First Day of School 2008

The first day of school arrived on August 18 for the Little family. With Zachary starting middle school, Claire starting all day kindergarten and Lauren moving into the ranks of 4th grade, I'm feeling a real transition in our lives. My babies are really growing into amazing people! I marvel at the intelligence, confidence and love that shines from each of our kids. Then I realize that who they are is because of the amazing friends, family and faith that surrounds them. God has truly blessed us.

Momentous Day

We have just 5 days until school starts so we're making the most of every day! Today the kids and I went to Cottonwood Heights, a local recreation center for some swimming fun. We'd heard from friends about the amazing Olympic size diving platforms at this pool and we were feeling a little Olympic swimming fever having watched the amazing Michael Phelps so we decided to check it out. It was a bit intimidating when we pulled into the parking lot and saw the ambulance on standby in case of emergency, no kidding! It took all the courage mom had just to watch, but all 3 kids braved the high dives! Even Zach admitted it was a little intimidating, Lauren turned back once, and Claire hesitated up there for an exaggerated pause, but they all conquered their fear and had a blast! Wow, to be a kid- brave and invincible.

Montana Summer

We had a stupendous July. Fun and adventures too numerous to mention them all,but here are a few favorites we wanted to share. We travelled to Helena for our annual month in Montana on June 25th. From there we spent time in both Glacier and Yellowstone National parks, and Zachary jetted off with Grandma Dawn and Old Mike for the trip of his life to Costa Rica. The whole Little clan, "party of 20" joined us for a Glacier Park adventure and we were so thrilled to get to share "our Montana" with them. Throughout the month of July, we hiked, biked, swam, learned to sew with Great Grandma, took tennis lessons and spent lots of time with our family. Grandpa Steve treated us to fun days at the ranch,a trip to the Missouri river, and driving lessons for Lauren and Zachary. With warm days, cool nights and so many good friends and fabulous family members, Montana truly is our favorite place in the world.