Back to School

I know I have said this a million times but I can't believe that summer break is over and the kids have gone back to school already! Thursday was Briley's 5th birthday and her very first day of all day kindergarten. I was so scared for her, but when I dropped her off she was so excited to be there. I kept saying "Mommy is going to leave now". She just said "Ok Mommy". I think deep down inside I wanted her to act at least a little sad that I was leaving but she wasn't sad at all. In fact when I went back to the school to have lunch with her she wasn't all that excited to see me. She sighed and said "No, Mom why are you here?" Talk about heartbreaking, here I am thinking that she is going to be so happy to see me and I have embarrassed her by coming. She did however let me sit and have lunch with her.

She loves her teacher and loves school so far. She says that her favorite part is recess but I know that she like class too because she is always telling us what they learned. I just can't believe that I have both of my kids in school full time. I can not believe that they grow up so fast.

(I know that this isn't a great picture, the sun was in their eyes)
Tabrie is in 2nd grade now! I can't believe that either. I remember just like yesterday dropping her off for her first day of pre-school and now she is a big second grader. She was so excited to go back to school. She loves that she can socialize all day with her friends. She was pretty lucky this year, she got quite a few friends in her class and a really great teacher. I am getting used to dropping her off at school but it was still hard, I am really going to miss spending time with my kids during the day. I know that they are glad to be back in school (at least for a few more days).

Briley Turns 5!

Yesterday was a big day at our house. My baby girl turned 5!! I can hardly believe that she is 5 already. I can't believe how fast time goes by, it just seems like yesterday that she was born and now she is so big!

I think that she had a pretty good Birthday. She woke up in the morning to a room full of balloons! (Thanks for the great idea Am & Ed) After school she got a new Barbie bike which she had been wanting for some time now. She was so excited to try it out, but the wind was blowing so hard that when she tried to ride it she kept getting blown over so unfortunately she didn't get to ride it a very much yesterday.

We had a small birthday party for her at my Mom's house in the evening. We had pizza and my Mom made her this really cute crown cake.
After dinner she got to open the rest of her presents. She got a lot of really cute stuff, but much to my dismay she got this GIANT Dora from my grandma (I guess that makes it her great grandma). As you can see she is almost as tall a Briley and she is very heavy, I don't know where we are going to store that massive thing. She was very excited about it so I guess I should just be happy for her.

The Girls New Favorite

My girls have a new found love. Rex bought an old 1981 Jeep about a year and a half ago. He as been working on fixing it up ever since. He has this picture of what he wants it to look like when he is done, but it an expensive little project. He buys parts for it here and there, last year he got it Line-X yellow (which made it look 100% better than the camo that he bought it with). He just got seat belts put in so now he can take the girls for rides. I can't believe how much they love riding in it. They ask every night if he will take them for a Jeep ride. I think it must be the fact that it doesn't have a top and they think that is the coolest thing ever. I never thought I would say this but it is pretty fun to ride in but it doesn't have doors on and I am scared that I will fall out. My girls have a new favorite thing, and their Daddy thinks it is pretty cool that they love his Jeep, because he loves it too.
We are getting all ready for the school year to start. I can't believe that school starts this week. I also can't believe that both of my kids are going to be in school this year 5 days a week. I am kind of sad, I will be at work the whole time they are at school but it is just so weird. This has been such a quick summer. We did get to go to Park City last weekend and do some school shopping. We found some great stuff and had a great time with our kids.
We have really been enjoying the Olympics this year. It has been fun to watch, I can't believe how talented all of the athletes are. They totally amazes me. I hope that everyone has a great last week of summer