Gamma visits

I had a hernia repaired on November 3rd.  Doug stayed home with me until yesterday.  So my Mom came down on Saturday to help me.  It has been so nice to have her around.

4 Generations

Today my grandmother came to visit with my Uncle Ronnie and Lyle.  My Mom was also here for Labor Day weekend.  It was so nice to see them.

Me, my Mom (Jona Spears), Alice and Grammer (Wanda Robinson)

Grammer and Alice

Grammer and Alice

Alice and Ronnie

The boys wrestling with Ronnie

Lyle, Hunter, Jona and Cole

Alice is 8 months old!

Happy 8 months to Alice.  She is getting so big!  She is such a happy baby and such a sweet little additions to our family.

Hunter & Alice

1st Day of School

Well today was Ammon's 1st day of Kindergarten and Hunter and Cole's 1st day of Pre-school.  It was a crazy busy day, but super fun.  Here are my boys all ready for school.  The twins backpacks are almost the same size as them.  

This is how we started the day.  We have been having issues keeping them out of our bed in the morning.  I think Hunter and Cole joined us around 4 and Ammon was sometime before that.  Ammon and Hunter woke up just fine, but Cole cried and refused to eat breakfast for about 20 minutes.  

 Here are the boys in front of the house.  They were so excited.

 Ammon

 Hunter

 Cole

 Ammon at his desk in his Kindergarten classroom.  I didn't cry!  It was so hard though.  I was fine in the classroom, but walking my baby down that big hallway teared me up.  When I picked him up he was excited about getting to take his lunch to school and laugh with the boy that sits next to him in class.  

 Well because of all the traffic and having to park pretty far away from the school, Hunter and Cole were a little late for their first day.  

 `Hunter and Cole ran into their classroom, hung up their back packs and dove into their play doh.  They didn't even flinch when I left.  When I picked them up they were all smiles, telling me about the slide, digging in the dirt, coloring a paper and singing the ABC song. 

4th of July

Today after Church the Bowlers and the Neweys came over for burgers and hotdogs.  We played Power Grid and then did sparklers and small fireworks in the front yard.  It was a lot of fun!!

My sweet Alice!  I love this little dress and the boys had shorts to match! 

Mia, Ammon and Ella playing with sparklers.

Judith, Arianna and Cody Bowler

Ammon

Cole, Claire, Paul, Hunter and Ammon

Yes, Paul is a different one.  Here he is pretending to be smoking the punk. 

Doug had to light several sparklers at a time to keep up with demand.

Ella, Claire and Duncan

I LOVE this picture of Cole!

Cole and Hunter with their sparklers

Arianna

Ella

Claire

Me and Alice.  Alice loved the fireworks even the loud ones.

Claire and Duncan going crazy! 

Paul, Hunter, Cole, Ammon and Claire enjoying the fireworks.  They were all screaming "kill the street!" 

Ammon, Cole, Hunter, Mia, Claire, Ella and Duncan such a patriotic crowd.

The boys still had a ton of energy to burn, so they attacked Doug.