Sydnie Turns One!!!

Wow!
Time just goes by so fast these days. I don't know if its just because I am getting old or that Sydnie was an exceptionally good baby. But I just can't believe my little baby is a year old already. We love our sweet Sydnie so much. She is such a pleasant easy going little girl. She didn't really care too much about this party, but her older sisters sure were excited about it. She of course had more fun playing with her cake than eating it. And once her presents were unwrapped, Kaylee and Brianne started playing with her toys, and Sydnie had fun with the packaging and wrapping paper.

Brianne and Kaylee's first day of school.

Brianne and Kaylee had their first day of school on the same day this year. Kaylee started into second grade, she had me cut her hair off a few days before school started. She looks so grown up. Brianne left later that day for her second year of preschool. They were so excited to wear their new school clothes. They decided to wear the same outfit today, but this year I managed to buy mostly buy different clothes, well at least in different colors.

Kaylee age 7

Kaylee loves the camera. If my camera is out she is always trying to get in front of it. It's never been hard to get her to pose and smile, the trick is to get her to act natural.

Brianne age 4

Here is our Brianne at age 4. She is a little camera shy but when you get her to smile she does a good one.

Photo shoot with the girls

Getting three girls to smile at the same time was tough, but I managed to get a few cute ones. I used photo shop to paste a new head on one of the pictures of Sydnie. See if you can figure out which one it is.

Thornton Family Reunion 2008

This July we had our Thornton family reunion here in Utah. Friday night we had a barbecue at our house and the kids had fun roasting marshmallows and playing in our bounce house. That night all the cousins stayed the night in tents in our back yard. I think they had fun but it was hot so I don't know how much sleep they got. The next day we all met at Mike's house and had breakfast. The kids had fun playing in Mike's fountain. Even Sydnie thought it was great. Later we all headed up to Seven Peaks water park. Kaylee especially liked the lazy river. And we even managed to get the girls to go down the big slides a few times.

Trip to Yellowstone

This July we invited our friends the Moultons to spend the weekend up at Shaun's parents cabin up in Island Park, Idaho. We had a lot of fun riding four wheelers that Nancy and Heath Jackson Brought up. We also had a nice day for playing in the water at Island Park Reservoir. The Next day we got up early and spent the whole day in Yellowstone National Park. We were really lucky to come at a time when almost all of the geysers were erupting. We seemed to time everything just right and come when they were just erupting. Except for Old faithful. We missed that by a few minutes and spent over an hour waiting for the next eruption. The falls were beautiful as usual but some of the best look out spots were under construction.