Grandparent's Day at School

Avery's school celebrated Grandparent's
Day this week by inviting them to come
for a short visit.  Avery was so excited
that both sets could join her for this special
day.  They showed a slide show of pictures,
sang songs, had crafts ready, and a snack
in the cafeteria.  I also included a photo
of our Bub Bub so we could remember
her as well.

GO Tigers!

It's football season here! Go Tigers!

Wolf Scout!

Aaron has started his 2nd year in scouting this week.
We are so proud of him!  This year he will also be joined
by his best bud Jackson and Cousin Spencer! It is going
to be a great year in Cub Scouts!

New Fish

A friend gave us this great fish tank a few months ago
but we never had the time to fill it up until this weekend.
Aaron's beta fish JJ (who we had for almost 2 years!)
died a few weeks back so it was great timing that we were
able to go on Labor Day to buy new fish. 

Meet George, Yoda, Rose and Violet!

on a sad note: Yoda as already bit the dust but we are
taking his lifeless body (that is currently in my frig)
back to Petco for a replacement!

A Hiking Surprise

While staying in the cabin we decided to go
on a hike and stumbled upon $30 in the woods!
It was a nice surprise for mom and dad who used
it go to on a date the next weekend! HeHe!

Bogue Chitto State Park

We rented a cabin last weekend at Bogue
Chitto State Park.  Pop Pop and JuJu were
able to make the weekend trip with us. There
are so many great state parks in Louisiana
and we are trying to stay at some over the
next year.  This park offered a great playground,
a water slide, fishing and canoeing.  The kids did
great on their first canoe trip! Thankfully it was
just an hour... the adults arms were starting to hurt!
We would definitely go back to this one for sure!

Cousin Party!

Aunt Brittney and Uncle Matthew hosted
a Sunday afternoon back to school cousin
party to celebrate the start of the new school
year.  It was only a mild 101 degrees outside
but the kids didn't seem to care! We had ice
cream, brownies, and some time on the go
kart!

First Day of Pre-K

First Day of Second Grade!

Avery Goes to Big School!

Our baby girl is headed to big school
this year.  Mommy has so many mixed
emotions about her going.  She is ready but
mommy is not! We have been together
24 hrs a day for the last 4 years and it
will be so different not to spend my day
with my little girl! She is excited though so
it makes it a lot easier.  Below is a comparsion
to when Aaron started pre-k!

Back to School Family Fun Day!

Andrew had the day off on Friday so we used that day to
have a back to school family fun day! We spend the morning
bowling, going to Costco (this may not seem fun but our kids love
going there), going to the mall, and finishing the HOT day
at the zoo.  We were so happy to spend some time with
our favorite daddy!

Day Trip to Alexandria/Pineville

Since we were already going to Alexandria
to celebrate Jackson's birthday-- Aunt Hollie
asked if she and the kids could come along
for the ride. She arranged us to spend the night
with our good friends the Byrds for the night.
They have a great pool and the kids spent almost
our entire time there in the pool! We also visited
Louisiana College to show them where their
mommies met 16 years ago!

Happy 2nd Birthday to our Jackson!

Cousin Jackson turned TWO this week!
He is getting so big! We celebrated his
birthday in Alexandria at Chuck e Cheese..
We were so happy to be able to celebrate
his big day!

Cousins and Best Buddies!

Skating Aaron

We went garage saling last weekend...
one of my and the kids favorite things to do!
Aaron came home with a new to him pair of
roller-blades.  Ever since we went rollerskating
for Elizabeth's birthday in February he has been
asking for a pair of skates.  He insists he will have a
roller skating birthday party this year...... but
we will have to see about that.