Kindergarten

Yah! We all survived Topher's first day of kindergarten!!!! The morning started out early. I had told Toph that he could shower and dress when he woke up and then to come and get me to make his breakfast. I didn't know that he would wake up at 6 o'clock. All was well though. He had his favorite breakfast(one-eyed sailors) got his teeth brushed and still had plenty of time to make his bed, get pictures taken, and to become nervous!!! I think he is trying to get back into the house in this picture. He ended up doing just fine though!

He got a little scared when he didn't recognize anyone but when we found his teacher and he saw the other kids waiting he went over and got in line. He walked right into the school without looking back.

He got to lots of fun things and the other kids were excited when he got home. I offered to take him out to lunch to celebrate. Somewhere like burger king or artic circle. He asked if we could go to Texas Roadhouse because he loves the peanuts there. We didn't go for lunch though because i wasn't about to take all 3 kids into a nice restaurant by myself so maybe dad will be able to go with us tonight. What a spoiled kid. Oh yah he is very proud of his kung fu backpack.

Summer

Well i can't believe how long it has been since i have written. We have gotten t.j. a new leg, been to redfish, had all my brothers and sisters here at seperate times. It so nice to see family. We have done lots of swimming. And swimming lessons for the older kids. Oh and my brother Nathan and his wife had a little baby boy, his name is Boston Jay Waddoups and he is adorable and i am just now realizing that while they were here i didn't get any pictures of him.

in front of the lodge

Redfish was wonderful. We had the greatest time. We didn't get to stay at our regular campsite, but the only real downside to that was there was no flushing toilets. We played on the beach all day, we skied and tubed to our hearts content. Christopher and Creedance even both kneeboarded. T.j. thought he wanted to try to but he didn't like the cold water very much and i wasn't sure he could hold on!!!

Christopher
Creedance

The kids loved going to the store and getting treats and trying to make sure they all got something good while they were there with some of the toys that they bought they decided to make a band and decided my brother jake would be the band conductor. I have to say it was really cute watching them play with their cousins. I threw in a couple more pics of the vacation.

The drive up was long.

T.j. really seemed to enjoy just being there And here are my crazy brothers cliff jumping

This week Topher starts kindergarten and Next week Cree and t.j. get to start dance lessons. So i guess we are coming to the end of our fun summer!!!