Best Buddy Reunion

Really great friends are hard to find.  Friends that play "Shark Man, Sticky Man" and know and understand the rules and even draw detailed maps for this very game...well, friends like that are few and far between. :) These cute boys have been best friends since they were in diapers and it crushed Hayden and Gannon's world (and mine too!) when the Probsts moved away last year.  In fact, ALL of their close friends, except for Sam, moved away within the last year.  It's been tough for the boys, but what's kept them going is knowing that Jed and Ian were coming back to visit.  We had such a fun-filled 3 days with the Probsts and we miss them even more now than ever.  Come baaaaaccccckkkkk!

Toads, Glorious Toads

Hayden and Gannon's friend, Sam Erickson, has a field behind his house that is a mecca for little creatures, the most prized being the horny toads.  Many a day has been spent in that field searching for toads and several times, they've been found (poor little toads).  I told the boys that they could keep them for a day or 2 and then we'd take them back to their home.  For 2 glorious days, they played non-stop with these little critters.

School ALREADY?!

We have modified year-round school here and as a result, the school year starts the first of August.  We've been robbed!  Or at least that's how the boys feel having a whole month of Summer snatched away before their very eyes.  Perhaps a bit dramatic, but it just doesn't seem right for kids to be in school when the temperature is still in the 90s.  However, getting to buy new school supplies makes up for the inconvenience of going to school in the sweltering heat...but only just a little.  Here's the school boys.  Gannon is starting 1st Grade and has Ms. Pitchford.  Hayden will be in 3rd grade and has Mr. Potts.

 Doesn't Gannon's backpack look gigantic?!  It's going to swallow him whole.

 I really did comb his hair before this.  I swear.

Sadly, Bridgy Boo doesn't get to go yet, but he stocked his backpack with essentials like cars and tractors...just in case.