A Lost Loose Tooth

AD truly lost her tooth today. (And not just out of her mouth!) She decided to hang on to her first tooth that came out because she wanted to show it to some friends today. However, when I came home at lunch, she was in tears. Apparently she had taken it out of the bag (not sure why) and had proceeded to lose it somewhere in the house. Needless to say, that could have been like looking for a needle in a haystack. However, it was found in the hallway (whew!) and we have a happy soon-t0-be first grader again.

Enjoy your day!

Misc

We finally made it home from our vacations and now it's time to get back to work. Teacher meetings this last week and tomorrow and then it's back to school on Tues! The girls are really excited. They just got new backpacks and new shoes today.

AD also had an exciting evening. She lost her first tooth tonight! The middle one on the bottom (right next to the hole in her mouth) is loose and so are her top middle two, as well. She is one happy kid!

The other night, I sent AT in to watch tv with T. After he didn't come back for awhile, I thought I better go check on him. What can I say, like father like son???

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Nothing Exciting

It's been really nice to be home again. We have gotten so much accomplished, even if they are little things. (I think that's because we know we go back to school tomorrow and won't have time to do it later.) I had most of the school shopping done a long time ago.

The weather has been so much cooler that it is almost prepping us for fall. It feels wonderful compared to the 100+ temps we had been having.

I guess today's posting title says it all: Nothing Exciting.

Enjoy your day!

We're Home! (to stay)

Whew! What a summer it's been! I told T at the start of the summer I wanted to do some things so we had some really great memories. Well, we certainly did! We just got back from our fourth and final trip of the summer.

A big huge thanks to our friends, the E's, for letting us stay at their beautiful place on PL. What a view from the cabin!

Some of us had never been on a jetski before and it was a lot of fun. As you can see, AT definitely enjoyed it.

The girls were loving the tubing!

More playing in the sand!

What a cute group!

As if that wasn't enough fun, the girls had received free tickets to SW for reading books. Since we were up that way, anyway, we just decided to go there on our way home. The kids had so much fun riding rides and playing in the water. (The one and only time we had ever been there was when AD was about 2 months old.) After we were done there, we headed down and stayed with some friends. We finally made it home today.

While I'm grateful that we were able to enjoy so many trips and make so many great memories this summer, I think it's really true: There's no place like home!

Enjoy your day!

Poor Dog

I guess it's good that we have raised a dog that is so patient with

the kids that he will let them do this to him:

(And some of you thought the wrap was embarrassing!)

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Beach Trip

Well we returned back to the east side of the state yesterday! I don't think I've been over to the west side so much. However, the view was worth it! This was the sunset off the deck of the beach house we were staying at.

The beach house

AT was extremely wore out. I don't think he's taken this many naps this summer.

The big boys had a great time catching supper. They certainly caught their limit and we definitely enjoyed the fruits of their labor!

The kids with Great Gma

We had such a great visit with family and friends. We didn't do a whole lot of sightseeing, instead just choosing to relax on the beach & deck. I think I managed to finish 3 books while we were over there. However, I went to an awesome little used bookstore and brought home probably three times as many as I finished!

Enjoy your day!

Busy Weekend

We survived a very busy weekend. My mom & gma (from MN) showed up Thurs evening. They were delivering T's truck that we had found (via the Internet). I had asked my parents to go check it out for us and they had said it was a good truck. (My brother & father know vehicles so we knew it was a good idea if they said so!) My mom liked driving it so much, she kept threatening to take it back home!

I'm so glad they brought it up because Friday we had a yard sale from early in the morning until late in the afternoon. It was really handy to have a truck for transporting things instead of just the suburban. It was soooo hot that day! I only did the yard sale until about 2 pm because mom & gma were here and then we had the swim team BBQ that evening. Yikes! I was wiped out by the time Fri was over.

So was Mom and AT! What a bunch of cuties!

On Fri, my friend, MK, brought her momma dog up to see the puppies. She really wasn't very interested in seeing them or holding still long enough for the pix, as you can see.


Sat morning (early!) was AJ's last swim meet here at home. She was so excited. She had two uncles, one aunt, 2 cousins, two gmas, two gpas, one great gma (all the way from MN!), and her family there! Talk about spoiled. The swim team parents (not me) did an amazing job running the event. It was so hot even early in the morning. They moved the meet right along and we were done by noon. AJ swam 6 races and was wiped out by the time she was done, but she did a really good job. Thanks to all who came to watch!!! And a big thanks to the swim team parents that ran a great meet! You guys are awesome!

Sat afternoon we just hung out but we had to get some pictures before everyone went home. This one above is of me, my dad, my brother, and my gma (my dad's mom).

I always try to get a picture of my kids with any great grandparents, so we had to update this one. (What a cheesy smile, AT!)

Dad, Mom, my kids, & Gma

This is a 4th generation picture. My dad, me, Gma, & my kids. Cool, huh?

They all left Sunday and we have calmed down a bit. I felt bad because we had so much going on while they were here and it was so darn hot. Oh well, somethings are out of our control. It was a good weekend and it was so nice to visit with everyone.

Enjoy your day!