Emma's off to school

Well, the day has arrived that we have to send Emma out into the big world of elementary school!
Emma was really excited to start the day

She even wanted to eat with her new backpack on
Then it was time for the annual beginning of school picture...

Someone else was excited too!

That's better

One more

We all headed out to walk Emma to school

Excited!

Emma knows just where to go

Posing in front of her classroom door

Peeking inside

Finally! We are seated and ready to start the day!
Hoping that all our friends have a great first day of school too!

A trip to the Jelly Belly Factory

Before the start of school, we decided to take a little field trip up North to one of our favorite places....

The Jelly Belly Factory!

We had a great time touring the factory and getting some special treats.


Ian was really good about keeping his hat on, which was a requirement during the tour

Emma and our friend Owen waiting for the tour to begin
We were not aloud to take picture during the tour, but imagine huge vats of sugar and flavoring mixing together to make a rainbow of amazing beans. Ian really liked all of the machines and robotics to watch.
After the tour, we taste tested some of the product.


They were a hit!

Ian also really liked the Jelly Belly car... can you sense a theme here?

After the factory we ate lunch at one of our favorite places, Chick-fil-a. This is the closest one to our house and it is about and hour and a half away, so this was a real treat!