A little bit of summer...

Here are a few of the things that we did this summer that haven't already been blogged about...

We went to our nephew Trace's baptism...

Here's Trace with Grandpa, Uncle Cordon, his dad (Trace), Uncle Robbin, and Uncle Terry.

Our family.

The Olson cousins. (Minus the "Georgia" cousins)

Back row: Donovan, Taylor, Bella, Trace, Blake, and Damon.

Front row: Bently, Ashlyn, and Sophia

We got our faces painted...

Ashlyn is a kitty, and Blake is Iron Man

We jumped on the trampoline with the water hose...

We played pitching machine and t-ball...

Blake warming up before one of his games.

(This picture was taken with my phone, hence the terrible quality!)

Ashlyn played t-ball this year for the 1st time. They were the "Purple Awesomeness." But the terrible mother that I am, didn't manage to take even one picture of her!!!



Blake's team was "Texas Roadhouse", so the mascott for Texas Roadhouse made it to a few of their games. Here Damon is playing catch with Andy the Armadillo.

During baseball season Damon did not leave the house without a bat and ball.

Terry had a birthday and turned 35!...

I had a birthday and turned 28!...



Blake discovered the Skate Park...

We went to "Fat Cats" with friends...



Carter, Dallin, Blake, Cade, and Ashlyn

There were many other things that I did not get pictures of. We had a really great and busy summer this year...

The beautiful Miss Ashlyn.

My handsome boys.

My cute kids.

First Day of School!

Blake and Ashlyn had their first day of school on Monday, August 29th.

Blake started 2nd grade and is in Mrs. Oberhansley's class. She seems like she is going to be a GREAT teacher and we have heard lots of good things about her. This is her first year teaching 2nd grade. She taught the 6th grade in the past. Blake seems to really like her.

Ashlyn started kindergarten and we were really excited to have her in Ms. Day's class. We would have been happy with either kindergarten teacher, but have heard such good things about Ms. Day so we are really glad to have her. Kindergarten is only half a day, so Ashlyn goes in the morning and gets out at 11:20, which is the opposite of most of her friends, so she will have to branch out and make some new friends. Here are a few pictures of the first day of school. (We have made it a tradition to take the pictures in the same spot so that we can look back and see how much they have grown each year.)...

Aren't these just the cutest kids ever!

These last ones are of Ashlyn in her class sitting at her desk.

(I didn't get any of Blake's class. Apparently he's too big to have his mom go into his class on the first day of school!)