Alex had his first day of school yesterday. He was so excited! Can't believe he's that old! K-4 is the grade he's in. Basically, kindergarten for four year olds. I drew out the K-4 on that paper the night before and handed it to him for his picture in the morning. As soon as Addison saw him with it, she ran in the kitchen and took a picture off the fridge to be like her bubs. When we dropped him off at school we were telling him bye bye and Addison stood next to Alex and said bye. She thought she was staying there with him. He wasn't nervous at all about it. He was like mom stop bugging me. I made it until I got in the car to cry. I thought maybe I'd be alright but of course I was wrong. Having kids makes you way too emotional!

When we picked him up, he couldn't wait to tell us all about his day! He just HAD to open his backpack when we got to the car to show me what was in it. Apparently wednesdays they have chapel so he was saying the singing was fun but everything else took a long time. They showed him the playground but he didn't get to play. A little cruel :) There were cool animal toys that he'll get to play with today. It was one of the girls birthdays so they had cupcakes and sang happy birthday. No wonder he had no appetite for lunch and was super hyper when he got home! He was super excited to go to school again this morning! So glad he's liking it so much!

He goes for a half day mon through fri. They have a different letter and number everyday that they learn. They have a different bible verse each week to memorize. The kids trade off days to bring a snack for the class. They bring the snack can home the night before so mommy can fill it with something and on that day they get to bring a show and tell item too. Alex is dying to take red john but I think that might be a little much for the kids. I think his mickey mouse ears from disneyland would be better.

I'm really excited for him and can't wait to see how this year goes and all he learns!

These are a bunch of pics from the riverfestival and Hannah's bday. We had a lot of fun getting the cousins together. Addison is constantly talking about Hannah and pretending to talk to her on the phone. I especially like the pics of me and Addison in our pretty dresses! The cupcakes Joy made for Hannah's bday turned out so amazing! Hannah and Addison tore through them. Alex surprisingly didn't get too messy with his:) I think Alex and Addison were way more into Hannah's presents than she was! They're such stinkers!

These are just a bunch of fun summer pics! This is the first time we've been out to the farm this summer and the kids had sooo much fun! It was close to 100 degrees that day so me and the kids spent most of the time in the pond. Nathan even got in for a while with us! Alex could spend the whole time in there!

We used the sprinklers that Alex got as a bday present for the first time on memorial day. Nathan cooked up some hot dogs on the grill and we ate outside. It's fun doing family things together. Nathan taught Alex how to spray people with the sprinklers and that's what Alex spent the whole rest of the time doing. LOL!

We also got a new pet. Our house is really turning into a zoo! I never thought I would want a snake but seeing how fascinated Alex was with our friends snake made me decide to go ahead with it. Nathan had snakes back before we meat. We named him Red John after a tv show that we like and he's the bad guy/murderer. We thought it was fitting because of what he'd do to all of the mice we feed him:) Alex was pretty nervous about holding him whenever we would ask him. We kind of surprised him one night when he wasn't looking and put red john on him and after that time he's always asking if he can hold him. Alex never wants to try new things!

my butt imprint on the couch

Alex and his doggies Shadow and Benji

Nathan skating

Silly Addison

Before and after Dinosaur show:)

Lightning

Addison falling asleep on the floor in their room:)

Well, this first pic is of Batman the baby robin we found in the backyard. He was hopping around and couldn't fly yet. Nathan was worried about him so he brought him in and was feeding him yesterday. Poor guy made it through the night but bit the dust late morning.

Nathan's dad flew out last week to help Nathan with a project. They built a new gate for the backyard. It turned out super good and you can actually open it, unlike our old one:) We had a really good time while he was out. It was good to catch up and watch some movies and eat some tasty meals! Good bonding time for the men especially:) I think Nathan learned a few things. Now he can fix our fence that is about to be blown over. lol!

We just got our tree in the front yard trimmed this morning. We've been meaning to get to it for over a year now. It looks so much better and isn't hanging on our roof anymore, which was the big problem.

Here are my marigolds. They're all blooming! Can't believe I could actually grow flowers from seeds. It's amazing! We'll see if the other flowers bloom. I think something has been chewing on them.

Addison feeding her baby with the boppy. So cute! She had watched me feeding little Ethan earlier and wanted to try it out:)

Oh, the pic of me is my highlights I did this morning.