Happy Birthday Connor!!

This past Monday was Connor's birthday. Try as I might, I can't seem to stop these kids from getting older! We now have a NINE year old! Yes, NINE! It totally blows my mind that he's that old. Half-way to adulthood....gasp!

His party is this Sunday with friends and family. He didn't get a lot of presents from us as we just booked a Disney vacation for next month. But we had to get him a *few* things, it was his birthday afterall!

I'll post lots of pictures after his party on Sunday. But here are a few from the actual day...

And they're off...

I can't believe that the first day of school has come and gone. The summer went by too quickly! And I truly believed that I wouldn't mind another month or so of summer vacation.....until we were outside waiting for the bus this morning and the boys were fighting and smacking each other....and then the bus couldn't possibly get there quick enough!!

I now have a 1st grader and a 4th grader. I am not sure how that is possible. Where did my babies go??

The boys weren't exactly excited about the start of school but they both went happily off to school. After they got on the bus I went in to the school anyway to set up for the "BooHoo Breakfast" for the kindergarten parents. I was taking a few pictures for the yearbook of the first day of school and was able to sneak up and see Connor to take a couple pictures of him. He is sooo happy about the teacher he got and that most of his friends are in his class. I think he's going to have a good year. I saw Evan waiting in the hall to go to his class but I didn't follow him to his classroom because I wasn't sure how he would then react when I had to leave. :( A bit later I was actually down in his classroom anyway and he seemed to be adjusting okay!

They were both in good moods when they got home. Evan had his usual complaints....my own personal little ray of sunshine! Connor said it was the best day of school ever!

Here's to a great year!!

Labor Day Weekend

This past weekend, Labor Day weekend, we went camping with some friends who have seasonal sites at a campground about an hour away. There were 5 couples and 10 kids total so it was a little chaotic but still a lot of fun! The boys had an awesome time, they love the freedom of being able to run around the campground and ride their bikes without us having to be on top of them. There were so many kids there that they had lots of friends to play with too.


And my oldest friend (not *that* kind of old! We've been friends since we were 3!) ended up camping on a site right by us with her hubby, kids, and her parents. It was fun surprise to see her and to be able to hang out a bit. Maybe next year we'll actually *plan* to go camping together, right Lori?? :)


It was a great way to celebrate the end of summer!

NO, we didn't really let the girls drink!!