first day of kindergarten.

my big girl!  five years old and ready as can be for kindergarten.  how can that be?  i feel like we spent the entire summer counting down the days until her first day of school.  she was so excited!  we did some school clothes shopping with nana, picked out the perfect backpack, and made sure we got everything on the school supplies list.  kyri was ready to go!

on tuesday, august 23, the day before school was going to start...things in lincoln took a turn for the worst.  there was a propane train tanker that had caught on fire, about a mile and half from our neighborhood.  they immediately evacuated everyone within a one mile radius of the fire...we just missed it.  almost every road in lincoln was closed.  we were watching the news nonstop to see if things were getting worse or better.  the scary thing...if this thing blew up, it would have been catastrophic!  our little town of lincoln was on the major news.  they couldn't just put it out...they had to let the propane burn off.  our fire fighters were heroes that day.  they knew to put lots of water (5 fire hoses) directly on the tanker to keep it cool.  they did everything they could to keep it from blowing up.  they flew in a team from texas to help fight this uncontrollable fire. we waited.  and waited.  well...after two days, they went in to take their course of action on the tanker and realized all of the propane had finally burned off.  everyone that was evacuated (over 5,000 homes) was able to finally return to their homes.  praise Jesus!  what a scary time for lincoln.  so thankful for all of the men and women that saved our town from mass destruction.  that will be an event we will never forget!

needless to say...school was canceled for the rest of that week.  kyri's new first day was the following monday.  the kids were so anxious to start school!  kevin was off that morning so he was able to go with us to take her.  i took lots of photos of such a special day in our daughters life.  i was sad to say goodbye, but so excited for this new adventure for our sweet girl!  when we got home, kaden said, "mommy, where ryri go?"  oh buddy.  it's a good thing this first year is only a half day...we would miss our kyri girl so much!

love her.

cupcake backpack.

time to go to class...just one more photo.

kyri.

so fun to be in the same class as her buddies, micah l. and micah c.

goodbye loves from brother.

so proud of my girl.

handsome boys.

smiles after a great first day!

buds for life.

goofballs.

gabriel may not be in the same class, but they love that get to see each
other after school everyday!

we took the kids out to ice cream to celebrate their special day.

when i asked kyri how here first day of school was,
she said, "it was perfect!"