Friday, September 23, 2011

Eastern Idaho State Fair 2011

We LOVE the fair!!!

The rides...


The animals...


The laughter...


The face painting (combined with animals)...



And the concert! I didn't get any pictures of the concert because I had at least one or two sleeping children in my lap the whole time, but nevertheless, it was awesome! We went and saw Ronnie Dunn, and although it started at like 9:30pm, we took the kiddos along anyway. Reiny was asleep before he even came on stage and then woke up the next morning saying "oh no! we forgot to go to the concert!!" Ryann bopped along for a while then promptly fell asleep on Jordan's shoulder, who shortly thereafter began to fall asleep himself. We did leave early, but it was still a wonderful adventure and family tradition we look forward to every year!

Monday, September 19, 2011

September 7, 2011: The Day of Dread...


Reiny's 1st official day of Preschool.

Deep down I knew this day would come...to be quite honest, deep down I know the day will soon come that I'll be taking her picture at graduation or her wedding...but we'll continue living in denial about that for a bit longer. In any case, Reiny has started school this year, and she LOVES it! Ultimately, I should be grateful she loves school and isn't afraid to enter the door. However, a piece of me dies a little everytime I drop her off and she just doesn't have the time to hug or kiss me "bye-bye" because her "friends are waiting."

Her teacher this year is her Aunt Jilli, which is really nice for her. Jill has lots of fun activities for them. Reiny is always excited to tell me about all the fun things they did at school, which is a lot better than the generic answer to the question "what did you do at school today."

I feel lost at home without her. She goes to school from 8:15am to 12pm and Ryann naps from 9am-11:30am, so I don't even have her to help snuggle my cares away.

I don't want to boo-hoo about this other than to say, I miss my little girl, and it seems like now that school has started my days with her are numbered...

Reiny and her friend, Katie.


My 1st day of school!!!