2nd Grade

I can't believe Ella is in 2nd grade today! She had a fun summer (although it was only 3 weeks long) thanks to my mom for watching her every day that I had to work, and thanks to Tyler for working more than extra-super-duper hard the past 3 weeks so that I could take a few breaks and hang out with her.

Silly Kids

Ella: Mom, can you sign me up for horseback riding lessons? Unless you can find catback riding lessons. If they have catback riding lessons, then I want to do that instead of riding a horse.

Lily: Mom, can you take me to the doctors today?
Me: Why? Are you sick?
Lily: No, I want the doctor to cut my tummy open and put a baby in it. I'm ready to be a mom.

Ella: I'm going to be an art teacher when I grow up. What are you going to be?
Lily: Ummm, a grandma.

{cute photo by Heather Tycksen}

Video

The Capitol

Ella's school class was invited to perform a few songs at the Governor's Summit this weekend. It was a meeting for the Governors of each state, and a bunch of Chinese Ambassadors. It sounds a lot more exciting than it really was. Tyler and I enjoyed a lazy morning at the State Capitol. Ella enjoyed the marble floors and a little tour of the building.


I guess this meeting is a huge deal in China. Which means Ella's class made national news throughout China. There were lots of Chinese press at the event. It probably won't make local news, but Ella is excited that she'll be on T.V. in China.


Here's a picture of Ella's class performing "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" in Chinese.

Kennecott

Ella only gets a 3 week summer this year, which is longer than her 2 week summer she got last year (which we spent the entire 2 weeks packing and moving). I was worried that I'd be too busy working to be able to do anything fun with her before she starts school next week. Luckily I was wrong. Thanks to Tyler staying up super late every night to work, we've been able to squeeze a few fun things in. One weekend we took advantage of the Free days at Kennecott. The girls were so excited to take the bus up to see the mines. I can't believe we live so close, and I've never been until now.

Cherry Picking

Tyler's parents invited the girls to go pick cherries in Orem yesterday. Ella & Lily love picking fruit. I love them to pick fruit too, because it means they are more likely to try something healthy, and they are more likely to like it. Hooray for picking cherries on a hot summer day!

4th

We spent most of the weekend working and putting our yard in.

Davis was blessed on Sunday.

We took some time off on Monday afternoon to play and watch a parade and fireworks.