1st Day of 1st Grade

Well, Blaine started back to school today. As you can tell, he was not very excited about it! But, I finally managed to get a smile out of him!!

He looks so big!!

Neal, Judd,(Memom was off today) and I all went with him this morning. His teacher is Mrs. Wilson. Jamey had her when he was in 1st grade.

Can you believe that I forgot to take my camera in the school? I was so mad at myself when we got in there and realized my camera was in the car! We left our phones in the car, too! So, no pictures at school! Thankfully, I had taken these before we left.

I'm anxious to hear how he made it. Several of his friends are in his class, but there are alot of kids that have been in the other class the last two years.

Where Has the Summer Gone?

It's so hard to believe that summer is coming to an end and school is starting tomorrow! Where has the time gone? Blaine is not very excited about 1st grade...neither am I! From what I hear, we are going to have a whole lot more homework than we're used to and a ton of books to read. It's going to be a big step for him! Tomorrow they go until lunch and then start all day on Monday. I think he is really going to enjoy his teacher this year.

Judd is just as mischevious as ever! We are trying to potty train him. He's doing pretty good. He just forgets to tell us he has to go, and sometimes we forget to ask. Boy are my hands going to be full with a 1st grader and potty training!! Maybe they will both surprise me!

We have had an extremely busy summer, but a fun one. Going to the beach just didn't work out this summer, but I am hoping we get to go next summer! I was going to do a post with pictures of all of the fun things we have done, but it was going to be way more pictures than I had time to post! So, I will just list a few of the many things that have kept us so busy. We've been on several camping trips, swam, celebrated birthdays, spent time with friends and family, took the boat out riding, played ball, and took the fair in. We still have one more fun little end of summer get-a-way booked. Our family is going to be going through some changes the next few weeks, so it should be interesting!!

Just taking it in...

We decided to spend a night at home on Monday night to get rested up for the rest of the week!
Tuesday afternoon, it came a BIG rain! What's the fair without rain and mud, right?

We all pulled out our rain boots and made the best of it!

We watched Luke Bryan put on a great show. Thanks to Julie, we had good seats on the race track! I forgot to take my big lens and everyone stood up the entire show! So, I didn't get any good pictures. It was all I could do to keep Judd from just sitting down in the middle of the mud ans playing in it!

Jamey and Riley were on alley patrol! Jamey got one guy hauled off to jail for peeing in our alley. This is an issue every year. By the end of the week, it starts smelling. Why can't people just go to the bathroom?

Wednesday morning, it was time to play! Judd had the best time playing in the wet sawdust!

So did Blaine!

My two little firemen...

I told Judd NOT to go out the back door! He couldn't resist, so he just sat down to watch for horses on the race track! lol!

We were entertained with a little music by Ben, Dan, and David.

Jewett, Becky, Hannah, and Reagan came for a visit and to ride rides.

Judd was determined that he was going to ride the bumper cars this time! I guess the carnival worker felt sorry for him and let him ride! Judd was happy!

Reagan got to ride with Hannah, too! Love the expressions on their faces!

Blaine and Hannah rode the ferris wheel...

while Judd and Reagan and their Daddys rode the merry-go-round.

Next, it was time to throw darts.

The man even let Judd play free! He got a prize, too!

Judd showed Reagan how much fun it is to play in the sawdust!

Jenny won the boys this big dog shooting basket ball. I think she won 4 or 5 the whole week!

Thursday

Thursday was so hot! We ate a delicious lunch....pork loin and fresh vegetables... our family's annual meal! Then, we spent the afternoon at the races.

Jamey was in the mule races again, but didn't do as good as he did in Sunday's race!

The boys had to go on their ride

Judd ate a BLUE snowcone. Can't you tell? ha,ha!

We went to the Randy Houser show. He can really sing....has a beautiful voice, but didn't put on as good of a show as we were hoping for.

Jean Jean and Grandaddy took the boys riding again. When we caught up with them, Blaine had talked Jean Jean into letting him jump. It costs extra to do this...they don't take tickets.

He could even turn flips! He had the best time!

The roller coaster was Judd's favorite ride! One night, I think he rode it 3 times!

Our cabin was protected the whole fair. The a group of the NCF hung out in front of our cabin every night. We have a big framed-up chicken house fan on our porch, and they could feel some of the breeze from it by standing here! As hot as it was, anything helped!

Friday

I like the last Friday of the fair because it's the last day and it's just a slow day!

The boys played frisbee and threw the ball.

Neal took this picture....he took several actually! But, politics is a huge part of the fair. Everywhere you look, there are political signs.

Neal took this picture of Jean Jean while she was playing with the boys.

Blaine taking things in from the balcony.

Judd found the majic markers! One of his favorite things to do at Jean Jean's house is color on her legs. Don't ask me how this got started....I have never asked! He just loves it, and I guess Jean Jean does, too!

I hope they were washable!

The Phil Vasser show was awsome! We knew all of the songs, and he put on a really good show!
He can sure play the piano!

I'm not sure how, but Judd slept through most of the concert! It was so hot, his hair was soaking wet even though I was fanning him!

After the concert was the annual fireworks show! For me, this is like the closing event of the fair.

Papa Z spent the day with us Friday. We enjoyed him being there and I think he enjoyed it, too! He treated the boys to midway! He even slid down the big slide with them.....

and rode the merry-go-round!

By the end of the night, both boys were sacked out! Actually, it was about 1:00 am Saturday morning!

But, it was about 3:00 am when we got back to the camper. It's just hard to leave on that last night, especially when you are being entertained by Julie and Riley! Good times....it's what it's all about!

Someone else was worn out on the last night of the fair, too! Lisa is going to kill me when she see s this picture! All in all, it was a great fair... hot, but good! We spent alot of quality time with family and friends!