Look, no training wheels!

Rebekah wanted her training wheels taken off. So Daddy and Rebekah went out Saturday to practice, and she got it. She's so excited to ride around the neighborhood with her friends!

Home Sweet Home

Some of our favorite house projects:

Gary has worked hard improving the yard over the past few years (and other improvements to the outside of the house). Before ...


And After ...


We love our red couch downstairs:

And I had fun making a bulletin board out of an old window frame:

And we're enjoying our deck more since we had it re-finished. The girls want to make sure everyone knows it's now "cocoa brown" - they're still trying to figure out how the splinters have disappeared.

We love our little town house; however, the girls would love to have more of a yard some day. Rebekah keeps asking, "When are we going to live in a house that's not stuck to other houses?"

Reunion

It was so good to get together with my former (not old) college roommate, Debbie. We had a nice morning at Mount Vernon. Her family is adorable!

School days

Rebekah loves when we sing, "School days, school days, Dear old Golden Rule days, Reading and writing and 'rithmetic, All to the sound of a hickory stick"

Both girls were so excited for school to start. Rebekah loves 2nd grade with the new teacher, Mrs. Eckert. She was the first one in her class to get a treat because of good behavior.

And Samantha really likes her pre-K class. She wasn't even nervous at all. She has grown up so much over the summer.

Rise and shout, the Cougars are OUt!

BYU - 14 OU - 13 ... Need we say more?