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We made it through another summer, phew!  Now it's BACK TO SCHOOL!  3rd grade was one of my favorite years in school, I hope the girls will love it too.  Alyssa has been counting down the days and was super excited for school to start, but Holly, not so much.  Yesterday was back to school night and Holly didn't even go.  I'm excited about their new English teacher, Mrs. Caringella, she seems awesome, but I'm a little worried about their Spanish teacher Sra. Vasquez, she seems a bit aloof and inexperienced.  I hope I'm wrong!  She did tell me that she plans to speak to the kids only in Spanish, which would be an improvement over the past 2 years....we shall see. 





Q was feeling left out

Final Trip of the Summer....Washington

The kids are always begging us to take them to Washington, so we did...


On the drive to Washington we stopped off at
Mount Rainier National Park

We dropped by to surprise Hannah
who is serving in the Tacoma mission

The kids loved picking and Eating blackberries right off the bush

Visited Lake Quinault and explored lots of
waterfalls and massive trees



This was Holly and Tiago's Fort

 

I pulled the kids around in the trailer on my quad

We did a little river tubing

Visited the beach



Built a pretty sweet tree fort

Visited NW Trek and saw some sweet animals

and stopped by Shoshone Falls on the way home

Thank you Willy and Carol for a crazy fun week!