First Day of School

Today was the first day of school. Keri, Spencer and Kaylee are in 2nd grade. Kerianne is their substitute teacher for the first two weeks while their real teacher is out with a new baby. They are all excited about that.

Everyone seemed happy to go back to school, except maybe Harrison - he had been enjoying the freedoms of summer. He's in 6th grade this year.

Backyard S'mores

Tonight after FHE we made S'mores over a little grill in the backyard. This is as close to camping as Kerianne likes to be. The funny event of the evening was when Spencer's marshmallow caught fire and he was yelling and screaming too much to blow out the fire. We had a good laugh at that.

County Fair Winners

After going with Grandma and Grandpa their county fair, the kids thought it would be fun to enter a Lego display to be judged at our fair. They all won blue ribbons for their entries.

This is Kaylee's entry called "Jungle Path".

Keri's entry was called "Keri's Pyramid".


Spencer called his entry "Hot Mountain" - I'm guessing he's referring to the volcano parts. Spencer also won an additional "High Blue" ribbon, one of only two given. We think they did a great job. Spencer is already talking about his next year's entry.

While at the fair we had a fun time looking around at the various exhibits. There's a lot of strange stuff there and some really stinky animals. The midway rides looked scary so we didn't do that. We did get to watch a pig race - Keri picked the blue pig to win and got a ribbon.