Lucy has a boyfriend!

So last week after picking up Lucy I was asking how her day at school went. She looked me straight in the eyes and said, "Mom, there is this boy in my class and he is so handsome!" She said it all dreamy-like. It was the cutest thing. So I asked if he was in her class. Yes. Do they play together at recess? Yes. Does she sit next to him in class? Sometimes. What is his name? Oh, I can't remember. (Super disappointed voice) So the next few days followed of her actually talking about him. It is so cute and a little disturbing. Is this REALLY starting already? She has since remembered that his name is Keegan. On Friday when I dropped her off at school I told her I wanted to see who this boy is. So when I picked her up that day she climbed into the car and whispered, "I was sitting next to him!" (the kids sit on the grass to wait to be picked up) She was right, he is a cutie! Today when we got home from school Lucy informed me that he is now her boyfriend. I asked how that came to be. She said because he wanted her to be his girlfriend and she wanted him to be her boyfriend. Yep. I guess that's how those things work. So we had a good, fun boyfriend talk where I actually had to bring up the no kissing rule. Why am I having the no kissing talk with my 5 year old???? Anyway, she is one smitten little girl. Jordan is going to have to meet with this kid to see what his intentions with our daughter are. The way she tells it, his intention is to marry her. Adorable. Here is a picture of the two lovebirds.

My dreams have been realized!

For the past few years, since we got our own house, I guess, I've been asking for chickens. I don't know what my obsession is...maybe the country girl coming out in me. But I have never gotten them. Until now! Hooray! On Saturday we were visiting some friends. They just happen to have chickens. And they recently got some chicks from his brother, so Jordan said, "Why don't we get some?" Hooray! That's all it took. Now, we have 5 little chicks of our very own. Their names are: Princess Ella, Spiderman, Spitty-up, La-a (pronounced Ladasha), and EggHead. I'll let you guess who belongs to who.

So thoughtful

For the last month or so Lucy has been wanting to make her grandma some soup. No particular reason...I think maybe since we go there every Sunday for dinner she wanted to do something nice for her. So, finally yesterday we got around to it. Lucy wanted to make it all by herself, so I helped very minimally.
The "soup" consisted of: twizzlers, jellybeans, 7 cups of water (she wanted 70 cups, but I talked her down), brown sugar, craisins, and marshmallows. Grandma was a great sport. She and Papa both took a taste.
Now why don't I think to take a picture of this kind of stuff until after I throw it down the sink????

Lucy's First day of Kindergarten!

Ok, on Monday there was an 'orientation' that Jordan, Lucy and I went to. It was one on one with Lucy's new teacher, Ms. Gentry. That was about 15 minutes, but totally worth getting all ready and cute!

Eating her first day of school breakfast.

Then, today was her official first day of class. She was SO excited! And when I picked her up, she was all smiles! She told me all about it, and loved every minute of it. The best part was dropping her off...were there tears or no tears? Well, when we walked inside, she put her backpack and sweater on her hook, then turned around and saw her friend, Ashlyn. They looked at each other and then ran to each other to embrace in a huge hug! It was the cutest thing ever! Where is my camera at a time like that? Oh, right, in the car. We even made it on time! I know! Amazing that we were there by 8:25AM!!! Lucy is looking forward to Kindergarten tomorrow, so I think we are a success.

First day of Kindergarten!
Josiah on Lucy's first day of Kindergarten!

And Mahri on Lucy's first day of Kindergarten!

On Saturday we went to an EQ activity and had a blast! It was at Lake Walcott way out in Acequia. There was a bbq, boats, tubing, waterskiing, and kayaking.

The boat that we were on ended up dying. Literally. It would not start for anything. It was kind of funny, actually. So, a girl and I decided to go for a swim while we sat and tried to think of what to do next. Then we thought we might as well be doing something useful, so they (on the boat) threw us a rope and we started pulling the boat towards shore. As crazy as that sounds...it was a ton of fun! We probably made it about a quarter mile before another boat came to save us. They pulled us the rest of the way, but if they would've given us another 3 hours we would've made it!

After hours of that kind of fun, we came home to this...

That must have been some wind storm! I'm glad that we were out having fun while Mother Nature was out having her own kind of fun!

Like Riding A Bike

Lucy got a new bike (with no training wheels!!) for her birthday, so Jordan has been working on teaching her how to ride it. She is doing pretty good...

Jordan showing Lucy how it's done.

"Cowboy Joe"!

Happy girl Mahri!

Photo Shoot

This was actually a little while ago...maybe a month or so. I made the girls some fairy tutus and some 'Peter Pan Pants' for Josiah for a woodsy/fantasy shoot. Thank you Celeste! The pictures turned out great!