Frankie Surgery

September 2012

We survived another 6 weeks pre-surgery healthy!  Frankie getting his second and final phase of his hand surgery.  We love Shriners hospital!

Waiting for our turn.

Waving Hi and Bye to everyone on the wagon ride.

He loved it!

Final moments of his cute little hand.  His pinkie was separated a year(!) ago.  It looks great!

Waking up.  So hard.

They first put a plaster cast on him which I was not happy about!!  He unwrapped that by the next day because they casted his arm but just put gauze around his fingers. 

I was so bothered but I complained until I got my way.  I went back in and they put on a tape cast like they had done the first time. 

Hooray!  MUCH better!

Peek-A-Boo!

Love my tiny little 2 year old!

He's a rock star!

Pre-School Begins

September 2012

MaryJane's last year of Pre-School!  We love Miss Dana!

So excited for her turn.

Painting her school bag.

Growing up too fast!  Love my pal!

Bear Lake Labor Day

September 2012

Labor Day weekend started out by arriving to Bear Lake on Kevin's birthday.

After we pulled in and quickly set up, we had a little birthday celebration.  

With home made cupcakes brought from home per Kevin's request. :)

I made everything that morning, threw his favorite frosting in a ziploc and swirled it on top of the cupcakes once we were ready to eat them.  Easy and yum!!

Happy Birthday Kevin!

I love my cozy camper at night.

Exploring camp.  

Unfortunately our first day was a wet one.  

But we still managed to have fun!

Frankie loved the outdoors.

And was perfectly content hanging out in the porta crib. 

Thankful that he's not walking yet!

He was entertained by his cousins and siblings.

The back of the boat made a perfect stage.

These two love to explore! 

 The floaties are always a bit hit!

 Boating.  The water is just so blue!

 A turn at driving with Aunt Emily.

A really fun weekend at Bear Lake with cousins! I'm glad the weather turned out to be warm!

This was certainly a busy vacation summer for us!  Not the norm, but it was so fun to use the camper a lot.  I love that thing!!

Mirror Lake

August 2012

 Just before school started, we took a quick trip up to the beautiful Mirror Lake.  We went with our friends the Gardners.  This was my first time there.  Wow is it beautiful! 

Back To School 2012

August 2012

It's always bittersweet having to send the kids back to school.  

We sure had a fun summer together!  

Second grade for Sadie.

Fourth grade fourth grade for Cole.

Oh MaryJane can't wait for her turn.

Our cousins just moved back after being away for 5 years for residency.  We have been so excited to have them move back!  Scott is Cole's same age and lucked out by being in the same class.  We'll see how it goes!  These boys are inseparable! So happy for Cole to have a buddy, especially a cousin buddy.