Cast is Off & Flag Football

Ashlyn got her cast off this week. The doctor said it had healed great and she will not have to have surgery YEAH!!!! She was not real happy in this photo because it felt so weird. Her arm had been in that cast in a 90 degree angle for 4 weeks so it was a little bit of an adjustment for her. She still can't straighten it all the way. When they took the cast off we found out she had a nickle that had fallen in her cast at some point - it was pretty funny.

Jackson is playing flag football this year. It has been fun to watch. His favorite position to play is quarterback. Most of the kids on his team are kids from his baseball team so he has had a lot of fun seeing his buddies again. Lets hope the weather stays pleasant for a couple more weeks!!

2 months old

It is amazing how fast kids make the time go by. The more you have the faster the time goes too I think. I can't believe that Payton is 2 months old today. She has brought so much love, fun, excitement, joy, and patience to our family. I love seeing how each of the kids love her and she loves them too. She is starting to smile which is so much fun. I don't know what we did without her!!! Our life has been so crazy since she was born, but we have enjoyed every minute of it. Well we could have done without a few of the doctors visits!!!

Welcome Baby Whitney & Payton's Blessing

Congrats to Kim and Rich on the birth of their baby girl on Thursday Sept 4th. She is so adorable and has tons of hair as you can see from the photos!!

A fun weekend at the cabin!

Grandpa, Jackson, Ashlyn, & Brinley went on a long hike on Saturday morning.

They had a great time and came back a little tired!!

We spent our Labor Day weekend at the cabin this year.

We had so much fun relaxing and playing games.

Brinley shares her blankie!!

Brinley has a favorite blanket and she calls it her "dirty blankie". She has 2 that look almost the same, when she started loving this blanket I went and bought another like it thinking that she would have two and it wouldn't get so worn out and dirty!! She is obsessed with it this specific one and it is a little more "dirty" that the other. Before Payton was born we asked Brinley if she was going to share her blanket with the baby. She said NO! But we always find her laying down by Payton and covering both of them up with "dirty blankie". I love that she will share it and she loves to lay by Payton and talk to her.

An eventful couple of weeks!

Ashlyn's broken arm
Jackson 3rd Grade
Ashlyn 1st Grade

As you can see in the first picture, Ashlyn broke her arm. We were invited to our friends house for a bbq on Aug 22nd, and Ashlyn was swinging on their swing set and jumped out of their swing and was going really high and landed on her back and elbows. She broke the bone right above her elbow and the bone slipped off the elbow joint a little. We are hoping that it heals itself or she will need surgery to fix it. She will have to have another x-ray after she gets the cast off Sept 24th. She is such an active little girl and is afraid of nothing (bad combo) This is her second broken arm. She broke the same arm 3 years ago Labor Day weekend!

Well the school year has begun again. I can't belive how fast the time has gone. I can't believe we have 3rd and 1st graders! They are both excited for a new school year and they both like their teachers. It is so wierd to have Ashlyn gone all day, but she is loving 1st grade especially going to lunch in the cafeteria.