Graham Crackerz

Today was the first day of the Eastern Idaho State Fair. It started off with the annual parade down Shilling Street. We met up with the Webbs and watched the parade from the same spot we watched it from last year. The kids got a lot of candy and the floats were very fun. From left to right: Whittney Webb, Sarah, Cameryn Webb and Jay. Kaitlyn is sneaking up in the background. This was before the parade started.
Kaitlyn waiting for the parade to start and exploring our spot.
Marcus and Kaitlyn before the parade.

Jay and Sarah started school today. Jay is 6 now and in 1st Grade. He will be turning 7 in just a couple of weeks and is one of the oldest students in his class. He was very excited about being in 1st Grade and although I was sad to see him go, it was hard not be happy for his new adventure.

Sarah is four and a half going into her last year of preschool. She will be going four days a week and is on the same schedule as the afternoon kindergarten. She told everyone while we ran errands this morning about the toys at her school and her new Tinker Bell panties that she was wearing. I'm going to miss them both a lot this year, but watching them grow is so much fun.

Well she's actually been walking for about three weeks now, but I am just now getting around to posting it. She's doing so well and we are thrilled for her progress. After she took her first steps she was grinning for hours. She is a little daredevil and walks almost more then she crawls now. Enjoy!!

Well my baby went and turned 1 today. She is such a big girl. Kaitlyn is walking everywhere and talking jibberish all the time. She is very spoiled by all of us. We all kiss her and hold her too much, but she's so irresistable there's not much we can do about it. I'm so glad she is part of our family and I'm sure she will be able to hold her own with her sassy older sister very soon.

For her birthday we had a family and a few friends over. We had hot dogs and hamburgers in the back yard. Here is Kaitlyn enjoying her birthday dinner. Kaitlyn and her Papa Jensen are very close. They were admiring our apricots during her party. (Our apricots didn't turn out this year. They were all really small and didn't taste good. Hopefully, by next year we'll be able to get the kinks out so that we can have apricot jam.)
Dad grilling dinner.
This was the scene of the party. Very simple, but festive.
Before the party, practicing her table dancing.
Opening presents.

Last weekend we decided to turn Sarah's annual Shriners doctor's appointment into a mini-vacation. Because I was in school until the middle of July this was really our only vacation for the summer. We left on Sunday morning and drove to Salt Lake. Here is Kaitlyn on our way out of town.



Once we got to Salt Lake, we took the kids to the Hogle Zoo. We use to go to the Denver Zoo a dozen times each year. The kids have really missed it. The Hogle Zoo was a lot of fun though and we're glad we went. Here is Marcus and the kids in front of a big African Elephant Statue. It made sounds periodically and scared the kids once.
Here is Jay and Sarah looking at the wild turkeys.
The zoo had a little place called Discovery Land. Marcus and Kaitlyn waited for us outside and I took Jay and Sarah in. We played on the toys. But the best part was the bats we found in a cave there.

I am having a hard time putting pics on my blog. If anyone else is struggling, please let me know. I will hopefully get a new post done by tomorrow, but I've been trying for over a week now and have been unsuccessful so far. =( Marcus is off of work tomorrow and maybe he will be able to figure out what I've been doing wrong. Sorry.