School starts

 Grace at Back to School night. Their theme this year is rock'n'roll, so they had this cool balloon sculpture!

 I also got talked into buying a school shirt.

 Danny and I took Alice to her first day of school.

 What a cute first grader!

 The bird houses the kids painted for our FHE activity. They loved it! (Alice's, Charlie's, Grace's, and Danny's)

 Me on the carousel at the zoo. I love ostriches!

 Alice on the dolphin.

 Charlie at the dentist.

 First day of fifth grade.

 First day of first grade, wearing the outfit Grace wore for her first day of fourth grade:)

 Happy sisters! Can you believe they're FOUR grades apart?

 Backpack buddies.

 Weirdies.

 Paul and Charlie took Grace to her first day. It was a rockin' party.

 Grace's classroom. They get to use a different kind of chair each day, and sit at a different desk.

 Sick of being photographed. "You can go now, Dad!"

 Painting birdhouses for FHE.

 Danny was so meticulous. He stayed up after all the other kids were in bed to finish!

Danny doesn't like wearing his eye patch recently, so sometimes we get creative. Arrrg, matey!

Total Eclipse in HSB

 Charlie on Sunday with a box hat. Before this, he had been wearing it on his arm and calling it his "bionic arm"! Ha!

 Paul has been picking back up the guitar. He borrowed this from his parents, and we haven't gotten around to getting it restrung (one string is missing), but he's pretty good. He plays a song or two to the kids at bedtime and they LOVE it!

 At the sand volleyball court at the park one morning. Grace is always taking pictures. Wonder where she gets that from?

 Dillon on the mandolin and Paul on the guitar. They had so much fun jamming together!

 Cuties in their eclipse glasses in HSB.

 Looking up at the sun.

 Greg and Emily.

 Last Sunday, the kids went for a ride in the back of Uncle Mike's truck.

 FHE on the (dead) lawn.

 Chinese buffet.

 Grace and Leslie.

 Greg and Charlie making pizza dough.

 Playing Uno with the kids.

 We played a bunch of Dad's favorite hymns on Sunday. Greg on violin, Haley on top hand, and me on bottom hand.

 Cool new shirts from Grandma Flake!

 Eclipse ready!

 Crescent shadows between our fingers.

 More crescents.

Tuckered out watching a show when we finally got home. Their new shirts just happen to match their bean bag chairs!

Summerfest and the MTC

 Breakfast on the patio.

 Ready for our hike, complete with sweatbands!

 This is what happens when Charlie gets a hold of a stamp.

 New school clothes for Danny, even though he's too little for school.

 Charlie and his toilet paper roll.

 Roses from my boyfriend. Can you believe these were less than $3?

 Fort on a pajama day.

 Pudding pops.

 Alice prefers reading.

 New school clothes for Charlie.

 Breakfast one day. Mini muffins and egg muffins.

 Ecuadorian dancers at the Bountiful Summerfest.

 The Georgian dancers were so fun to watch!

 Pudding pops last Sunday.

 Scout-opoly with the girls.

 Bathtime for the boys.

 Wild hairstyles!

 Danny playing with letters.

 Best friends!

 Cute kid.

 Even cuter up close:)

 Krispy Kreme!

 Seeing the cafeteria at the MTC open house.

 The obligatory map picture.

Taking a University of Utah blanket to Read in the rehab center.