They Hatched!

Butterfly # 1 taking off.

Grandpa Bill bringing the 2 cocoons for the girls to watch.

Grandpa explaining the process.

The girls listening intently.

Grandpa Bill and Grandma Kim got caterpillar eggs from a milkweed plant and put them in a glass container for the girls to watch hatch. The eggs hatched into caterpillars. The caterpillars spun themselves into cocoons and Grandpa Bill brought the cocoons over for the girls to watch. We have been watching them for several days and FINALLY they hatched yesterday. Kent came home at 2:30 yesterday and they hadn't hatched. When we got home from school there were 2 butterflies in the jar. We took them outside and let them go. The caterpillars made a trip to each of the girls' classrooms and they enjoyed watching the cocoons change into butterflies. Thank you Grandpa and Grandma. We learned a LOT!!!

First Day of School

Abbey's first day of 3rd grade. She has gotten so tall this summer!

Lily's first day of Kinder Club!

Gracie's first day of 1st grade!

Gracie, Abbey and Lily on their first day of school.

The girls getting ready to head out the door for their first day of school this 2009-2010 school year. They each had a great day!

New Art!

Abbey's new sign that Ann painted for her with Mark 11:23-34 on it!

Gracie's new sign that Ann painted for her room with 2 Corinthians 12:9 on it

Lily's new sign that Ann painted for her that has Psalm 91 on it.

My aunt, Ann, painted signs for each of the girls' bedrooms with scriptures on them. She did such a wonderful job on them and they look beautiful!

Our Trip to the River!

Today the girls got the bad news that their cousins , Morgan and Jake weren't going to make it in today. So, I needed a distraction! We decided to call our friends Mary and Reagan to make a quick trip to the river for the afternoon. We loaded up the van and packed the cooler and set out. The girls had fun building sandcastles and playing in the sand before they got comfortable enough to swim in the river. They had a great time swimming and walking across the river . They eventually got brave enough to make a mudslide to "ride" into the river. We stayed right up until it started getting dark. Such a fun day!

Jaccuzi

Abbey, Lily, Reagan, and Gracie in the Jaccuzi. We had to take one last picture of all of them in the Jaccuzi they created before leaving to head home before it got dark.

Lily Finally Decides to take the plunge

Sandy girls -- Reagan, Gracie and Abbey

Gracie getting sand all over her!

Abbey and Gracie getting covered in sand

Gracie getting sand all over her.

The girls decided to cover themselves in sand to try to "scare" Mary. They even rolled down the bank into the river to make a mudslide.