Back to School!

The kids are back in school!! And even better, I'm all done with school!!!!

Drew started second grade last week, and has the best teacher ever. He loves his class, and is excited to have some of his best friends in his class this year. Sammy had his first day of kindergarten today. He really didn't seem too excited to go, but says he likes it. He only knows one other person in his class, but I think he will enjoy it more as he makes some new friends. And I am feeling like a terrible mom because we were late getting him there, and I wasn't even sad to see him go.

And best news of all..... I graduated!!!! And got a job!! I still have to take my board exams. There are two of them, and I will be taking the first on Tuesday morning. The first one shouldn't be too hard, but I am kind of nervous about the second one. So I will be busy studying like crazy for the next week, and hopefully take the second test in a few weeks.

Sammy after his first day at kindergarten.

Summer 2010

I can't believe this summer is almost over. That means I'm almost done with school!!! Only 3 weeks to go then I'm officially a college grad. Here are some pictures of the fun things our family has been doing this summer.

Playing at Bear Lake

Trip to Yellowstone

Easter and New Easter Friends

Here are a few pictures from our easter. We had a

great holiday with lots of family and friends. Can't wait for

warmer weather, I have spring fever so bad.

Drew at our family easter egg hunt.

Sammy finding eggs.

Mackay easter morning.

Here are a few of our little easter friends. I wish they were still

this small. We have 12 chickens and 2 runner ducks.

Drew with Phineas, everybody's favorite duck. He is

so stinkin cute.

Halloween 2009

I know I'm a little late posting about Halloween, but I at least wanted to get some pictures of their costumes on here.

This year I told the boys that I was not buying new costumes for Halloween, so after

digging through all the Halloween stuff this is what we came up with.

Drew really wanted to be a bat. I made his wings out of an old broken umbrella we just happened to have. His ears we found in Grandma Hills costume box. We think it turned out pretty good.

Mackay was a lion. He really hated any costume I tried to put on him. It wasn't until he actually went trick-or-treating that he figured out that the costume wasn't so bad if it means he get lots of candy.

Sammy made the cutest caveman I've ever seen. This costume was also out of Grandma Hills costume box. We added the wig which really gave it a nice finishing touch.

Time for an Update

I haven't blogged in awhile, but that's usually how it goes. I did try to update about a month ago, but had some computer problems and put it off again. Here is a little post about our summer adventures.

Last time I posted, we had just returned from our Montana camping trip, the first of many camp-outs this year. In July I got to go to girls camp, which was a blast. We also camped out at Bear Lake with my family, and at Current Creek Reservoir with the Hills.

In August we went back up to Bear Lake a few times, and Drew started first grade. Sammy started preschool in September, and loves it so much. In October Sam and I got to take a trip without the kids up to Portland. Sam had a work conference there, and I decided to tag along. It was an awesome trip, I love the Oregon coast. Halloween was lots of fun this year. Drew was a bat, Sammy was a caveman, and Mackay a lion. So cute!!

Life has settled down a little this month. I started clinicals, and so far I am loving it. We are looking forward to Thanksgiving, we will be going up to Idaho with all the Hill family. Here are some fun pictures from this summer, and some family pictures taken by my brother in law Aric.

Family Pictures

Mackay's 2nd Birthday

Camping Trips

Sam and I at Cannon Beach

We love Camping!!

Our family just got back from a great camping trip in Montana. We were very fortunate to not get rained on, though it was a bit colder than I would have liked. The area were we camped at is absolutely gorgeous, and very isolated. We practically had the whole mountain to ourselves.

Mackay at the lake by the camp ground. His favorite part was throwing rocks in the lake to scare away all the fish we were trying to catch. Grandpa was still able to catch a few.

Drew Sammy, and Sam sitting around the campfire, trying to stay warm.


Sam brought up all his toys to set up a nice little shooting range.

Sammy tending Grandpa's fish.

Drew and Sammy even had their own bow to shoot. Drew is getting pretty good. Won't be to long before he is old enough to go hunting with Dad.

Definetly one of the best parts of this trip was four wheeling all the little trails through the beatuiful mountains. Everything was so green from all the recent rain. We were able to see lots of animals including: elk, deer, fox, beaver, and three bears (or maybe it was the same bear three times).
We can't wait to go camping again!!

Drew's Tooth

Drew lost his first tooth today, and is very excited for the tooth fairy to come tonight. His two front teeth have been very loose for a few weeks now. Today Sammy was swinging a bucket around, and it whacked Drew right in the mouth. It knocked one of the loose teeth right out. Drew was so happy his tooth had come out that he was actually thanking Sammy for smacking him in the face. Now that's what I call brotherly love.