First day of School! Backyard mud!

I cannot believe that school has already started here in St. George. I remember always starting school the last week of August when I was growing up. Oaklyn started on August 11th. It snuck up on us, and I can't believe that she is already in second grade! Her teacher is Mrs. Read, and she says she is very nice. Here are a few pictures from the first day of school. She wanted her hair braided...which it doesn't fit very well since her hair is so thin, but I wanted her to be excited about it, so we did our best. I love her poses in the pictures!

Our backyard is one big mud pit right now since we took down an above the ground pool that we had back there for summer. When the water spurted throughout the yard, Oaklyn and her friend Bailey had a blast playing in the mud. They played out there for hours! It was so cute. Oaklyn doesn't mind getting dirty one bit!

As you can see in the picture below, Dan has the line drawn around the tramp with spray paint...we will be putting this tramp in the ground in the next couple of weeks. Connelly was having a blast posing for the camera too.

And of course, little Londyn has to join the mud fun. Her face has been constantly dirty this summer since all she wants to do is go out and play in the back yard...which is full of dirt and mud. Hopefully the dirt will all be covered up in the next few weeks with grass and rocks!

Here is the official "before" picture of the back yard! We have a LOT of work to do.