September Photos

 Lounging on the patio ~ Tests! ~ Hoodie Boys

Movie Snuggler ~ Fall Sorting ~ Ice Cream Wars

Lunch Buddies ~ Lunch Notes ~ Math Overachiever

Morse Garden ~ Squinkieville ~ Blue Man

My beautiful friends and babies ~ Grant in his djellaba from Kyler ~ Muscle Men

Goofy Boys ~ Wyatt's journal ~ Golfing w Wyatt

PawPaw's Birthday

What better way to celebrate a birthday than with a Taco Fiesta with the family! So happy to celebrate you!! We love you PawPaw!!!

Crazy Game Night

Let's just pretend I'm not 4-5 months behind on my blog and these posts are still currently relevant, mmmmmkay??

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What's better than a Friday night filled with endless board games?!? Not many things, at least in our house! We love a good game night! The night before, the boys each picked out a few games they wanted to include and we said we wouldn't go to bed until we played EVERY SINGLE ONE. And we did!!! And our evening was filled with a whole lot of silliness, laughs, snacks, and smiles! A refreshing night for my soul indeed!

First off- Slides and Surprises!

 Next, a game Grant made up involving backgammon and playing cards? No one really understood it, even Grant...but I guess thats what made it fun?!?

 Life! Oh this game! I have a love/hate with this one. Obviously the laughs this game produces are EPIC!!! But oh, how it can lead us down a rabbit hole of wildness that is sometimes hard to come back from! But we made it through til retirement!

 Simon Air! Always a good one..unless its Friday and your brain is fried because you're still trying to get into the school and work routine, and your husband has been gone for over a month and, well- you just survived a game of Life. Needless to say, I did not do well on Simon Air. But once again- made for a good laugh!

 Time for Clue!! They're finally getting around to understanding this game! And I love it because its always been one of my faves!

 Catch Phrase! Not many words on there did they actually understand, but when one did come up that they knew, they did awesome!! 

 Bounce Off!!!!

And then it was time for The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, all snuggled up with my little punkin munchkin on popcorn! 

3rd Grade Plaza Field Trip

I am so fortunate to work with some amazing co-workers who covered for me so I could attend this special 3rd grade field trip with my favorite 3rd grader! A scavenger hunt around the Plaza looking for special landmarks. Wouldn't you know it, this day was right in the middle of an extreme heatwave!!! And we felt every bit of that! We tried our best to walk on the shaded areas and stop in as many air conditioned places we could! But I wouldn't trade one bead of sweat to be anywhere else than that field trip with my big fella!!

 This is how we all felt as we walked back to meet the bus...super hot and super tired!

The Lego Ninjago Movie

Legos have been a HUGE part of our lives since Grant discovered their awesomeness back when he was 4!! We even have a room in our house dedicated only to Legos!! When the Lego Movie came out back in 2014, we saw it in the theater 3 times and bought it the day it came to DVD!! Then Lego Batman came out and we saw that in theaters and bought it the day it came to DVD.  The Lego Ninjago Movie was definitely on our "must-see" list since we saw the previews for the during the Lego Batman movie!! We got super lucky this time because my friend had passes to see an early screening of the movie before it even hit theaters!!! We happened to have 4 passes, so it worked out perfectly that Luke was spending the night with us! We LOVED the movie and cannot wait until its out on DVD so we can buy it...probably the day it comes to DVD! :)

Happy 1/2 Birthday!!!

Time to make brownies and brush off the birthday plates because its your HALF-BIRTHDAY!!!! I can't believe 6 months has already passed since your birthdays! You both have grown and changed so much in these 6 months! So proud of the kind and loving boys you are growing into!!

Now, when you blow out those candles, wish for time to slow down (please?!??!?!!?)

Off to Flight School

Levi accepted a job with Envoy Airlines, a subsidiary of American Airlines. We are so excited for his new journey to begin! To finally be doing what he truly wants to do- be a pilot again! After a 15 day trip to Korea for the Navy Reserve, he had 3 days at home before heading off to the first part of flight training. We soaked up as much time as we could!!

