The End of Summer Vacation!!!!

It has been an extremely fun summer, so it has been hard to see it come to an end. I am so excited for my kids, because they are excited about school, but I will miss their little faces everyday!

Grandma came up a day in August and we met her at a park and then the library and lunch. We happened to be right on time for story time. Makayla LOVED doing all the actions and it was just too cute!

 I have hit the pavement hard this month since I have a half marathon at the beginning of October to get ready for! It is definitely one of the harder ones to get in shape for since I just had Nate 5 months ago...but, I am getting there!

 We had the Tour of Utah ride through little old Clinton, so we parked it with some slurpees and friends and watched them wiz past in 20 seconds:)

 Of course, more and more swimming. The pool is coming down, and I will be looking forward to setting it up next summer again!

 We met auntie Dee at the Gateway Childrens Museum. Followed by a Trax ride to the Cheesecake Factory and back. The kids had a blast and the food was DELICIOUS! They told Dad all about the train ride when he got home that night!

 We started up soccer...EVERYDAY. So Kayla felt a little left out and dressed herself for "socka!"

 This kid turned 5 months old. Seriously the sweetest little guy and we just love him to pieces!

 We had one last trip of the summer to the Aquarium with the Johnsons and Grandma. The kids always LOVE it!

 This last Saturday, after a nice temple session and swimming, we randomly dumped the to do's and went to the Ogden Balloon Festival up in Eden, Utah by Huntsville. We sat and watched the balloons get set up, go up, and then light up. It was a fun nice night with my little family in preparation for school!

 On Sunday, we headed down for a quick dinner and a school clothes fashion show. I will have more pictures of that for another post! But, here is a pic I snuck of Makayla plopping herself down on her "Yaw-yee's" lap. She just adores him and he is so gentle with her. It is such a sweet relationship that they have.

 This kid had Kindergarten testing this week. He told his teacher, "I have a good brain," right after she opened the door and told me, "Based off his brother I knew he was going to be smart, but I didn't know he would be THAT smart!" We love our Zack and his 'good brain.'

 This kid about a week after turning 5 months old, popped out 2 teeth! He really needs to slow it down a little! He also started this week sleeping ALL night. Like 9:30-7:30 all night. He is our angel baby, really! Along with his teeth brought a little sinuses, which with his super sensitive gag reflex (he has had since he was tiny tiny and had some nursing issues) has come a cough that after laying all night caused him to throw up almost every morning for 3 weeks, just trying to clear his throat. It is getting better and he is not sick sounding or looking! Poor kid! He is still his super sweet happy self even with that in the morning!

 She is 2. We will leave it at that. But, don't you just love her little pouty face? I just want to kiss it every time I see it, which is like 20 times a day:)