesson about the Kirkland temple. She even brought an activity, making a model of the temple that she found on their recent trip there. Kimble spent her time in the hammock mostly, Karter played with this dried flower (more like a stick really) and Koltyn took a short nap before hopping from chair to chair. We were sad to leave after lunch but happy that we could at least spend some time in the mountains.