Drew is in Kindergarten!

No way is my little Drew-B old enough for school!  I swear, he was just born!  BUT, he has grown up and is so excited to be in kindergarten :)  He is loving it, and already learning so much!  I was worried that all day would be too much for him, but he seems to have adjusted very well.  I am pleasantly surprised :)  Grant, Mack and I have some quiet days, and we all anxiously await for Drew to get home!

My sweet little Drew on his first day--

 Getting off the bus at school : he insisted on riding the bus, even though mom wanted to drop him off on his first day.  No way.  He is a big boy who rides the bus now!  :)  His bus driver is the nicest man ever, which is just wonderful!

 Sitting at his table in his classroom: all grown up!

WE LOVE YOU, DREW!

Slip'N'Slide

Our boys have very different ways of approaching a slip'n'slide.... see for yourself :)

Grant:

Drew:

Mack Squeals

This is mostly for the Grandparents to hear his cute little voice :)  Sure love this little guy!!

Happy 3 Months Big Mack

I can't believe I'm saying that already....

You're too cute for words, and we love you more each day!

Changes all around---

So many changes!
Andy now works for American Extrusion International.

As a member of the sales team, he'll be traveling to these places:

(He's over sales in Europe, Middle East, and Africa)

Because of this, we got this book in the mail today:

And, we will no longer need this setup:



He was officially released as seminary teacher last Sunday.  After three years, he has really grown to love the kids, and we'll both miss hearing all 21 (would have been 26 this year!) tromp down our stairs each morning at 6 am.  (really, we will!)  But- it would be near impossible to teach when he's traveling up to 40% of the time.  And, everything happens for a reason-- the Lord is aware of every circumstance in each of His childrens' lives.  The timing is just too perfect to believe anything else--the new seminary teacher is going to be great!! 

And, secretly (or not so secretly :), I'm excited to have our basement back!

I'm so proud of Andy- he works so hard for our family and is doing everything he does to the best of his ability.  We're sure lucky to have him!!!

Magic Waters

This last Monday we took the boys to Magic Waters-- the little waterpark in Rockford.  They Loved it, with a capital L :)  Cute boys--

 Drew was having so much fun and going down so many slides, this was the only picture I got of just him :)

 While Drew & Daddy were in line for the roller coaster waterslide, Grant was having fun playing in the kids area. For a few minutes he just layed on this turtle-- silly kid!

 Grant, practicing his moves :)  I really have no idea what he was doing, but it was funny!

 Happy Boy!

We got into the park with a gift card that Andy's co-workers gave him on his last day at United Way-- that's right, Andy got a new job!  More on that in the above post--   Anyway, right as we were about to leave the waterpark, they started having electrical problems and had to close the park down.  SO, our tickets are good for another whole free day!  It's the gift that keeps giving :)

Do You Believe in Magic?

Well, Drew hopes we do!  He loves to do 'magic' tricks (something he watches his father do for him often). His specialty seems to be making things 'disappear'.

The first and only rule to viewing Drew's magic: close your eyes :) :)

He had just turned the big card into a little card ;)