1st Day of Kindergarten

Today we sent Jackson off to Kindergarten. He was totally excited & ready. At the bus stop he was the first to get on. I think he was so excited to ride the bus, he forgot to give me kisses or say goodbye. Guess I'd rather have it that way than him clinging on me.

When the bus dropped him off at 4pm (normally 3:30pm) he was happy to see me and told me he missed me. They read the book the Gingerbread Baby in class and then found a note & crumbs left by the Gingerbread Boy. The series of notes led them on to the cafeteria, nurses room and school office. When they arrived back at their class, there were gingerbread cookies for each kid to enjoy.

One funny comment he said was - wow mom, we don't get home till dinnertime. :)

Our 1st ER visit

Yes, it has finally happened. We visited the ER last Friday (which I'm sure will not be the last time, but we can hope). Brady fell on a piece of a bookshelf I was in the middle of putting together. Of course I feel bad it was left out. He fell off backwards out of the chair and put a 2 inch gash into the side of the head. Needless to say it was a bit crazy. Luckily Travis' mom was there 5 minutes after it happened. So after 3 hours in the ER we came home with 3 staples in the side of his head. CRAZY!!

Crusin thru August

Well, time is flying thru August and we're well on our way towards school starting up. What have we been up to lately?
Natural Science Museum Visit - We had a great time going to the butterfly exhibit for the first time. Wow, it was beautiful. It made for some nice images for Trav to capture on video...and turn into a work project. :) The different colors of the butterfly's were so awesome.












Silly Boys - Guess the summer heat has got to us. After being in the pool enough, we've come up with some interesting ways to spend the day. One afternoon we put silly stickers all over ourselves. I had them on my toe nails for a few days. Here the boys had them all over. Also, just having some fun playing in the tub.

From here to there & there to here...

Funny things are Everywhere. (a line from one of our favorite Dr. Seuss books). Funny things kids have said, interesting things I've noticed:

-- After going 3 days without my coffeemate creamer for my coffee, I finally enjoyed a reall cup of coffee with creamer? My favorite - vanilla carmel.

-- has anyone ever loaded a PEZ dispenser as an adult? Is this candy really worth it. I mean the time it takes to get them in is probably longer than it takes for them to be consumed. Things you never know your parents do for you....I'm learning alot of these lately. And I'm so thankful for all my parents did for me.

-- Today Jackson asked Travis - "Dad, were you at my birthday party?" Hello - we paid for the thing, uhh, yea! We told him, Yes, of course we were there. There wouldn't have been a blow up waterslide & hot dogs if we were'nt there. :)

-- Ok - This one is strange. I decided on recomendation of a friend that we make Mint Chocolate Chip Milkshakes (like chick-fil-a), but cheaper. So today, I asked the kids, "Hey would you like a milkshake?" Jacksons response was: "don't you rememeber I don't like those!" And Brady tried it and then "Uh, no thanks". So instead of a nice yummy, cool & refreshing milkshake in the middle of summer, my kids asked for HOT COCOA!! Go figure!

-- And one final funny kids would only say item: Jackson was asking what our dinner was called. I told him Chicken Parmigana with melted cheese over sauce & chicken. His response "Oh just like Nachos". :)

Life is Good, God is Good, and Humor Feeds the Soul.


Naps are no longer cool, but sometimes life makes ya tired and you crash on the floor.


Brady is finally comfortable on his 4-wheeler he received for his birthday.