School Days

First Day of Preschool (for the second year in a row!)



First Day of Second Grade




Back to school nail art. Ooh la la!

Fun Four

Have I mentioned what a great age 4 years old is? This summer Noelle got to attend preschool at Utah State. It has been really good for her. I've noticed that her creative play has really increased in quality since she has attended there. .
I walked into my bathroom and saw this. It took me a minute to figure out the scenario. Basically, we need to get our children a pet. Let's hope if we do get a dog they choose a slightly less drastic way to keep him in one spot.


Same day, different room. Poor Grover. It's a little disturbing.


She didn't need pre-school to teach her how to dress. She has always had excellent taste in clothes. However, whenever I try and take her picture, this is her reaction.

Caught her!
PS Libby, seven years old is great too!

Bear Lake and Baby G

We got to go to Bear Lake with some friends last weekend. We had a great time. This is Noelle and Lauren. Noelle is always looking for a "baby" (or at least someone younger than her) to love and be friends with.

A sweet mud bath. Mindy got the award for being the best mom and playing in the sand with the kiddos.
Nate also got an award for good parenting. Here he is showing the kids how to really "feel" the cold air coming from the cave.
Evidently, if you squat even lower you can feel the cold air better.



All the mommas of the group.
Noelle and Payson holding hands. They are such cute little friends.
Before the trip to Bear Lake I got to babysit my niece Grace. She is such a little dolly! The girls LOVE her too!

4th of July Celebration

As is typical, we were without Daren the night of the fireworks. So I had some extra time on my hands and I got to play around with my camera. I think the results are pretty cool.




Fourth of July dresses. I just love having two little girls to dress up. I wonder how long they will be willing to wear matching clothes? Noelle found her glasses the morning of the fourth and insisted on wearing them to church. Daren made sure the got "lost" afterwards. He is worried about them damaging her eyes.





A photo of the grandkids just before the parade. They all look so good in their red, white, and blue!


Playing at Grandma and Grandpa Jacks



Our "special visitor" at the annual Jackson 4th of July celebration. I believe his name was Obock Barama- America's number one clown. We called him Bocky for short. He taught us a song about giving as congress gives and living in eternal debt (to the tune of Give Said the Little Stream)and he gave away dollar bills.

Is there something on my face?

We had a great time with cousins this week. Today we took a tour of Aggie Ice Cream. It brought back all sorts of really good memories. I loved working there back in the day.





Can you believe this face? This was not created for a photo. It just came natural! Notice the glasses on Noelle below. She could pick anything she wanted at Six Star and she chose reading glasses. Awesome!

Dancin' Queen

Libby had her dance recital this week. She did great!

Libby and her friend Taya.

Look out world! Here come two knock-out Jackson girls!

Beauty

One of my absolute favorite parts of being a mom to two girls is doing their hair. I like it so much I have to take photos. Is there anything cuter than a nice, thick braid with a cute bow on the end? I'm so blessed!
It was pouring rain when I took these photos, hence the low quality shots. Don't let the lack of photography skills fool you. This was one AMAZING rainbow. The prettiest one I've ever seen. The colors were so intense. We live in such a beautiful place. Did I mention we're blessed?