Labor Day at Young's 9/11

Camping at John Bryan 8/11

 Mallory and her odd sense of fashion

 Beautiful field of wild flowers

 Tired girl

 Mommy's little hiking buddies

 Roasting marshmallows

 Mallory was not a fan of the fire!

 Grumpy Elise waking up

 Grumpy Mal waking up

Breakfast

Camping at John Bryan 8/11

Elise the tomboy helping set up the tent

Daddy and the girls hanging out at the picnic shelter (AKA "the stage" for the girls' performance)

Daddy cooking dinner

Yummy dinner

Mommy and Lane

The girls and some random "friend" that hung out at our campsite

Lane taking her nap

Hiking 

Mallory's First Day of Preschool 8/24/10

Mallory got to go upstairs to the big girl 3 year old preschool class this year!  She is still adjusting to the change.  We told her no more yellow blanket and no more sucking fingers when she leaves the toddler room. Well, she is doing it but on her terms....meaning no nap.  She was getting herself in trouble at naptime, so now she just goes across the hall with the older kids while her classmates nap.  What a stinker!

Elise's First Day of Kindergarten 8/23/11

It seems like just yesterday Elise was born and now she is in KINDERGARTEN!   We decided to send her to the private kindergarten where she went to preschool, so it wasn't a huge change other than going everyday  now.  She wore her shirt that Brian made that says "Kindergarten is a hoot".  She really likes school and enjoys learning.  It still just blows my mind how fast they grow up!

Elise's Preschool Graduation at Church 8/11

Elise moved into the Kindergarten room at church.  Shelby and Sydney came to her little graduation ceremony and that just made the girls' day!

Back To School Fun 8/11

To celebrate the end of summer, Elise had some friends over for back to school movies.  Lauren came for pizza, a movie, and manicures.  They watched Cinderella 2 and had a blast.  Ally came for Cinderella 3 and then they played in the backyard.  They seemed like such big girls- hard to believe they are off to Kindergarten.