1st Grade Photo

Is this not the cutest little first grader you've ever seen???? I love this girl!! I am so pleased with the way these pictures turned out!

First Day Of First Grade

  Well the first day of school was actually a month ago so I decided that I should probably make a post about it. I'm probably going to say this every year but I can't believe that my little girl is already in first grade!! We practiced reading and writing all summer so that she could be more prepared for school. It was amazing to see how much of a difference there was in her reading skills at the end of the summer.

"Mom don't take my picture I'm eating!"

1st day of school hair

Backpack pose. So cute!

Ready to go!

In front of the school

Kennadee & Mrs. Stewart

I came and had lunch with her for her first day.

Cute girl!!! 

Well hopefully we have a succesful year of school. I can't believe she's growing up so quickly!!  I Love this girl so much!!!

 

Pontoon Boat

One of the days we were in Michigan we rented a Pontoon Boat and went up and down the Channel that connects Lake Michigan to some of the smaller lakes. We even went out onto the edge of Lake Michigan but with a pontoon boat we weren't allowed to go out very far on the lake. We had such a good time though!

 Lee driving the boat

 Russell chillin' 

 Kennadee loved pretending to surf. It was so cute!

 Helping Daddy drive the boat

 It took a lot of convincing to get Kennadee to get into the water.

 Once Becky came up with the ingenious idea to wrap the orange lifejackets around their waists to use as a floatie Kennadee loved being out there.

 The girls put their swim coverups over their life jackets it was so funny!

 Becky and Lee fell asleep for quite awhile.

We had such a blast on the boat. It was so fun!! 

Camping at Lake Michigan/ 4th of July!

      The 3rd of July we headed up to Michigan from Nauvoo. We got there in the evening met up with Lee so he could take us to the campsite where Dan, Heather, Becky, Matthew, & Katelynn were waiting for us (Stanley stayed home with his grandparents) When we got there Russell and Becky set to getting a campfire going so that we could make dinner. We ate and hung around and chatted around the fire and then we went to bed. I didn't get out my camera until the next day.

 Kennadee and Katelynn became fast friends

 Russell making us some tasty Breakfast

 The girls playing in the tent

    After we got camp cleaned up we picked up Stanley and then we went to the beach at Lake Michigan. Let me just start out by saying that Lake Michigan is HUGE!!!! You can't even see the other side from where we were. It was so gorgeous! The sand was soft and pretty, the water was really clear and cold, it was amazing!! Kennadee is such a beach girl. She loves to play in the sand and get in the shallow part of the water. She had a blast. This beach is a Resident's only beach so it wasn't too horribly crowded given that it was the 4th of July and all. 

   Lee wanted to dig a big hole that would fill up when the tide came in.

 Dan decided to bury Katelynn. She loved it!

 After he was done burying Katelynn they buried Heather.

 Matthew and Stanley helping Lee dig the hole.

It was altogether a blast! We loved the water. 

That night we went to Lee's Aunt & Uncles house where we had a weenie roast with lots of other yummy food and then we watched the fireworks on their private beach in their backyard. It was so gorgeous! Unfortunately I forgot my camera so I don't have any pictures of that night.