Summer catch up

Here are a few more pics from our summer activities...

The kids went back to school. Bella started 1st grade, Nick is in 4th grade. I'm so excited to have them both in school all day, and not have to worry about that silly half-day kindergarten business. Thanks for the sleep! :-)

Bella really wanted to go to the aquarium, so as a back to school treat, we took a little trip up there. Here's a nice old turtle.

....and the big fish tank. The shark are awesome.

We loved the penguins!

Bella got a little wet after talking herself into trying to touch the sting rays.

Checking out the penguins a little more, and I think the penguins were checking out the kids a bit, too.

Here they are, trying to touch the sting ray. I don't think either one actually touched one, whenever they got close enough, they'd freak out a little :-)

Don't let the look on Nick's face fool you, they really had a good time. Nick was just practicing his mean look for football season.

I love the end of summer, the beautiful weather and amazing sunsets. Here are a few cool picks taken from our yard.

This was a really cool sunset, it lasted a long time and kept turning these beautiful orange, yellow, red and pink colors. I was happy to catch a few shots. Can't wait to see some cool fall pics. I love the canyons when the colors start to change!