Off to a good start

So far school has been fine. Shayne loves his teacher Mrs. Foster. He comes home with funny stories about her or the class everyday. 5th grade will be tough filled with lots of homework. If Shayne and I can get through each day without fighting about it then it's a good day.

Our biggest excitement every week lately has been taking Star to doggie training. It's funny to watch all the dogs. Star has made a friend with one dog that sits next to us and sometimes they get in trouble for distracting the rest of the class.

I go back to preschool tuesday to start getting my room ready.
Guess its a good thing that we've had uneventful things. Reading Angie's blog makes me happy for a slow paced life right now.

Shayne's a lego maniac

Shayne has spent a lot of time lately building things with his legos. He amazes me with things he makes. Sometimes he follows directions and sometimes he makes things up. This spaceship was partially done with directions and partially on his own. I love watching him use his imagination and work hard building "masterpieces" Good job Shayne.

a few more pictures

I am slowly figuring out how to do this blog stuff. Forgot to mention that Shayne and I went to Lion King Musical at the Fox Theatre. We both loved it and Shayne was very impressed with both the production and the theatre itself. Shayne and Jeff also went with Uncle Dave, Matt, Emma and Brandon to the airshow at Scott Air Force Base. That is right up Shayne's alley. He wants to be a fighter pilot when he grows up...yikes!!

Where has the summer gone

We've sure had a busy and fun summer. Started out with working at Camp Ne-O-Tez for PreCamp and then taking a short trip to Santa Claus,IN. We loved both. Jeff visited inspirtation point this year for the 1st time at camp. In Indiana we went to Holiday World. Shayne and I rode an awesome roller coaster and lots of other rides. They also had a water park. It is an awesome place and pretty inexpensive if you ever get a change to go there. They have 3 really good wooden roller coasters. Once we were done with our trip then we picked up Star and have enjoyed watching her grow. We've done a few short camping trips and Shayne has spent lots of time playing with friends. Shayne and Jeff were in the 4th of July parade with scouts and a few days later we had a 75th bday party for my mom. That was fun and almost all our family was able to be there (missed you Betit's) Seems like July and August flew by and now school is back in session. Hope all of you are enjoying your summer too. Hopefully the extreme heat stays away!!

Another picture

He sure looks handsome and grown up to me. Makes me sad. I want him to stay little.

1st day of 5th grade

Can't believe Shayne started 5th grade today. He just got home and said he had a good day and that he likes his teacher. It was a HOT bus ride and all the kids got a bottle of water to drink on the bus. Our thermometer which is directly in the sun read 113 today. It's been miserable.
Jeff fixed Shayne belguim waffles for breakfast and we all walked him to the bus. While he was eating breakfast he was starting to get excited about being a 5th grader this year. Unfortunately he had homework on the 1st day...welcome to 5th grade buddy!! Better get him started.

Camping

We went camping this week in the horrible heat. Actually Thursday wasn't so bad. We did a 4 mile float trip and then spent the rest of the day swimming in the Meramec River. It was refreshing and didn't feel terribly hot while we were at the river. Shayne had a lot of fun. Floating was his favorite thing. We camped at Onondage Cave State Park and it wasn't too bad. It's a great campground. Star loved the water and spent lots of time swimming and sleeping. She was great.
Only 5 days till Shayne starts school. He is not so happy about it. Preschool called this week and still needs a teacher so I'm going back. Guess that's where God wants me. I do love the kids. So I'll be going back to school also, but not till after Labor Day.

THE BIG 40

I turned 40 today. So far, it doesn't feel any different that 39. I do feel very blessed though. I have a wonderful family, great husband and awesome son and many special friends. I truly feel conent with what I have- of course, having more is always ok, but I have all I need. Jeff gave me a gift card today for Kohl's. I'm excited to spend it...maybe even get something trendy that doesn't make me look 40!!
So far, I'm enjoying my day except for the fact that I dropped a can of soda and it exploded all over my kitchen giving extra work today...oh well...go figure!!
Happy 40th today too to my good friend Shelley Ginn. Hope your day is wonderful too!! Love ya!!