Austin's first day of 1st grade!

Here we are at the very infamous first day of a new school year. This has been a day that was much awaited for (by me of course). Don't get me wrong, we had a great summer and I loved Austin being home. But sometimes time away is good too. We have worked hard this summer on the arguing that goes on between the boys and it has gotten better, but I think the boys were ready for some time apart. Austin met his teacher at Open House before school started and he was very excited about his classroom and his friends from last year that are in his class. When I asked him about his first day of 1st grade - 95% of what he said dealt with the class hamster "Samantha". He got to hold her, watch her roll around the room in her ball and he got to stick his finger in her cage and let her bite him! He said he didn't scream or cry though because it would've disturbed the class (heehee). Jackson is having to learn to play with just Ryan around the house - which leads to more fighting! Ryan just wants to be in the middle of what Jackson is doing - and Jackson doesn't like being messed with while he's playing. Oh well, that's what it's like having boys around the house. Only 2 weeks until Jackson starts school.

Water, water, water - best way to beat the heat!

I had to share these fun photos of the boys! They had fun as Jeremy washed the car and "washed" them...over and over again. Ryan enjoyed helping Jeremy wash his car, then Ryan decided his little car needed to be washed too. This was just one of those fun summer evenings hangin' out in the front yard!

Fun in the Sun - unexpected destination!

Well, this past weekend was supposed to be a weekend with Jeremy's family in Wimberly. We were all prepared for that weekend when we got word that the creek was out of its banks and too dangerous to swim in...so the family had to move to plan B...which really wasn't a plan until late Thursday night. We decided to all meet in Conroe, since Jeremy's parents and sister are there, and go to Galveston on Saturday. We had a great time at the beach and all the cousins did so well playing together. We hated for them to miss this time of playing together just because a creek got too much rain! Austin and Jessica had the most fun hunting for hermit crabs! We brought home 17 I think...i wouldn't really advise others to that though! As we realized later, these are obviously salt water hermit crabs...not land hermit crabs like you see at pet stores. We did our best to keep them alive with a saltwater solution we bought, but they have now all perished. We will turn that tank into a land hermit crab dwelling soon :-). We celebrated Jeremy's 34th birthday when we were there on Saturday as well...I guess we really are almost in our mid-30's! Now that the little mini-vacation is over we'll look forward to school starting on the 27th! I'm ready for some breathing room and a routine.