This “back to school” thing, where my littles miss my bigs is such a bummer.
We play, learn and hang out….but there is a definite void with Scout and Navy gone.
(Have I ever mentioned that I am a lover of summer, and a hater of the school year?)
At Home
First Day of 1st/3rd Grades!
Summer was TOO short!
Nonetheless, the first day of school is always exciting.
Scout is in third grade this year.
And Navy is in 1st!
Even though it is an early morning, the excitement was in the air, and Dash Got ready alongside them…and insisted to be in the “First Day of School Pictures”.
And of course, they all got to show off their new backpacks they picked out from BYU.
This year, Navy has Mrs. Komine who is awesome….and REALLY REALLY hard!
They are both excited to have each other.
And Scout has Mrs. Chang 50% of the time, and Ms. Koch for the other 50%.
He is totally excited too.
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I hope they each have a great year with friends, teachers and academics.
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When I went to pick them up, I could tell that we are off to a good start. They have a good little crew of kids at their school that are all in our same boat.
None of us know a lick of Chinese (minus Tanner Nichol), but all of us are pretty invested in our kids excelling.
Cruise / New Orleans
Micah and I booked a last minute vacation, as soon as we heard Tristen was going to be in town, and was willing to watch our chitlins.
We started off in New Orleans, then cruised to Jamaica, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel.
I would have never guessed how much Micah and I both needed that trip!
But to put things into perspective, When we got onto the cruise ship, we both went to sleep for about 18 hours straight!
But after our long rest, we got down to business….
We cuised and relaxed to the max.
And of course, we ate to the max too!
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It was amazingly great.
Thank you Bella!
Bella Babysits
There is nobody I would ever leave my kids with that I would trust the way I trust Tristen.
She is like my clone, and does everything right — as far as I am concerned.
She arranges rad sleepovers.
She makes sure the “baby” of the family is part of the happenings.
She feeds the kids well.
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But of everything she does well, she disciplines them exactly right!
Like the time when Navy pooped on the side yard, but then denied it…(By The Way…who does that?!!!)
She had to write “I will not lie about pooping like a dog” 25 times.
(But notice…that she put Scout’s name on the top of the paper, so that when I got home and I saw it, he would be busted instead of her!)
Slick move.
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Bella, you are the best!!!
And I owe you big time when your kids are driving you crazy!
Lake Perris
Scout got up on the wake surfer this morning.
It was his first time, and ultra-exciting!
We love Lake Perris with the Brockbanks.
Surprise!
Just a bunch of crazy kids waiting to go into Bella’s ultrasound to confirm she is having a boy.
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But it’s a GIRL!!!!
Talk about an exciting and surprising day!
Old Navy Model
Just a one-year-old with enough sass to work the runways with the likes of Naomi Campbell.
This was a fakey walk, but I totally saw the Old Navy employees eyeing her for their upcoming shows.
Ice Cream & Lemonade
There is one sure way to this boy’s heart — lemonade.
And ice cream is a close second.
Abalone Picnic
It was a great day to chat with a good girlfriend while picnicking on the sand.
It was also a great day to be out in the water for hours with a buddy, and a toy surfer.
It was a yogurt kind of day.
And a seaweed searching kind of day.
And it’s always a game-playing kind of day.
Meteor Shower
Micah found out that tonight was one of the best meteor showers this century.
Mostly because there was no competing moon.
So we all geared up, got in the car, and headed south.
On the way, we picked up Trey and Doey, and went about another hour to the San Diego observatory.
Too bad it was closed.
Good thing that just outside the gates, there was a paved side area to set up shop.
And despite the scary monster that freaked us out and sleeping in the car for a few hours, we actually saw some of the better shooting stars I’ve ever seen!
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