Bo's 6th birthday

My little man turned 6 on Wednesday. I can't believe he is that old already.

Happy Birthday Bo! We love you very much!

Raegan's haircut

I got sick of Raegan's snarly hair and her not allowing me to brush it that I decided it was time for a haircut.

Turned out so cute, that Kaylee decided she wanted her's cut off the same way.

Then we had to shave Bo's and Ryan's heads. Now everyone is ready for a new school year.

:)

1st day of school

School started yesterday. My kids were so excited. They were up at 6 am, on their own. They were dressed and had gone out and fed the cat and dog. Then they came and woke me up at 6:30 because they needed breakfast. They both said they had fun at school. It was a nice day at home for me and Raegan. It was so quiet all morning. We picked Ryan up from work and went to lunch to celebrate. Then we came home and Raegan went down for her nap until after the kids got home from school. I might, just might, be able to get the house cleaned and get some other projects done now if every day was like yesterday. :)

This morning was a completely different story though. Kaylee's alarm went off at 6:22. She rolled over and shut it off and rolled back over and went back to sleep. Bo was sure he didn't need to go to school today. He was too tired. It took both me and Ryan to get him up and dressed and going this morning. Maybe he'll decide to go to sleep when we put him to bed next time.

He was the talk of the ward.....again

I don't know what it is about Bo, but he seems to be the talk of our ward quite often.

He went with his Dad on a scout campout on Friday. They went to Meadow Lake. On Saturday morning, they went on a 6 mile hike and he apparently was the pace setter. My husband said it was quite a hike too. He said you went up about 1700 feet in 3 miles so it was pretty steep. Not only was Bo the leader of the pack, he talked non-stop the whole way. Both Ryan and one of the other leaders had to tell them that they had to catch their breath before they could answer his questions. Ryan said that several times, Bo would be so far in front that he would be sitting on the trail waiting for the rest of the group to get there and then would take off again when everyone else sat down to take a break.

At the top of the mountain, there is a book that you can sign. Bo signed his name and age. He was so proud. The funny thing is that my husband couldn't finish the hike because he forgot his anti-inflammatory for his plantar fascitis and had to turn around about half-way up because he couldn't hardly walk anymore. Bo has no problem reminding Ryan that he didn't make it to the top of the mountain.

So we get to church yesterday and we hadn't hardly made it in the door before someone had him stopped and was talking to him about his hike and high-fiving him for finishing it. Several times throughout the day, I heard people make comments about him to other people. When we got home, Ryan said that Bo was the talk of elder's quorum.

I'm so proud of my little man. He will be an awesome scout someday if he keeps it up. He was all about jumping in there with the scouts and helping cook dinner and doing the hike and such.

Nichols Family reunion

This year, we had a Nichols family reunion. It has been probably close to 15 or 16 years since the last one. We rented a lodge on Bills Island on Island Park Reservoir. It was a great place to stay and was right on the water's edge. We went up from July 30 - August 2. There were only a couple of people missing out of the whole family. After so many years, everyone must have been excited to see each other. It was fun to see all my cousins grown up and with kids that looked just like them when we were that age. We had a great time visiting, relaxing, boating, swimming, EATING, EATING, and Eating some more. Here are some pictures taken at the reunion.

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Thank you Nichols family. It was so much fun! Lets not wait so long for the next one.