We had a fun but busy summer. We did so many fun things that I just didn't have time to blog and it would take too much time to catch up. It was a quick 6 weeks out of school, but we were all ready when it was over. Abi started 2nd grade on Aug 18th. Her teachers name is Mrs. Matsumura and we think this is going to be a great year. She is just growing up so fast. A few weeks ago she auditioned for Taylorsville High Schools production of Le Miserables, the part of Little Cosette. We finally heard last Monday that they picked her for the part. She is really excited for her big debut on stage.

Anna started kindergarten on Aug 25th. We have waited a very long time for this day. She missed the deadline to go to school last year by 2 days. Her teacher's name is Mrs. Hansen. Anna loves every minute of school, like we knew she would. She has learned some really fun songs and made lots of friends. There are 5 kids from our ward in her class (pictured above). The second boy from the left had his birthday on the deadline (Sept 1) and he turned 5. So he and Anna are two days shy of one year apart but they are still in the same class. Weird hugh!

Jack is just a smiley guy, most of the time. He is all done with nursing, which has been really nice. He gets around with the army crawl or walking around furniture, but not on his knees. He is still pretty attached to his mom (he is crying right now because I am doing this and not holding him). His first tooth came in last Sunday (we stopped nursing just in time).

Porter is turning into a little man. We went on a search for little boy church clothes yesterday and this is what we came up with. It only took us 4 stores and 3 hours (they are hard to find). He was especially excited about the belt. He has been my little helper while Anna and Abi are at school. He follows me around and keeps himself pretty entertained. It is like night and day with he and Anna separated for 3 hours. He is a much more pleasant kid. We are all excited to get into our new routine. BYU football has now officially started with the awesome win over Oklahoma last night so Jesse is in seventh heaven. I have been staying busy with relief society and running around with the kids. Jesse and I are looking forward to our trip to D.C. next week. We are going to celebrate our 10th anniversary. We are both excited to have some much needed time alone. (Thanks Mom and Eloise for making that possible.)