As our summer was coming to an end, we made a list of things we wanted to do before school started and one of those many things was to have a huge play-date with all my kids friends. So we came up with a fun Back-to-school party at the Ivins splash pad. We had quite the crowd there and it was such a blast!
Back to School Party!
Emma and some of her buddies
My little ladies
Chase-man himself!
Emma, despite this being a "water party", decided she would bring her book to read. She just loves reading and I was surprised how dedicated she is in finishing this book before the end of the summer! I think maybe we should have just done a party at the library instead!
Girls Havin' Fun!
My brother, Uncle Mike, came with me to the party to help and it was really awesome to have him there!
It was really fun for me too to catch up on everything with the Mom's there.
We all sat in the shade and so it actually was a pretty nice temperature.
My kids ate so many otter pops...they were definitely a hit!
Take note in this picture what Emma is carrying around...
"CHEESE"
The girls found a ladybug!
Splash Pad fun!
The water pics were so funny!
SHHH! Now listen to me...ha ha
We played some fun games towards the end of the party.
This was Red light, green light...
The kids got a bit trampled
They played this a few times before they were worn out and needed a new game...
So next we played a bubble blowing contest...first to blow a bubble gets the GIANT jug of bubbles!
Let this be evidence of the true winner...
We handed out these crayons as party favors along with a bottle of bubbles.
It was a blast !!!!
Sue's Pet Castle
Another thing on our list to do was to visit the pet store. I am allergic to cats and refuse to have any more pets other than our dog so the kids like to go and see the animals at the store.
They especially love the kittens!
This was such a sweet little puppy!
Chase was fascinated by this bird and said "Birdie you eat that food? Don't go poop in it okay?!" I laughed so hard!
Out to dinner at Samarai 21
My Mom and brother Mikey came down to visit this last weekend and we went out to dinner with them to "the Fire Place"(as my kids call it!).
Chase was a little unsure if he liked the fire...
Uncle Mike teasing Emma!
The Fair/Demolition Derby!
Chase preferred to watch instead of ride the camel...
The girls loved it of course!
Chad saw this laying on the ground and picked it up as a joke just in time for me to take a picture with the check. He sure thought it was funny!
The girls went to the petting zoo there because...you guessed it...they LOVE animals! These were such cute Mini-horses! Oh and yes my girls chose to wear their Rapunzel wigs to the fair! All day people were asking where I got them or if the hair was real! ha ha
This Llama sure liked my Mamma!
and Chase too...
another cool horse the girls liked...
They each took turns holding and brushing the kitten...
And then they got a picture as a farmer! LOL
Tay wanted a picture of her on this! She thought it was pretty cool!
The bubble tower...
Our friends, the Campbell's came to the derby too!
Daddy and Emma :D
My niece Lexi, nephew Brenden, and brother Mike all came too!
Grandma Hula and Taylor...
Daddy and Chase...
My brother and son are so handsome!
"SMASH THEM" that was our chant!
Okay fine, I gave in at intermission and after constant begging we added a pet to our family...meet "Hermie" the hermit crab!
After the derby we took the kids to the fair to ride some rides...
Chase was all happy until...
I asked him to look at me, then he hid and buried his face the rest of the ride...stubborn? I think so!
Emma's First Day of 2nd Grade!
I was really having a hard time dealing with the fact that I would have Emma in 2nd grade and Taylor in Kindergarten this year...
They are my little buddies and I miss them when they are away from me!
She did look pretty darn cute for her first day though!
I let her pick anything she wanted for breakfast, she chose pink pancakes! She also got to help cook them! (please pay no attention to my dirty stove...)
MMM now I'm hungry!
She ate 3 pancakes! That's her record!
This is her with her buddy Maddy before going into class..
This is where she sat the first day too...
Then I took my other 2 kiddos out to breakfast at Kneaders...
We LOVE their French Toast!
We joined some friends too...
Then we went back to Emma's school to surprise her.
She was just as excited to see me as I was to see her!
It partly had to do with the fact that she was getting her favorite lunch and everyone else only had cold lunches so it made her feel extra special.
I love you Emma to pieces and I hope this is an awesome school-year for you! And yes, I included a note in her lunch with some treats that said "I miss you, have a great day and share these treats with some new friends. Love, Mom!"
After school Chad helped the kids create this sweet fort in our living room which I would normally not allow due to my nesting-clean-up mode I am on...but I missed her and I wanted to see them be happy and giggle. I would say they definitely accomplished that! I hope Emma had a really fun first day of school!
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