All together!!

our last night in california with the whole family squeezed in the minivan :)

Disneyland

surprise, it's disneyland!!!

Pacific Ocean

beachbound!

Mission

next stop in california

La brea tar pits

visiting the tar pits museum in beverly hills!

Airplane ride

mom, aunt sarah, and vera went to california to visit aunt lisa and cousins!!!

Posing with kindergarten friends

back to school social night at kindergarten - posing with a neighbor and friends from BOTS

Bus

first day riding the bus!

Soccer team

vera is on a soccer team!

First day of school

vera starts kindergarten!!!!

Summer collage

vera (and mom) made a collage to take to kindergarten - it showed how she spent her summer!

Farewell party

friends at BOTS had a farewell party for all the kids and teachers

Vera's fav teacher

being silly on the bouncehouse

Last day at BOTS

this was vera's last day at BOTS preschool back in August.

the handprint wall:

her classroom door

her cubby

Siblings

grandpa R captured this picture of the siblings

Babysitting

we babysat our neighbor baby!  vera was in heaven.

Rock climbing

Grotto falls

same place 4 years ago: