First Day of School

It's here!!! Kyler's first day of school, first day of first grade, Monday Aug 25. Oh the excitement in the air! He has been counting down the days for school to start since school got out for summer. He is most excited about being at school all day, two recesses and of course eating lunch at school. We decided that he would bring lunch four days a week and then choose which day he would like to eat school lunch. His teacher is Mrs. Wansgaard. She set up times to met each of her students one on one last week in the classroom so the kids would feel better on the first day of school. It is really exciting to see Kyler getting bigger and older and all the new things he gets to do.

Broken Arm

It was bound to happen sometime. With three very active boys it seemed inevitable. A broken arm is what I am talking about. Last wednesday, Nathaniel was jumping on the trampoline, by just saying trampoline that may explain it all. The funny thing is he was jumping near the center and came down while is arm twisted "by itself" (Nathaniel's words). He didn't hit the bars or springs, just his own body weight and gravity. I was right there and watched it happened. To me it looked like a regular landing and couldn't understand why he was crying so badly and so loud. I went to comfort him and there I saw it, a dip in his arm, undeniably a broken bone. I felt awful, of course he had plenty of reason to cry. Nathaniel was very brave and strong at the hospital. The nurses were so surprised that he was just laying there and wasn't complaining or crying. Probably because it was 8 pm and he was very tired. He is doing good now and is back to playing, just needs to be careful.

Nick Jumping

Here is a video of Nick jumping out of the tree swing.

Haroldsen Reunion

This past weekend Aug 8-10 was the Haroldsen Family reunion. It was held in a cabin in Oxford Idaho, near Preston. Only about half of the families were able to make it this year. It's always good to get families together to visit and play and of course eat yummy food. We went to a tree swing nearby which gave all who dared to ride an exciting thrill. Nick did a back flip out of the swing landing safely, luckily. Cousin Jonathan started collecting grasshoppers in an empty two litter pop bottle. Soon all the cousins were in on the collecting trying to get the bottle filled. By the end of the reunion the bottle was half filled, quite an accomplishment. But what do you do with a pop bottle filled with mostly dead grasshoppers? Well, you shoot it off a bottle rocket and send the bugs flying everywhere! Definitely a boys activity.

boating

Our good friends Aaron and Chelsea Rich invited us to go boating with them. As always the boys had a blast. It had been awhile since Nick has been waterskiing. He did great and even went wake boarding for the first time. Kyler and Nathaniel each had their own turn riding the tube with dad. I stayed safe in the boat with Logan.

Camping

We finally got a camping trip in. We went for the July 24 holiday. The boys had a great time exploring the woods and the small creek near our camp site. It took all of two minutes before they were covered in dirt, a boys dream! We even went hiking to a nearby waterfall. At the end of our camping we were all packed up just barely pulling out when the boys were crying that they already missed camping.