My Baby is Five Years Old!

Yes he is~ FIVE! WHAT? I have a five year old?

This Pic: Landon on his first day of preschool. He had to take a laptop bag or "sling" like daddy does.

Landon, you are an amazing little boy! I love that you love exploring in the outdoors. I love that you want to be just like your dad and play school and do your homework. I love that you love to play store because you get dragged around to shop with me with coupons all the time. I love how smart you are and it amazes me. I love it when you get along great with your brother and you make a fort or dig up worms for your worm farm. (The joy of little boys!) I love when you say "I love you!" randomly throughout the day! I love how happy you are when we take you to Harry's hamburgers, your favorite place to go eat. I love it when you say "Mom you are the best cook ever!" when I make your favorite meals and that is usually how I find out what your favorite meals are. I love holding you when you laugh and when you cry and I love making everything all right in your little world. I can't believe you are FIVE years old. I love you with all my heart.

We Don't Have A TV, I Am Serious!

What are your thoughts about the TV? Have they changed any if you are a parent?

When we moved to Connecticut we had the intention of buying a new TV. We sold our old one to a friend so we could buy a new one after we moved.

My husband then decided that maybe we should try to see how long we could go without a TV. We live in the country and he thought maybe we would all benefit without a TV. We did not watch the Olympics, we checked a few articles online but did not miss a wink of sleep.

I never watched much TV growing up, my parents didn't watch much either so it is fine with me. I was shocked that my husband was okay with it, you know how men need their TV's! I was up to the challenge and now it's been almost FIVE months since we have had a TV. The neatest part is with the boys. I can tell a huge difference with them. Their attention spans and love for the outdoors are so much greater now that we don't own a TV. We did get a new laptop about a month ago and the boys can watch movies on it if they want to. Thank goodness or I would never have time to clean! We are going to try to make it until January without a TV and then we will need to reevaluate because the next season of 24 will be showing.
And we all know that if Jack is back, it changes everything!

Landon and Logan's First Fishing Tournament

The boys had their first fishing tournament this summer. There were three trophy's for the little guys and somehow both of my boys ended up with one! Landon won a trophy for most fish caught and Logan won one for first fish caught! Landon could cast and reel the fish in by himself. Logan needed us to cast for him and then he would reel the fish in by himself. The video is of Landon catching a fish. It's pretty funny because we have to remind Landon to look around so he won't accidentally hook his brother. Then Logan gives him quite a scolding.

House Pictures!

1.Our little white cottage on the lake! 2.Our front yard views the most beautiful field! In this picture deer came right up to our driveway. 3.Our view of the lake from our street. 4.This last picture is from our main beach at our lake!

Girl Fun!

My mom came to visit me for a week while Dave went to Dallas to teach a class at DBU.
We had so much fun! The boys had VBS and they wanted to go a couple of days so we got to spend some of our time together shopping! We found so many great bargains!
My mom loved the cool weather. We had a few little rain showers and we had so much fun cuddling up and enjoying them with the boys. We were really sad to see her go home on Saturday but Landon had the hardest time! He loves his grandma! My dad sent a web cam so we are hoping to get it up and running so we can stay in touch until they come to visit again in October.

Cape Cod

My husband's parents invited us on a trip to Cape Cod! It was our first time to go!

We collected some very cool rocks and shells.

We stayed in an adorable cape house. We went to three different beaches. The boys had a blast. Our favorite part was a homemade ice cream shop called Cape Cod Creamery. I loved the vanilla cinnamon ice cream but their blueberry ice cream was a huge hit with the boys!

Pirates at The Beach!

We went to Long Beach Island for a week of fun and relaxation with the boys and their cousins! Dave had this great idea to have a pirate treasure hunt for all the kids. We got pirate party favors and candy and put them in a huge chest. Dave mapped out a plan and buried clues along the beach for the kids. Uncle Tom ran in to tell us that a pirate was sited out on the beach and the fun began! (My husband is in charge of planning Landon's next birthday party! He has some seriously creative party planning skills!)

"Hey Everyone, There Are Pirates Outside!"


Let's look for clues!


There's a clue here, Logan!


All the clues taped together made a huge key with a treasure map on the back!


We found the treasure! DIG! DIG!


Is There Treasure Inside?


"Wow the pirates knew each of our names and left everyone a bag of goodies!"