The End is Near

The end of summer break is here. We had our last day of summer camp. Soccer season is about to start. School for us Starts September 5.


First off check out Aaron's hair! Do you think it's time for a hair cut??

I just had to throw this picture in. Rylan is just cheesin' it up for the camera!
Here is the last day of ACA Sports Camp. I had this great idea to take the kids' pictures to mark this momentous occasion...but, as you can see the kids did not think this was a great idea.

Since they would not smile I just made them hug. I think hugging pictures are just the cutest!

Finally Rylan said, "Cheese!" and I caught it on camera.
They really were excited to go to school...I promise!

Now, soccer season. Aaden is now officially a Mad Dog! He and 8 other 4 year olds are going to explore the world of soccer as the Mad Dogs. I think that's pretty cool. He is super excited. We got him his cleats and his shin guards and some soccer shorts for practices and of course some super long socks. Here are a few pictures of him practicing on our back deck.

He looks hilarious! If you can tell there is no space between the shorts and the socks. It goes straight from the bright blue socks to the red shorts.

I love this last picture! If you look closely you can see his tongue hanging out! What is the deal with my kids and their tongues? They crack me up!

So we are really excited about everything that is going on right now, and we are resting this week so we can be prepared for the craziness that next week has to offer.

What did they make??

Here are Aaden and Rylan playing outside with an umbrella, a rake, and a grocery sac...do you know what they are doing??

They are taking pictures!!! Huh, you say?? Well, last week Clay took some pictures of the kids and he has all this equipment (is that how you spell that?) including the white umbrella that helps with the flash. Soooo, the kids made one of their own! I just laughed and laughed! They crack me up! The things kids come up with are so creative!

Nemo and Our Little Mermaid

The past two weeks we had swim lessons, and it was GREAT!!! Both kids did sooooo good! Rylan has always been our little water baby. She loves going under and swimming...it's the coming up for air that she has trouble with. She can also do front flips under the water (I thought that was pretty impressive.)
Aaden has always been our more cautious kid. He likes to get in the water, but not get his face wet. Swim lessons changed that! He would put his face in and would brag to the other kids that he went under water (that's a boy for you!). So here are some pictures of our adventures in swim lessons.

I would also like to send a special thank you to Grandma (Aaron's stepmom). She came every evening to swim lessons and swam with Rylan. It was so fun seeing her every day, plus she got some special time with the kids. Thanks Grandma!!!

Our Wordle

I saw this on the Neal's blog, and on the Kitchen's blog, and on the Norton's blog so I wanted to try it too!