Kendall Cut Her Hair

I have no idea where we were when she did it, but Kendall cut her hair. She took a chunk right off the top. Luckily, it blends a bit. But she won't be wearing pig tails for a while.

In this picture you can see how short it is, and I couldn't get it all in the clip.

Really unless I point it out, you don't notice it.

Maybe I should just get it over with and hand the scissors to Cara now. The other two girls have cut their own hair, I am sure she will too. Wait, now that I think about it I am not sure if Abbie cut her hair or Kendall's.

The Bus

The first day of school Abbie rode the bus home.

By the 3rd day she was riding it both ways. She loves riding the bus.

First Day of School

Today was Abbie's first day of Kindergarten. She is such a big girl. I asked her if she was nervous, and surprisingly she answered "no". In all honestly, I am not sure who was more ready for this her, or me. We have had such a fun summer but we were really looking forward for this chapter of her life to begin. No tears from either of us. I can't wait to hear all about it.

We took her to school today to make sure we got plenty of pictures. But she is going to take the bus home.

She practically ran inside.

She grew up so fast.

All ready to start learning.

And there she goes. Sniff, Sniff. Have a great day Abbie.

And not to leave out Kendall, she had her meet the teacher day at preschool today. This is her first year of school so it was a big day for her too.

She was so excited to go to school. Up until today she has been telling everyone she was going to Abbie's school this year. It was nice to hear "this is my school" when we pulled into the parking lot. She is going to love preschool

She promised me she wasn't going to be shy. It only took her a minute to warm up and see what the room had to offer.

Lemonade Stand

The girls finally decided it was time to earn their own money! Yeah!!!! Abbie made fruit punch and lemonade and set up a stand.

They even had chairs to sit on while they waited for the money to roll in.

They had 5 customers (including Daddy) and were selling their glasses for $.20. They made $3. Not a bad profit. Abbie was a little disappointed they didn't have more customers.

Spaghetti Night

Cara loves spaghetti, but she isn't as excited about the sink bath she gets right after it. But she looks so cute.

Lake Badin

Again this year we were fortunate enough to go spend a weekend at our friends lake house. Somehow I didn't take a lot of pictures but I did capture Cara counting her toes.

And my little no fear girl Abbie learned to knee board. Like tubing she wanted to do it forever and go fast.

Hopefully I will get a video of it up soon.

Hot Springs NC

Brian and I went to Hot Springs, NC with his sister Anne, and her husband Jim for a little get away without kids. We hiked a bit, fished a bit, relaxed and I played with my camera.


The first night we were hanging out by the fire and a horse came to visit us. We gave it a few apples and got a few kisses.

This is Henry the spider that hung out next to our front door. He was so big Jim felt the need to name him.

And this is the snake that slithered by the house. Luckily, we were on the deck when he went by and not down there. Snakes are not my favorite thing. He was about three feet long, we should have named him too.