Time For School!

Today was the day........first day back to school. AJ got up on his own at 6am this morning. I think he is really looking forward to the 4th grade! HOWEVER, Reece struggled to get up (like always). He did finally get out of bed at 7am, ate a bowl of cereal and then laid on the couch until it was time to brush teeth and get dressed.

AJ kept telling Reece to hurry up and get dressed, hurry up and put your shoes on, hurry up and get your backpack. So, I was glad for that, he is excited.

We walked in to North, AJ went straight to his classroom, Mrs. Smith, didn't really tell me bye, just went right in. Reece was walking behind me down the hallway, we walked in to Mrs. Lannan's room, he seemed fine, THEN the tears started!!! NO, NOT AGAIN THIS YEAR!! He did this a lot last year but I chalked it up to being in school full day for Kindergarten, a lot of adjustments. Even though last year he had Jessie Davis (our cousin) he still had tears from time to time.

Well, before I left his classroom his tears slowed down a bit. It is SO hard to leave your child when he is crying. But, he is in 1st grade now so really the crying should stop!! I was trying to be stern with him, telling him that he is big now, in the 1st grade and that he really shouldn't be crying. Deep down I just wanted to cry and take him home with me!!! I know I can't do that.

Boy, talk about having 2 different boys! At least they both aren't mommy's boys!!! Now I just can't wait to pick them up at 3 and see how their day was!

I can't believe the boys are in 1st grade and 4th grade! I REALLY want things to slow down so I still have my little boys!!! They are growing up to be such handsome and kind boys! When we went in to school today AJ opened the door for a little girl, I really thought that was sweet. He is a little gentleman (plus she was cute!)

Hope everyone has a great day at school!! Hopefully Reece has no tears tomorrow!

An Overnight Guest

We recently had a sweet little overnight guest. My nephew Blake spent the night with us!

AJ and Reece got a little taste of what having a little brother would be like. (not gonna happen!)They watched Noggin with him which of course they haven't watched Noggin in quite awhile. They also had to put away Lego creations that they had spent lots of time building because Blake likes to un-do the creations! too funny!

I overhead AJ tell Reece to get Blake side tracked on something else so they could do Legos without him. He is such a good little boy though! We had a lot of fun and of course I pulled out the camera to get some pictures!! having a little bedtime snack and reece being goofy!

Hope everyone had a nice summer......... back to school on Monday! The boys are kind of excited to start a new school year. We had a great, busy, and fun summer. Now football starts for all 3 boys real soon! more busy times ahead!

Horsin' Around

Last weekend me and the boys headed north to Danville to visit with my grandparents, aunt, uncle, and cousins.

We first stopped by my aunt and uncles house to visit. My uncle had his horse out so the boys round around on Rio for awhile.

We don't own any cowboy boots, they are wearing crocs and sandals....

Brooklynn, Bradley, AJ, and Reece.

On Sunday afternoon we met up with our cousins and went to the local park which has a spray park/pool/waterslides. The kids had a blast!!

Of course, while staying at my grandparents (which the boys call GG) we had to play Dominoes. They just love playing games with GG and Papau Joe.

Skateboards & Mohawks

my boys used to be so clean cut and proper, well now they want mohawks and to ride skateboards........ i think we've created monsters. (cute monsters though)

reece worked on this mohawk the other night after his bath and then insisted i take pictures of him......

both of the boys have wanted to have long(er) hair, like all the boys are wearing these days

(oh the peer pressure in kindergarten and 3rd grade)

of course we would never allow them to have very long hair but we have let them keep it a little longer...

enjoy the pictures!!

CrAzY cUtE bOyS

AJ & Reece

I don't have a whole lot to post this week. I am trying REALLY hard to sit down on Sunday evenings and recap the week. I actually pulled my camera out at 8:30pm Sunday night just to snap a few shots of my crazy cute boys.....

Lets see, AJ had to turn in his 4H projects Saturday morning. We ran up to the 4H building this evening to see what he got on his projects. His electricity project wasn't judged yet but he got 1st on his Sports poster. This is his first year in regular 4H so it was the first time he got judged on his projects.

Besides 4H we have just been enjoying the summer. We've done some swimming, some Holiday World, some bike riding, and a lot of sleeping in!!!!!! I love summer because I love to sleep in and so do my boys! We don't go to bed until around 11-12 so we usually sleep until about 8-9. Very nice!!

Yesterday me and Jake went to Louisville with Stacy and Stephanie McClure to eat at Joe's Crab Shack. I got a burger. Jake and Stacy got some huge nasty looking lobster. They liked them though. We had a really great time!!

AJ is going to Holiday World with a friend tomorrow. So Reece and I will probably find a pool to swim in!! (if it is warm enough!!) Have a great week!!

4th of July

The kids had such a great time this year with fireworks. We had our cousins visiting from Avon, my parents, and my sister and her family over for dinner on the 2nd of July.


After dinner my cousin Mark and BIL Trent went and bought fireworks for the kids to do (and the big kids) We had a few fireworks and sparklers.....

AJ doing sparklers . . . .

We had planned a trip to Holiday World for the 4th but since the weather was so rainy we decided to go on the 5th instead. We really wanted to watch the fireworks at Holiday World because they are usually very good. Oh well, we watched the park's from Stacy and Stephanie's so it worked out.

Jumping On the Blog Wagon

Ok, here goes...... i just started posting pictures and stuff to a shutterfly acct but just wasn't quite happy with it. I love it for making photo books etc but otherwise it was a little confusing for me! So I am jumping on the blog wagon and will do my best to post pictures and document the lives of my boys! My have they grown...... AJ is 9 and Reece is 6. I don't seem to take as many pictures as I used to when they were babies but am REALLY trying to get better at it! I know they are still young but when they were babies they changed every day and did so many "firsts" that I just had to capture on camera. I'm not saying that they are boring now, actually quite the opposite! So this is my attempt at blogging and keeping these precious memories better documented.