Kory's first lost tooth!

Hooray! Kory has officially joined the Loosing Teeth Club. He has had a couple a loose teeth for quite awhile now, but is so unlike his brother in the fact that HE DOESN'T WIGGLE THEM! So...what's the result....they just sit there just a "little" loose for months! Maybe being in school and the periods of time throughout the day that he needs to just be still that has prompted the "wiggling" because yesterday he came home from school with this request..."Mom, I need you to pull out my tooth." Well I don't touch loose teeth with a 10 foot pole...gag...ack...cough...cough... they completely disgust me so he patiently waited until dad got home from work and PRESTO is was out. He was a little disturbed with the blood that came afterwards, but overall did quite well, just had to keep asking, "Will it stop bleeding?" (Because it bled for a whole minute!). So here begin the days of gaping holes in his mouth and the awkward slow progress of his permanent teeth coming in...you know the time when all children look like some sort of version of a hillbilly.

I hope all of you are enjoying your September. Drop us a line when you can...we'd love to hear from you.

The First Day of School...

Yippee....Yahoo....Yay.....Hurray....are their any other words to describe the elation of the first day of school (this includes mom too!)? You know the summer needs to come to an end when instead of hearing happy laughter and excited plans of what they are planning to do together...your days frequently start with this..."Stop it Kory!" or "Mom, Kyle keeps yelling at me." or "Kory get off of me." or "Kyle why won't you play with me?" The boys have reached the point of too much togetherness! I just can't believe the time is already here. I know we had summer, but I truly do not know exactly what we did to make it fly by. It seems like just yesterday Jason and I we boarding a plane and heading off to Hawaii! Oh how I long to be back on the white sandy beaches! Anyway, we are back in the grind of schedules and routines and before we know it this school year will too be over.

All set to go...

My 1st grader...hard to believe...he was just born, right?!

5th grade...yikes!

And they're off!

Well, I am all set to enjoy the beginning of 9 months of liberation!!!!!

Last Day of Summer...

This year we decide to take in Wausau's Labor Day parade! Some friends of ours live right on the parade route so we hung out in their front yard and watched four marching bands, numerous politicians, tractors, monster trucks and a bazillion police cars and fire trucks pass by. And, of course, came home with two bagfuls of candy...yippee!Kory and Hannah patiently waiting for the parade to start

Wausau West High School Marching band

Hannah and Kyle...the parade is almost over!

After last week's craziness, it was nice to have a relaxing long weekend at home just chillin' as a family and hanging out with friends.

Speaking of last week...Jason was in Portland, OR for work so the boys and I visited with Grandma and Grandpa...here are some shots of the time spent with them.