Kindergarten, Really??

 I can't believe my baby is in kindergarten!! Here is his breakfast of champs! Cereal and waffle.

 I couldn't stop crying that day.  I drove past his school later in the day and totally burst into tears. I mean, he's been going to daycare his whole life...why is this so different??

 Such a handsome fellow!!

 Kaleb and Chase getting ready to start the first day. Chase was just as excited as Kaleb. He was disappointed when I later took him to his same school. He wanted a change like his big brother.

Kaleb and Mrs. Moss. We had not heard of Mrs. Moss before Kaleb was assigned to her, but after asking around we heard only great things! She has an 8 year old boy herself so I know she's prepared to handle my little tornado.

July 2013

 This 4th of July we just spent some family time at the park in Hendersonville. This is the first time we have gone out by ourselves but had a good time and were able to jet out when we felt like it to avoid the terrible traffic.

 Jason and I did the Glow Run with out friends Lauren and Dave. We went out to dinner at the Spegetti Factory first to carb up (haha) and then we got all our "gear" on.  It was a high enery event, but maybe it would have better been called the "Glow Walk". It was so crowded and people were just walking it from the start line. It was crazy!  But it was still fun.

 We got a visit from the Mills too. We went to Circus work and the kids tried everything available and Kaleb tried to skate for the first time.  I thought my arm was going to fall off b/c I walked around and supported him as he tried to skate for about an hour.

 Noella and Nylah are showing off her cute zebra outfits.

 Oh, there are those favorite shoes again!

My superhero!!

Blackmail pictures

 This is Kaleb's swim shirt that he decided to wear as pants

 Then Chase decided he wanted to join in on the fun!

 Chase is VERY particular about his clothes.  He always has to pick out his clothes in the morning, even his underwear. For quite a while, he refused to wear his underwear any way but backwards.  It looked rather uncomfortable to me but he didn't seem to care.

These were Kaleb's favorite shoes...Now Chase share's in the love.

Family Vacation in Florida, June 2013

We went to Florida with our family friends the Karsanacs and the Carrs. We had a blast playing in the sand. I am a Nazi when it comes to the beach, so our family was on the sand as much as possible.

 The boys had Ben to play with who is about 9 months older than Chase. They laughed as they chased the waves, threw sand in the air and laid prone in the surf.

 Father's day fell within the week so we snuck away to give our gifts to Daddy...Ben didn't seem to mind.  He joined us for the event!

The boys love to make cards for people and we love to receive these precious cards too!

 There was plenty of trips to the ice cream store this week. Chase found his new favorite flavor- bubble gum!

 Jason took Kaleb for a special Father-Son breakfast one morning and Kaleb ordered the kids pancake...haha

 We had lots of good breakfast food. This is the vacation that I started drinking coffee everyday. Before this it bothered my stomach and I could only drink it on the weekends. Now I have to have my daily coffee!

 DATE NIGHT! One of the best advantages to vacationing with friends is having friends to hang out with after the kids go to bed and date night! We each took a night to go out. We had dinner at a seafood place and then went to a pavilion with a live band playing.  I must say that living in Nashville has spoiled us in the fact that anywhere you go in Nashville, you are going to have a good band to listen to...not the same in florida but we enjoyed ourselves anyway.

We rented a paddle board for the day which gave us all a good workout, even the kids.

 Here's an icecream picture on Andrew and Ulla's date night. Both Melanie and Ulla were very pregnant this week, so they were pretty tired most of the time.

 More sand fun...ahhhh, can't get enough!!

Soon after our vacation Chase was potty trained. He was ready before but we wanted to get through this long road trip without having to stop every 30 min for Chase. He was really easy to potty train and since then seems to have a bladder of steel!