Uggghhhh BUGS!

Kyle's neice's Jr. High softball team made it to State so we went to her game last night. About midway through, these little black flies/bugs came out and started to devour us. They couldn't have been bigger than fruit flies but they are nasty! It's amazing how something so small can bite/sting enough to hurt. We borrowed some bug spray but no luck. Today I woke up covered with bites that itch worse than mosquito bites. I never remember seeing these things back in Utah. At least, they only seem to come out really bad a few weeks in the fall, otherwise, I think I'd be wanting to move! Kaylee would fuss and cry a little each time they bit her. Needless to say, we left the game a little early. The girls don't seem to be itching too much today. If they did, I'd load them up on Benedryl - which may actually help them to sleep for a long time. Hmm.... may not be a bad thing. ;) Always looking for the silver lining...

What we've been up to...

Kira went back to dance class on Sept 8th. She really seems to enjoy it. She already talks about when she'll have her next recital.

We had so much rain one Sunday that the lake behind our house rose up to the sidewalk on one side of the lake. The little dock of our neighbor's behind our house got submerged as their boat almost did. Luckily, by the end of the day, the rain had stopped and the lake dropped back to almost normal levels.

We had a playdate with some other friends at Curtis Orchard again. So much fun for the kids to run around.

We had some neighbors over for dinner and their daughter, Jillian, loves to dress up Kira and Kaylee. Kaylee just looked so cute in this dress!

When I was taking a shower, Kaylee pulled out some of Kyle's (CLEAN) underwear and spent about 15-20 minutes just putting it on her head, trying to put her arms through it, etc. It was so funny! She even had to bring them downstairs with her to keep playing with. Whatever keeps her occupied for awhile works for me!

Today, we went on an annual hayrack ride/picnic with my Mother's and More group. We had a good time and the kids loved going on the hayride with the tractor pulling us. Kaylee kept saying "choo, choo" like it was a train.

Other than that, not too much new going on with us. We're just enjoying this nice weather and having fun!

First day of preschool

Kira's first day of school - she's so excited to go!

Kaylee wishes she could go with big sis.

With Kira's teacher, Mrs. McDonald.

Kira had her first day of preschool on Aug. 26th. She goes Tues/Thurs mornings and she already LOVES it! She goes with her good friend, Eden. We've been telling both of them all summer how they get to go to school together. Well, the first week, they split the class in half and Kira went the first day and Eden went the Thursday with the second half of the class (they like smaller classes and teacher ratios the first week for kids to get used to it). That was really hard to explain to Kira (and to Eden I hear) why they couldn't go together. But, they were together yesterday and had a wonderful time. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with the time she was gone and was looking foward to some one-on-one with Kaylee. But, the time really seems to go by fast because Kaylee and I barely seem to get anything done then it's time to get Kira. It's really going to be fun for her with all the cool activities and things they have to do at the school. It's a great place.

We had a really fun Labor Day weekend. Kyle actually only had to work a little bit on Saturday so we got some good time with him. What did we do with that time? We shopped for new couches and a BBQ grill. After looking at our OLD stuff that we've had for the last 10 years or so, we decided all the sales justified an upgrade. We got a new leather couch, loveseat and chair for the family room and Kyle got a grill. None of it is actually here yet (should be in the next couple weeks) but we are so excited! It was a nice weekend with the weather and we just really enjoyed spending family time together.

It's crazy to think that the fall/winter holidays are just around the corner. I was talking to Kira about the weather and how it's going to change and that Christmas is coming. I told her she needs to start thinking of what she might like to ask Santa for and that we'd write him a letter (we haven't done it before). She already told me she wants a real, live horse. Hmmm... how do we get out of this one? ;) I told her our yard isn't big enough for a horse. Hope that works, probably not.

I guess that's about all that's new with us lately. Just hanging in there and enjoying the change of seasons.