Baptism

Our niece Kennedy got baptized on October 9th (which was our 12th anniversary).  Roy was the Godfather!  He was very honored to be chosed as her Godfather.  It was a wonderful day with family.  On this day, Emily rode her bike without training wheels.  Roy had been working with her all week on that.  Here are my beautiful dozen roses. 

Pumpkin Patch with friends

We went to McGarrah Farms a couple of weeks ago with some friends.  They had a blast!  We went to Farmland Adventures last weekend, so will have to load my pics from that fun place as well.

Fun!

 Ella dressed up on Cowboy Day at her school.  She got to pet some horses that day!

 Cita took us to the American Girl Fashion Show early in October.  They both had a fabulous time!

Emily had a playdate with one of her good friends in class.  They played with her AG dolls.  Ashton just got one that looks just like her!

September Updates

 6th Birthday for Emily's good friend Lily at Build-A-Bear!

1st day at Sonshine School!

 She wanted to wear her backpack

 Her friends Amelia and Addison are in her class again..

 We went to the Washington County fair to see the animals.  Emily was in school during this.

Cheer Clinic at a Junior High.

Ella went to Caylee's 3rd birthday party!

At a school dance with Emily's twin friends.

Dance clinic at FHS.

Now I see why I haven't been able to update more frequently!  Whoo!  And, my brother got married in September as well, so need to post that as well.

Ella's first day of preschool (2 year-old class): First School

At Open House

Ella started in the 2 year-old room a week after Emily started school.  She is going to First School T/Th and really loves it so far.  Her teachers are Mrs. Amy and Mrs. Sabrina.  She has three of her best buds in her class (Caroline, Caylee, and Macey).

First Day of School: 1st Grade!

At the Open House

Emily got a gift certificate to Glitterbox for her birthday, so I thought it would be a fun day to get her nails done before the Open House.  The place was very busy and Emily (and Ella) loved it!  We met her teacher that night (Mrs. K. Parker).  She is going to be a very sweet teacher to Emily and she loves her already!

Emily wanted her hair curly on the first day of school.  I rolled her hair with sponge rollers like I did practically every day of my youth. Ha!  She loved the way it looked!!!  She was very confident that day.  Her teacher asked if she was a new student and Emily said "It's me, Emily I just curled my hair".  She was very excited that one of her good friends is in her class again this year!

Kansas City Zoo

We went to the Kansas City Zoo Sunday morning before we left town.  This is a pretty big zoo.  You have to ride a train to the tram station  in order to get to the other side.  It was pretty spread out, but there were some really neat exhibits like the polar bear and the ski lift safari ride.  We also took a boat ride and saw the giraffes really close up.  The kangaroos were very close to us too.  We had a great day, but it was HOT again.  We loved Kansas City and would love to go back soon since it was relatively close for us, but we'll do it in the fall or spring when it's cooler. :)