Preschool

Today was Lexi's first day of preschool. She was so excited to go! Last week she learned how to tie her shoes and write her name with the lower case letters. The public school is not only doing free preschool, but they are also having the busses pick the kids up at each of their houses. She had a great first day and even knew one of the girls in her class. There's a total of 8 kids in her class. Kaytlin asked over and over again when Lexi was coming home - that will be an adjustment to her, but I'm looking forward to the one on one time with her. We made cookies and decided to pick up Lexi from school. She really didn't want to come home with us, she wanted to ride the bus home. Ooops. But alas, when she heard of the cookies she was ready to come with us. :) I'm going to miss having her at home, she's been such a happy little helper. I only got a little teary-eyed when her bus pulled out. Oh, and check out the song her teacher taught the class today - totally preschool aged:
Don't pick your boogers. It's gross!

Silly faces

Amanda, Jenny, Kaytlin and Lexi. Jenny goes to school next month. Poor Amanda will be only one left at home.

Adios familia

We had a family dinner this last weeekend. This is Dustin and Cortney, John's brother and new wife. We had so much fun with them and all the family that worked here this summer. We'll miss 'em.

The water is wet!

Lexi says, "Russell, let's go touch the water. Hey! The water is wet!" We have such brilliant children. :)

Just horsin' around

Bean Brownies

I'm putting together a big Family Home Storage Fair next month and I can't find a recipe I need for it. We're going to have samples of food you can make with your food storage and one I've heard that's really good is bean brownies. I think pinto beans are common for food storage right? All the recipes I'm finding online use black beans, and half of them use coffee - not what I'm looking for. Anyone happen to have that recipe?

Yard, Naha, Beach

We have had some fun lately. The weather has been awesome! The first few pictures are from us exploring our upper property here. Some of the grass is as tall and me, it's seriously more than we can even get to right now. But we did find a secret hiding place for the girls. There are a bunch of trees that grow around an open area, we just cut out some grass for a doorway for them.

-Silly Faces!-

Last Saturday our friends at "Clover Pass Resort" let us borrow some skiffs. Our family, John's mom and cousin Brigette came with us to explore Naha. We had a picnic and hiked around the path (there were berries everywhere! Lexi was in heaven).

This picture is for Marisha.

This was our second attempt. First time I fell into the brush...

After a day at the beach...