Labor Day Weekend

We spent the first half of our labor day weekend at the beach and boating with friends. It was wonderful. We spent the second half recovering from the first half of the weekend. Now the backpacks are packed and the kids are heading to school again tomorrow. Although they've been in school for a couple of weeks now, I think I can say that summer is officially over. We ended it on a high note. Now, if only the weather would cooperate.....

The hawk whisperer

Noah has a new talent. He has informed me that he can speak "hawk". No, I don't mean Brian's squadron, I mean the actual birds. He's convinced that one day he was squawking at them and they answered him back! He's not quite sure what their conversation was about, but he's convinced. Much to my surprise, the other day he headed out to the back patio. He stood there, started squawking, came back in and said "hmm, no hawks out there today". It was definitely a moment where I suppressed my laughter. He'll figure out one day that he can't speak "hawk", but for now he's our little hawk whisperer. I love it!

1st day of school

Thursday was the first day of school for the boys. Jacob started 1st grade and Noah started preschool - his first day of school EVER.  I didn't realize how much we had been "building up" school for Noah until I got him there and settled at his desk. We were a little early and he looked around and said "when are we going to DO something?". Ha! That boy does not like to be idle! They both did so well - I only cried a little when I got to the car. :) When I told them that I had missed them at the end of the day Noah said "well, at least you still have Hansel (the dog)"! Yes, I still have the dog, but I missed my little boys that are growing up way to fast....

Another hot day in Beaufort

On a hot sunday afternoon in Beaufort we went looking for some entertainment. We saw fish, we saw birds, we saw........................................Daddy!

Hi Daddy!!!!

Cucumbers anyone?

Well, we know that we can grow cucumbers in our garden. Everything else that we have planted? Let's just focus on the cucumbers.....

On a side note - the wrist band Jake has on is from the pool. For the first time he was able to pass the swim test and is now free to swim in the deep end and go down the waterslide. He is SUPER proud - although I'm still nervous and watch him like a hawk! But he doesn't know that. ;)

Happy 4th of July

Hope you all enjoyed our country's Independence Day. We sure did!

Summer Vacation

We recently spent a week of vacation up in Minnesota on Spectacle Lake. It was such a great, relaxing vacation. It was really hard to pick just a few photos to share, but here are some tidbits. Maybe I'll get some more on here later - for now this is the best I could do!

All three of my "boys" went skiing!

Peter and Noah tubing

Lots of swimming out to the raft and plenty of fishingMost important was time spent with family. Love the picture of Brian and his brothers. Such goofballs. My family was there too, but I didn't seem to have my camera out when they were there. Hmm.

Oh, and Noah catching fish off the dock - for some reason this picture ended up down here and I've given up trying to move it!I'll do another post later - just too many good pics to share all at once!