To Brighten Your Day...Or Creep You Out

2nd day of school went wonderfully. We hiked, caught bugs for science, wrote his journal entry (which will one day be a blog post all by itself), had our english lesson, read, did math, geography drills, listed to Johann Pachelbel for our composer study and practiced our Spanish words of the week. And, at some point Mason decided that his little friend of the reptile variety, needed an education too.


Yes, this is Brownie, on a leash.


Possibly less than thrilled.


I dont know about you...I am still laughing. And yes, that is a bell on her "jacket".

Ring That Bell

The end of August...the beginning of school...SUMMER'S ALMOST OVER!!! How did this happen? Either way, our summer was great, we had an outstanding time. Josh took quite a bit of time off for playing, yard work and more playing. We did lots of kid things, spent ample time on the front porch, jumping on the trampoline, taking trips to the splash park and pool and enjoyed every minute of it. But today we started school. That is exciting especially since I spent a significant portion of the last 3 months planning our year, organizing and scheduling. But alas, its complete and we are pumped. So here is the summer in review.

What would summer be without tons of bug hunts, duck feeding expeditions and trips to the mountains?

We had a blast barbecuing and hanging out with the best neighbors ever! Seriously.

Heart attack hikes.

Trips to the lake (that is now nearly within walking distance. Sweet!)

Fishing...

There was LOTS of swimming!

As a last minute farewell to summer Mason tested for Advanced Yellow Belt and passed!

FIRST DAY OF 3rd GRADE AND PRE PRE-SCHOOL : )

Even though she is momentarily looking sweet, something behind those baby brown eyes says, "yay for school! A whole new way to raz Mason"...doesnt it?

So, yay for a new school year, new challenges, and exciting times ahead in the Utah Sellers household.

Not Feeling Very Well

Well things around here have not been so pleasant the last couple of days. Izzy was sick a couple of days ago with it coming out of both ends and today (my only day off for the next week) I'm home taking care of my wife and son who are now taking turns running to the closest toilet. Yay for me!! Hopefully I dodged the bullet on this one or I'm totally screwed because I'm supposed to work the next four days straight. Either way, I shot a little home video of our house right now to share with you all. Check out the following link, right click to copy and then paste in your web browser... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eYSpIz2FjU