Vegas Baby!!

The weekend before school started, we went to Vegas. My little brother got married. I didn't get any pictures of the actual wedding or reception (at the wedding, I was busy literaly diving after Liam to keep him from rushing up the aisle to get to my dad). Oops. However, that night (August 20), hanging out at my brothers house, I decided it would be a blast to go to the little slpash pad in my brother's housing complex. I was right. It was a blast. For my kids at least. My two nephews that went with us weren't so thrilled. One nephew HATES getting wet, and the other one (who is a little younger than Liam) just wanted to wander around. To warm up after we got back, the cousins all snuggled under Jordan's sleeping bag together. Here are the pictures. :)

Camping, Time 2

So we loved where we camped soo much that we decided to go again. This time, we had a third family with us. A family that had 4 more girls. So for the kids, it was Liam, to 9 girls. Talk about a good ratio for him. Though, every girl there was older than him by at least a year and a half (some by 6 years). This time we went on this nature hike. We passed some people on our way up the mountain (their way down) who said that we should have shirts made. One that says "I am Liam." One that says "I am Liam's sister," and the rest would say "I am Liam's friend." While I wouldn't do this, I thought it was a great idea and it made me laugh. I didn't take as many picture this time around, but I took some on the hike. Well, for most people it was a hike. For Liam, Ty and I, it was more of a leisurely walk while Liam threw rocks over the side. Enjoy.

Two Firsts

Today is the day of two firsts. It's Jordan's FIRST day of FIRST grade. We are pretty excited that she got the teacher we requested. This teacher will be really good for Jordan's perfectionist personality because this teacher makes you do things over until it's right, and the handwriting is neat. I'm also really excited about her getting the teacher we requested because it seems like a lot of people didn't get the teacher they requested. Jordan's desk is right next to a friend of her's from last year. I hope those two kids don't get in trouble for talking. :) As Jordan really is a shy girl, this will be good for her to know someone. Jordan totally left without saying goodbye once she knew where her desk was. I had to call her back to give me and Liam hugs. Anyway, on with the pictures.... Here is my big girl.

Glitter Toes

So this is all the rage right now. It seems like everyone in blogland is doing them. I finally found a blog somewhere with instructions. I decided it might be fun with my girly-girl of a daughter. She loved hers, though she picked it off half her toes by the time I got to taking a picture. So here is a picture of my glitter toes done almost a week later.

Peek-a-boo

Where's Liam?

There he is!!

Two front teeth

Do you guys remember my post from almost three years ago? This post here. She fell at my parents right before my dad was going to his first chemo and knocked her front tooth out. Well... This is Jordan today.

Isn't she soo cute with two front teeth? It is taking some getting used to for me, but since this has been in for a little while now (I know, I'm a slacker at getting it posted), we are getting used to it. She is looking all grown up now. I really think she will need braces to straighten the tooth out as it is coming in in front of the other teeth, but there's nothing we can do to change it.

Camping

So we have some friends here who we usually hang out with at his father's cabin for a few days. This year, they didn't make it up, so neither did we. So instead, we found somewhere fairly close to camp. We hadn't been there before, so we didn't exactly know what to expect. But it was great! The days weren't too hot, and the nights weren't too cold. There isn't any lakes or anything nearby, so there aren't really any bugs. The biggest bummer is that we are pretty sure a mountain lion was in our camp around 4:30 the next morning. Ty and I were looking at it with a flashlight, but couldn't get a good view of it, but that's what we figure it was. The scariest thing is that our friend got out of the tent to put some stuff away while the mountain lion was still there, but she scared it off. We are planning on going back though!! Can't wait to camp again.