While on Vaction...

The most important thing to remember is to have your camera battery charged when you are going to going to the water park. Because if you don't have a camera battery then you have no pictures to prove that you had SOOOOO Much fun! All you have is a bit of the sun burn to show for a fantastic day of family and water, lots of water. My mother is such an awesome grandmother! She was riding along with us and having a great time. My awesome brother and his wife, my other awesome brother and his friend, my other awesome brother, and my awesome sister- made day so much fun. My dear friend Princess E joined us too. I learned that Ki and El both, love water parks. El was just tall enough to ride most of the big tube rides with me. She was a bit hesitant at first, I assured her that I'd be with her and that it would be fun. I'd watch her face on some of the rides and she'd look so afraid, but when we'd get to the bottom, she'd have a huge smile on her face and say, "that was awesome". She'd make sure that we rode the ride again just to solidify that she loved it. I think that we have a new stop to add to our Idaho trips.
This is the 2nd year that I had to do all the driving and I am not sure if I will be able to let Steve drive in the future. I have kind of gotten used to being the driver-maybe I'll be a terrible front seat driver when he drives again. I also realized that my kids are really great travelers. We have always driven between AZ and Idaho each summer, even when we lived in Idaho we came to AZ. I hope that they will continue to be great road trippers. We had a great time with my family and had a hard time leaving them. Unlike last year we really did have to come home. Now we get to look forward to Chrsitmas when my family will come stay with  us ;0)

Ki the 2nd Grader

Ki started school on the 9th of August. I know some of you think that is so early, but the kids get out in May, so it's all relative. She missed the meet your teacher night b/c we were in Idaho on vacation. Her teacher is Mrs. Neese, a former kindergarten teacher. So, Ki knew who she was. She had a great 1st week of school and really does like school-I hope that she'll be saying that in 10 years. She has a few of her friends in her class but not at her table and she's a bit worried about that. I know her and she'll make them friends quickly. It is amazing to think how big she's getting and how much she's learning right now. It's so fun listening to her read and she's taking piano lessons too. I sure love my Ki girl.

Ki the Swimmer

 

I managed to remember to take some pictures on Ki's last day of swimming lessons. She had to swim a lap before they got to jump off the diving board-not her favorite activity. She made huge improvements the last session of lessons and enjoys swimming. It is sad to say, but she's a better swimmer than I am. I think that I need to take some lessons myself.