Come and Gone

September has somehow come and gone. School has been in for over a month now and all is well there. No one signed up to be Matayia's room mother so I became it by default. This is a new thing for me but hopefully it will be a good experience, Matayia says she is looking forward to me coming to her class so I better take advantage of that while I can.




The month started off with a really cold camping trip for Labor Day with the whole Anderson family. Yes, it was cold but I don't think that the kids even noticed. Matayia and Kaitlyn always seem to have fun with their cousins. Kaitlyn and Bryn are becoming great friends they are so cute together. The trip was great for us in our trailer we are always looking for another excuse to take it out. But those without a trailer (everyone else) were definitely frustrated by the toilet and water situation,(they worked off and on)I was once again glad to have a trailer!

We always thought when we had kids that we would spend more time at home, but that has never happened. A few days after we got home from camping Greg and I headed off to Seattle. Greg is a die hard BYU fan and we followed them to Washington to show our support. The game was great, I even had a good time. But it always helps when you favorite team wins in a tight game, The final score was 27 to 28 with BYU winning. We are always looking for a good excuse to get back to Seattle(Greg served his mission there)and the game was a great excuse.






After the eventful game we spent a few days out on Whidbey Island. We had never been to this island before, and we were not disappointed, it was beautiful. I think we were the only people visiting or living on the island that were under 55, it was a little funny. We came onto the island by driving over deception pass and after two great days together we left the island by ferry. We decided we need to figure out how we can be on vacation for the rest of our lives because we always have so much fun together. We missed our girls and at times wished they were there, but knew they were having a great time with Aunt Melissa!



Seattle is such a fun place to visit, I always enjoy Pike's Market. I can't seem to go to Seattle without going there each time. I love the beautiful, beautiful flowers I always want to buy some but, can't quite figure out how to get them home, So every time I just look.




Everything there is so pleasing to the eye, all the fresh fruits and vegetables, homemade knick knacks and even the fish. You can never leave Seattle without enjoying Pike's Market and eating a few bowls of clam chowder.







The month of September also brought another first for Kaitlyn, her first day of DANCE! She has been begging to go to dance for a long time. Whenever Matayia left for dance Kaitlyn would cry and want to go with her, so we decided to try it.
On her first day she was so excited to go, but when we got there that changed real fast. The crying started immediately, but her teacher was so patient with her. It has taken us three weeks to get her to go without crying, but finally today she ran in the door and yelled good-bye. I was so happy to see when I came back to get her she has a had a good time even without me!




Summer is almost over and all the neighbor kids are trting to take advantage of the good weather while it is still here. There are always kids outside playing and Kaitlyn wants to be out there all of the time. It is painful for Matayia to do her homework when she gets home from school because all she wants to do is be "outside playing with her friends" We are very thankful for the neighbor kids, they are such good little friends!!

First Day of School

Once again it is time to go back to school, Although I am not old enough to have a first grader Matayia has some how ended up there. All summer long I tried to talk her into just staying in kindergarten so that she could stay home and play with me, but she never agreed. We had a great time doing a little school shopping this summer in Park City. We decided to make it a girls weekend, with Val, Jacie and Bryn. We stayed at the Homestead in Heber, it was an eventful night that ended with milkshakes for dinner!!

All summer long Kaitlyn was sure that she was also going to be going back to school in the fall. Whenever Matayia proudly told people that she was going to school Kaitlyn always added that she was going to school too. We tried to tell her that she could go to school when she turned 5 but she didn't seem to understand.

The first day of school came and Matayia was so excited to get up and get going, and so was Kaitlyn. She got up and put some of her new school clothes on, and so did Kaitlyn. When it was time to go We went out back to take pictures of her on her first day of school, and of coarse so did Kaitlyn. I could tell then that this was going to end bad. As we got in the car to go to school Kaitlyn of coarse slipped on her backpack and jumped in.

We went around back to find the dot with Matayia's teachers name on it. The line was already forming with eager little first graders. We did not add one little girl to it but you guessed it two. I have to say Kaitlyn looked so proud standing in that line and Matayia did look a little nervous. As the class walked down the hall to find their new classroom Kaitlyn eagerly followed right in line.



Why I did not put a stop to this then I don't know, deep down at this point I thought it was a little cute. As the kids filed into the classroom looking for the cubbies to put their backpacks, Kaitlyn became a little worried, I lost sight of her for a moment only to find her with her backpack off looking for her cubby. I knew then we better make a quick exit before, this became a big scene. I quickly picked her up told Matayia good bye and ran for the door. Kaitlyn was so confused, but thankfully there was not a big scene. It has been so fun to have some alone time with Kaitlyn while Matayia is at school. It reminds me of the summer before Kaitlyn was born, I finally stopped working and had a great summer with just Maytayia. Kaitlyn wants so much to big, and I really want her to stay little. Hopefully we can have some great "alone" moments. But either way Matayia is back to school!