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The day before school started the girls got to go and meet their teachers. As we headed in to school they saw Danny Bear (the DDB mascot). They wanted to have a picture with him. I was able to take a picture of both of them. Aren’t they cute?

Elizabeth going into her Kindergarten class.

Today was Elizabeth’s first day of Kindergarten.  She was so excited to go to school.  It was also Nikki’s first day of Second Grade.  We took lots of pictures.  In front of the school, in the cafeteria, and in the classroom.  Elizabeth told me she learned how to walk in the halls.  She enjoyed playing with the puppets.  Nikki said she learned lots of rules.  Both of the girls brought home lots of homework for Mommy and Daddy to fill out.  Elizabeth’s teacher told me she was a big helper today.  Nikki got to ride the bus home today and Elizabeth and I met her at the bus stop.  It seems they both had a good first day of school.

Welcome Home Em and Jaylee

I waited all day long for Emily, Jaylee, and Kevin to arrive.  I spent the day keeping myself busy so I didn’t go stir crazy waiting.  We talked to Kevin when they arrived in Flagstaff, Arizona.  They were heading to Kevin’s house.  Flagstaff is an hour to an hour and a half from Kevin’s house.  We waited around for about 15 minutes and then headed over to Kevin’s.  He lives about 15-20 minutes from my house.

One of the things we did to pass time was to make a Welcome Home sign.  I told the girls it was for when Grammy and Papa came back.  I knew we needed to get there early so we could hang it up.  We got to Kevin’s and immediately Brian told Nikki that Auntie Em was coming.  I was so mad.  We had talked to him earlier in the day about not telling them, because they didn’t know she was coming.   Needless to say I was very unhappy that he spilled the beans.

Some of us played cards to pass the time.  Jason and I hung up the welcome home sign.  I got tired of waiting inside for them to come so I went outside to wait and watch the lightning storm.  I thought I heard the truck and told them to come out.  I didn’t realize it wasn’t them.  I was much more careful the next time I told them they were there.  I waited until I saw the truck.

We were all dancing around in the driveway.  We were so excited to see them all.  Nikki and Elizabeth were so excited they climbed up on the truck to see Auntie Em and Jaylee.  I had to get them out of the way to help Em get down.  She handed Jaylee over to me.  Jaylee immediately started screaming.  Kevin came and took her so she would stop crying.

We went inside the house and Em, Kev, and Jaylee had dinner.  We just visited with them while they ate.  To get Jaylee to like me I danced with her in the kitchen at Kevin’s.  Jaylee finally decided that Aunt Steph wasn’t so bad.  We had to go home so they could get some rest.  It was great seeing them.

On Sunday we went over to Prescott, Arizona.  Which is where Emily and Jaylee are staying.  They are staying with Eric and his family.  We went over to help them move their stuff out of the truck and to have a family dinner together.  It was a nice day.  I took Jaylee with me to the store so she would be out of the way while they were moving furniture.

When we got back I helped Em arrange the room.  We had to move things around a little to get it where she was happy with it.  We had dinner.  Jeff and Erin came for a little while with the baby.  She’s a cutie.  She wasn’t happy so they had to leave early.  When they were leaving Jason saw a rainbow over the mountain.  It was really cool because it looked like the suns rays were coming up from the mountain.  The day was very nice and it was good to get Emily and Jaylee a little more settled in.