Wheeler Farm

On Friday Natalie had her first preschool field trip.  They went to Wheeler Farm and walked around and looked at the animals.  Natalie is loving Ms. Desirae's class!

Natalie became fast friends with another girl who is in the 4 year old class.

She loved it so much she made me walk around another time to look at the animals with her after everyone in her class had left.

Hi-ho, Hi-ho it's off to school you go!

The great and anticipated day finally arrived for Natalie...her first day of preschool!

She loved it and had lots of fun!

And no, the mother did not cry!

(Although it was anticipated that it would be so.)

Swinging, swinging, Natalie goes up, Natalie goes down

This year we chose to spend our tax return on buying a swingset for Natalie.  She has loved it and we have been playing on it all summer.

On some hot days we have put her swimming pool at the bottom of the slide and had a sprinkler up at the top of the slide.  That adds some fun and excitement!

This is how we have spent our summer!

They Say It's Your Birthday...

Yesterday Natalie turned the big number 3!  She was funny for the past few months because she would see something and say "I want that for my birthday."

I have to admit that her birthdays are becoming more and more fun the older she gets and understands them.

We love our little Natalie so much and are so glad that she is part of our family!

Zion Vacation

Last weekend we were able to go on a vacation to Zion National Park with the Reading clan.  It was so great to be able to go on vacation and enjoy the beautiful scenery down there.

Natalie had been very excited for the past few weeks go to hiking.

Natalie was such a good sport and wanted to stay longer and hike more.

Cinco Fun

On Cinco de Mayo we had delicious food and fun with the Reading side.

It was funny to watch Natalie whack the pinata.  She would get this angry/aggressive look and just beat it as hard as she could.

Even after the candy was out, Natalie wanted to continue to whack the pinata.

Food, family, and fun...you can never go wrong!

Mama Paparazzi

We got nice new camera a couple months ago and have been learning how to take good pictures with it.  Whenever I play around with the camera, there is usually just one subject home so she has her picture taken a lot.  She doesn't mind it too much, but sometimes she will run away or hide her face.  She is still fun to get pictures of.  Here are just a few samples.

I love our new camera and hopefully I can someday take good pictures like the Lewis families do!