2nd Grade

Summer is officially over here in the Evans household.  We closed our shaved ice stand for the last time last night and Ali started her first day of 2nd grade today.  She was pretty excited to go see all of her friends again and get use to the school routine.  She was sad to say goodbye to swimming and playing at home all of the time.  Grant was excited for her too and kept saying "Ali gool, Ali teacher", but had a rough morning because he knew something was going down.  He kept clinging to me and wanting me to hold him.  Once Ali was gone he played just fine by himself and I think we will do just fine without her.  Ali wouldn't let me walk her into class today, she is too old for that I guess, but I saw her outside playing as I drove away and she seemed to be right back in the swing of things.   

This is Ali's new lunch bag that she ADORES because she thinks it looks like a purse.  

 Just a little side note:  I'm soooo glad I'm done with that ice stand!  Until next summer we get to enjoy that shaved ice in the convenience of our own home!!

Kids

I haven't put too many pictures of the kids lately.  So this morning I snapped a couple pictures of the Grant and Ali to post for Grandma.  I bet she misses them after having them stay for a week.  So here you go, Grant and his big eyes and cheesy grin and Ali having to get into the picture any way she can.  

Roughing It!

 

For those of you who know me, know that me and camping don't mix very well.  I am getting better and went camping once last year and just went camping with my parents last week.  The incentive to go camping was that we would camp on the beautiful Dworshak Reservoir and boat the whole time.  I still didn't care for the whole camping portion, but the water and environment were beautiful.  As you can tell by the pictures, we were really roughing it. 

This is where Ali wanted to be the whole time.  She loves tube rides and she even started liking crazy rides with her mom and dad.  Grandpa even dumped us once and she lost her goggles in the lake.

Danny is going to die when he sees these pictures, but that is what he gets for always posing funny when I get the camera out.  I took 4 pictures the whole time so they are the 4 I'm posting.

I'm spoiled too!

Since Danny got his new truck I've been complaining a lot about how spoiled he is and that I don't get anything I want.  So, I guilt tripped him into buying me my new appliances that I have been wanting since we moved in.  I've really wanted stainless steel appliances, but I can't ever justify spending that much on something that just stays with the house.  Well, I got my way and here they are.  I love my new REALLY quiet dishwasher!!!  In fact, I might go buy a cheaper one to leave in this house whenever we move so I can keep this one.  You can't hear it running.  In fact Danny asked me yesterday if the dishes in the dishwasher were clean or dirty while it was running because he didn't hear it.  This is a much needed improvement over the old one that we had to yell over while it was running.    

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