Getting to big

My my where does the time go. My little girls are growing up so fast. Madison loves to help me do laundry. She likes me to set the clothes on the dryer door so that she can push them in. The other night i took the clothes out of the dryer and came back to put the ones out of the washer into the dryer and found a little girl in my dryer. She was so proud of herself and was very mad at me when i took her out. Silly girl.
Kenedi is going to be 5 in 2 months. Makes me so sad. She has grown up so much. She started taking tumbling last week and her teacher says she is a very powerful little girl so hopefully she will go far in it. She has so much energy she needs something to work some of it off.
Nikki is in this teenager stage of taking pictures of themselves. Crazy kids. She starting tumbling also. This is her 4Th year and she seems to really enjoy it. She is learning to do all kids of things. She was only 7 when Gerald and I got married and is now 12. It makes me sad to see all my girls getting big.

Camping

We went camping Labor Day weekend in Ketchum. We had alot of fun. It was the first time we have been this summer and the summers just about over. We left Friday evening and got there about dark. On Saturday we took the kids swimming and the YMCA. I know not a camping luxury but it was something to do. They had alot of fun. It was a really neat pool perfect for kids. The deepest it went was 3 1/2 feet. They loved it. On Saturday we went to the hot pools that were just down from our camp. They had fun relaxing in the warm water. Here is pictures of the 3 girls in the water. They all love the water.

We went with Gerald's 2 sisters and their husbands and Gerald's brother rode up with us. I love this picture of the little girls. Notice how dirty they are. They has so much fun playing in the dirt.

Here is a picture of the mountain that was on fire last year. You could tell in places where it had burned alot and some where it didn't. This one was right up above our camp.

Gerald hiked up the mountain and took this picture of our camp. I think its a neat picture. He does a good job taking pictures.

First day of school

The girls have now started school. Kenedi started today, she was so excited. They mixed the morning and afternoon classes for awhile and i think she was kinda shocked to see so many people there. Last year she had about 11 kids in her class and today there was about 23. I think that she was a little bummed that there wasn't any kids in her class this year that was last year. She doesn't quite understand that concept. But she still had a blast.
Nikki actually started on the 25Th. Junior High! Defiantly a big change for her, but she enjoys it. She says the only thing she doesn't like is all the walking. She seems to be doing alot better this year, and making new friends. She comes home with lots of homework, and gets it all done. She is the manager for the volleyball team so she gets to travel places with them and i think she really enjoys that.
Miss Madison doesn't know what to do with both her sisters gone half the day. Its defiantly quieter but the getting up early in the morning is not normal in this house. We are used to sleeping in with Gerald's schedule so hopefully soon Kenedi starts going back in the afternoons.