Luka relaxing with his Gonga and his bottle.
Papa tried a little different approach to feeding Wesley.
The boys were sleepy so we got out these relics:) They may be a little big but it didn't stop them from getting some good sleep!
Wesley, nearly out.
Luka. It didn't take long:)
Luka was having a rough day. But, he is oh so sweet!
Look how tall the boys are getting. Elli is on her knees, but still, so big!
She wanted to show me how she can climb and hang on the spider web.
So proud of herself:)
Ms. Cooney made a poster of the pictures I sent in for Elli.
Elli with Ms. Cooney. She has made this transition easy. Elli loves her.
This is a picture of Elli's first homework assignment. She got a sticker and a smiley face. The picture is a self portrait:) The green lines are for her good behavior. She has really come around and now likes kindergarten. I on the other hand still cry each morning when I leave her there.
Posing for me and her Gonga. She wanted to eat eggs for breakfast because she said she eats them pretty fast!
She loves her new backpack.
Walking toward the school with daddy.
First steps into the classroom.
Pulling out her goodies. She was a little disappointed that she would have to share all her new supplies with everyone in the class. She picked out some special things:) We did keep a few sparkly pencils for her to keep in her bag though:)
Ms. Cooney talking to all the kindergartners.
They had to find their names and have a seat. There are coloring pages under the crayon box.
Daddy kissing his big girl before we leave.
Here come the kindergartners out of the classroom to the hall where their parents are waiting anxiously. Not sure how Elli got to be last in line. She said no one talked to her. Not sure about that one yet because she also said she played with the kids today.
Elli is telling Brent about the things she learned today. She was especially excited about getting recess today and about having a "cookie with a bookie" day. She said she behaved well and didn't have to move her car any spaces. She couldn't wait to show me all her papers in her folder either.
We celebrated her first day by going to Young's for lunch. She was very excited and she was very hungry:)
Caleb enjoyed the pony ride!!!
Elli had fun on her pony ride as well.
So did Madilynn:)
Travis, Jenna, Clay. Travis sang and played with Jenna (Sherry's cousin, my former student). It was really good! They sounded great.
Travis and Caleb sang Jesus Loves Me! Caleb was so excited and thought he was going to play his guitar and sing so Travis let him come on up and sing. Such a sweet moment.
Caleb was practicing while all the equipment got set up.
These two toothless wonders were just a small part of Caleb's audience. (Elli couldn't wait to show Lily that she lost the same tooth!)
Before Travis got to perform, these belly dancers gave us quite a show! At the end they offered to teach anyone who wanted to learn. Elli is giving it her best shot:)
Before the race.
I ran it in 26:38.
Brent pushed Elli and ran it in 27 something. Proud of him:) He stopped and let Elli run across the finish line. Sweet memories!
The "Tooth Fairy" left Elli a tooth pillow and a $5.00 bill. Apparently the fairy didn't have any single bills:) At 4:12 in the morning, Elli came into our room to show us her "big money and her pillow!"
She worked on that tooth all day and kept saying, "This is it, mommy!" After about an hour of that, she was able to pull it out. She was so excited and we were able to share that excitement with Gonga and Papa too.
During the day, she was wiggling and biting her tooth. I even made hamburgers for dinner to help it out. Apparently it worked pretty well:)
The proud mommy and daddy about 15 hours after Aria arrived!!!
Two of Aria's 3 cousins. They love her already:)
She is such a sweet little cuddly girl:)
Elli was excited, to put it mildly! We did a "It's a girl!" dance when we heard about her that morning. So excited to meet her:)
Sweet Wesley's smile!
Love this face of Wesley's too!
Funny face from Luka:)
Check out his cute little tongue! hehehe
The birthday girl at her fairy garden party!
Heather did such a great job of making all the decorations so sweet. What a fun day.
I walked in to kiss Elli good night and this is how she was sleeping. I LOVE watching her sleep. She is so very sweet. Look how she is holding her baby:)
Look closely, we have taken off her training wheels!
We decided to try to teach Elli to ride without training wheels. She was totally against it a few days ago, but got excited about it tonight. 
Brent and I took turns holding onto her while she practiced. I do not see her taking off on her own in the next day, but she is at least learning to balance more. Also, at the beginning of the summer, it was a fight just to get her ride her bike. I'd say she has grown, a lot!
