It's official. The days of sleeping in and playing at the park all day are over! It's back to school! Poor Madison had to wake up at 7:30am. OUCH! She was really excited to start her new school today.

Here she is all grown-up. A big 3rd grader.

I guess the sun got word that summer was over. It poured all morning on the first day of school.


Here she is at her desk. I should have gotten a picture of the kid in her class that had a 4-inch tall, black and white striped mohawk. Nice!

And here is my Kindergartner. He was so excited for school today that he wanted to leave an hour early. He picked out his own outfit. He said this shirt was perfect because it matched his hair.

I have been too busy all summer to post any pictures, so here is a little re-cap on some summer fun. Here are my flowers by my front door. They are the only ones that I planted that survived the deer. The dang deer ate ALL my flowers!

Brody's favorite past-time is exploring our yard. We have a pond full of loud frogs and Brody loves to torture these little guys by catching them.

Madison has loved to party hard and sleep just as hard.

Jason even managed to squeeze in some fun in between his job and teaching night classes at OSU.

Brody and Warwick got a video game for their birthday. Don't worry. I didn't buy it. I still don't believe in them. Here they are in our garage playing. See, I still won't allow them inside my house.

And, most of our summer was spent at the park selling shaved ice...and eating it, too.

The kids have a great time at the park while I am slaving away shaving ice.

And this is what Warwick looks like at the end of every day. Completely wiped out.