August 27th

Not too much going on around here...

I guess the biggest news would be Dylan starting preschool. He has done great! He had one day, the second day, where he shed a few tears, but that was it. He LOVES school and everyday waits very impatiently for it to be time to go to school. He is in the afternoon class and doesn't go till 12:45. Everyday when I pick him up the first thing he says to me is "Mom I didn't cry today!". The first week I had a little something waiting for him in his seat when I picked him up. But this week I hadn't done that. I didn't want him to expect something every single today. So today when I picked him up he said, "Mom, can we please go to the store so I can get some beef turkey!" Which is how he says beef jerky. So we did. He has done so well it is hard not to reward him! It has been really strange being childless even if it just for 3 hours. But somehow I manage!! :)

Kristian is still enjoying school. I had to get him a new guitar case because the other one was falling apart. I walked into the living room the other morning and he had scotch tape trying to tape it back together!! I started to get the duck tape out, cause you know that will hold! But instead I just got him a new case. He had had it for two years. Taking it back and forth every day will cause a lot of wear and tear on it. I am hoping this one lasts till high school and then he can get a new case and guitar.

Mick is gone to California this week. He comes back on Friday. He worked his last late night last Thursday night. What a relief! He had been working those long hours since the middle of June and it got really old! It will be nice to have him home for dinner now and then!

We went to Ryan and Tanya's cabin last weekend just to get a way for a few days. We had a great time. The weather was perfect, except that it rained. But that turned out to be a good thing. It kept us there at the cabin so we HAD to relax. That Saturday we stayed in our pj's till 2 in the afternoon!! The boys love going up there. They love the creek and going to see the chipmunks. Which we did manage to get to do that Sunday. There was a break in the clouds long enough for that and to have a picnic on the river downtown. We ended up not heading back till around 7 that night. None of us were ready to leave. Some friends of ours went with us. We don't get to visit with them that often so it was nice to have a get away with them and catch up.

This past weekend we took the boys to ITZ. We all enjoyed that. Kristian has a game there that he loves. He calls it the big spinner. He seems to win 80 tickets each time he plays. Dylan enjoys the bumper cars and the skee ball. Of course, like always, we ate way too much!!!

I ended up joining Curves and I am really enjoying it. I signed up for a year!! So we will see how it goes. It is a lot of fun. My friend Martee and I have been going together when we can. It is nice to have someone to go with. I went 3 times last week and will go for the 4th time this week tomorrow... I could really feel the burn today! But that's a good thing!

Well I suppose that is it from here. I hope everyone has a great Labor Day weekend. Until next time...

pictures... Dylan and Grant playing in the rain at the cabin, Mick, Dylan and Kristian ready to hike, Mick and Dylan taking a nap, which that was the position Mick stayed in for most of the weekend!, the guys playing with the legos and lincoln logs, Ms. Olivia what a doll, Dylan and Rebecca their first day of school, Dylan outside his school and the 3rd day of school when he dressed himself, it was a bit cooler that day!