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Tuesday, August 26, 2008
First day of kindergarten
Cascade lake
She was so tired after all of that, she feel asleep. I had stripped off her wet clothes and I think she rather enjoyed some naked time on the beach!
As you can see, Elise is really trying to sit up on her own.
Foolin around at home
At our four month mark, Lissy is now cutting her first two teeth. We wondered why she was such a slobbery child and found out when these two crooked white teeth popped through in the front bottom. Her eyes remain a "steel" kind of color....not blue, brown or green yet.....so we'll keep watching for what they will end up being. She continues to deal with pretty bad reflux, so we are experimenting with how to ease that for her. We go through at least three outfits a day as she spits up ALL day long. Luckily, this child has been blessed with many clothes! Through it all, we wake up every day feeling like we won the lottery with the children God has given us!
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Gold medals and goodbyes
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!

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