Samantha turns 5!

Our baby turned 5 this week! We can't believe how fast the time has gone! Samantha is such an amazing little girl. She is adventurous and sassy all in one little body. She has been waiting to have her birthday at the salon with her friends. She took two of her closest friends to the salon Sweet and Sassy so they could get their fingers and toes painted and have their hair done. All the girls chose a little glittter make-up and some hair tinsel. It was so much fun watching them get all dolled up and see the smiles on their faces. We love Samantha so much and we look forward to all the great things five will bring us :0)

First day of school

Well the time has come already, yes the first day of school. It seems so early this year starting on the first of August. The summer went by so fast this year, but the kiddos are excited to start so we are too. This will be Samantha's year, she is off to kindergarten. She can't wait to be at the school all day like her brother. Jack will start fourth grade and he just seems so grown up! He is a big helper with Samantha and its nice having him there to protect her. Always on the first day of school we walk together with the neighborhood kids. They all looked so cute and were so happy. Its hard to believe this is where we are, but its also exciting to see them grow and change and become great people!

South Dakota-Montana-Wyoming

Well as most of you know I have this crazy idea to take the kids to all the states in the US by the time they are twenty one so you know what that means...we have to do some road trips! So we loaded up the car and we were down the road through the beautiful hills of Wyoming to South Dakota. What an amazing place, we loved Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse, cave tours, alpine slides and zip lines. We did everything that we could do in Rapid City, Sturgis and Deadwood. Then it was off to Montana and Little Bighorn's battlefield, otherwise known as Custer's battlefield. Some great sites to see there as well but the world's largest shoe, size 32, takes the cake. Our last stop was Devil's Tower, Wyoming. There is nothing better than seeing the spot where aliens arrived and took our people. Okay that may have been in a movie, but it sure was a cool place to see. The Cheyenne Frontier Days was going on so we stopped in and heard Kid Rocks sound check and picked up a pink cowboy hat for Samantha. Needless to say the time went by way to fast, it was way too hot, but most of all it was the best family time we have had in a long time. Everyone was laughing and just happy to be together and we saw some great stuff!