First Day of Preschool

Here are a few pictures of Brayden's first day of preschool with out big brother. I tried to get away with letting him use Mason's old back-pack...that was a no go! We will be making a trip to the store today so this second child can pick out his own back-pack.

First Day of School (Mason Style)

As in the past, Mason wanted to do "first day of school" pictures in his own style. His backpack and lunch box are Mario...(on a side note, until recently I have had a no character clothing rule, but it was a losing battle with Mason and two grandmothers on one side and me on the other!)...anyway, so here are our Mario themed first day of school pictures.

His running pose

Throwing fire

Holding a brick

Mom and Dad with the school boy.

Mason walked into class put up his backpack and went right to his spot. He did not turn around to see where I was and it was hard to get through to his table, to avoid being on of "those" moms I just snapped a quick photo and waved bye. So there we are, a little bit more independent but none the less imaginative!

Did you miss me?

Okay, I realize that long periods of absence tends to be my norm, and here is my excuse this time,in the past few weeks we have packed everything in our house, loaded it up and moved. We are excited to be in our "new" house and there are a lot of things we love and so many projects for us to tackle, but there are oh so many projects for us to tackle!!!! Here are a few last pictures at the old house and our first home improvement projects.Bray wanted to make sure we did not forget his bed.

Come on brother give me a kiss

I have a picture in front of this door with both of the boys when we brought them home from the hospital.


If you know my son you will not be surprised that he wanted to take a picture with both of us making a Mario face. He instructed me on the proper way to make such a face, so please excuse the unflattering picture, but it is so classically Mason.

Now for home improvement. After we got our dryer set up I started our first load of much needed laundry. After the dryer ran I came back to a load of wet clothes and a smell that I can not properly explain. Off to Lowes I went and came back with this neat little tool to clean out the vent, take a look...

Want a closer look? Seriously, this was not all but just the first bit, I probably got this much twice more...can we say yuck! (On a side note do you love the floor?)

Speaking of flooring, look at how wonderfully clean the previous owners kept the floor.

While we are planning on replacing the flooring I could not stand to live with it like this, even if only for a little while! I got out my trusty toothbrush and grout cleaner and here are the results.

Our New Obsession

racing dinosaurs



please excuse the lack of pants, but it is summer and he is a boy, which means keeping him fully clothed is not an easy task.

Lovin Summer

Little Helper

Remember back, less than a month ago, when going out in the morning still required a light jacket?

Need Your Votes

Michael entered into a Memorial Day BBQ contest. For a guy that does very little cooking he did a fantastic job and it was so yummy! Now that I know how good he is you can guarantee he will be doing more of it. Go over and check it out and don't forget to vote by giving this BBQ 5 stars!!!

http://bbqwar.com/battles/memorial-day-battle-2011/smoked-gouda-stuffed-hamburger/

Here he is at work