Tierney First Day of Kindergarten

Tierney started kindergarten today. Surprisingly I didn't cry when I left the school. She was excited and nervous. Last night she informed us that she didn't want to go to school all day even though last year she wanted to and we never caved. She was up at 6:30 this morning asking when it was time to leave! After she got dressed and I did her hair she had to put on some lip gloss and then went to the mirror to check herself over. She then proudly stated "wow I look great". Marshall and I were dying. Her preschool teacher from last year was in her room this morning so I think that helped. She was ready to stay once we were there... I can't wait to hear how her first day went! I had to plan a busy day for myself to try not to worry about her all day. Luckily she got several kids in her class that she knows! I just can't believe our baby is in school all day. I am not sure where the past five years have gone!

Tay first day of Fifth Grade

Tay officially started middle school yesterday. In New Hampton fifth grade through eigth grade is middle school. She was not ready to go back. Tay likes to sleep in way to much to get up by seven for school. We had an orientation with her in the morning and then got to check out her locker and her homeroom. She will now switch classes for every class and won't have the same kids in each class. When she came home she seemed to like all of the teachers she met with yesterday so that is a plus. Today they get to go swimming so hopefully that will help her be a little more excited about school! I think this is the first year that she has seemed to care about what she wears to school!

Summer

Wow where did the summer go? It seems like it flew by this year. Tay's last day of vacation was Monday and Tierney's was yesterday. We spent the last week going to the aquatic center in Cedar Falls, having friends over, and going to Adventureland. Yesterday was Tay's first day of school but Tierney doesn't start until today. So she got to go to the park and play at McDonalds. I just cannot believe how fast it went. Here our some pictures of Adventureland. We went with my parents, Nate, and Hailey. It was really hot but the girls had a blast!

Uncle Nate's Birthday

Tierney, Nate, Tay, Hailey
Marshall and Tay fishing

Tay with one of the many fish she caught.

Hailey, Tierney, Nana

We went to my parents' house on Sunday to celebrate Nate's birthday. We went for pizza and then went back to their house where the kids fished and went in the paddle boat. Tay caught more fish than anyone and had to rub it in to Uncle Nate!

Water Park

We took the girls to the water park in Waterloo on Friday. We thought we were going to get rained out but it ended up being a perfect day. Not a lot of people were there and we didn't have to wait for any of the slides. Tierney was even able to go on a lot of different slides as long as one of us went with her. We were the first people in line when they opened up and didn't leave until they closed. It was a perfect day.

Fourth of July

Ethin and Tierney with sparklers
Hailey with her sparkler

Tay with her sparklers

Tierney with her sparkler

The plan was to tailgate in Spillville yesterday before the fireworks but we had a change of plans due to the rain. We ended up going to Marshall's parents' and grilling there with his family. Then we headed to Spillville when the rain let up. We were lucky enough to get a spot by my brother. All the kids got to do sparklers and poppers before the fireworks. Luckily there was only a very light sprinkle during the fireworks.

Softball 2010

I can't believe that the softball season is over. We had our last game on Wednesday night and won both. Overall our team did very well we only lost three games and won thirteen. It was a really fun season. A lot of girls that couldn't get any hits at the beginning of the year were hitting at the last couple of games. I think Marshall had more fun coaching that he thought it would be and we didn't kill each other coaching together!