Little bug

"Awww, my little bug likes me!"

Family Learning Day

This is a day we always look forward to. Our library does a great job planning this event.  We come home with crafts, new experiences, surprises, and new books!  It's awesome!

Lucas was not afraid of the snakes!

 Samuel liked the turtle

 

Daddy Snuggles

Heritage Girls begins again

And Emma has all her patches on her vest and is looking forward to her 2nd year as a Tenderheart!

American Heritage Girls

Homecoming game

Another band event!  The life of a High School Kid is quite busy!

Last Tennis Match

If you look closely you may notice an sign in the background

Nathan's first Marching Band parade!

It was very exciting going to see Nathan in his first Marching Band parade!  He did very well and enjoyed being a part of the Homecoming parade!  It was a hot day and they were able to wear more casual attire, so that was good!

Here they come:

IT was very sunny so this video isn't the best, but you can at least hear them!  They stopped right in front of us for a couple of minutes and Nathan was right by us!

Bubble Master!

Emma finally learned how to blow bubbles!

Samuel reading

Samuel is enjoying school and reading well!

Cute

Even pouting can be cute...

Kisses

Froggies

 We are up to 92!

Sticker face

Home Game

Marching band has been a really neat activity for Nathan so far, and we enjoy watching them perform!

Playing for team touchdowns from the bleachers

Heading onto the field during Half Time

Half Time

Oh, and they won the game!

No more braces!

We have been waiting most of the summer for Nathan to get his braces off.  A couple of times we thought we were there, only to find out he had to wait a bit longer.  FINALLY... the day arrived!

Last braces picture (the night before they came off):

I have been telling him all these years that the day they came off we would celebrate by going to a candy store and letting him pick all the things he hasn't been able to have for so long.  So, that is just what we did!

We found a really neat candy store about an hour away and took off right after tennis practice.

Nathan eating popcorn on the way:

 They had an amazing assortment of sodas!

 There were suckers with actual bugs in them... Samuel was not impressed...