1st Day of School

The first day of school was great. Brenton and Alex both loved it!

Brenton is back at Canyon Elementary. He's in a K-1 class again, so he has the same teacher he did last year. He LOVES his teacher! There is a lot of new kindergartners this year, so they have a para-professional helping out full-time in his classroom. We found out when we went in to the school, that the para is his "FAVORITE teacher ever!" She worked with him last year for his reading group. He's excited to have her in the classroom, also.

Above: Alex in Brenton's classroom. He was bigger than most of the Kindergartners, and REALLY wanted to stay there. It was hard convincing him to leave. (It did help that he had his school later that day.)

Alex only has three kids in his class so far. He's a mentor student for a special needs pre-school. The special needs kids are still being evaluated. They will be added to the appropriate class as the evaluations are completed. He should end up with around 6-10 kids total.

First Day of School

The first day of school is tomorrow. Brenton is starting 1st grade, and Alex is starting pre-school. Wish us luck.

OK with G&G

My parents flew me and the boys out for a visit. It was a wonderful visit, despite the 100+ degree weather plus humidity that we aren't used to. :) We enjoyed the time with my parents, and seeing Tahlequah, OK. It's actually a very nice place, and they are very happy there.

My parents have a puppy named Chewbacca (Chewy for short). Brenton loved him. He loved everything about him.

Below: Brenton playing with Chewy.

We went with my parents to a University football game. The boys enjoyed it. (Mostly because of the snacks and drinks they got to have while there.)

Below: Notice they had some blue candy. :)

My dad took us on a float trip down the river. It was lots of fun. The river was super low, so it was pretty slow. My dad actually ended up paddling most of the way. (We were going too slow for him.)

Above: Grandpa and the boys on the bus

Since my dad is acting president for the University, we got the royal treatment. There were lots of other people there doing float trips, but we were able to have our own bus taking us to the starting point in the river. It's nice to know people who are popular. :)

Us ready for the trip.

We stopped part way down the river and let the boys play.

Above: Grandma told Alex to make sure and get Grandpa super wet. So, this was one of his first attempts at that.

Afterwards, we bought the boys some drinks. They loved sitting at the soda bar. (Yes, there is a soda bar at the raft rental place.)

My mom took us to Branson, MO to see Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede. We stayed in a super nice motel (free from my parents hotel points), which my mom was able to get upgraded. Our room was AWESOME!

Above: Pictures of the hotel room.

Below: Pictures from the Dixie Stampede. The boys watched the show closely, and cheered at the right times. Plus, our team won. Super cool.

Pig Out!!!

This weekend, we made it to Pig Out in the Park in Spokane. We've made it each year since we found out about it. It's wonderful! There are hundreds of food vendors covering Riverfront Park in Spokane. We ALL love it.

Brenton had pizza, Alex had roasted corn on the cob, Kale had Indian food, and I had Greek. MMMMM.

After our meals, I had a chocolate covered banana, Alex had chocolate ice-cream, Brenton had a caramel apple with M&M's on it, and Kale had chocolate-covered cheesecake on a stick. MMMMM. :)

Brenton with his apple.

Alex with his ice-cream (and Kale stealing some of it).

Kale and his cheesecake.

I almost forgot, we ended sharing a deep-fried s'mores! Wow!

You can't visit Riverfront Park without stopping by the famous Red Wagon slide.

The boys were so excited they would get to the bottom, and immediately run around to go again. Alex did that for over 45 minutes!

Over by the slide, there was this guy selling these "things". They were long-cylinder balloons that were filled by regular air. You can throw them up in the air, or bump them up with your hands. They seem to "hang" or "float" slowly back down. They looked super cool.

(We ended up buying two. A large one, and a small one.) I won't divulge the web-site you can buy them on, since I'm hoping to send them out for Christmas presents this year. SUPER COOL!

What a great day in Spokane!