One more

I promise I won't be making it a habit to blog about my dog :) Just a few more photos.....we (mainly me) decorated a stone with her name and some of her qualities we loved. This was 'for the boys' but I did most of it and it made my heart happy.

My sweet Sadie

My sweet dog of 13.5 years is gone...I'll miss her. She was such a sweet dog, gentle and kind. Can a dog be kind? Well, she was. I have known her longer than Kurt :) We will miss her very much(tear).
Braden took this photo and has now informed me that he likes to take photos because it is like looking into the scope of a gun. Nice.

Summer's over already?

So here is the last post on our summer trip to San Antonio. We had a good summer, my house was LOUD and crazy much of the time. I enjoyed it but admittedly with school in session I have a bit of a break ;)

Our lame attempt at a family photo

Feeding Danny Boy....they just LOVE him and he's such a gentle horse.

We went to the Witte museum....Blake found a rainbow in the tree house
Truitt climbing the rock wall
In front of the Witte
Lots of pool time. Truitt in the background of this photo cracks me up!

Treasure Cove

We started a new preschool this year, it's closer to home and easier on the pocket book. The best thing about the change is that it's at our church - yay! Truitt decorated his own bag this year, he enjoyed that and seemed to enjoy his first day (the change didn't bother him one bit!).

LID

We were officially logged in on 7/20/2011. They took 7 weeks to tell us it had been done....ho hum. So, now more waiting :)

Summer - part 2

We took a trip to visit the grandparents in Kerrville/Bandera. We went to Sea World with Nana and left Blake with Oma and Grandad. Blake's a runner (meaning he runs away from me whenever possible) and I felt like enjoying my time there :) maybe next year!

Snow cones at Nana's

Truitt rode the Shamu ride with Nana. Truitt also rode Journey to Atlantis with Kurt and I, it's a water ride and it totally surprised me he wanted to ride it. Brave boy!

Feeding the Lorikeets, we love doing this each time we visit.

Feeding the dolphins. This time both boys got to touch the dolphins as they fed them.

Sharks...something the boys are pretty facsinated with right now.

Water

As I sit here Truitt comes out of his room for the 3rd time to get water. Then little bit follows (they share a room)..I'm aggravated. I get the water bottles out of the fridge, get a straw and help Blake. I watch as ice cold, crystal clear water goes through the straw into his little body. The thought pops into my head, there are so many moms who can't give their kids a sip water...not one sip and their children are dying because of it.

Aggravation....gone.

Admittedly water isn't something I think about often...we have so much of it we swim in it, water our grass with it and if it's hot it goes down the sink. I am sure many of you are aware of the famine in Africa right now...you CAN help. Here is a link and at the bottom there are some organizations that are helping provide relief for the many people in need there. One that I am familiar with and trust is World Vision...can't say enough good things about this organization!

http://one.org/blog/2011/08/03/horn-of-africa-crisis-what-you-can-do-to-help/

Summer

We did do a few other things besdies Honduras this summer :) Lots of swimming, playing otuside (and inside with the heat), lake house time and a trip to Kerrville/Pipe Creek. The boys and I went to Splashway with one of my besties - we had fun and so did the kids :) My camera died during the trip but I was able to snap a few.

Jordan and Lynette

Me and my boys!

Truitt LOVES the lazy river

The boys rode each slide, no fear, it was great!

First Day - 2nd Grade

Somehow I managed to delete my first day photos (I didn't take many to begin with!). I had 3 left and my favorite one - gone. I'm a little disappointed about that but oh well, this one will do. Braden said his first day was "good"....which is what I had expected/hoped to hear :)

She'll be here....one day.

Today Truitt asked me "Mom, when is our sister going to be here?". I said "I don't know but I can't wait to see who God has for our family". I found this today and I'm SOOOO getting one....the symbol is Chinese for love and I LOVE this necklace, just seems appropriate :) First things first - we need a girl name!