Friday, August 18, 2017

Preschool Starts, Uga pics, & more Fun!

The past few weeks have been pretty low key for us.  Since Bryant started school we have had to hang around here.  That hasn't stopped us from having some fun though!  We had our annual pictures with Uga a few weeks ago.  Taylor loved him, Bryant didn't prefer him, and Thomas was just very intrigued by him.  I personally was not able to get a great picture, I'm hoping the photographer was, but I'm not counting on it.  It's hard enough to get all three kids to cooperate, but then trying to get the dog to too didn't work great for us. ;)  The best part of that was that we then got to go spend a little time with Josh!  Now that they are working 7 days a week we are missing him.  Last week I took the younger two kiddos to Kids Up with some friends.  It's like this big indoor playground.  The kids had an absolute blast!  And it was really only about 40 min away...so we will definitely be going again.  This week Bryant's flag football league started.  He has only had his first practice, but he loved it and is so excited about the season.  On Wednesday I took the younger two to FrogStomp Art Studio with some friends.  It is a great little place where kids can paint and color and all sorts of artsy stuff.  They had a blast.  Then yesterday, Thursday, both Thomas and Taylor had their first day of Preschool!!!  Woohoo!!  I'm not gonna lie, I was just as excited as they were. ;)  Taylor is in PreK and will be going four mornings a week.  Thomas is in the 2 year old class and will be going two mornings a week.  So that means I'm gonna have two mornings a week to myself. Too bad my list of things I want to do during those 3 hour time blocks is probably going to take me the entire year to finish! ;)  Anyway, that's about all for us right now.  Below are pics.

 So..Tay has this new thing she does where she tilts her head sideways in almost all pictures now... Silly girl.
 This is the first of MANY pictures I tried to take to get one good one.  I've included three others, none of which are good because I didn't manage to get a single good one!! But they are funny. ;)



 Uga Pics!
 There's that head tilt! ;)
 DADDY!!!!
 Kids Up!

 Thomas was in heaven with all the ball pits.
 Wheeee!
 Hanging out at bubba's football practice.  It was hot.
 FrogStomp!


 Putting on some beads to finish their special paintings!

Their completed Rainbows!
 Silly faces
 Thomas LOVES his puppy! (Well...Sam's almost 13, so I guess he's not technically a puppy...but he'll always be our puppy.)
 Ready for their first day of school!!
 He wasn't interested in taking a picture.
 Ready for PreK!

And they're off!!  Taylor didn't want me to walk her in.  She's too big for that.  Plus she said that she wanted to take Thomas to his class. :)

Until next time...

Heather

Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Our Last Hurrahs of Summer!

We have really enjoyed our last two weeks of summer!  A few weeks ago Taylor went to a Cheerleading Camp at our local high school.  She absolutely loved it!  They did a little performance the last day of the camp which was so cute!  Then that weekend the kids and I went down to Opelika for my nephew's 4th birthday party.  It was super fun.  It was an extra awesome trip because my sister from NC and her kids came down during that time too.  So I got to spend time with 2 of my sisters, and all of the cousins had an absolute blast!  Then last week the kids and I went with some friends to Fernbank Museum.  We had never been before, and it was lots of fun.  Of course going with friends made everyone have an even better time!  Then last Thursday-Saturday we got to go to Lake Oconee.  This is the annual trip that the football staff gets to take before the grind begins.  We had a wonderful time.  We got to spend lots of time as a family, but also got to enjoy time with some of the other football families.  It was a great way to end the summer!  And summer has officially ended for us because Bryant started school today.  1st Grade.  How in the world has time gone by so fast that I have a 1st Grader!?!?  I will say that I did handle it A LOT better than last year. ;)  And he was excited and had a great first day...so that helps too. :)  Anyway, that's it for now, enjoy the pictures.

 Cheerleading camp
 I wish this picture was clearer, but look at Tay! :)
 The 4-year old group with the mascot! Taylor LOVED the mascot...as you can see by her sitting in his lap. ;)
 Party time!




 Happy Birthday Wells!
 Taylor loved cousin Andre!
 COUSINS!!! (Just missing Nora)
 Swimming fun
 Lounging
 Book reading with Pops!
 Thomas is pretty excited about Fernbank...or maybe its because two pretty girls are holding his hands. ;)
 ROAR

 Out on the outdoor trails at Fernbank.
 Bryant and Karoline :)

 Live reptiles!!  It was just an iguana. ;)
Taylor was a great weatherwoman!
 This picture. HAHA!
 Friends
 Thanks for a fun trip Fernbank!
 LAKE TIME!



 These three love the lake. :)
 Painting


 His painting are very abstract... ;)
1st Day of 1st Grade!!!

Until next time...

Heather