Picnic

The boys and I took a picnic lunch to a local park this morning. We had to wear pants and long sleeves because it's gotten so cool. Yay! We munched on PB and J's, baby carrots, and homemade chocolate chip cookies. Yum yum!



S finds something interesting... ...a tiny treefrog.



Ready for lunch.

A Getaway Weekend

This past weekend, E and I took a trip to West Point. That's right, I didn't mention the boys because they didn't go. A momentous event. It was the first time we've been away from them overnight. My Dad and his new wife, Marian, were able to come up and stay with them. We had a great time and so did the boys. It was wonderful to come home and see their sweet, smiling faces.

The General and I. (The General is the biggest mule I've ever seen.

At the game. (Unfortunately it did not end well.)

Books I love

I just wanted to share with everyone the book series I just started reading: The Mitford Series by Jan Karon. They're not new. I think the first one came out in the mid-nineties, but they are so good. I'm just starting the second one and I feel like I'm getting a breath of fresh air every time I open it up. They are so positive and funny and uplifting. If you have read them, you not what I'm talking about and if you haven't, then you should!

Art in the Park

On Labor Day we went to "Art in the Park" in a town nearby. They had lots of booths of interesting art, sculputure, etc. The boys found a small play are with a train that they could climb all over. They had a great time pretending to drive and sell train tickets.

School Days

S and E started both started school a couple of weeks ago. S is going three mornings a week to a preschool at our church. I think he really likes it, although I can't get him to tell me much about it. I can't believe he's in school. It seems like he grew up overnight.
Daddy and S, off to school.

Summer Travels

As promised, here are a few pictures from our trip to Arkansas and Kansas. It was so great to see family and friends! We had a good time, but we're a little happy to not be traveling for a while.

On a completely different note I just wanted to share something funny that S has started doing. He has a very strong fascination with Spiderman and Superman. (We have no idea why because he has never seen any movies or shows with these characters. ) So lately he has been modifying everything with Spiderman/Superman. For example: Mommy says,"Just a second, let mommy get her purse." S, "I need to get my Spiderman purse mommy!" or Mommy, "We have to go to the store to get milk." S, "Can we get Superman milk?" Very funny! I just wanted to share. And now, the pics. O and S had fun in the pool in Kansas. It was hot!

Getting into trouble.
At the fair with their uncle and cousins.
A wonderful lunch with old friends.

L-o-n-g car trips!

Visiting family.

MY OLD LADY!!!!!!
Happy Birthday L. We are so lucky to have such a great wife and mother!!!!

Love,

E, S, & O

Finally!

Our stuff finally arrived. Yay! And E just hooked up the internet so I wanted to write a quick message and let everyone know we are back in the blogging world. Our house if filled with boxes and stuff that I have no idea where to put, but at least we have the computer hooked up. I have missed blogging and checking up on everyone. I will try to post more soon. We have tons of pictures to put up from the last 6 weeks! Soon, I hope! I'll try.