Oh, we love our Snow White

Playing Catch-up

We are back connected to the computer and I was thrilled to discover our last 3 months in pictures. So, here is what has been going on out here in rural Missou.

Casey graduated from preschool. We will most definitely have Mrs. Cawvey withdrawls.
Luckily, Casey has Brother Cawvey in primary to fill in.

Lunch at Stan's with the Porter girls. We are missing the girls and the fries.

Anna grew out of the bumbo and started to crawl.

There was boredom at 7 hour swim meets and a shout out to modern media devices.

On the fourth of July, an amateur fireworks show ended in wailing when Zach and Casey were fired at by the grand finale. We like to learn our lessons the hard way.

There was definitely some serious Oreo eating

Star Wars creations were made by Sam and Casey.

One amazing treat made by Ron. A copy of Junior's cheesecake in NY.

A little bit of grumpiness.

Catching lightning bugs. Some nights it seemed like there was glitter in the trees.

And finally, a back to school bash in the front entryway.
It was complete with favorite foods for my favorite people.
Chicken picatta, mashed potatoes, broccoli,
raspberry lemonade slushes, and of course, cupcakes.

*Missing in pictures was a visit from Nana and way too much media to fill the hot summer days.

Zach update

Zach is now only going to school one more day. And, that is only to get his stuff. It was a rough one.
(Zach is in the third row, second from the left.)

First Day of School

Today, summer officially ended. I sent the kids off to school with the temp reading 87 degrees and 75 percent humidity. It is going to be a hot and muggy one. So much different from the cool 60 degrees of last year.
This morning, Sam was the only one excited to go. Zach's teacher is, well, interesting. He says he is giving it the 30 day trial. Maggie didn't get the teacher she wanted and her favorite friend from last year is in the other class. Casey was just being Casey and he forgot his resting mat. Oh well, I hope they all have a better day than they are anticipating and that it flies by for me.

Milestones

Anna slept through the night for the first time last night. Hip hip hooray for us. She is growing like crazy. She is crawling, pulling herself up to standing, and she has her first tooth. Amazing how fast time goes.

Slip 'n Slide

not communicating

I haven't blogged in forever because my camera is not communicating with my computer. It just isn't as fun to blog without pictures. So, does anyone have any ideas? My camera is old and cranky and I am frustrated.