August

The first thing that happened in August was Olivia getting baptized on the 1st. It was a hard day for me. I can't believe she is that old already. She was a little nervous but very excited. She looked beautiful in her dress. Jeremy baptized and confirmed her. It was a very special day. We gave her a new scripture case with her name embroidered on it and scriptures with her name on them also. That night we took her to Idaho falls to get her ears pierced and for her birthday dinner. She has been waiting a long time for her ears to get done. Shes doing good at taking care of them and can't wait to put new ones in. She was pretty tough and hardly flinched when the lady did them. August 19th was Alexandra's 6th birthday. She wanted a pink cake with a white horse on it. Alex's birthday party was much mellower then Liv's. We just had two of her cousins over. We took her out for her dinner that night and by the time we got home it was too late for cake and icecream because school was the next day. She blew out her candles and went to bed. Kind of hard for Alex having her birthday around the time school starts up again. She couldnt play with her new stuff the next day. The 20th was the 1st day of school. Alex was having a hard time going over to Lincoln and being seperated from Livvy but it will only be until Spud Harvest supposidly. Alex has her best friend in her class and they sit by each other so that made it easier. She also got lost the 1st day on the bus ride home. They put her on the wrong bus and she ended up in Chester. She got home around 4:45. Long day! She was okay with it. Livvy was freaking out more then Alex was. The girls are enjoying school so far. Livvy is in 3rd grade and has Mrs. Peterson for a teacher. Alexandra is in 1st and has Mrs. Hayworth. The 21st through the 23rd we went camping at my Grandpa Clingers place at Canyon Creek. It was nice to get away from every day things. We rode bikes, picked huckleberries and just relaxed. Kirby and his family was up friday and then Nate and my parents come up the next day. Saturday we went with Kirby and his crew to Green Canyon. I had to wash the girls before swimming because they were so dirty. I had two teenagers laughing behind me and they asked if Chantea had been playing in the mud. I looked down at her face and the dirt was just running off her. It was pretty funny. They had fun swimming. Its nice there since its low enough they can actually play and not have to worry about it being over there heads. Sunday we got rained on and the dirt turned to clay. My camper got filthy and everything had to be washed and scrubbed. Oh well it needed it anyways! That is about all for our summer fun. We didnt get away too much but what we did was fun. Its hard to believe that fall is around the corner. I'm not quite ready for snow.