School Picture Day

Here are Samantha and Shane's actual school pictures. They turned out so cute, I decided to order them.

Samantha and Shane had picture day at school on Thursday. Before they left for school I took some pictures of them inside our house and also outside by our tree. They turned out really cute, so I thought I would share them with you. I also took pictures of Alyssa in her cute pink dress.

Twin Falls Temple Trip

This past weekend our Family went to the open house of the Twin Falls, Idaho Temple. We met Bill's parents in Twin and had lunch with them and then went to the open house. The kids had a good time. Samantha was very excited to go, because she has always wanted to see inside a temple. She is also excited because she is old enough to go to see the dedication at our Stake Center on the 24th. Shane and Samantha's favorite room was the baptistry with the 12 oxen around the font. Samantha also loved the celestial room. Alyssa was a trooper. It got kind of long (2-2 1/2 hours we were there). The only part she didn't like was having to wear the plastic covers on her feet. That kind of freaked her out and she started crying. It didn't last to long, we took them off and had dad carry her. They also liked the water in the front on the Temple,that depicted Shashone Falls. It was a neat experience for our whole family. I am glad we went!

The front of the temple with the sun right behind the angel Moroni. Pretty cool ha?

Our Family with Grandpa and Grandma Scholes

Our Family

Linda and Bill (Samantha did a good job taking the picture)

The kids with Grandpa and Grandma Scholes

Shane, Samantha, and Alyssa

Samantha

Shane

Alyssa

Shane Waterskiing at Bear Lake

Family Reunion

BearLake 2008

The end of July we went to a family reunion at Bear Lake. The kids had a lot of fun playing at the beach. They got to look for sea shells, dig in the sand, jump on the water trampoline, and even got to go boating. Samantha and Shane both Waterskiied for their first time, and Samantha loved riding on the big bumper tube. Alyssa rode on the bumpertube with mommy, but didn't enjoy it to much. It scared her a little bit! Bill and Linda got to ski too! It was a lot of fun, and we hope to be able to go to the reunion more often.

Bill just chillin' out in the shade
Bill Waterskiing

Some of us at the beach


Enjoying our boat ride

Samantha on Uncle Mark's boat

Samantha, Morgan, and Hallie

The girls riding the Bumper tube (Hallie, Samantha, and Morgan)

Shane and Dad in the water

Shane is ready to ski. Grandpa and dad in the water to help him.

Look at Shane Ski, he is a natural

Shane thought it was fun holding the flag

Shane covered in Sand

playing in the water

Alyssa in Samantha's life jacket (It's just a little too big!)

Alyssa and Kira

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.