The Beginning of Another School Year

With the end of July coming quickly, I have been thinking about the new school year quite a lot. Well, I have never really stopped thinking about the next school year all summer but with our Tahoe trip this week and Kauai the following week, school will start before I know it! 

I took advantage of today, knowing I wouldn't have a lot of time in my classroom over the next 3 weeks, and got things set up. 

When I walked in a few weeks ago, the summer school class was still in full swing, so all I could do was grab a few books. The carpets were cleaned and tile floor mopped and polished last week so I went in today to move the desks and tables back to where I like them. After 5 hours, things look pretty good!

Callie's Baptism

This weekend we went to Utah for Callie's baptism. It is hard to believe that she is already 8 years old! Here are a few pictures from this fun weekend with Callie, Tessa, Kelly and Dan.

What trip to Utah in July is complete without a few fireworks?! Just some small ones with the girls but still fun. We even got a view of some larger arial fireworks that neighbors were setting off.

Cover your ears!

Callie's Baptism day! What a cute, big girl! She had a hard time that morning with all of the attention, but when we arrived at the church, Callie was nothing but smiles. She was attentive on the front row as both Grandma Layton and Grandma Walton spoke on baptism and the Holy Ghost respectively.

The whole family. Dan did a great job and didn't forget the words for either of the blessings. Matt and I both agree that we had never heard a better confirmation blessing. Great work Dan!

These girls were so fun to wrestle with, tease and tickle. Even if the fun ended in tears... (Cough cough... Matt and Dan...:)

On Saturday, as the thunderstorms and rain came in, we went to see Despicable Me 2. Liz usually doesn't like cartoons but she watched the first Despicable Me movie with the girls on Friday and liked it (especially the minions). 6 adults and 2 kids crammed into a row in the theater and enjoyed a fun, laugh out loud movie while the rain pounded and the thunder rolled outside.

A very fun weekend and we didn't want to leave!