Fall so far...

It has been a crazy couple of weeks since the beginning of the school year!  The weeks fly by because everyone is so busy.  Some how I thought Logan being in first grade would make things less busy but I was wrong!  He has at least a half hour of homework every night but he is going great!  He got 100% on his very first spelling test, he does great in math, and he loves to read!  He has received a "great job" sheet every Friday!  His favorite subjects are P.E. (surprise!:)  and science.  In fact his favorite day of the week is Monday because he has science!  He gets to pick one day a week to get hot lunch so he always looks forward to that day:)  He is still playing soccer, he played goalie for the first day yesterday and he did really well!  He would also like to join boy scouts so I will have to be looking into that!

Gavin is enjoying daycare...there are a few more boys his age this year so that is nice.  They are also doing a letter a day and story time before naps each day.  They base their lunches according to what letter they are learning that day!  Its really cool.  And everyday when I pick him up we have to go to "stop" (code for bus stop) to wait for Logan to get off the bus.  I think it might be the highlight of his day:)  When he gets home he is a very big mamma's boy:)  Which of course I love!  He is starting to talk a lot more.  He is also getting smarter by the minute...figuring out how to get into things...which can be a bit of a challenge for us haha.  We may have to re-Gavin proof the house!  He thinks its hilarious to lock the door with his foot when I am trying to get him out of the car so I have to be quick!

Scott is very busy at work!  He is constantly interacting with students which is a good thing, he wanted to make sure he didn't lose contact with the students! And lots of meetings.  He also received an award for educator of the month for September!  He is also busy taking master's classes.  And of course watching football:)  I am loving my job this year too!  We have a great group of students this year!  And my friend Rachel who I work with and her husband are expecting their first baby so congrats to them!  My weeks like I said are very busy!  But that is ok because then the weekends come faster and I get to spend time with my family:)  Scott and I went down to art prize the other night and we plan on going down for a day next weekend.  We love going to see all the different kinds of art people create, its a great date:)  We have been to  a wedding this fall.  And thanks to my sister I got to go see Jason Aldean which was an awesome concert!  And of course we are looking forward to hockey season!  It has been a great start to the fall season!

In other family news Kevin graduated with his Master's just this past weekend!  Christine and Kevin are now making their way across they country back to the east coast where he is now stationed!  Congrats to Kevin!  Christine is working hard on her photography and she is doing a great job!  She has shot a wedding, a business event, some senior pictures and a lot of other stuff!  

We are looking forward to more fall fun... art prize, football (Scott;), going to the pumpkin farm, Halloween and then the holidays!  More to come!

9/11. Ten years later

I don't know about the rest of you but today was a really rough day for me.  Watching all the footage from the terrorist attacks ten years ago was really emotional for me.  I remember back when it happened.  I remember that I felt shock, fear and sadness.  But not sadness like I felt today.  I think now that I am a wife and a mom it hits so much closer to home, because I cannot imagine losing my husband or children to anything, much less some terrible act of hate and evil.  All those people that died, whether they were innocent people in new york, on flight 93, responders to the scene, or those in the military who have been fighting for our freedom each and every day for the last ten years.  Those were all dads, moms, sons, daughters, friends, relatives.  I cannot imagine what so many people went through, or are going through to this day.  I cannot imagine waiting to find out if your husband or wife or son or daughter or brother or sister or friend or relative is coming home or not.  Its because of all of those people that I can feel secure. Listening to people tell their stories of the last conversations they had with loved ones who were on flight 93.  Or those who received calls that their loved ones were not coming home.  Listening to all of the names of the lives lost that day was heart breaking.  To all of those who are not here with us anymore.  To those who sacrificed their lives, to those who are currently putting themselves in harms way to protect this country and our freedom.  To the firefighters, the police, the military and everyone else serving this country, protecting our freedom,  Thank you.  Thank you for everything you have done,  everything you are doing.  Today Christine's boyfriend Lance along with another fellow fire fighter put together a stair climb in memory of the first responders who lost their lives on 9/11/01.  I want to thank them and everyone who contributed to this fundraiser.  It was meaningful to have an opportunity to be able to do something, even if it was something small in memory of those whose lives were lost, and to those who continue to serve to this day.  It was was a very meaningful tribute.

Soccer Season

Logan had his first soccer game today.  This year he plays with twice the amount of kids, they have a goalie this year and they play on a bigger field so he is really excited!  He goes right after that ball!  He is number 9 and his team name is the Golden Flames.

Logan's first day of 1st grade

Today was Logan's first day of first grade!  He was so excited he was wide awake at 6:30 am!  When he got home he said his favorite part of the day was eating lunch at school with his friends.

Labor Day Weekend

This year for Labor Day weekend we decided to take the boys on a little road trip to visit Grandma Lucy and then to visit Grandpa Jerry and Tina.  We all had a blast!  It was fun to take the boys to Grandma Lucy's because I used to go there every summer for a week.  Logan got to ride his bike a lot.  This was also the first time we put the boys to bed at the same time in the same room.  There was a lot of laughing going on...apparently Gavin was throwing things at Logan.  They were laughing so hard they had us laughing in the other room!  We had a nice dinner out with Grandma Lucy.  Later in the evening uncle Jim and aunt Kathy stopped over too.  It was nice to see everyone.

On Sunday we went up to see Grandpa Jerry and Tina.  Tina runs an animal adoption business so there were a lot of animals for the kids to see which they loved!  Logan got to go fishing and ride a horse!  Gavin loved chasing the dogs around:)  Grandpa made us a nice lunch and we got to visit for the afternoon!  It was so quiet and peaceful there!  

Its always nice to see family!  And the boys had so much fun!  I can't believe the summer is over!