Lately....

Not a whole lot going on these days. Settled into our school routine and plugging along. Life is good.

Easier to sleep when the sun's not in your eyes.

3 Miles in 29 minutes and 48 seconds.  Go Em!

Sweet, sweet Ms. Debbie (our friend at the Y) bought Klein a car - for starting preschool.  She is such a kind lady.  We love Ms.Debbie.

Local celebrities.  ;)

Em's class - "Learning Celebration".  Her teacher plays the guitar really well so they sing lots of fun songs.  Very entertaining.

Taught Em to fish bone braid my hair.  :)

Lunch with Riggs.

Field Trip with Riggs and his class to the local library and a pond.  Fun stuff.

Lemonade Stand

Last Saturday, we set up shop with several of our friends for "The Big Grab - 43 Mile Yard Sale". The reason we set up shop was to actually set up a Lemonade & Cookie Stand. Mom and I participated in the yard sale last year and thought of the idea back then. Since we were going to sell lemonade this year, we also gathered all the junk we could find to get rid of at the same time. My plan to was to go early and let Rob bring the kids later but they were early risers so we loaded up and headed out around 6:45am. The lemonade stand was a hit! I had to run home and on the way back, Rob called and asked for more ice and cups. They were running out. They sold close to 200 cups of lemonade. Not too shabby. A big high five to Em for being faithful. She manned that stand for close to 5 hours. Riggs...well, he too gets a high five for effort. He was done after 45 minutes though. Emery is all about the $money$. :) And not to worry, the earnings were divided accordingly. ;) Needless to say, they are excited to do it again next year. As am I. :)

Early morning - on our way to sell our junk and of course, lemonade.

The highlight of the day for Riggs - riding in the Army truck.  This picture actually ended up in the local newspaper.

Preschool

Tuesday was Klein's first day of 3 year old preschool. He only attends 2 days a week. Because I can't seem to let go. If you can recall, Em and Riggs attended preschool at the age of 2, two days a week and 3 year old preschool at the age of 3, three days a week. Obviously, I'm struggling here. I figure I'll come around soon enough. As you can see in the picture, we didn't have the best morning. He did not want to go nor did he want to wear underwear. That's officially what started all the tears. We're commando fans around here. He finally calmed down and all was well. The rest of his school day went well, or so I was told. They said he did great. I can only hope this continues. I still have a hard time believing our last little one is in preschool. I want to do it all over again. :)

Not liking the idea of preschool...or wearing underwear.

Somewhat happier  :)

That's the smile I like to see.

Arriving at preschool.

Mrs.Lisa and Klein.

End of the day - he did great!

Klein's special day.

Labor Day Weekend

While in Virginia, mom and dad took the kiddos to the beach for the weekend. We were happy to hear they behave much better when we are away. While we were gone, they enjoyed the pool, the arcade, feeding the ducks, lots of golf cart rides, and ice cream treats. We were not missed. That's a good thing. (Thanks mom and dad!) We arrived Sunday afternoon and relaxed the entire rest of the day. I think I took a total of 4 naps that day, including the car ride. I was not feelin' it that day. The sore throat and body aches kicked my bottom. Monday was much better so we grabbed breakfast, hit the playground and pool one last time before packing it all up and heading home. As for camping, we enjoyed it. Camping with no tents, running water, air condition, and electricity is my kind of camping. We're excited to do it all over again!

Rob manning the kitchen.  Not really. 

Movie time with Klein.

Riggs kept the broom in motion, in and out of the camper.  Bless him.

Friendly game of Racko.

Camping...sort of.  :)

The kids love to ride.  And ride. And ride some more.

Dinner time.

Breakfast time.  I guess all we did was eat.  ;) 

Tire swing fun!

Cruisin'.

Pool time!

Time to pack it up.

Patiently waiting.

A mouth full of bubble gum and a recovering rug burn on the nose.

The rule "Safety first" gets thrown out the window when it comes to cleaning off the camper.

Rob is a cleanup champ. 

BYU vs. UVA

This past weekend was a blur. We were on the road a lot and basically just trying to keep up. The low down - Dropped the kiddos off with my parents so they could all go to the beach for the weekend (in their new camper). The kids were beyond excited, as were we. We drove 3 hours to Greensboro to have dinner with some old friends. It had been 3 years since our last visit so it was great to see them. We stayed the night in Greensboro. Saturday we drove 3 more hours to Charlottesville for a visit to Monticello and the BYU game. After the game we drove back 3 hours to Greensboro to stay the night there again. Sunday morning we (by "we", I do mean Rob, for all of the driving) drove 4 hours to the beach where we stayed with mom and dad until Monday afternoon. We then drove about 3.5 hours home from the beach when it should have only taken 2 but the traffic was horrendous. Rob was a trooper. I got sick Saturday with a sore throat. On Sunday, I basically slept the entire drive and then slept some more when we arrived at the beach. He is a stickler when it comes to me being around the kids while sick so he and my parents did EVERYTHING for the kids. I am grateful we always travel with good medicine and good help to make things better. By Monday morning, I was feeling a lot better. So, like I said, the weekend was a bit of a blur but one to keep in the memory bank. :)

First leg of our trip.  Rob drove about 920 miles in 3 days. 

Thomas Jefferson

LOTS of BYU fans visiting Monticello Saturday morning.  And by "lots", I mean pretty much everyone there.

Farmland at Monticello.

Tunnel under Monticello.

Monticello

Thomas Jefferson's gravesite.

The game when it was nice, hot, and muggy.

Clearing out at the end of the 1st Quarter due to lightening.

SC BYU fans.  Go Cougs!

The downpour.  We all huddled on the stadium ramps for close to 2 hours due to the delay.

After the game started back up, Rob and I ventured to find some food.  The lines were a mile long.  While looking for food, the rain started again.  We bailed....to our car.  This picture does not do us justice.  I squeezed water from my hair as if just getting out of the pool.  This was also the nice start to a major sore throat for the rest of the weekend.