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.

Madison Marie

Madison Marie

It seems like only yesterday that little Madison joined our family, and now shes already 1. She was such a good baby and very mellow. She is very different from her sisters because she is just so easy going and easy to please. Give her food and she will be your best friend. She does the funniest thing. If she finds a lid to one of her sisters markers she puts it on her finger (notice in the picture) and leaves it there all day. If you take it off she gets mad and wants it right back. She also like to wear Kenedis clothes and she loves shoes. It doesn't matter who's shoes they are she carries them around or wants to wear them.
I miss her being a baby and cuddling her. She is always on the go but every once in a while she stops and needs some lovies. This is one of my favorite pictures of her. She is almost 2 months old and it just shows how happy she is all the time.
When she started crawling she learned that she could get all of her sisters toys that were left laying around. They soon learned to keep their things put away or else Madison would get ahold if it and drool all over it.
She has got the cutest personality and keeps us all laughing. She can be sassy and very loving at the same time. We love you Maddy Moo!!

Fair Week

This last week was the fair here in Burley. We stayed pretty busy having fun. Wednesday we went to the parade. It was very very hot but the kids had fun. And we went and walked around the fair looking at the animals. Madison really enjoyed the pigs. One was even squealing at her. On Thursday we went to the carnival for buddy day. Kenedi didn't have a buddy so she was stuck with me.
This was her favorite ride. It was one of those fun houses that you walk thru and this tunnel was at the end. It spins and you walk thru it. The first time i went thru i about fell on my face but she enjoyed it.
She really wanted to go on the zipper but they told her she was to short. She was really bummed but that meant that i didn't have to go on it either so it was good for me.

On Friday Nikki and I went and watched the hypnotist. I really enjoy watching them and so does Nikki. We talked Gerald into going back on Saturday with us. So we all went. Kenedi got quite the kick out of it also.
We now have Nikki back for school to start. She starts the 7th grade. Junior High man that makes me feel old. I think that she will like it though.

Butterfly

A couple of weeks ago we were at my moms helping her do some yard work. We were helping her cut down some of the branches off her pine trees and Kenedi found a caterpillar. She was so excited when we told her she could keep it. So her and grandma were headed in the house to get a jar and it fell off the leaf she was carrying it on. So we looked and looked for it and she finally found it right when grandma stepped on it. She was so bummed. So we went back to work and grandma found another one. So they put it in a jar with some leaves and a little branch and we took it home. Well she left it outside in the yard and it got really hot in the jar so i told her she needed to bring it in the house. So she did and her dad told her that it was dead. Well she didn't believe him she kept telling him that it was moving. The next day it was in its cacoon. And about 2 weeks later it turned into a butterfly.
She was so happy to see that it had turned into a butterfly and was really sad when we told her she had to let it go or it would die. So we took her outside to let it go and she was scared to death of it. It would flap its wings to get out of the jar and she threw the jar on the ground and took a big step back.
It was really neat to watch all the changes they go thru and turn into a big beautiful butterfly. We are looking forward to doing this again next year. (Notice her miss matched shoes that's the way she likes to wear her shoes now.)

Nat Soo Pah

On Tuesday we went to Nat Soo Pah. Nat Soo Pah is an Indian name that means "Magic Mineral Water" 100 years ago the Shoshone Indians used the springs for baths and in 1926 the pool was built. The water is naturally warm. They have 2 diving boards and a slide.

When we walked in Kenedi saw the higher diving board and wanted to go off it. I told her ok thinking that she would chicken out. But that wasn't the case. She marched right up to the top and took off running off the end. She comes up and says I WANT TO DO IT AGAIN. It was so fun to watch her.

Madison just loved the water. I took her down the slide and she didn't like it at all. When we hit the first curve she almost started crying. She was content just splashing around or if you set her on the side of the pool she would jump into your arms and squeal. She is such a character and so much fun. I loved this picture of her. We put the goggles on her and she left them on. I think she thought they were pretty neat.

Thanks mom for taking us all up there. We had a BLAST!!! Thanks Lacie for inviting us and Hailey and Kristy for coming also. You guys all made the day fun.