1st Day of Kindergarten & 2nd Grade

Karys started Kindergarten and Garrett started 2nd Grade this morning!!! We have a brand new school to attend this year - Patsy Sommers Elementary. For the most part, it went smoothly. None of us cried and the kids went happily to their classes. Our teachers & staff are fantastic so I know they will both have a great day.

Karys's 5th Birthday Party

We had Karys's 5th B/day party at Pump It Up last week (though her actual b/day isn't till 8/27). The kids spent an hour or so jumping and sliding. She had a great time with her friends.

Hudson is 11 months old!!

Hudson hit the 11 month mark this weekend! He still can't crawl, but scoots a little on his butt. He LOVES to stand and play. We are thinking he might skip crawling and got straight to walking (though I know it will be many months down the road.) I went to the bathroom the other day and left him playing by the coffee table. When I walked back in the room a few minutes later, he was standing up & leaning on the coffee table. Totally shocked me.

Hudson can now wave 'Hi' and 'Bye' and saying something that resembles the words. If you ask him what a lion says, he growls. He can also make a good monkey sound.

Here are a couple recent photos of the little dude.

Garrett & Robo Monkey

Jon took Garrett to see Star Wars: The Clone War this past weekend. Ever since he got home from the movie, he has been combining his robot world with Star Wars. Here is a picture of The Incredible Garrett & his favorite monkey - aka Robo Monkey. Gotta love his imagination.

Galveston 2008

We took a little vacation to Galveston at the end of July. We spent 3 days there with my sorority sister and very good friend, Missy. She has 2 daughters - Mia is the same age as Karys and Payton is the same age as Hudson. We had a great time visiting and watching our kids play together.

Here is a picture of Karys, Hudson, Garrett & Mia in the beach house.