We Miss You MARA!!!!

One year ago, yesterday, Sweet little Mara Adams passed away. She is so missed!!! Her family held a Family Home Evening in her honor on Monday. It was a very sweet night, after a few songs and a brief message from her parents we had a balloon release in her honor. I will always remember, right when we moved into our ward, we sat behind this little girl with the most beautiful curls and an adorable face. It was Mara, she was so cute! I miss Mara. Even though I didn't get to see her on a daily basis, it was always a joy to see her at church and witness her sweet spirit.

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September?????

Wow, I can't believe that we are already this far into September!!!! I figured I better get a post in quick or it might be Christmas before I did.

First Day of School!!!

It was a big first day of school around the Jessee House. Noah started Kindergarten. So far he is doing very well. (I'm kind of shocked how well he is doing, actually.) Since he started, he is so funny because he is totally health conscious. He always wants to eat "healthy food" so anytime I make him something to eat he asks if every part of it is healthy. "Is cream cheese healthy? Is Jelly Healthy? Are Bagels healthy?" and so on and so forth. He is also very concerned about being a "good boy." I don't know what they are teaching at this school, but I know I like it!

Lucy's first day was not quite as exciting, but she was still thrilled! She has the same teacher and basically the same class as last year. She is in a 3rd/4th split class and she has been with the same basic group of kids since she was in 1st grade. It is such a great class and I couldn't be more thrilled that she gets to be in it.

Nicholas had a big first day of MIDDLE SCHOOL! Yes, you read that right, Nicholas is in Middle school. I can't believe it! He seems to be adjusting pretty well and after his 3rd schedule change seems to be getting into a groove. Go NIKO!!!

Go Cougs???????

For the past several years the Washington State Cougars have played a "home" game at Qwest field. We went this year, and unfortunately, the cougs were a little less than stellar. They were quite pathetic actually. But that didn't stop Lucy from cheering!

And it didn't stop Brooklyn from eating all the popcorn. : )

Go Sounders!!!!

We have been loving our Sounders tickets this Summer. Due to a scheduling conflict, Billy was not able to go the game last Saturday (he had to go to soccer pictures with Noah and Lucy because he is coaching both their teams), I got to take Niko and 2 of his buddies to the game. We had a lot of fun! Here they are singing their hearts out to the National Anthem.

And here they are enjoying their half time treats. Is 6 cookies each too many????

Play Date/Photo Shoot

Last week, Brooklyn's friend Dallis came to play for a little while. These 2 girls are hilarious together!!! I figured it was a good time to play with my camera a little bit, (how could I resist such cute models???) These are the unedited versions. If I get a chance, I will try to post some that i've played with in Photoshop.

My Little Ballerina

This summer, Lucy participated in a dance camp. It was mondays and wednesdays, from 9am-5pm, for 3 weeks. At the end of the camp the dancers got to perform in Snow White and the 7 Dwarves ballet. Lucy was cast as a villager, a sunbeam, and one of the dwarves. This is the opening number where she is a villager. It was a lot of fun to watch and Lucy did a great job. (This is actually the dress rehearsal because the performance was on the same day that we flew to Cancun.)