Adler is THREE!

It's hard to believe that's she's been in our lives for three years, but it's true.  Adler is officially a three year old.

Her birthday was a few weeks ago, but we did have a little party for her at the "Big" park here in town.  She spent about half the time swinging, her favorite park activity.

My mom flew here for her birthday weekend, which was a treat for all of us.  We are also so blessed with wonderful friends in Nevada who helped us celebrate Adler's birthday!

Going down the crazy slides with her Daddy!

"Me three now"

Adler loves her Grandma!

On Adler's actual birthday, which fell on a Monday, my mom and I took the kids to Reno's Build a Bear Workshop.  They had a blast, of course!

Adler picked out a pink bear and Owen a puppy dog.  They better love them for a long time, because I don't see us going back there for a while.  Those are the most expensive stuffed animals I've EVER purchased!

Thanks for coming here for another birthday, Mom!  The kids just loved you being here!

Texas, Our Texas!

After the wedding, went spent about 6 days traveling to see family in College Station, Brady, and finally a couple days in Austin with friends.  As always, it felt great being back in our home state. 

We did lots of swimming in warm, outdoor pools.  Ahhhhh, that's one thing I miss in Nevada.

They spotted a BUG!

Poolside snacks

Owen and his Papa Yawn

Jeep rides are highly anticipated on our Texas trips.  What's better than riding in the jeep to the neighborhood pool???

Micah still looks good in his old jeep!  Although it looks a bit different than it did in college, with 2 kids in it with him!  :o)

We had to pull Owen out of Kindergarten for a week, so he had some homework to do while we were there.  We decided to take him for a visit to Texas A&M and start brainwashing him now.  Here we are at Kyle Field, just a few days before the Aggies first football game in the SEC.

I don't know why this photo is so yellow, but here we are visiting my 96 year old Grandmother in Brady.  It was quite a treat for her to spend time with her great-grandkids!

We spent one night at the ranch and Adler fell asleep on a late-night truck ride to see the stars.  So FUN!

Owen got lessons on how to shoot a BB gun from his Uncle Brian and Dad.  Of course, he's hooked (and has a pretty good shot too)!



Owen, Brian and Micah swimming in the reservoir

Riding with Grandmom at the ranch!

Our last stop was Austin, where we had a great time with the Anderson Family......especially with Lake Austin and a boat involved!

Kira, Kai, Owen & Adler

No concussions!!!

Enjoying the breeze!

Owen at the Reno airport, after a very late evening of traveling.

Matt & Jami

I'm about a month behind on the blog and it's been a really busy month!  I'm going to attempt to catch up.  On September 2nd, Micah's youngest brother, Matt, got married to a beautiful woman, my new sister-in-law, Jami!  We flew to Dallas for the wedding, where Micah was the best man and both kiddos were in the wedding.  They looked adorable all dressed up and I hope the wedding photographer got a few good shots of them because I hardly took any!!

Adler waiting in the Bride's room right before the wedding ceremony.

All dressed up!

The kids finding something to do on the floor before the ceremony.

Matt and Owen at the reception.  They had a photo booth that Owen LOVED!  He spent most of the reception taking his picture in there.

 

Owen and Jami's nephew pulled Adler and the other flower girl down the aisle in a decorated red wagon.  It was adorable!

Matt and Jami during the ceremony

Congratulations, Matt and Jami!  You make a beautiful couple and we look forward to making many memories with the two of you.

Our Kindergartener!

Owen has officially started Kindergarten!

I have to admit, his first day of school was harder than I thought it would be.  I took off work that entire day and Micah took off the morning so we could have some family time before he went to school.  We took him out for a nice brunch that morning and then dropped him off together.  He was excited and had no problems telling us goodbye.  And that was it.  He officially started school.

In his new classroom.

When I picked him up on his first day it was no big deal.  Just another day at school, it seemed.

Ryder is in the same class at Carson Montessori, which has made this transition quite bearable for Owen.  These two are like brothers.

Owen has now been in school for 3 weeks (it should have been 4 but we pulled him for a week to go to Texas).  He seems to like it, but he really doesn't talk a lot about it.  Getting him to tell me ANYTHING about his day is a challenge.  But he's happy and seems to be learning a lot already, which is all that matters.

End of Summer

I'm playing catch-up here, with some final photos from our very busy summer.

Afraid of the dark???  Nothing a head-lamp can't solve.

Sleeping naked, on the floor in her brother's room.  Classic.

Searching for grasshoppers!

Spying on the neighbors.

Here is Owen getting on the bus for a Summer Camp field trip.  He just loved riding the big-kid bus!

The last week of Summer Camp was a PARTY!

Mimi and Olfa came to visit in August!