First Day of School

Yeah! It's that time of year! Back to school, and this year Abby started kindergarten. Katy started school a week ago but the kindergarten kids spend the first week in placement testing and then started today.








Abby impressed her tester, she said that Abby was "one smart little girl, she read me a sentence!" I am proud of Abby she likes to study words and practice her letters.

They both got new backpacks. Naturally Katy picked a "high school Musical" backpack while Abby wanted Hanna Montana. I am glad to be back on a schedule hopefully Thomas will take this opportunity to learn how to take a nap that is longer than 15 minutes.

BIG Potatoes!

I went out today to see if maybe there were some potatoes in our garden to cook for dinner. First I found two small ones then as I got under one of the plants I found several huge potatoes.



















I was very excited. It is nice to be able to get stuff out of the garden for supper. I had the girls come outside and hold them for me so that I could take a picture. The girls thought that it was really cool that we had potatoes that big in our garden.

We are herding sheep?!

Well this last week was fun. We went with Nathan and Libby and boys up to the forest to herd sheep for the Fawcett's. Man was that an experience. I have to admit, Collin and Nathan did the herding while I helped Libby cook, tend kids, and play cards. The kids had a great time riding the 4-wheeler, getting wet, getting dirty, riding horses, getting muddy, and playing in the fire even though I am pretty sure both Libby and I asked them a million times to stay out of the mud and the fire. They all got to ride the horses and play with the 5 dogs we had up there. It rained on us every day but it would only last a little while. We would gather in the trailer and play cards and drink hot chocolate. But we all had a great time and the kids want to go and do it again soon.

A Big Day for Katy

We had an event full weekend this week. Saturday morning Katy was baptized by her father. Grandma and Grandpa Anderson, Orrin, Crysta, and baby Sam came from the Anderson side of the family. Grandpa and Grandma Fawcett, Ashley, Paige, Nathan, Libby, Spencer, Max, Jace, and little Josh came from the Fawcett side of the family. We were glad that they could all come and join us for this great day. Katy wore a beautiful white dress that she got for her birthday from Mom and Grandma Rigby. They did a cute spotlight about her at the church and then we went back to the font for the baptism. When she came out of the water with a big smile on her face she looked like an angel. Of course mom had tears coming down her face. Such and important step Katy took on her way in life. Both Collin and I are so proud.

It's a little strange, we just blessed our youngest in March and here we are plunging into the next faze of our family life by baptizing our oldest. Next thing you know we will have graduations, and weddings......hopefully not for a long time. But it is nice to look back and see how the Lord has blessed our little family with such beautiful healthy children. I hope that we will have many more blessing yet to come and that we can slow down and enjoy our children while they are young. We love all of our family and friends that help us along the way. May God bless you all.