Yipee!  School started.  I have a 1st grader and a Kindergardener.  It's so wonderful to have them busily engaged with other kids their own age during the day.  I didn't cry.  They started at a charter school and I think it's going to be really great.  They focus on in-depth learning instead of breadth and they have the kids do and redo their work until it is their best work possible.

Dalton loves his binky

Luke has such an awesome sense of style.  But if you mention
anything like that to him, he'll never wear it again. Luke doesn't like attention.

Jane practicing her ballet moves.  She want to be the "best ballerina".  I told
her she's going to have to practice a lot.  So she does.

I have some of the cutest kids.  They make me smile every day.
Not the whole day, but every day.

Our latest family self-timer picture.  Not bad.  Glad I'm
sealed to them for eternity.

Summer part 2

The annual Coccio reunion was a blast.  Here are the 3 sisters and they even got a cake with their picture on it.  My Grandma is on the left and I've been working on that itialian family history line.  It would be helpful if I knew Italian :)

Dalton spends a lot of time like this.  If we leave the back door open, he climbs up here and
does who knows what for a long time.

Bear Lake.  A really great place for families.  The perfect beach!  

Adam's family moved to Parowan and bought and started a dairy.  It is AWESOME!  I went to work one day with them and helped deliver this calf.  It was really messy.  And really cool to be there. And so great that his family is closer. Yeah!

We had an amazing summer

We had so much fun this summer.  We crammed it with lots of fun activities.  And lots of at-home stuff.  And a little vacationing and a few birthdays.

Here we are at the zoo with the coolest face painting I've ever seen.
Leopard,  Elephant, peacock, polar bear, butterly.    

Dalton got his first haircut.  I just couldn't wait any longer.  We almost made it to his first birthday.  It looks lighter now that it's been cut.

My mom came and she was a super good sport when I suggest we cut apart
this feather bed to make 10 hugh down pillows.  The pillows are awesome.  There
were feathers everywhere!

Dalton's 1st birthday!

We celebrated Dalton's birthday Whittle-style. We had mac-n-cheese and banana muffins since bananas are his favorite food.  Dalton is the funniest little guy.  He has lots of tricks to do.  He changes it up all the time.  Right now when you say "trick" he sticks out his tongue.  We went to the dr. and he was in the 19lbs so in the 9th percentile.  He is my smallest baby.  And so funny and cute.  He's finally learning to walk.  At 14 months now.  And . . . sometimes we call him toothless.  Since he still has no pearly whites.