God is Good

One more beach photo. 13 sweet reasons it was so hard leaving the beach early. 5 years ago when we started this tradition there were 3 children. God has blessed us tremendously.

(From left to right) Ellery, Finley, Joshua, Owen, Rebecca, Ryan, Mason (on top), Sawyer, Caleb, Bailey, Wyatt, Jacob and Caroline

He said

"I wish God could play Legos"
-Mason

Hot Diggity Dog

He had a great day. No real complaints.
He has 24 kids in his class (18 last year). Yikes!
He was starving by lunch. (Deep thoughts, huh)
And look who surprised him at the bus stop.

Yeager, my sister's dog was visiting us for the day.
He walked Owen all the way home!
My mom took the picture, she is technically the dog sitter ;)

1st Grade

If he was nervous it didn't show.
He was up and dressed by 6:45 and didn't wake Mason

His shirt says "There is no off season"
Very appropriate for his baseball obsession.

Really ?!?!

Over the sumer, I forgot about the feeling in my chest.
The feeling in that piece of my heart is missing.
Ugh!

Jumping In

We truly ENJOYED our last day of summer.
After Ryan's nap we headed down to the river.

Owen was looking pretty hard core.
He insisted on carrying the backpack.
It was heavy. He handed it off pretty quickly.

It was a beautiful day.

I made them eat before they got too dirty.
Needless to say they didn't eat much.
They were too excited to jump in.

Mason was not the least bit afraid.
He bit the dust a number of times, but didn't mind.

We didn't get a picture, but I came out soaked.
The boys and I got a little carried away and had a tricky time getting back to shore.

Who knew 3 boys could ride in a double stroller?

Tomorrow it all changes. Owen is ready. I hope we can move fast enough to get to the bus by 7:25. I can't believe this time last year we were ALL about school. It even inspired our blog header. Now, it's old hat. We've hardly talked about it. We just found out his room # this morning (which didn't change). It helps that his teacher and class will be the same. I don't feel as nervous as I did last year, but my stomach still hurts ;) Mason starts preschool next week, so the stomachache will continue!