First week of school

 Alice and Charlie go to school together now! With their mascot: Bobby Bobcat.

 The kids all helped unload the dishwasher one morning.

 On the school playground before school.

 Playing chess before church this morning.

 Grace's first day of school with her friends and the falcon mascot.

 Me looking at the moon through the telescope in my bathrobe:)

 Charlie at Back to School Night. Pedersen's pirates!

 His teacher is nice.

 Robot by the library.

 Running around on the stage.

 Charlie's first day of kindergarten.

 5 years old.

 Alice's first day of 2nd grade.

 7 years old.

 Danny.

 3 years old.

 Grace's first day of 6th grade.

 11 years old.

 School kids!

 All my children.

 Glad I get to be their mom!

 Charlie had to get headphones to use with his school ipad.

 Playing in the rain.

 Grace in an oversized rain jacket.

 Danny in the rain with a water squirter.

 Cooking helpers.

 Charlie drinking water straight from the coconut.

Danny at stake conference this morning.

Last week of summer vacation

 Paul took a little nap in the recliner last Sunday.

 Sweet siblings on a cool morning on the patio.

 New big boy glasses with no strap!

 Alice got new glasses too:)

 We babysat Ruby on Monday. She liked the pancake and quail egg dinner.

 Charlie earned his hammerhead shark! He had to get 20 points. He got about half from reading books to me, and the other half from picking up the sticky ornamental plums that fall from the tree out front.

 Fun at Pineview Lake on Thursday!

 Our new shade.

 Beautiful setting.

 And we were the only ones there for like the first two hours!

 View from inside the shade.

 Grace.

 Charlie. These floaties we bought at that Cle Elum reunion years and years ago were a hit!

 Danny.

 Me.

 The girls and the mountains.

 Paul taught the kids all about hydrological processes using sand and water.

 Floating sisters.

 Grace.

 Lunchtime.

So much fun! I love this guy!