Vancouver

Last weekend, Scott and I took a quick trip to Vancouver, BC for a few kid free days. We have wanted to visit Vancouver since we lived in SLC and enjoyed exploring the city. The highlight for me was the 5 hour bike tour around Stanley Park and False Creek with a stop at The Market on Granville Island. Scott would undoubtedly vote for the Pearl Jam concert on Sunday night, which was part of the reason we chose Vancouver for this trip.

The Canada Place (downtown)

Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge

View of downtown from North Vancouver (via sea bus)

Bike tour stop on Granville Island

Olympic Cauldron

View of Grouse Mountain from Coal Harbor (downtown)

Hat Parade

Last Friday we were treated to a Hat Parade by the three Trailwood Kindergarten classes. The kids each designed their own hat. The parade route progressed down the hall weaving through each classroom. Sammy, as always, was very excited to see her brother and insisted on following Andy's class through the school.

Jennifer and Kourt's Wedding

Mr. and Mrs. Kaminski!

Over the weekend, we made the detoured trip to Omaha for Jennifer and Kourt's wedding. It was a beautiful wedding and the kids had a great time dancing at the reception!

The wedding party: Jack and Olivia

Blowing bubbles for the bride and groom:

Giggles with Grandma

Dancing

Dancing

and more dancing!

Sammy "catching" the bouquet:

More dancing!

Dancing with the bride:

First Day of Preschool

Last week Sammy started Preschool at Rolling Hills. She was very excited to use her new Hello Kitty lunch box from her California cousins! They are learning the color red and all the kids were asked to wear red. Initially, she wasn't very excited about her outfit since it wasn't a dress or pink.

Star Student Project

This weekend we completed our first homework project. And so it begins...

New House!

This week we said goodbye to the blue and hello to Johnson County Beige. Over the last 4 days, we had our house painted. It will take me awhile to get use to calling it the brown house on the corner instead of blue. I will miss the blue, but the new color looks good, even if it's a bit on the boring, conservative side.

The First Day of Kindergarten

Today, Andy started Kindergarten! He seemed completely unfazed by the whole experience and I think he was a little perplexed as to why it was a big deal to Scott and I. He did enjoy having both parents take him to school. At pickup time, he was pretty excited about his day. Some of the highlights included an art project, 5 "gotcha" cards for good behavior, 3(!) recesses, and eating his first school lunch with his 6th grade buddy. This evening he did admit that he was a little nervous this morning, but only because there was so many things in his new classroom (it is packed). Not to worry, he quickly realized that all those things look like fun!