It's that time again....

School started today I am doing the happy dance as I write this!  Not because my kids are going to be gone all day long, but because I no longer have to listen to the arguments or tell them multiple times no when they ask for something while we are at the grocery store.  I am happy with their teachers, and hope they feel the same way!  They even have some friends in their classes this year which I am grateful for!  I really hope they enjoy Grades 4 and 2, and that Emmy has fun in her second year of preschool!  It was a little gloomy this morning so we bundled up a little for back to school pictures but here they are!

Birthday time is here again!

I guess I should back track and update on Emmy's party before I get to Hadley's.  Her birthday was a couple of months ago!  I know I am terrible that I didn't blog about it then!  But hey here it is now and that is all that matters.  My kids don't get a friends birthday until they turn 6, so until that time we have a family birthday.  We invited everyone that was close by and celebrated her 4th Birthday!  I am still trying to figure out how she is already 4.  I even told her she couldn't have any more birthday's which kind of upset her!  Here are some pics of her day!

The very excited Birthday Girl waiting to open presents

The sorry excuse for a cake!

My Goofy Girl! I had to include this just because I don't know how she was able to do this!

Hadley is now 9. Yup I can't believe it either! This year was also a family party but only one set of Grandparents were able to join us for supper! Thanks Grandma and Papa! Hadley chose the restaurant. After eating she opened her presents!

She was pretty excited about this one as you can see!

After dinner we hit the fair for a couple of hours, then it was back home for cake! Again another sorry excuse! I guess I will have to redeem myself next year!

She said she had a good time! I really hope she did!

So here it is!

I feel like summer just got here and now we are less than a week from starting the new school year!  We have been keeping pretty busy with the everyday things, but did take some time for a little family get away!  The kids always have a blast when we head south of the border, and for some reason the weather is always just a little bit nicer!  We kept it pretty low key and the camera didn't even come out until the last day!  But it was for a good reason!  At least to Rawley it was!

Hadley had to get in on the action of holding the crawfish as well.

And of course I have to include a picture of Sweet little Emmy!

I am pretty sure we could have left her with Pat's aunt and uncle and they would have been completely fine with it!

All in all a fun, much needed vacation!  Let the school year begin!