Happy Birthday Eden Ann!

This summer we did not have any trouble remembering the date of the first day of school....Eden's Birthday. 

Eden off to First Grade.  Happy Birthday!

Today my first baby turns 7 years young, and her and I walked off to 1st grade with a Dora backpack stuffed with school supplies, crackers for the classroom snack cupboard, boxes of tissues for the snuffly months and a bag of birthday goodies to share with her friends, new and old.  She is sitting next to one of the new kids in town and so I told her to introduce herself and make him feel welcome.  She said, "Welcome to what?  I've never even been here before!"  So true...

1st grade has 20 kids in both classrooms, so a big class for here.  I know she will love it.  Lars doesn't miss her yet, but I've only been home 10 minutes and he doesn't yet know that.

In the meantime, Meegan and Zak and McKenzie are still having a great time hanging out in Nebraska with us, and seeing the sights.  We have climbed everything in sight and then some, going to Wyoming yesterday to Ft. Laramie, Register Cliff (which Zak scaled in no time at all), and The Oregon Trail Ruts, which go on forever it seems (I bet the pioneers thought that too, actually), and picnicking at Whipple Park in Lingle.

Today we are getting ready for a Princess B-day party with friends and family and enjoying the last full day of fun with my sister and the teenagers.  Tomorrow will be a sad good-bye and I'll consider fall just around the corner...