Blog slacker

So I know I have been a slacker lately- I seem to have more things that I want to do than I have time for. Just a short post on what we have been up to. The boys are doing good. Drew is loving school and we have seen big changes since he started.
Derek has a love/hate relationship with First grade- loves the fun stuff but not the school stuff. Derek has been busy getting ready for Grandparents day on Wednesday at the school. They do a play and songs for all the Grandparents should be lots of fun! Steve has been busy with painting and working on his car (oh boy) and no he still hasn't let me drive it but he did let my mom drive it- Whats up with that?
I have been being integrated these last few days into the Delta culture. It's interesting to see how different we really are and it's kinda nice to let your hair down. Northwest has always been professional by the book pretty conservative and Delta is a little more fun and let's have cocktails after work- kinda strange but good- I haven't even begin to think about Thanksgiving let alone Christmas- gotta start pulling out my good ol Paula Deen recipes- if your gonna eat all that food you might as well do it RIGHT!!!!

My BABY IS 7!

Today was my first born's 7th birthday. I can't believe Derek is 7! Before I know it he will be 14 well just feeling a lil nostalgic and looking through some baby pics and since I am a total blog SLACKER these days I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to share!





Derek has always been a pretty happy kid


and a little bit of a ham



and more of a ham
hmmm he is definitely not getting that from his MOM!




Are we seeing a pattern here- yep he is a wild crazy kid sometimes but he has a soft side too and is a great big brother ummm 85% of the time.....ok so I'm sure I could find a pic without crazy eyes but it is kinda funny



Drew broke one of his new toys about 5 minutes out of the box today and his response was that's okay Drew accidents happen- Bubba's not mad and gave him a hug - they are so sweet sometimes...

So Grandpa and Grandma from California made a special trip out for Derek's birthday weekend. Derek was so excited to have them here he can't wait until Mom will let him fly alone to California to visit (Mom is still not quite ready for that one)

Derek decided to have a ice skating party which turned out great! The kids had a blast and I didn't have to clean up the mess! It was a little nerve racking because a few of the kids didn't know how to skate but we had lots of help and everything turned out great! One lil minor injury - thank goodness no broken bones! Pics too come I left my camera in my car and now it's almost midnight and COLD- Yeah I know I am a wimp.

Note to self

So I just asked Steve to get the Halloween stuff down so I get put the costumes from last year on ebay from the attic. I told him oh if you see any 3T clothing up there for Drew get them down but I could have sworn I did it before summer- Note to self
before going school shopping for Drew make sure I have all the clothes out of the attic there was 5 boxes of 3T clothing up there- oops! Drew's dresser is already full now I have a new huge stack of clothing to find a home for! Guess I didn't really need to buy all those new clothes after all!!!!

Just my boys =)

Nope we did not get a dog this our next door neighbors house we just borrow him when Drew needs some "puppy time"




We made a recent trip to Wisconsin so Steve could race his car finally




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September Days

Well I can't seem to stop and smell the roses these days. School has started and we are busy I have flown 8 days out of the last 10 so that always makes home life more chaotic. Derek is in full day school now it is so strange not having him in the house all day! The day is a little long for him but he is adjusting slowly but surely. Drew is going to school every morning for a few hours. A bus picks him up at the house it is so cute he gets so excited when he sees the bus. Drew turned 3 on Friday- I was flying so we celebrated last night with Steve's mom and Wade. Still running but I must admit I am not as consistent as I once was and I have a 10k coming up that I am no where ready for.

Just for fun

Just to see how much Derek has grown from last year to this year here is a side by side of both first days of school. I am hoping to catch the hopping off the bus this year too!

1st grade!

Derek started 1st grade today ! He is gone from 9-4! The house seems so quiet with just me and Drew. The time fly's so quickly! Drew will be starting school tomorrow and a bus will be picking him up right at the house! I am going to have a empty house for a few hours every morning- now that will take some time to get used too. I plan on using my time well- grocery shopping has become very challenging with Drew lately so I can definitely use my time there and running! I have been trying to figure out how I would find the time for longer runs and now I have it! Things have been busy and lots of changes coming our way! Drew will also be starting speech therapy tomorrow and we have started him on a special diet which is a huge challenge in itself.





I love this pic- it's just a snap shot of Derek taking care of his little brother - they may not get along all the time but Derek is always looking out for him.


Pancakes on the first day of school have become a tradition. Derek actually did most of the prep work and flipping with just a little help from Mom.

Here's Drew enjoying his "special pancakes"



Off to the bus stop- Drew had his back pack on for practice =)