Dylan starts 3rd Grade....

 Bubba returned to school on the 23rd of August. After a two month hiatus he was more than ready to be back to the grind. Luckily, he loves school and enjoys learning. His teacher this year is Ms. Taylor and he is glad to be in her class.

                                         

 We are fortunate to have great neighbors who walk to school with Dylan every day. It makes us feel more comfortable when they walk in groups and I am glad that we do not have drive or ride the bus to school. He was done taking the photos when he saw his group of friends coming to get him. He was adamant that he was old enough to go to the first day of school on his own. It made us feel a little sad, but we realized it was good since he was confident going alone.

The little walking group. The boys did allow Alesia to walk to the corner with them. Can't believe how fast they grow (Sniff, Sniff)

I snapped this photo of Dylan the week he started school. He wanted his teacher's name on the board. 

California Adventures 2013.....

  While we were in Newport we ventured out for a fun day at California Adventures. The boys have been wanting to visit the new Cars area for a while. We met up with Uncle Scott, Aunt Vianette, and Elise. It was a great day and we had a blast. Mike is already begging to go back again this year. Dylan's favorite ride is still California Screaming and Tate is my kind of kid. Our favorite ride is Soaring over California.

 Scott, Mike, and Dylan had a blast riding all the scary rides. Mike looks more afraid than Dylan. This was on Tower of Terror.

We had some really cute photos with the whole group. I have since bought a new phone and I will have to have Aunt Vi sent me the photos.

Family photos in Newport......

We love to have family photos on the beach when we are in Newport. This year Matt, who is amazing at

photography, took our photos.  It was a treat for sure! Thanks Matt. This is a sneak peak since we are saving some for our Christmas card this year. We also took some photos with Grandpa and Grandma Green and I need to get them off their camera. I was able to capture some great shots of them with the kids. It was fun to have them there with us this year. We created many fun memories with them.

 I took the next few photos with my camera.

 I loved this one of our cute Bubba.

 The funny photo of Dylan yelling, "I am done with taking pictures."

 Our handsome Tatey Bear

My favorite funny photo of when the water surprised him.

Newport 2013

 We did not see Dylan on the beach and I walked over the ledge and saw this sweet boy sitting like this. I snapped the photo and then I asked him what he was doing.  He said, "mom I am meditating." Mike said this is his favorite picture of all time. Dylan is very introspective.      
                                                                                     Newport has the most beautiful sunsets. I love experimenting with photography while I am there.

 Tate and Coleman were good buddies. They had so much fun together.

 The boys loved playing on the beach in the evening after the lifeguard stations had closed.

 Tate on the beach.

 The men played on the beach as well.

 I love this of Bubba and dad.

 Mommy and Tate.

 The boys still love to build sand castles....

 Eating donuts on the beach. Tate's dream.....

These were just some fun photos that I took,

Our Preschool days come to an end......

Our Preschool days came to an end with Tate graduating from Mrs. Aimee's. We are so proud of Tate and love him so much. He is full of life with all his energy, curiosity, and lovable personality. He is ready for Kindergarten and wow how the time seems to have flown by. I want to give a big shout out for our Preschool teacher, Mrs. Aimee.  Our family has loved having her teach our boys. She has been great with both of them and has inspired their imagination, love for reading, and their curiosity.  We will for sure see her in the future as she teaches the boys swim lessons and she told us that she wants to always stay in touch so that she knows what the boys are doing.  We will strive to do that through the years. Thanks Mrs. Aimee for the memories!

If you look closely you will notice who has his left hand over his heart during the Pledge of Allegiance. He switched hands about half way through the Pledge.

 A few of our close friends. Joey, Jaxon, and Lincoln..

 The throwing of the Graduation Cap!

Jackson girl loved to kiss these little boys at Preschool. Tate was always telling us how he would run from her to avoid being kissed. You can see that Tate is reserved while Jaxon is not. We found this picture pretty funny.... ON to KINDERGARTEN we go!

Dylan graduates from Second Grade....

 Here is our little "Bubba" completing Second Grade. We were so proud of him!  He was recognized with many awards.  He had 100% attendance, A gold reading award (he had the most reading minutes in his class), and the loyal friend award. Mrs. Blanchette told us that he was known as the "smarty pants boy in the class" (Gabriel, his friend, was known as the smarty pants girl.) I asked Mrs. Blanchette if he was given this name because of his behavior and she informed us it was given "because he is very intelligent." We loved Mrs. Blanchette and appreciate all of her hard work.  She is an amazing teacher!

 Dylan and his student teacher, Mrs. Smith, with Mrs. Blanchette,

 Dylan has been blessed with many friends.  Here are a few of his friends from his classroom

                                      

 Boys being boys! This is a classic photo....

 Dylan reading his part at the graduation. We are so blessed to have him as our Son.  I hope that we can always give him what he needs to succeed.

Time to catch up.....

    With Summer in full swing, work, vacations, and reorganizing our home, I have been extremely busy and have not found time to blog. I will be catching up like crazy now.  We have been putting our photos on discs now to simplify, but I do like to blog for fun. So here is a little catch up for those who keep asking about our happenings.