Hard to believe

Today is the beginning of the school years for us...how am I this old? Letty's first day of Kindergarten is today, sniff sniff. I am not a cryer but must admit I was teary this morning as I walked my little girl into school. I asked her if she wanted me to take her in "No it's okay mom, I'm fine" Well I would have none of that plus we weren't exactly sure which class was hers from that side of the building so we found it together, and off she went. She was so excited!

She and Daddy get to share their first days of school. It is T's first day of his last year.

Cousins

This last week we have had lots of cousin fun! We are so sad Curly and Lou are moving, but we will still manage to get together I'm sure (we have to). We also got to see Kranzie and her kids and Aunt Pika joined us as well. We all got together for $2 day at the Dinosaur museum, it was worth going for $2 but the crowd was insane.

Curly came for a sleep over (they stayed up until 10, yikes).

Gracie here reminded me so much of Letty when she was little. Letty calls that doll Isaac.

Gracie and Lou

These are awesome kitty hats that Kranzie made for the cousins. Thanks, you are amazing! I'm sad I don't have any pics of all of the kids at the dino museum. (Letty was being a kitty in the pic)

Mom, rewind 20 some years... does this not look like the outfits I wore when I was little?

Story time with Grandma W.

Yum, yummy.

Back to Happy Valley...

This was our first weekend back, sort of weird but nice to be in our own home. It's funny how you get used to a place. I didn't expect to miss NYC but we do, mostly the walking and diversity aspects. Coming back also means back to school, I guess you can't be on vacation forever :)

A day after returning home T-man left to go on a rafting trip for school ( I know it sounds very scholarly right?) T's mom and sisters all gathered at our apartment for some fun girly time and then his mom and I drove up to ID and T joined us a couple of days later. We were glad to be in a place where we could enjoy some nature and get some good quality outdoor time.

Cousins over, love it!! look at the variety of hair.

Our trip to Yellowstone with T man's parents.

Very hot natural pool. The blue color comes from an algae that can survive the exterme heat of the pool. So cool!!

A waterfall sighting on the way out of the park (Lewis Falls) that we had to explore.

A visit to the Rexburg Fair

The much anticipated ride.

St. Anthony Sand dunes

Our good friends (the Maddens) from Spokane live in ID now so we got together at the dunes. So fun, we miss you guys!

Yesterday we went on a hike to Steward Falls in the Provo Canyon, so beautiful! Our newlywed friends Julie and Greg joined us. Shown here is our exuberant trail guide. So here in the middle of the picture( I know it's hard to find) is a rattle snake. Yes, we did in fact see a real live rattle snake! I have never had one cross my path until now, exciting! You can pretty much only see the tail here.

T-man, Julie, Greg, and Letty on top of the lower falls.

Catching a little nap on the way back.

Breathtaking...

On the way down we were pulled over and had to wait for about 10 min. There was a huge bike race going on (uphill), so we enjoyed the stream for a minute.

Good times! It's fun to be around family and friends.

Farewell Big Apple!!

Wow, I can't believe our summer here has come to an end. We have had a great summer full of memories and experiences. We have been so grateful for the Harrison's and appreciative of how having friends close by has made our experience here so awesome.

Before I get too ahead of myself I have to say that we had a great trip to D.C. last weekend to visit cousins. Thanks Nikki and Lory and Elyse and Rick. We had such a great time visiting and staying with you.

We had our last date on Wednesday and walked around the village so T could see more of the city at night. Thursday was T's last day of work, yeah! Friday we went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art - such an awesome museum. I got to see some my favorite impressionists and T got to see his favorite Renaissance painters.

Saturday we had Nate come visit us. It was really great to see him. He came with us to the Natural History Museum, Central Park, St John the Divine Cathedral, and had yummy Pinkberry yogurt. Turtle Pond

Belvedere CastleA little Daddy Daughter timeRing around the Rosies... after dinner with the Harrison's.