Congrats Tiffany!!

Jason's sister Tiffany was inducted into the BYU Sports Hall of Fame. We are so proud of her, it is a huge honor. I was surprised when I arrived and saw the number of past inductees, it helped me realize just how big of an honor it was. We were able to take Kelsie and Brinlee with us to the dinner and ceremony (Rachel had a special dance thing and couldn't come). Tiffany lived with us for awhile when she was going to BYU and even after she moved out, still managed to come back to do laundry and eat. So the girls remember going to lots of track meets and watching her on TV.

Crazy Acrobats!!

Look at these kids!! I think they liked the Olympics a little to much, they all think they are gymnasts. Luckily I only saw the pictures and wasn't outside when they were doing it.

Soccer Mania!!

August and September are full of soccer, soccer and more soccer at our house!!

We had four kids playing this year. Rachel took 2nd in the city wide tournament (she had to go straight to dance after the game so no pictures of her with the trophy). Brinlee, Austin and Katelyn are on learning leagues for their ages, they all love to play.

Grandpa and Grandma Washington, Aunt Jamie and Christine took them to the first few games while we were on our trip. After that it was soccer every Saturday and Tuesdays, we only had one Saturday that all three games ended up being at the same time. Although everyone loved playing, mom was really ready for the season to be over!!

Kelsie learned to drive!!

It was a scary glimpse into the future!! It was only a four-wheeler but by the time she got comfortable with driving she was bookin' it. That was the highlight of the Labor Day weekend at Grandpa Lott's for Kelsie. Rachel started learning as well, but Kelsie didn't give her much time to practice. The rest of the kids enjoyed driving the small battery operated jeeps, they know that Grandpa will have them charged and ready as soon as they get there. We had a great weekend, even taking pictures of the whole Lott clan wasn't so bad. The kids are already asking when we are going again.









As we were waiting for our turn for pictures the girls started playing with the camera and learned a great lesson on depth perception. This one had everyone laughing.



Kelsie had a great idea to have the kids peek out from the trees, I loved how it turned out. The photographer liked the idea so much, she had all the other families do it as well.

Katelyn lost her first tooth!

Katelyn was so excited and nervous when she realized her tooth was loose. She didn't want anyone to touch it and it got really, really loose. While she was eating her dinner she realized something was missing, she had swallowed her tooth. She was thrilled!! We wrote a note to the tooth fairy and luckily she didn't hold it against Katelyn. She carried her dollar around with her for days and put it in her backpack so she could take it to school. Austin was a little jealous and is anxiously waiting for his first loose tooth.

Preschool Boy!

Kyle's first day of preschool went so good! I was a little nervous, but his teacher, Miss Jen, said he did great. He liked PE the best, but that didn't surprise me. He did great for the first two weeks, then the school had a fire alarm and it scared him. He goes to preschool at the elementary school with his brother and sisters and it was a little chaotic and he got scared. They called me to pick him up and it hasn't gone well since. We have some ideas to help in the next few weeks and we'll see if it gets better. He loved it the first two weeks and I want him to be comfortable to go back and have fun again.

Kindergarten Here We Come!

The twins didn't think it was fair that they started school a week later than everybody and were so ready to start today! They loved kindergarten!! There teacher is Mrs. Richey and they thought she was great. Both of them said that recess was there favorite part, at no surprise to me. I am so glad they are in the same class and get to tackle this new adventure together.