FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

Mason and Taylor seem a little too excited to go to school! They got up so early and ready so fast that they had a half hour to spare. Mason is in 5th grade and Taylor is in 3rd. They both have fantastic teachers!



Mace and Tay waiting for the bus.


Mason and Taylor wouldn't let me follow them to school this year, so when I took Lysa to Kindergarten I snuck some pictures of them at lunchtime.


Taylor eating lunch with his friends.


Hello Kindergarten! Alyssa was so excited to go. It was the longest morning for her, the boys left at 8:00 and she didn't go until 11:40, she kept asking, "Is it time to go yet?" I have cried every time I have taken the kids to Kindergarten, but Alyssa was so excited and not the least bit nervous that I didn't cry, not even one tear!


Alyssa and her friend Karli in their classroom. There are about 20 kids in her class and they all know each other from the neighborhood or being in the same ward, so Mrs. Campbell is going to have her hands full this year!

My first day of school is Wednesday. I am taking 14 credits this semester and will be down in Pocatello all day on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I have a friend helping get Alyssa on the bus those days and Lance helping me on the other days. I am getting so close, not too many credits left until I graduate and then here comes grad school!

HUCKLEBERRY PICKING

For the past couple of years we have tried to go huckleberry picking at Kelly Canyon. In the past we haven't found a good spot to pick them, but this year we figured it out! It always makes me nervous to take the kids in the woods while picking berries (I have no idea what wild animals are out there that like huckleberries too!) so I taught them songs that my dad taught us growing up so we could make some noise. They especially like the song about the chicken that laid the hard boiled egg.


Taylor said he picked the most!


Lysa had Daddy helping her. Lysa even found wild strawberries growing too.


Mason picked these on his own. (Who says you can't use Halloween/Easter buckets for all occasions)!

This is us showing our dirty stained Huckleberry hands! We picked enough berries to make jam and it sure is YUMMY!