First Day of school

Well...here we are...already the first day of school. Awww, aren't they so cute? Tyler starts preschool on Tuesday and she can't stop talking about it. Kylie is doing a whole science unit in fourth grade about insects which is right up her alley. And Kamryn is sitting by one of her best friends, Bethany in third grade. I asked her teacher how that was working out and she said theya re getting a new seating chart starting next week. It was pretty funny. But all in all, we are happy to have somewhat of a routine again and I am happy to have all younger kids in daycare again, not to mention less kids! How do you turn these pictures anyway?

Shop and Toby "helping"

Here's a picture of our shop...we love the red barn look. And then we have a picture of Toby after crawling through the house. He gets soooo filthy! But he looks cute regardless. It seems we make many trips out to the house...even in one day. It is hard on the gas bill!

Toby's first haircut

Lisa came over and gave Toby his first haircut. We gave him a buzz. It has been nice and cool for summer and one less head of hair to fix for mom on Sunday. He looks older. His new thing lately is I say "toby, do you want to nurse?" And he shakes his head no and says "nuh uh" It's really cute. Needless to say, I think we're done nursing. He is now taking steps (yes, at 14 months) and I am gearing myself up to be chasing. He's already in to a lot of stuff!

New house

This is a picture of our house in July and then our house in August. We are hoping to be in to paint this weekend or early next week.

Horseshoe Bend with Streeter side

Sometimes you really gotta wonder what they are thinking. Breckin andJacob look like they are planning something here don't they? There's some sort of unspoken communication going on here! Clair's just chilling out.

Toby is a tubing man.

Claire Bear just looks like a sweet little yummy here.

We went to Horseshoe Bend with the Streeter side when Dani and Jared were here visiting. The next day Kylie learned to waterski. Unfortunately, we don't have any pictures of her but we have lots of the babies. It was so fun to have Dani, Jared, and the twins here. It was our first opportunity to get to know our little neice and nephew. They both have very different personalities but they are both lots of fun and I loved watching and observing them!

Fourth of July

Kamryn staying nice and cool

Tobes playing in the sand and rocks in his fourth of july swim trunks.

Toby, Tyler, and Taytum all love to boat!

We celebrated the fourth at Horseshoe Bend. The kids had a blast and it was so hot you wanted to be in the water. IT was really a lot of fun.

Kamryn's birthday

This was a relay game that we played where they were dressing up and doing make-up. The girls loved it!

The cake was made by Kamryn's Aunt Lisa of course! We are so lucky that she is always so willing!

We had to celebrate Kamryn's birthday a little late this year because when her first party was scheduled, we were still dealing with the sunflower seed issue. Anyway, we ended up having her party at the church because of weather. It was a great time and I really appreciated help from Carrie Hopkin who took care of all the planning. I think the kids loved it.

Buffalo Bill Reservoir

The first trip to Buffalo Bill reservoir as a family turned out to be very windy in the end but the kids did have a little time to play. Grandma and Grandpa also came to visit and eat foil dinners. Later the Barrus family joined us.

Tea party

We had a tea party one day for daycare. It was fun to watch the kids dress up and talk like grown ups. We had little cupcakes and apple juice. They had a little table inside the little tree fort at our blue house. They were all so cute!

Toby's FIRST Birthday

Toby loved his birthday cake. I was actually afraid he'd get sick from eating too much cake. We all enjoyed eating some cake after moving a bunch of stuff out of our house. It was a task! Anyway, Tobes loved the cake and sorta liked opening presents. He didn't really care either way if he opened them or not!