School Starts

School started on Sept. 6th this year.  The kids were very excited for a new school year to start. Brooke and Kennady were especially excited because they get to go to the brand new elementary school less than 1 mile away from our house.  I was excited for all of them because they lucked out and ended up with all the teachers I wanted them to have this year. 

Tyler is in 5th grade and has Mrs. Miles for his teacher.

Brooke is in 3rd grade and has Mrs. Jensen for her teacher.

Kennady started Kindergarten and has Mrs. Beus for her teacher.

Kennady on her first day with Mrs. Beus.  She is going to have an awesome year! Kennady was a little bit nervous and timid at first but soon found out how much fun Kindergarten really is.

Brooke and Kennady standing outside of their new school.

August happenings

Our Zachy man is growing up way to fast. Lately he loves stomping around in shoes and climbing over and under anything he can. It is a rare occasion when he snuggles up with you and falls asleep like he did with Jake.

This summer our neighborhood had a party, complete with a dunk tank, delicious food, bounce houses and even an airplane candy drop. We couldn't have asked for a better community to be a part of.

We spent a weekend in Idaho and my sister, her friend, and her friends' pet skunk(yes I said skunk) stopped by my parent's house. She had found it as baby and had it descented. We couldn't pass up the chance to be able to hold an animal that we were all scared of. It was a pretty intense moment for all of us.




While at my parent's house the cousins spent their time outside building a house for my mom's cat. They put so much time and effort into this little house I just had to get a picture! So Cute!!
By August our new grass had just grown in enough for the kids to set up the swimming pool and have some summer fun!

First camping trip....in our new trailer!

Ever since our move to Afton, Jake and I have been wanting to get a camping trailer. We love the outdoors and there are so many wonderful places close to home to go camping. We got a trailer a day before Jake was scheduled to work a locumes shift in Cody, Wyoming for a few days. The kids and I ended up going with him and camping at the local KOA in Cody. I had never been camping in a trailer, let alone at a KOA. We had so much fun. Every morning there was free pancakes and every afternoon we went swimming at the pool. There were bicycles that Tyler and Brooke loved riding around while Kennady and Zach played on the playground. There was even a craft time for kids, the list of fun activities goes on and on. We are looking forward to next summer and the many weekends camping that we will enjoy as a family.

After months of leveling dirt, raking rocks and watering we finally got our yard done. Thankfully we have a very generous neighbor who let us borrow their tractor to speed up the process. We are hopeful that this next spring our grass will come in a lot thicker but we are still happy with how it turned out.

Although we were busy putting in our yard this spring/summer, we managed to sneak in a little bit of summer fun with our good friends the Madsens . A couple of times, Jeff and Jake treated us to awesome dutch oven cookouts. We also planned a trip to Park City in August to do a little bit of school shopping and "sight seeing". We shared a two bedroom suite at the Marriott Mountain Side Resort. We went swimming every night, played games, and went on the Alpine slide.

During our cookouts the kids loved playing with the Madsens pet rabbits.

The kids waiting patiently for their carmel apples

Riding the tram up to do the Alpine slide

Davis Family Reunion

In July we camped at Indian Springs by American Falls this year for the Davis reunion. It was a nice campground with bathrooms, a pool and playground. The kids had a lot of fun playing with cousins and swimming.

The kids did pretty good at their first egg toss competition.

Tyler was the lucky one chosen to represent the Tanner family in the pie eating contest. He chose a chocolate pudding pie and was such a good sport about it and represented the Tanner clan well.

Green River Lakes

Jake took Tyler and Brooke on a camping trip to Green River Lakes on July 8-11. They had so much fun fishing and hiking.