On Saturday, the kids and I ventured downtown to our market to spend time with our friends, Teresa, Jacob and baby Camila. They are leaving for Australia on Monday.
We also got to see our hometown hero, Kristen Armstrong, gold medalist in cycling at the Olympics. She had returned from Bejing and the town presented her with a key to the city and proclaimed April 16th as her day. It was neat to have the kids see an olympic athlete and Kristen was a friend from college years ago, so I was proud to stand in the crowd cheering for her. We made it to the ceremony, barely, on our bikes. Yes, I was crazy enough to attempt taking two boys on their own bikes, and one four month old in a seat on the back of my bike.....downtown, by myself. What I soon discovered is that when I needed help, strangers stepped up. One man offered to take our picture down at the rally. Two women ran to Alex's side when he got stuck right off the sidewalk and didn't follow Tanner and I across a busy downtown street. Later that night, I heard him pray, "thank you God for sending those angels who told the ladies to help me".
The boys love the fountain with friends, Javi, Jacob and Josiah. As you can see they were very sweaty from our 95 degree weather!
What a beautiful day to start kindergarten! Tanner was super excited to go and explore his classroom, meet his teacher and use his new backpack! What a difference a year makes! We kept Tanner out of school last year and are so happy about that decision as he is so much more confident and at ease with being on his own. 
His teacher had a scavenger hunt for all the kids to explore cubbies, bulletin boards, the reading centers ect. Tanner loved checking of the tasks on his paper. The last task said, "give your mom and dad a kiss goodbye". I held off reading that one to him until the very last minute. It appeared much easier for him to say goodbye than me!! What a big boy he has become. 
