First half of September and ALL CAUGHT UP!

Marlee Jane loves laying in Casen and Brinley's beds and pretending like it is hers. She seriously gets the cutest little excited smile on her face!

For Brinley's first homework project she was supposed to fill a cereal box with items she could share with the class for them to learn more about her. Decorating it was optional, but she had a fun creative idea! All on her own she said she wanted to put hers, Casens, and Marlee face on the cereal box so that they would be the little elves :) I think it turned out to cute. Such a crack up!

For Labor Day we headed up to Mnt. Charleston with our friends Ben and Dawn Brown and their neighbors Adam and Shawna, and ofcourse all our kiddos! The kids had a great time running around. This little stinker was a total mess and into everything!

Marlee insisted on having her own pop! Notice the dirty pants... you can't even see the ketchup and mustard on the back of her bum from sitting on someones plate :)

My two favorite boys!

Brinley and Bailey! These girls had so much fun together! I love Brin's crazy face :)

Meg and Bailey rode back with us and the girls had so much fun in the back seat. Poor Case and Mars were missing out on the party!

It was getting cold and dark up on the mountain so we headed back to the Browns for some over-the-stove s'mores!

Casen on his first day of Preschool! He was a little nervous, but still excited. He had a fun first day. His teacher, Ticia Stolt, is so great and we are excited to have him in her class! She told me he's her favorite... not saying she doesn't say that to everyone, but I kinda believe her :)

I know this picture is so blurry but I just loved it too much not to post it, Marlee was loving playing with Dad!

Our friends the Deardens are moving to Vegas next month. They lived in Mississippi with us and then lived in Vegas with us for a year back in 2009. We are excited to have sometime with them here before we move in June! They came house hunting and we took advantage and had a fun night swimming with them at Santa Fe. The kids had fun in this little "pool" at the top of the waterfall.

Jackie had baby boy #3, Kash, in July. He is such a little sweetheart and it was so fun to meet him! She sure looked cute talking to him!

After swimming we headed to the park and grabbed a pizza. It was fun chatting and letting the kids play. They ended up getting soaked again in the splash pad. Marlee was having a blast trying to fill her water bottle :)

Marlee with her first very own coloring book! She was pretty excited :)

Brinley was invited to her friend Jansen's 7th birthday party. It was a scientist party and seriously so cute! Brinley had a blast! Brinley Boo showing off her bracelet.

I love Jansen in this picture with his awesome pose. He is so cute and such a fun friend. Brinley loved all of the fun scientist activities they planned!

Marlee and Emmy in the swings! I love these cute girls... kinda sad to think that by the time they are actually old enough to really play well that we will both be moving!

Marlee started Totnastics! It is a Mommy and Me gymnastics class. She cried the first 15 minutes of the first class during warm up and stretching, but once they got to do the activities she loved it... and now after going 3 times she loves it all!! I am glad to be able to spend this time having fun with her and also let her have her own activity instead of always just dragging her to the other kids activities!

Marlee enjoying the old food she should have been throwing to the ducks :)

We went to Floyd Lamb with another gal from the ward and her kids (Trisha, Bella, Gus, and baby Nicholas). We were both husbandless that night so we had a picnic dinner with the kids and were having a great time chatting when BOOM! The sprinklers came on full force! It was hilarious, I just couldn't stop laughing, it seriously made the whole night. We were trying to grab our food, drinks, bags, babies, etc and run away from the water! The kids loved it and couldn't stop riding through all the water!

Casen and Gus, these two were a perfect pair! They had so much fun!

Brinley and Bella! Oh these cute girls had a blast! Wish we had got these two together in the past!

After the sprinklers went off they had fun riding through this giant mud puddle, this is after only having rode through it once... their shirts were destroyed from the mud by the time we left! And might I add, Casen FELL in the pond 5 minutes prior to leaving! Poor Casen.. but glad it was him and not Marlee!

Brinley got 100% on her first 2 spelling tests so far and we celebrated with some ice-cream. Marlee and Casen are Brinley's biggest fans... they love ice-cream :)

Casen crashed riding his bike at the skate park. He took it like a champ though. He "jumped" his bike and came down too front heavy, slammed right into his chin. I am so glad it happened on the smooth cement they have there so that it just got skid and bruised, and not on asphalt that woul dhave worn his poor face up! Pretty good little battle would. And don't worry, he hasn't let it stop him, still as crazy as ever!

My little brother Brett gave us a surprise visit on his drive up to college!! It was such a fun surprise, short visit, but great. He started school at BYU-Idaho the beginning of September. 

Brinley drew this picture in one of her journals at school. I think she must have been copying something but I think she did such a great job!