GWEN Updates

The GWEN sat untouched for most of the summer. My boys really are not fans of being hot. Well, unless they are in the pool. But with some cooler temps, they headed out to the GWEN to give it some TLC and a few updates!  Mostly furniture and weapon storage, because BOYS. Its become the new favorite hangout! 

 Man, what I wouldn't give to have this space when I was a kid!! I love that they have this space to make lots of wonderful childhood memories!!!

August Photos

Grant has a clean desk ~ We found a frog ~ Campout with Daddy

Star Wars game with Wyatt ~ Emoji Movie ~ Slip N Slide Kickball at gymnastics

Lunchbox notes ~ Kip and Monk found treats in Korea ~ Millie's bug friend

Journaling with Wyatt ~ 3rd Graders in the tree ~ Grant's band "Loaded Money"

Brothers ~ Mimi selfie at school ~ Splits

Lego Creations ~ Millie ~ Lego Creations

Solar Eclipse 2017

The long awaited Total Solar Eclipse finally arrived! Levi was so bummed to be in Korea when the total solar eclipse was at 99.4% totality right in our own backyard!!! The weather was looking a little sketchy in the days prior, so we were praying and praying we would still be able to see it! The school had a fun day planned, so I headed on up there to sit with first grade (keeping their glasses on was a little bit of a concern). It had rained for some of the morning, but by lunchtime the clouds were clearing and we were hopeful it would say that way! It was SO gorgeous as I was walking up to school. But when we walked outside to find our spots, the clouds rolled in and they rolled in thick. We saw a few seconds here and there but most of it was a bust. With our glasses on, we could see the shape of the sun behind the clouds, but it was hard to see much. We did feel the cooler temps, the darker feel, and the crickets and cicadas started chirping. Even the school lights came on outside. So it wasn't a total bust, but still quite a bummer! Next time, we may have to road trip to totality!!!!

Summertime Froggy Swim

Last summer, the boys and their cousins found a frog one evening they named Billy. They swam with him for the whole evening until he finally hopped away! They were always on the lookout for another froggy friend they could enjoy the pool with. Well, Grant got his wish! The boys went downstairs to say goodnight to Mimi and PawPaw and Mimi was outside and saw a frog on the steps of the pool. Grant wasted no time hopping and to go for a swim with his new froggy friend! It was short lived as this little froggy was ready to leave the pool area and hop far far away! But it made Grant's day to finally find a froggy friend again!

First Day of 1st Grade!

My little baby boy had his first day of ALL DAY SCHOOL!!! How did we get here?!?! He was so excited and I hope his enthusiasm for school never fades because his attitude is awesome!!! He jumped out of bed and was so excited to get ready! He picked out his outfit way back when and could NOT wait to put the whole ensemble together (down to the socks and underwear!). He only wished his backpack was red and black so he would totally match! We walked to school together and took Grant to his class first because I knew his drop off would last 1 minute or less, which it did. We walked down to Wyatt's pod and he confidently walked into his classroom, found his desk, looked at the instructions on the smart board and got busy putting his things away. He had some fresh playdoh on his desk and he got to playing. He seemed very quiet and nervous, but once his buddy Matthew sat down two desks over from him, he perked up and started chatting, which was my cue to leave. After school, when he saw me, I got a giant hug and I could tell he was a little relieved to be done for the day! But he said his favorite part was having 2 recesses!! We went and celebrated his first day with a celebratory Blizzard and it was well-deserved!!!

Last night, as I was tucking him in, I prayed that his teacher would know how to teach him in the way he learns best, that he will have confidence from knowing he is a child of God and remember the God and mommy and daddy love him SO much, and that his year will be filled with learning, growth, joy and fun!! I will keep on praying those words every single day this year Wyatt, so you will love 1st grade even more than you loved Kindergarten!!!