First Day of School

Apparently, my very busy, but relaxing summer passed without a blog post. We all had a marvelous summer that included a visit from the Greens, beach trips, soccer camp, horse camp and many days just swimming in the pool.

My first day of school was a couple of weeks ago, and the kids started last Wednesday.


Ryan was too excited to pose. He was very wiggly. The kids both had a great first week and like their teachers.

We celebrated Lydia's birthday with multiple parties. Following are miscellaneous pictures.

This is after the pinata broke. Kids sure do love a pinata. I suppose I would, too, if it were filled with adult treats, or even fine chocolate.


This is taken on our new trampoline. You should have seen Joel and me putting it together. The box said 1200 pieces. I know that was a typo, but it felt like that many pieces. We amazingly did it, though, and the kids have been loving it.

Ryan has been taking pictures with my camera and I think the lens might be dirty (based upon the looks of these pictures). The kids watched Lassie last night. Ryan cried for over an hour because a dog, Toots, died in the movie. Both kids were sobbing hysterically at one point.

Sadly I think our cat has been snatched by a coyote. I saw a coyote in the backyard Thursday morning, and we have not seen the cat since Thursday afternoon. We should have kept him in, but we have also always had the coyotes and Kerry had a kitty door to the garage and escaped to it. He spent the nights in the house. I think the coyotes are getting hungry and they are out at all hours now. He has never been gone for more than a day. The kids don't know yet, because Joel and I keep hoping he'll show up. He was a wonderful cat, and loved everyone. We will all miss him very much.