Zukes

Keith did an awesome job with the garden this year!  We had some REALLY big zucchini come out of it

Our largest zucchini this year was about 8 pounds I think!

Photos

Elinore's First Birthday Party

We had a very casual low key first birthday party for Elinore at Grandma Barb's house.  Grandma Barb was having a cookout the Saturday after Elinore's birthday for her friends and family.  We invited a few friends and family over before the cookout to celebrate Elinore's birthday.  We had some gifts, some cake and some fun. 

Opening a present!

And another present!

And another present!

The punch for the party!

The cake for the party!

The smash cake!

Some of the decorations!

Mmmm! Cake!

Elinore hugged the cake into herself to eat it!

Mmmm!

Great Aunt Laura helped Elinore walk around, and for the first time, she was really interested in it!

Friends

Elinore likes the newest addition to our family.  She really likes our kitty Barney, and she's even saying kitty!

Elinore's First Fireworks

We found a great spot to watch the fireworks this year!  We'll be back again I think.  There were other people and some traffic, not nothing terrible.  And we were close enough to see everything, but far enough away to feel completely safe and the kids weren't afraid.  Despite Elinore's face, she had a good time!  She went to bed at the normal time, and then we woke her up at the last minute to drive in.  I'm so glad we did!  It was a great experience, even if it started raining while we were there!

Second Day of First Grade

I made up for the first day of first grade with photos on the second day of first grade! 

First Grade

The day after we got back from vacation the boys started FIRST GRADE!

As usual for me, we were really running late the first day of school and nearly missed the bus on day one!

So this is all we have for photos from the first day of school.