Sunny Days

I know I keep saying how ready for Fall I am but I have to admit that we enjoyed the warm weather this weekend. The kids played outside, ran barefoot in the grass, Sarah wore her sundress, Adam wore his shades! Someone near us was having a bar-b-que and it smelled sooo good! We even heard the music of the ice cream truck but it never came down our street. It really was a nice day.

But now, and I mean it this time, we are really ready for Fall. :)

Happy Birthday!

My mom's birthday was this week. We celebrated at her house with a family party and a yummy cake from Nothing Bunt Cake! We had a nice time! Happy Birthday Mom!! We love you!!
Jake's dad also celebrated a birthday this week. (Happy Birthday Pawpaw! We love you!) We are going to celebrate with them as soon as Jake gets a day off. He's been working like crazy!

Ready for Fall!

My house is so clean...

You could eat off the floor. Sarah was so excited about her idea to pour the cereal out and eat it like a dog. Adam thought it was a great idea too...

Rainy Days

What a rainy week! I loved the cooler fall temperatures but after a few days of rain we were ready to see the sun! The kids were excited to play outside. One night we walked to the park & another night they played in the backyard. Sarah learned a new phrase this week. She would look out her window & say "rainy day!". Her other new favorite saying is "I don't like that kind" as in...I don't like that kind of toothpaste, dinner, clothes, shoes, etc. She's pretty cute! :)

Conversations with the kids

I just wanted to document some of the cute & funny things the kids have been saying lately so I can remember it later. Sarah is talking so much now. She can say pretty much everything that she wants to say. We don't understand everything all the time but she can get her point across! She's very girly & dramatic. When I show her a shirt or pair of shoes she says "Oh! Cute!" She already has an opinion about what she wants to wear! She always wants to wear a shirt with a character on it. One day I already had something picked out for her to wear. She wanted to wear a Tinkerbell shirt. I said she couldn't wear it because there weren't any pants to match it. She said "I want Daddy." Then Adam said "She wants Daddy because he can always find pants." :) She also sings "Jesus Loves Me" all the time. It's very cute. She sings it when she is falling asleep & lots of other times throughout the day too. Her other new thing is she will give us a hug and say "love you too!" She's been saying "love you" for a while now, so I guess she got used to us saying "love you too" so now that's what she says. She's so funny!

Adam has been experimenting with big words lately. One day he asked me if he was "available to open the dishwasher?" and one day he didn't want to wear a shirt I picked out for him because it was too "expensive." He was telling me about his first day of school. He said that his shoe came untied and he asked another boy if he could tie it. I asked him if the boy helped him, and he said "he didn't say a word." I don't know why I just thought that was so funny. The last thing was today we were reading his new Bible. It was a part that was talking about when Jesus comes back. I guess he didn't know about that & said "Jesus is coming back? To earth?" I told him that's what the Bible says & that everyone that loves Jesus will get to go to Heaven then. Without really even thinking about it he said "Well, we better hang on to our Bibles!" I'm not exactly sure what he meant there, but I thought it was neat that he was thinking about such spiritual things! I just love the things they come up with!

Camping Trip

Growing up my family had a group of friends that we always went camping with. We always had so much fun and I have wonderful memories of those trips. I'm so excited that we have that again and that my kids will get to make those memories of camping with friends. We went camping with them this weekend. (We missed the Downs' family!) It was lots of fun! Here are some of the highlights:

Delaney caught a frog, and a butterfly. She's our little nature girl but she was totally grossed out by the bugs in the bathroom. It was funny!
Adam had a blast riding Kayden's bike. He was so nice to share his bike with Adam so much.

Sarah had NO problem keeping up with the big kids! And they were so nice about letting her play. She followed them around everywhere and did what ever they did.

My little cutie camper! She had so much fun!Buddies! Eating hot dogs. Camp food is the best!

I didn't take any pictures but of course we had S'mores too! It was a fun time, hope to do it again soon!

First day of Preschool!

Adam started pre-school this morning. He had a great first day! I know his teachers Ms. Pam & Ms. Sandra from working there last year. They are awesome! I know he will have a good year with them. He already knew a lot of the kids from being there last year. He was excited about seeing his friends!

I wasn't sure what Sarah & I would do all day! I figured this first day we would make a girly day! We did a little bit of shopping. Then we met our friend Misty for lunch at the girliest place I know- Celebrity Bakery. Yum!

Then we came home and baked cookies for Adam. My friend Jara & her little girl Kinsley always make cookies for her Kaden on his first day of school. I thought that was such a cute tradition, so we did that too!

Sarah was so happy when it was time to go get him! He had a great first day. When I told him he gets to go back on Thursday, he said "Yes! I love school!" :)