RIP

We've spent the past 4 years together. Thanks for all the good hair days... You've served me well. Sad to see you go old friend.

... and so it seems

The awkward years have begun around our house:)

 Rylee lost her 3rd tooth... But the first one front n'top center. It was a very emotional experience, just before bedtime, on an evening when she was extra tired! Since its been almost 6 months since the last tooth wiggled its way out Ry had forgotten that a little blood is completely normal. Well, blood lead to tears... Tears lead to more blood... More blood lead to a mess... Which lead to salt water rises... Ended with finally being brave enough to go check out her new look in the mirror. Which in turn... Lead to more tears! Hopefully the tooth fairy can bring a happy toothless grin to this girly's face in the morning:)

Labor Day Hike

We went on a hike today to Doughnut Falls with Andrew, Sarah, Josh, and Ava! The hike was the perfect length for the short legged youngsters. They each had great walking sticks and shoes that made them run speedy fast! Sarah came up with the idea to play hide and seek for the journey back down, which was a total hit! Each person hiding made sure to call out special animal noises as our seekers were approaching. Some of us were extremely creative;) Thanks for the fun adventure guys!

Mustache

Perfect pair :)

1st day of 1st grade

 

Rylee had her first day of school today! 

She was pumped and excited to begin a fresh

year with a new teacher! 

Rylee was happy to see a few familiar faces in her new class.

The chatter box returned home tired and thirsty!

All day school is going to take a little time to adjust...

for both of us:)

 

Friday Harbor

We took a ferry ride today out to Friday Harbor. Rylee really wanted to go on a big boat and this island has cute shops, I've cream, and restaurants. So we woke up early and caught the 9am ferry to play:) The weather was fabulous... Added bones!

AG Seattle

Grandpa Lewis really wanted to take a trip to the city to participate in the all you can eat shrimp at red lobster:) luckily the AG store was just down the street... So we did a little shopping before dinner. Rylee has been in love with the McKenna girl of the year bc she's a gymnast just like her:) All of McKenna's gear has been on back order since Jan so we haven't been able to order it. Boy was it a HUGE surprise when we walked into the store to find the bar and beam on display with 4 boxes beneath for purchase. We weren't planning on buying anything big that day but the excitement that it was right there was just too much:) SO, it was out lucky day that we were able to take home 1 of 4 shipped to the Seattle store:)