First Day of School 2014

Conni started 1st Grade this morning!

So excited to go!

These two pictures show how social she is.  Right here she is introducing kids to each other and trying to help everyone visit and not be nervous.  

With her cousin (who's also one of her best friends) and a cute photobomber in front.

The parents went to the gym for an orientation meeting while the kids got settled in their classrooms.  Its so cool that my sister and I have our kids going to "our" elementary school! 

 Yes, this was while the principal was talking.  :)

After the orientation meeting we got to go to our students classrooms and get teacher-specific information.

Coloring away while her teacher gives the parents information

Our little family

(I may have already cried a couple times this morning.  Shhh)

Random Pictures

We recently had our back up hard drive die - the one where I had backed up years of pictures.  If I think to hard about it I burst into tears again.  But luckily I had picked a few pics over the years to share here.  This blog has saved me!  So sorry for the overload, but its even more important to me to share here.  These are just some fun random pics over the last few months.

So peaceful.  I love how she still cuddles her blanket I made her!

Such cute cheeks!

Being silly shoe shopping

She's already practicing her selfies!

We planted daisies in our front garden earlier this spring.  They are finally big enough to pick and have in a vase inside!  We were super stoked!

Sunday tradition with Aunt Sarah.  Conni loves doing nails during "girls time"

Conni's American Doll dresses just like Conni does!  Red sparkly shoes and everything.

We had guests over and our visit was running kind of late.  Conni knows her bedtime usually starts around 8:00.  She looked at the clock, got herself ready for bed, and set up a bed in the hall so she could still hear us in the front room.  And she completely fell asleep.  My favorite part about this picture?  She even made sure to read stories and scriptures and say her prayers before she fell asleep.  Atta girl!

At the Aquarium.  My two most favorite people!

Crossing the suspended bridge at the Aquarium

We love penguins!

Conni loves sharks lately.  

Being silly at the Planetarium Gift Shop

She got herself all pretty before we went to family dinner.  (You can't see them all, but she put about a dozen little clips in her hair.)  Such style!

Fairy Tea Party

Grandma Bonnie took Conni and her cousin to a Fairy Tea party at the end of summer.  Conni had a blast being with just her grandma and her cousin!  She got to take her doll with her and get all dressed up fancy.  They were gone for hours and she had so much fun!

Visiting a fairy house

getting ready to make a wish and sprinkle fairy dust

This is my favorite picture!

Thanks Grandma for the fun and the special time spent with Conni!  

Conni's 6th Birthday

My sweet Conni girl is 6 years old!  Here's just a few pics from her birthday week.  I was at girls camp for the first part of the week so it was super crazy!  I have more pictures to post later - these are just the ones from my phone.  

Conni received Legos from her grandparents and had a blast putting them together.

This set is Merida from Brave

Dad's here just in case she needs help

The birthday girl!

Conni requested that we decorate the mirror in the bathroom and hang crepe paper streamers from her door way.  So we did!

For her birthday she received a Goldiblox set.  She loves figuring out these engineering sets and building her own!

Conni requested dinner at Chuck E. Cheese.  She loves playing games!  

I love her determined look!

Playing with even more legos after her birthday.  

Some of Conni's favorites right now are the color purple, cats, legos, playing with friends, crafting, and reading.  She is growing like crazy and healthy as ever.  She loves to be independent and still surprises me with what she can do on her own.  She is great at helping with chores around the house.  She loves to ask how our days went and she has a pretty grown up vocabulary.  She loves to ask why and we try to answer as many of her why questions as we can.  We are so grateful that Conni is part of our family!