Ashley turns 9!!

I can't believe our little Boo Boo is already 9!! She decided to invite several friends to a party at Bumpers in the mall for arcade games and bumper cars.

Grace, Ashley, McKenna, Emma & Reanna


Ashley asked for a "group present" from all of our family. She really wanted the Elizabeth American Girl doll and she was so excited to get her. She also ended up with a new bike since she had outgrown her old one.

Growing up so fast!!

School pictures have arrived...

Nicole - 6th grade
















Ashley - 3rd grade

Labor Day fun

For our annual Labor Day rendevous we took the Leachs into Hell's Canyon to play on the river. Ann had never been up the canyon and Paul is such a great guide. We were having a great trip until we decided to pull Nicole on the tube for a little ways and OOPS I didn't get the rope in fast enough when we stopped pulling her and the jet pump sucked it in and shut down one of our engines. Luckily, we have a twin engine so it only took us twice as long to get down the river. I'm always glad when Paul is driving the boat because I have such confidence in him (especially when we're coming down in the dark, oh and the fog :) ) What a sweetheart, I never once heard him get frustrated with me.




David & Ann
Adam & Eric

Brad
Nicole tubing

First Day of School!!!!!

Oh yeah... we were ready for school. I think Ashley could have gone to school all summer and was definitely excited to start 3rd grade, especially because she has Mrs. Thompson, in the BIG hall. It makes me sad to think I'll never be in the little hall of McDonald for one of my kids again :(

Nicole wasn't as excited... I think the nerves were playing a major role in her reluctance to go back to school. She had a great first day of 6th grade though and loves her teacher Mrs. Parce.

It was sooo nice to have warm weather this year. Last year the girls started the first day in winter coats.

Berlyn, Nicole and Tiffany


SOME of our cute little neighborhood kids that come to our house every morning to walk with the girls. Ashley, Jessica, Grace, Erica, McKenzie, McKenna

The puppies are growing!!!

Nicole went up to spend a weekend with Nana and was able to see the puppies while she was there. They are about a month old in these pictures.

My 20 year HS reunion

At the end of July, I went down to Layton, UT for my 20 year high school reunion. It was SOOO much fun seeing everyone after 10 or more years.



HS BFF's Kris, Staci, Me

More BFF's Tammy, Tobie, Brooke, Jill
The whole bunch of us...
Quinn, Me, Jill, Pat
Me & Tammy
Tobie, Angie, Jill, Tammy, Me

The Puppies are here!!

We headed up to Coeur d'Alene to visit with my sister and her kids who came in from Nebraska for 3 weeks. They had planned on coming down to Moscow for a week but Nicole ended up with pneumonia and was down for the count for the week. Who gets pneumonia in the summer? I guess it was God's way of slowing us down for a week. When we got up to Cd'A, we went to see Chukar's new puppies... 4 girls and 2 boys. They are 8 days old in these pics... eyes still closed and everything.