So little Time

Summer just flew by.  I don't know about the rest of you but going back to school has definitely been bitter sweet.  I miss the girls during the day, but boy it's nice to get something done without it being destroyed right after. We wrapped up our summer with a quick trip to Yellowstone.  Camping, Hiking, swimming, and of course the sites. 

You can't get better than that Cheese

Good Old Faithful.  Right on Time!

Now School has started. The girls love their teacher and Kylan can't wait to start his "boy school".  It's a good thing we are doing joyschool with him or it would be a very long year of watching the girls go to school.
I have so many pictures from the summer I will just have to put up a summary of everything next time.

Moments

So yesterday as I was typing, Kyra sat at the table eating and I

turned around to ask her if she wanted to read books and take a nap.
She said "uh-huh" so sweetly, so I thought ok just let me finish this
email and then I'll put her down.  I turned around not 2 minutes later
and found her on the chair sound asleep. It was so cute.

  I love moments like this

 The third picture is from our family

reunion this last weekend.  I love watching little people discover the
world.  It makes me sad when I realize this is the last time any of my
kids will be awed by water, or discover how their fingers work or

figure out they can take their diaper off and run free anytime they
want. (this is my favorite age) I've heard screaming more than a few 

times lately from the kids that Kyra is out where the neighbors are
going to see her naked. And look what I found today sound asleep

We are moving up to bigger, better, more
complicated concepts.  I'm going to miss the simpleness of little
ones.  But then they grow up, the other night I got home and Bryanna
had Kyra wrapped in a blanket rocking her in the rocking chair.

Another moment. 

  In all the chaos that usually rules my house, life is also
full of moments.  You know, the kind that make it all worth it, or
least make you feel like your moving in the right direction.
Sometimes they are obvious and sometimes they are a little hidden.
They seem to pop up at the most random moments.  At least around here. 

But when they do come, I love them and cherish them.

I'm always amazed at the magical moments you can have with umbrellas. So I just bought 5 new umbrellas, because the ones from last year, and the year before are all trashed.  I told the girls if they ruined this ones they owed me the money for them.  It's no wonder they don't last, almost the minute we got home all 5 kids went out and began playing under their umbrellas.  

Hiding places, movie stars and tea parties all involve umbrellas.

They were doing their best to use them even without the rain. 

I guess it's a good thin we got new ones because this was the rain storm Bryanna had her field trip in.

Hope you can see that rain coming down.

The kids are loving the chicks.  They aren't so little now though. Catching them 

has become a bit of a game.