Noah's First day of 3rd Grade

School is back in session!!!! Noah started 3rd grade this year!! He is in Mrs. Holders Class at Highland Rim Elementry. So far so good. He just completed his first full week of classes. He also is a Bus rider this year. That has really been a help. Except the 2nd day he missed the morning bus, so we are still working on our timing in the mornings to get him down around the corner to the bus stop on time. Here are some pictures of his first day.

Ethan's 1st Birthday

I can't believe my baby is a year old alredy. It seems like just yesterday I was in the hospital having him. Time sure is flying by. He is the sweetest and easiest baby of the 4. Maybe I'm just getting better at this Mother thing. He is the only one of us to have blue eyes and I LOVE those big blue eyes. We spent the afternoon at the Argo's (my parent's house) and swam in the pool. We got Ethan all lathered up with sunscreen and a hat. It was his first time to get in the water. He loves baths so was hopefull he would like the pool. The water was a little cool for him at first but once he got used to it and Mamma was holding on tight to him he enjoyed splashing around. After our relaxing swim we headed inside for birthday dinner and cake and Icecream. Ethans birthday dinner consisted of Grandma's yummy Macaroni and cheese. His aunt Kimberly (she's 15) made his cute little cake and I brought the ice cream. You can tell in the pictures he really liked his dessert. He got a new toy. We didn't really have that many hand me downs from the other kids. And the other 3 would not stay out of the way and let him unwrapp and do it him self. Many times we had to tell them to leave him alone. Typical syblings. We visited for the rest of the evening and then headed home. It was a nice day. I can't wait to scrap the pictures and journal for him in his scrap book.

My Olympic Swimmers

As you all know the Olympics have been on for a week now and the kids have loved watching them with us. The girls especially. They really like watching the gymnastics but on this particular day swimming was the event of the day. We have a little pool out back and they have really enjoyed it this summer. More than last year. But Eve has been asking for some goggles so she can "swim" under water. This coming from the girl who doesn't like to put her face in the water. But I guess she felt the goggles would give her some courage. Anyway, I picked up these 2 pair for 75 cents at Wal-Mart and they were ready for their BIG swim. I didn't get out to take pictures of them in the pool. They have actually worn them more in the house than in the pool.