It's been a long time....

Wow-- summer has come and gone and it's been so long since I have posted anything. I felt a little down this summer because we didn't see much family and we decided to stay close to home in hopes of buying a new house. Well it happened we found a new home and moved in the last week of summer. Then W started a new school the weekend after moving so things got super busy and I super emotional about him starting 1st grade. It has settled down a bit around here so I've had some time to catch up the blog. Here are some summer highlights, and more is to come...

Riding with Granddaddy

We went to visit Grandma and Grandaddy a couple of weeks ago. The boys were so excited to ride. W is really learning how to handle a horse on his own.

Y's Birthday Highlights....

YY is now 3. We call him our wild man, he is such a go getter. It's so fun to see his personality blossom. I thank God for him everyday. His birth 3 years ago was the scariest day of our lives but what a blessing it turned out to be. God amazingly brought him to us after a very difficult, discouraging and scary pregnancy. He was 6 weeks early and had some major health issues. But you would never know it now. It was a time of spiritual growth for me and daddy, and we wouldn't have traded it for anything but it's definitely not something we want to experience again. He is truly a miracle for what he over came. This year I decided to have a "buggy" bday party for him. Sad some friends couldn't make it but it was still a lot of fun.

Summer Kickoff...

A couple of weeks ago we went camping with some friends.  It was such a great time and what a fun way to kick off summer.  We lucked out and found an amazing spot with an incredible view.   The boys had all kinds of open space to run free.  There were 5 boys total and they all got crazy dirty.  It's taken some time but I'm really beginning to love camping, dirty boys and all....  

W's Graduation!!

Can't say much or I may burst into tears, our sweet W graduated from kindergarten!  Grammy flew out for the celebration.  He even had his first speaking part during the ceremony.   His graduation class was hugh--5 kids! He is leaving our church school and headed out to public school next year.  I'm hyperventilating just thinking about it.  

Our Family Beach Trip

A couple of weeks ago we took a family beach trip to the Alabama shore.  There is an amazing coastline down there, and the water is so warm.  It's our third trip there, and it gets better and better each time.    It also a haul to get down there, but as the boys are getting older it's just getting easier.    It was such a good time, and so relaxing.  We really didn't do much outside of going to the beach.  However, the boys did get to go crab hunting after dark one evening which was quite eventful.  I think I got into it more than they did. I thought come on will we really see any crabs?  I couldn't get over how many we saw and how much fun it was.  So nice to just get away as a family and spend time together.   

Underwear and a Green dog--

Funny title I know but I thought I would quickly post that Y is now wearing underwear during the day and staying dry!  Yippie Skip!!  Wow--he was a piece of cake to potty train compared to his older bro. 

So on to the dog...W decided to instead write with chalk on the cement, it would be more fun to saw it, make chalk dust and rub it on Aspen.  He was really freaked out to see her green, and quite concerned when he noticed he couldn't just rub it off her.  All I heard from a screaming boy was "mommy come quick Aspen is green"  Huh?? (hope the green comes through, it faded by the time I got around to take a pic)