Moving--blah!

We didn't take any pictures but the one of these two.  I think they were two of the cutest moving helpers we had.
If we don't move ever again it would be too soon.

Summer Fun

This summer was full of really fun things.  Brian and I bought the boys some summer workbooks to help get them prepared for this school year.  We were really diligent about working on them the first few weeks--but then with my trip to San Diego and moving and getting ready for my school to start early--we let the school work slide.

The boys did a really good job working and you can see Charlie concentrated really hard to complete his pages.

Tom did a good job with his too.  His work was of course harder than Charlies and he had a hard time when Charlie blew through his pages and he had to work a little harder.

We tried to get some fun in too.  One of the things that we liked the best was to ride our bikes to the church parking lot and ride around.  It's one of the only flat areas around so we were lucky to find a fun place to ride.  In the church parking lot there is a creek in the back and one of the times that we went the boys got to play in the water. 

Charlie ended up falling in and I had to jump in the water to get him (Brian would say that I panicked a bit.)  When we got home Chuck needed to change his clothes and get out of his wet ones.  Before he put his clean socks on, I had to take this picture.  He is definitely his fathers son.  They have the exact same tan line on their feet.

When we weren't looking he slipped out side and curled up on the warm cement.  I forgot where he was and when we went to check on him this is what we found.  I guess playing in the creek made him cold and he loved the warmth of the cement.  (I can't imagine that this would be a comfy spot.)

Father's Day...

I'm so aware that this is several months late. We had trouble finding the cord to connect the camera to the computer, but moving will do amazing things for you.
Here is Brian's haul after celebrating the amazing father that he is!

My pick--he is our grilling master!

And Chuck's pick--he wanted to get a bat for his Dad to play softball with.

And a trip to see this--too bad he doesn't go there any more.

We love you Dad!

What's New?

We have been having fun and trying to document it all.  Sadly, the cord to connect the camera to the computer is missing, so we will be finding ours (or a new one) soon.
We love you!

My Giant CRAPPY Idea.

This was an equation I thought for sure I would have gotten right. Boy was I wrong.

We decided to go to the Arts Festival today. I thought it would be fun to listen to the music and stroll round the different vendor booths. We left after I was done with school and headed down.
It was NOT the fun time I had hoped it would be. We were meet with near 100 degree temperatures (the hottest day we've had yet.) The boys whined the whole time about being hot, having the sun shine on them, being hungry, not liking what they saw, having to drink water rather than Powerade, etc. I wish I had the camera to document the "fun" time we were having.
Brian and I liked it and I think we will return again.
Maybe our next outing will be a fun time. Maybe I shouldn't plan it. Better luck next time I guess.

School's Out for Summer!

Brianna and Thomas are done with school for the year. I haven't seen Bree for longer than 5 minutes since the final bell rang on Thursday. Tom is really excited for summer. He told me that he was excited because, "I don't have to do math, or...learn things."
Well I just can't have that so we will be joining the local library's summer reading program and I'll have to find him some math things to do.
Charlie is not excited it's summer for two reasons.
1. He doesn't get to rule the house all day.
2. He is closer to beginning school. He told Brian the other day that he didn't want to go because the only letter he can write is a "w." I told him that we could practice some other letters and maybe learn to spell his name. I think he is nervous that he won't be the best at something--he usually doesn't have a hard time with new things unless he won't be the coolest.
My school however is not out yet. I have one more day. I'm excited to have a break, but thought it would be a good idea to teach summer school...someone should have clued me into that.
We'll see how summer goes...day one, so far so good!

Hello?

We are alive and we love you.
Life is so crazy, but starting to slow down. School is coming to a close and we are going to be having a slower routine.
I promise that I will document our summer adventures...who knows...you might get sick of us.