1st day of School

July 23, 2008

Samantha and Shane's 1st day of School!!!

Summer went by way too fast, wait... it's still summer, the kids are just back in school, so it feels like summer is over. The kids had a great 1st day back at school. Samantha is in 4th grade and Shane is in 2nd grade. Samantha's teacher is Mrs. Brenna and Shane's teacher is Mrs. Nicholson. They both seam really nice, and the kids have enjoyed their classes so far. I took these pictures in the backyard when the kids got home from school. They have their new back packs with them. Alyssa is not in school, but wants to be. She wants to do everything Samantha and Shane do. Therefore she needed to have her picture taked too, just like her older sister and brother.

Samantha
Shane

Alyssa with her panda bear she just made at build-a -bear a few days earlier.

Samantha's 9th Birthday!!!!

Happy 9th Birthday Samantha

Samantha had a fun birthday. It started out with swimming lessons, and then after lunch I took her, Shane, and Caleb to Artist for a Day. They got to pick out what ceramic they wanted to paint, and then paint it whatever colors they wanted. They had a fun time. Samantha picked a mermaid and seahorse, Shane did a skull piggybank, and Caled chose a rabbit. When they were done painting, they left their ceramic there, and they will glaze and fire it, and we can pick it up in a week.

Samatha's party started at 6:00. She got to invite 4 friends to come and go to a movie with her. Only two could come, but they had a lot of fun. We went to see Wall-E. Caleb (Samantha's Cousin)also came to see the movie with us. The three girls sat in the back row by themselves, and the rest of us sat a little closer. We had pop, candy, and popcorn. It was a cute movie!

After the Movie we came back home and had Samantha open her presents, hit open the pinata, and have cake and ice cream. Lora, Justin, and Kira (Aunt, Uncle, & Cousin) came over for the evening to celebrate with Samantha. The party ended at 10:00 pm. I think everyone had a fun time.

Shane, Caleb, and Samantha with their finished ceramics.

The artists busy at work.

Samantha and her friends at the Movie Theater in front of the Wall-E pictures.
(Taryn, Samantha, and McKenna)


Everyone at Samantha's Party!




Samantha and her Cousin Caleb with the gift their family gave Samantha. She loves anything High School Musical, and Hannah Montanna.



Alyssa Ready to Party!!


Time for cake and ice cream. As you can see we made a High School Musical Cake. Samantha made the Strawberry Cake, helped frost it, put on the sprinkles, and we added a HSM Megaphone.

Samantha Swinging at her Pinata. It was a High School Musical Pinata, and she was the 1st one to hit it, and it opened on her second hit. After everyone gathered up their treats, we let everyone else still swing at the pinata and rip it to pieces.

4th of July

We had a fun 4th of July this year! We went to Settler's Park with the Wall family. The park has a fun water area that the kids love to play in, and lots of toys to play on. Samantha and Shane love the tire swing, and Alyssa likes the big purple swing. We went around lunch time and took a picnic. Later that evening we went to the Boise parade. I think the favorite part for the kids was all the candy they got. After the parade we ate dinner and then went to Ann Morrison Park for the fireworks. After the fireworks we came home and lit off our own fireworks.



Samantha playing in the water.


Shane trying to stop the water.

Alyssa having fun.

Alyssa and her cousin Kira

Bill pusing Alyssa on the Swing.

Shane, Alyssa, and Samantha on the tire swing.

Kira, Caleb, Alyssa, and Samantha.

Samantha showing us the necklace she made.

Alyssa and Kira

Shane and Caleb

Bill and I waiting for the parade to start!

The kids waving to all the people in the parade.

Samantha with her flags.

Shane with a broken necklace around his wrist, just waving hi.

Alyssa in her 4th of July dress.

Summer Fun

Alyssa, doing the Bella Cheerleading video.

Alyssa and her cousin Kira dressing up, singing, and dancing.

Alyssa, Samantha, and Kira in their summer hats.



Slip-n-slide fun.


Trying to slide onto the slip-n-slide.



Shane



Samantha

Alyssa

Shane, Caleb, Samantha, and Alyssa

Shane and Samantha on the slip-n-slide.

This week has been really fun! I took the kids to the free movies at the Edwards. Tuesday we watched Pirates who don't do anything (a veggie tale movie), and then on Wednesday we took Samantha and Shane's cousin Caleb to the movies with us to see, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Afterwards we ate lunch with Lora, Caleb, and Kira at our house, and Caleb stayed to play for the day. We got the slip-n-slide out, and as you can see they had a lot of fun! After dinner we took Caleb home and Samantha and Shane stayed for a sleep over. They had a lot of fun! Thanks Lora.

Thursday we took the kids to Roaring Springs water park. That was a lot of fun too. Alyssa had a blast in the kiddie pool area, and Samantha and Shane loved going on all the big waterslide attractions. The wave pool, and endless river were also big hits.

Friday was the 4th of July and we had a fun time. I will add pictures and blog more latter, when I get some pictures back from Lora.

Here is video of Samantha, Shane, Alyssa, and their cousin Caleb playing on the slip-n-slide