Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

I remember seeing a commercial when I was younger where parents were running happily through the store throwing school supplies into a shopping cart and this song was playing in the background. I always thought it was a bit mean and I wondered if that's how my parents felt about school starting. Well, now that I am a parent, I fully understand the beauty of this song. I do love Maddie and we a FANTASTIC summer but I know that Maddie was more excited for school to start that I was. She loves structure and routine and we didn't have much of that at our house this summer. Maddie is now in 1st grade and she is no longer the minority in her class. I only mention that because Maddie mentioned it to me. "Hey mom, look at all the kids, they look just like me, well except for one." She is also excited about her teacher, Amy Roberts. Maddie thinks it is great because my maiden name is Amy Robertson. Maddie chuckles every time she talks about it. She finds joy in the simple things. Maddie had a great first day at school and she came home and told me that for lunch she ate the best macaroni and cheese ever. I am assuming that it was the best ever because she was starving. I couldn't get her to eat breakfast before heading out the door.....she was just too excited to eat.

Our day at Gateway

Grandma and Grandpa decided that it would be fun for all the cousins to ride the Front Runner to Salt Lake, eat lunch, and run through the fountains at Gateway. Since we really miss the fountains at Stony Point, we decided to join the family on the outing. Please forgive me for all the pictures. There were so many cute ones I just couldn't decide so I posted them all.

Here we are waiting patiently for the train

Parker didn't enjoy the day like the rest of us did.

I think he felt bad that I didn't take his suit. SILLY ME!!

Maddie and her cousins having a wonderful time!!

This is Lauren's new tiger swimsuit.

She LOVES tigers!!!


The BIG water show




Lauren dancing with her cousin Isaac...TOO CUTE!!

and yes, Jeff was there too....he just takes all the picures.

Maybe next time we will get one of him....

Allreds At Night

The other night we went to our Primary swim party and had a wonderful time. When we got home we were all a bit silly so the girls decided to ride their bikes in their swimsuits and do some tricks. We had such a great time we had to capture it all on the camera. We like to show various emotions on our faces.....we get a kick out of it and the girls laugh for hours!!! We look forward to when Parker is old enough to join in.

The girls doing bike tricks

Our "emotion faces"

Happy Face

Surprised Face

Scared Face

Mad Face (my personal favorite)

Sad Face

Fishy Face

Silly Face

What Happens When....

Have you ever wondered what happens when you leave a bored

6 year old alone with a box of band-aids???

This is what happens....

Have you ever wondered what happens when you leave a curious

3 year 0ld alone with a brand new bottle of powder???

This is what happens...

Have you ever wondered what happens when a 20 pound

6 month old poops while sitting up and then falls backwards???

This is what happens...