This past weekend we went to Sioux City for my side family reunion. We haven't had one since 1991! So it was nice to see everybody again. We left town about 1pm on Friday. We did some shopping Friday afternoon because 1st grade starts in 3 days!!!!!!! I can't believe she is going to be in the first grade but we will get back to that later! Saturday we went to the reunion with the lovely heat index of 115! UGH! So we spent about 3 hours there and went back to the hotel with the pool! 115 is a lot more bearable when you are in the pool! Sunday we went and had Abby's pictures taken for ther 6th birthday(which I also can't believe is coming up!) They turned out so cute. I can't wait to get them back. I found a cute speghetti strap haiwaiian slip dress with matching flip flops. We also left all her hair down which we normally don't do.

So anyway, Tuesday night we go to meet her teacher and see her classroom and Wednesday she starts school! I can't believe summer is almost over and that I am the mother of a first grader! What happened to my baby? We still need to decide what we are going to do for her birthday. We need to get those decisions made in the next week. UGH Life is just so hectic right now!

Anyway I will post some pics.... The first ones are of my niece Lauren and her "twin" My 2nd cousin Troy and his wife had Chloe 2 months after Lauren and I swear they could pass as twins! And considering both babies look like their Mom's really make you wonder!

Chloe

Lauren
And both of them in white sun dresses!

Now some of Abby...

Way to busy!

Ok sorry it has been so long. Life has been so busy. I am averaging 12 hr days at work and going in some over the weekend! I will be glad when it slows down!
Ok update...
The funeral for Landon was extremely hard. Abby took it pretty hard. At first she was very mad at him because he "didn't look both ways!" Then the questions started. Here are a few..
"When does he get his wings?"
"Does he know how to fly right away or does he go to school to learn?"
"If he knows how to fly does he go to school to learn to fly really fast?"
"Does he get a magic wand?"
"Who does he cuddle with if he has a bad dream?"
and they go on and on....

This past Friday we went to my Dad's retirement dinner. He retired at the age of 57 after 35 years with the same company! Mom and Dad wanted to keep Abby for 5 nights! Abby was pretty leary at first because she has never spent that kind of time away from us but she decided to go. Mom and Dad were going to take her and Taelyr and Kaelyn to Okoboji on Tuesday. So we left her there Friday night. It was pretty difficult to leave her! But I held it in. We were just about on the interstate to home and the cell phone rings. It is Abby crying. She wants us to come get her. I talked to her and told her we would come get her but that would mean she wouldn't get to go to Okoboji and do all the other fun stuff that was planned. After some hesitation she decided to stay. She was pretty tired at the time. So by Saturday she was fine. She made it the whole time! It was so quiet here! We got a lot of stuff done and she had a blast! She loved Okoboji and rode all the rides she was big enough for. They brought her back last night.

Work has been a complete zoo! I just want a nice easy week soon!