From the depths of my old cell phone...

I got a new phone! YAY! I found some great photos in my old phone that just had to be shared before throwing that old crappy phone in a box and forgetting it ever existed...

Walking a 5K around the lake by our house sounded like a great idea one HOT Saturday morning. I was wrong, t was not a great idea. The first hour was fun. We fed the ducks (I love the close up of Bailey's face!) Bailey kept saying "MOM those ducks are CWEEPIN ME OUT!" The second half of that walk was miserable after  Kenz & B refused to walk any farther. They literally sat on a bench and refused! Wussies!

Cards game with the whole fam! SO MUCH FUN!!!

Our favorite summer spot... catching guppies at the creek : )

Bailey riding a triceratops... no big deal.

I can't even describe how grateful I am to be able to be a stay-at-home mom and make special memories with my kids. Things like school field trips would be so hard to do if I had to work.  I got to go with McKenzie and her 2nd grade class to the Symphony! It was wonderful! She was ridiculously excited to get all dressed up in her "poofiest" dress and she was in awe at how fancy the concert hall was. I love my girly girl : )

Last, but not least, goofball Bailey! Her new way to annoy and entertain me at the same time... when I try to take her picture and I say smile that means "Make your weirdest, craziest face!" Here are a few of her most recent "smiles"...

The wheels on the bus...

WHERE did SUMMER GO??? The first couple weeks I thought, "It will be a MIRACLE if i can get through this summer with these crazy kids!" But, we stayed so busy and had SO much fun the rest of the summer flew by! Now it's time for McKenzie to go to 2nd grade and it's time for Braxton to go to KINDERGARTEN?!?!?! *sniff sniff* My little baby boy is not a little baby boy anymore. Always a rough day for mom but he has been ready and excited for Kindergarten for YEARS it seems. I planned on taking them to school and walking them to their classes. Braxton had a different plan... "Mom, you don't need to take us to school. I just wanna ride the bus!" *deep breaths, deep breaths, don't cry* So I held in the tears and said "Ok buddy, if you're sure." He gave me a duh-mom look and said, confidently, "I'M SURE MOM!" We headed to the bus stop. They played with their friends while they waited for big yellow to arrive. The doors opened and my 5, going on 15, year old son walked right on up and DIDN'T EVEN LOOK BACK! NO WAVE, NO "LOVE YOU MOM", NOT EVEN A SIDEWAYS GLANCE! and again... *deep breaths, deep breaths, don't cry* I texted Rich and told him his son broke my heart. He is great at saying the perfect things though... "It's OK. You raised a confident kid who is ready to take on the world!" Yes, WE did! He absolutely LOVES school. After his first day we asked him what his favorite part of the day was. His oh so bowman response... "hmmmmmm... Lunch & Rest Time!" Sooooo eating and sleeping? THAT is our kid! He has since changed his answer to P.E. & "Centers" (he gets to play with dinos and build buildings). McKenzie loves school too! Her favorite things to do at school are music and art! She has yet to master the elusive skill of eating lunch instead of gabbing with her friends the entire time and being starving afterwards! Big shocker! Bailey was totally fine with the kids going to school. I think summer school got her used to it, thank goodness! She does miss them though and asks every hour or so, "Are the kids coming home yet?" Here are some pics of the big day (and the day after because B thought his outfit looked so cool he wanted me to take a picture lol) on the second day Bailey stole Kenzie's backpack hoping they would let her on the bus : ) Nice try, little one! Happy New School Year everyone!!!