Kindergarten......We Made It!

Well the day finally came with or without my blessing. Brooks could have not been more proud to be starting school. He loves school and everything that goes with it. You can see how puffed up he is about getting to start Kindergarten.I took these so we could look back and know we were in Crested Butte when he started school. (not just in front of a brown door.)wearing his new shirt from Mimi Anna and Grandpa Ralphmodeling his new backpack--of course it looks huge on himHe suggested I take this picture of him putting on his shoes! How funny!Walking to school with DaddyI love how you can see him pulling Mike. He could not get in that building fast enough. He actually told me I could let him out in the parking lot and he could go the rest of the way. ( i didn't think that was suppose to happen until middle school)

Finally one last picure with his teacher Miss Emmy. He does not look too thrilled and I am sure was just ready for me to leave and be getting on with the day. He did great on his first day and had fun with his friends. His class has 14 students and he went to preschool with more than half of them. I am so excited for him and what this year ahead will mean for him!

Water Park in Oklahoma

This is the great new water park in Woodward OK where my Aunt Joy and Uncle Scott have just moved. We saw my uncle for lunch and then took the boys to swim, but there was some weather in the area and they were having a lightening delay. We would have just skipped it and left but the boys were not leaving without getting in the pool!Ty was trying to wait so patiently--but it was hard. Finally the weather cleared and we were able to swim (not a ton because grandmother and granddad were waiting for us at Scott's house)I am not sure how we got them to hold still long enough for this picture.

They were going three different directions the entire time.

At first Cooper was scared of the slide, but after I literally pushed him down he realized it was fun and went many more times.

Brooks needed no encouragement! He was a happy kid that we got to swim after all the waiting.

smiling for the camera

There was a great toddler pool too. Ty really liked the toddler part as well as the big pool.

controlling the water

and a little slide

While my mom was watching the little boys in the small pool a photographer came over and wanted some pictures of them for the local paper. Sure enough they were published the next day. My Uncle was sending my mom the clipping from the paper but I have not seen it yet.

The boys liked that they could do this slide together. It was very small but they had a great time racing on this slide.

So fun! We can't wait to get back to Oklahoma and swim here again.

Fishing With Daddy on His Birthday

On Mike's birthday he took the afternoon off and we took the boys fishing.Brooks really loved it. He wished he could cast better, but that is coordination and just takes time to get good at casting.

Cooper really just liked being out at the lake. He did fish a little, but mostly just tangled lines and threw rocks in the water.

This was fish #2. It was on Mike's rod, but we let Brooks reel it in and 'catch' it.

None of the boys would touch the fish. I had to show them it was okay to touch it. (job requirement of being a boy mom)

Brooks waving to the fish as we released him back to the water.

Ty then decided it was just cool to wade out in the water!Brooks was having trouble fishing 'around' him--i'm sure there were words being exchanged quirky little guy

Ty wanted no part of the fish on his line. Mike knew he would be freaked by it, and of course he was the one to first catch a fish. i love these shots of him, backing up and studying the situation

He finally took a hold of the rod for a picture, but you can tell he didn't want to.Mike and I were both surprised we caught 2 fish, and now the boys will think that is how it always goes. The best part was that we were about 15 minutes from home and it made home in time for nap. It is so fun now that the boys are getting bigger and we can take advantage of our mountain living.