Kindergarten

Where have the last 5 years gone? How can we have a kindergartner already? The pictures below show Ian on his first day at Dundee Elementary School. He was very excited, but Cole was very sad. Ian and Cole have not been a part from each other very often in the 3 years Cole has been around. So when Ian was going to a different school then Cole he had a tough time, but he had some special bonding time with Papa Steve for a couple days. Ian loves riding the bus!YMCA mini bus takes him to school and then picks him up when AM kinder is over. Then he gets to hang out with his brothers and cousins the rest of the day. It has been fun watching him learn so much already and his handwriting is getting pretty good too!

The Big Pumpkin

Ian and Cole entered their prized pumpkin into the Sandy Oktoberfest FFA contest again this year. After receiving 3rd place last year Ian told us he wanted to get 2nd this year. Well he was happy to find out that they did better then that: 1st place and BEST in Show. Craig and Jean also won for there HUGE green beans.

Summer 2010 Pictures

Ian, Cole, & Kris on the big slide

Yamhill County Fair

Ian got up close with the scuba diver

Ian and Cole exploring at the aquarium

At the "D" River

Boys playing in the shortest river

A.J. at 2 months
My 3 sons

Ian starts soccer

Aquarium

Since we don't have vacations planned for the summer we are trying to get away for day trips on the weekend. However, we are not the only ones that are doing this I think. The last weekend we went to the Newport Aquarium. Ian and Cole had a great time, along with AJ because he just likes being outside. Unfortunately Kris lets other people and crowds bug him too much to have a good time. I will post pics soon.
We also made a quick stop at the beach in Lincoln City where the boys played in the shortest river in the world, "D" River.

Weight Watchers

Starting in October my health insurance will be providing coverage for joining Weight Watchers, but only for 13-weeks. Until then I am hoping to get started on my own with the program from what I know already and what I can gather from friends. If you have any information that would help please send it my way :-) Overall I am happy with my weight loss (1lb away from pre-preg weight) so far which has happened without even trying too hard....just chasing a few boys around and eating better.

Under Construction

For those of you that know my husband you know that he doesn't like to sit around and do nothing for very long....or ever. Currently, he has about 4 different projects that are going on around the property. Most of them I can help him with or he can do on his own. The one I am not that helpful with is getting the retaining wall started which means concrete work. I hope he can get this started soon because that means we are another step closer to tearing down the shop and building a garage/shop that doesn't LEAK!

Storage Shed

In hopes of finding some more space and organization to our house we purchased a 10 x 10 storage shed this weekend. It was a lot of fun watching Ian work side-by-side with Kris to build the shed. When we didn't finish it on Sunday Ian was very sad and when he got up on Monday he was ready to work on it again. He is definitely Kris' son! Ian was sad again when I told him we had to wait until daddy got home from work, but came up with a great idea "Mommy, you can read the directions to me and when daddy gets home I can tell him what to do next." So cute! And smart! I will post pictures soon.