Exciting times for M&M!

First day of 3rd grade!
Tuesday, July 25 - M&M has 2 teachers this year for third grade - they team teach. One teacher teaches on Monday & Wednesday and the other teacher teaches on Tuesday and Thursday and then they alternate Fridays. One of the advantages to this arrangement is that the class will usually not need a substitute because the other teacher can fill in if one of them gets sick. We've heard from a couple of people that have had them that it works very well for them and the students really like both of the teachers.

Birthday Party!


Saturday, July 29 - M&M had an outdoor birthday party this year. The theme was "Fun in the Sun" (Mom N. - we finally used the sun pinata). The girls all wore their swimsuits to the party. They decorated some foam visors, ate pizza for lunch, played with water balloons & squirt guns, broke open the pinata, opened presents, and then decorated and ate cake cones & ice cream. M&M really enjoyed herself!

Baptism!
Saturday, August 5 - M&M was baptized by her dad on a beautiful Saturday morning. (I definitely started feeling older once I realized that my oldest child was going to be baptized!) It was a nice baptism program. She was baptized with another girl from our ward. Grandma N was able to give a talk and I played a flute solo of primary songs with Grandma S accompanying me. Then there was a talk from the other family and then the girls were baptized and confirmed. We are grateful to both sets of grandparents for making the trip out to be there on M&M's special day!