Bella's Meet the Teacher and 1st Day of School

Bella is super excited to start school and today was the day! She will be going 4 days a week this year and gets to ride the bus every morning... Brody's class is right next door to hers and he has already been asking if he gets to walk her to her room each morning. Feel the love, feel the love! :)

Bella and Becky

Bella and her teacher Heidi

1st day of school (it's a little cold this morning, but she HAD to wear her new dress to meet the teacher AND the first day of school!)

Beau, Bella, Brody

outside her room

National Night Out

Right before we left for vacation SCAB held their National Night Out celebration. While the storms seemed destined to rain down on us, they held off and everyone had a great time. The bounce houses were a huge hit with the kids and Uncle Luke was a trooper - hoisting up kid after kid so they could get stuck on the velcro wall. Can't wait for next year!

1st Day of School

Today is the first day of school for the boys! They are very excited to start back, see their friends and probably get away from me for a few hours during the day! :) Brody has Mrs. Lillquist and Beau has Mrs. Carlson... I think that it is going to be a great year!

Belgrade, MN

And our last stop of the trip was in Belgrade for a quick supper. Although we were all ready to just be home Josh led the kids that finished eating quickly in an impromptu game of frisbee golf and toured the park a bit. It was a nice rest after being in the car for so long.

Jellystone!

Our last stop of our vacation was at Jellystone Park in Sioux Falls South Dakota. We got there at closing time, found out that I had made the reservation for July instead of August and luckily they found a spot for us for the night. The spot was pretty much on the road, but we were able to move the next day to a better one. That was really the only kink that we had the whole time we were gone, so I can handle that! Jellystone was jam packed with activities for everyone and kept us running the whole time we were there. It was definitely a fun stop!


Red Light Green Light with Yogi Bear after the flag raising ceremony

The jumping pillow was a huge hit for our kids!

The pool was also a fabulous time! Uncle Luke even got a chance to join us for the night! He had stopped back through Sioux Falls to see his dad and ended up staying with us one night.

Our kiddos and Yogi!

We got to participate in a Wet and Wild Hayride while we were there. We went on thinking that the kids were going to shoot water at all the campers as we went by. We didn't know that this was a common event that the campers prepared for! We were DRENCHED as we finished!! The kids then ran back to help the dads and Luke fill up buckets and man the hoses at the camp site to get the next rack of unsuspecting riders!

That night they had a glow in the dark dance and parade. Braxton and Zoe barely stepped away from the DJ and everyone had a great time watching, dancing and jumping on the pillow some more!

One last jump on the pillow!

Braxton

Brody

Brody and Zoe