First Day of School

I know this is over due for those family that check in. But here are our first day of school photos! Taylor and Drew both had their first day on Monday. Taylor is now at the Jr. High in 7th grade, and Drew is entering 3rd grade. We had them get dressed the night before for photos because Taylor leaves much earlier than the others. Toby doesn't start until next week, but we had him put his first day outfit on too. Why can't they all just start at the same time?

Preschooler

3rd Grader

7th Grader

God is Good

End of Summer Outing

It went too fast, it usually does! All of the sudden I realized I was running out of time, so I made plans to have an outing with the kids. We found a day that was free of other events (which is never easy) we packed some lunches and headed out the door for COSI! We have been there many times, but it never seems to get old. The kids just love it! Here are a few photos of our last summer break trip!
He is so darn adorable, even when he's being rotten!
Toby was so proud of himself. He pulled himself all the way tot he top!
Concentrating...
Building...
I think he was cooling off here. It was a pretty warm day and these "Pipe Organs" were blowing air and he kept putting his head over it :)
Their absolute favorite part...playing in the "Ocean"

Me and my boys :)

God is Good!

Baseball's Over

Drew had the privilege of finishing off the baseball season this year by being a part of the All-Star team! He was very excited and honored to be asked to play, and had the chance to play in two tournaments. The final tournament was here in Wooster, which was convenient! The only problem is, it's a new tournament and still not run very efficiently! After lots of waiting around, we got to play 3 games. Here are a few photos (that Drew picked out to post, I might add) from the first game!

I didn't have the camera for the 2nd game, but here are some photos from the third game of Drew catching



Here he is chatting with coach Dennis, a family friend! He really enjoyed having Dennis for a coach!
He also got to play a little right field during this game!
After the game, which they lost, the kids all got medals! While they didn't do the greatest in the tournament, these boys grew so much fundamentally as they learned to play with new people, and to make each position their own, and what their responsiblities are! It was so much fun to watch!

God is Good!

Toby's Swimming Lessons

Playing around with editing photos, and thought I would share these from Toby's first swimming lessons. On the last day, he said he was going to go off the diving board... see what happens...





He made it back to safe land and was fine, but has not shown much interest in trying again.

God is Good!