August Happenings

Lots of fun happened in August.  We are so blessed by our family of four and old and new friends!  Can't wait to see what this school year has in store for us all!   Remembering how Ashley heard thunder and got a storm bag all ready for us in case we had to go in the tornado shelter, BFF girls night, kids fighting to be right on Mama, our house was in a magazine!, coming out from showering too find the kids playing Candyland!, jumping off the high platform at Defy, basketball and pool time, movies with friends and new babysitter Courtney, date night at Tontitown Festival, all things play dough, new passport pics, birthday party with old friend, low tire en route back from day trip to Tulsa with new friend Jen! (and subsequently the proud new owner of 4 tires), 1st grade craft of Smelly David, car line, family nite at the club, sleeping with Skip It, Sara's new handbag (thanks so much Babes!), walking with Toby, new playgrounds, a full-toothed smile and after school time with our new buddy Ryan! Whew!  All great things :) 

Ninja Warrior, Tumble and Soccer!

Some of the kids activities have started up again!  Dance doesn't start until after Labor Day but here we go with Trevor's competition team at Flip Side Ninja Park (of course Ashley wanted her pic too!), Ashley's private tumble lesson with Miss Annie at Triumph Gymnastics and Rec Soccer for Trevor with Daddy as his coach!!

School Lunch with the Kiddos

Some upsetting news was floating around about a potential incident at an Arkansas school today so Mommy went to have lunch today with the kiddos.  School security was a bit more lax than she would have liked and a lot of kids skipped school but Mr. Allen the VP had his A game on constantly monitoring.  Ashley has lunch at 11:00 and Trevor is at 11:30 so it will be nice this year to be able to eat lunch with the kids more often without it taking up a lot of the day!  (Last year Ashley ate at 10:30 and Trevor was at 12:30!)

Toby's Gotcha Day!

Thank goodness for Facebook Memories to remind us of big important dates - like Toby's Gotcha Day.  Apparently we rescued him on the same day as National Dog Day!  Lucky guy!  So we learned that on August 26, 2014 Toby came into our lives when he was about 6 months old!  Happy 5.5 year birthday Toby!

Sleepover and Fun!

After a little break (maybe a year?!?!) of Ashley and Sophia not having sleepovers due to getting up multiple times throughout the night and then getting up for the day far too early, Mommy agreed to try it again.  They did much better this time, only getting up at 6:30am for the day.  Not too bad. So we got Krispy Kreme for breakfast then some of Trevor's friends came over and we all went to Defy to jump for 2 hours before hitting up McDonalds.  The only meals we ate out the whole time Daddy was in Vegas for work from Friday - Tuesday!  Pretty good!

Lake Atalanta Fun!

Ashley went with some friends to a hike/kayak activity at Lake Atalanta.  We got so many pictures of all the fun they were having on the super hot day!  We heard Ashley was a natural kayaker!!!

First Day of School!

Back to school for the kiddos!  Luckily they were up raring to go, excited for the day!  School starts at 7:30am and we leave by 7 so it was an early morning but they didn't seem to mind!

The night before school they completed their interviews!  Always fun to see what they say!

Trevor was far too cool to get a picture at school but luckily Ashley as happy to say cheese!

Trevor's teacher sent a pick of the class during the day! 

And before Mommy knew it, it was time for the bus to come!  Woo hoo!  She missed her little buddies terribly!!

To celebrate the first day of school our neighbor Roxie invited everyone over to decorate cookies!  Yum!  Hope everyone has the best school year!!!