Memory Lane...

First Days...

4th Grade...

The first day of 4th grade is here!

We made it to school... now to our classrooms...

After school, Conner and Ben both completed their First Day of School interviews with me! They both had a great day and are very excited about this school year! (Although they will miss their summer vacation!)

Last Day of Freedom!

Today is the last day of summer for our boys! This morning, Ben and Conner had a meet and greet at school, so they were able to say hi to their teachers! They were very excited and actually a little quiet! After the excitement at school, Nick took the boys golfing! They had lots of fun and definitely enjoyed their last day of freedom!!!

Yep.

Yep, Ben lost another one...

Bristol!

Here are some of Nick's photos from Bristol this weekend!

First Day of Work...

 Conner lost another tooth last night!!!

Nick left for Bristol this morning to watch the Nascar race tomorrow. I had to start work this morning, so Mama came to stay with the boys today! (Thanks Mama!!!)  The boys and I made pizzas for dinner and watched a movie of their choice!

Right at bedtime, Ben pulled out a tooth!!! It is neverending around here...  And then instead of reading a book, we had to look at some scrapbooks because the boys missed their dad and Conner is a bit of a crier!

Counting Down...

I go back to work on Friday, so we had one more morning of errands and one more lunch at McDonalds! The boys have been obsessed with sharks this summer, so we found a cute game on the ipad a couple days ago, and all the boys wanted to do this afternoon was "play the shark game!" We are counting down the days to school!

One More Movie...

One more morning at the movie theater with my guys!

Tagging Sharks...

Conner was using his backpack (air tank) and his laser tag gun (tagger) to tag some sharks this afternoon! Ben joined him and they focused on Great Whites and Mako Sharks!

Funny Story...

The four of us had a very fun night tonight! I got to go hang out with some of my friends from work and the boys got to go to the races in Farley. The boys had been begging to go to a race, so we were glad it finally worked out! They had a lot of fun at the races and cheered for their favorite cars. The best part happened right after the races when it was time for the guys to head home. Nick got the boys to the car and, of course, they both had to go to the bathroom. Well, Nick made the executive decision that they could just pee by the car in the grass, so he faced them a certain way and told them both to go ahead and pee... Ben had no trouble with this... Conner, however, went ahead and peed, without pulling down his shorts or anything. He just went ahead and peed right in his shorts... When Nick realized what Conner had done, he did the only thing he could do. He had Conner take everything off and wrapped him in some extra sweatshirts they had with them. Then, on the way home, he explained to Conner what he was supposed to do. So, when they got home, Conner came in the house at 11:30pm naked from the waist down and told me he didn't want to talk about it! Later he told me that he peed in his pants because "Dad didn't give me enough information" and he didn't know what to do!!! I guess it's a good thing he doesn't know how to pee outside???

Hasty Reunion!

We had fun at the annual Hasty family reunion on Sunday! It is always wonderful to see Great Grandma and watch all of the cousins playing together!

Pool Day...

This is the only picture I could get of Ben and Conner today while they were playing in the pool! Way too busy!!!

Dinner Tooth...

Another night, just eating dinner, Ben announces he has lost a tooth... Luckily he felt it on his tongue and pulled it out of his mouth before he swallowed it!

It's Science!

We decided to do a little science today. Our favorite experiment was poking pencils through a plastic bag full of water. The bag doesn't leak! The picture isn't great, but the experiment was pretty cool!

Errands...

It was bound to happen after having all of these fun days, we needed a day to run some errands! The boys were less than thrilled.... They perked up when we threw in lunch at Zoeys!

More Fishing and Sunshine...

After spending the night outside in the tent, the boys were up early and ready for breakfast. Nick, Ben, and Conner all made it the whole night in the tent. I was impressed! Conner and Ben both said they had a lot of fun sleeping in the tent. They want to do it again very soon.  Later in the morning, we decided to do some more fishing! We went to George Wyth State Park and spent the afternoon fishing. Ben caught a big fish! Another great day in the boat with my guys!

Amazing Day!

We took the boys out to Lake MacBride today for some fishing!

After fishing all day, Nick made us wings and fried pickles for dinner! Our favorite!!!

After owning a tent for 15 years, we finally got it out of the box tonight! Nick wanted to set it up so the boys could camp out in the backyard! Amazingly, it wasn't too hard to set up! The boys "helped" a little but Nick and I got the tent together and got mattresses and sleeping bags ready to go for the 3 guys. (I will be sleeping in the house tonight!)

Ben and Conner also got to get their new telescopes out tonight and check out the sky!

These guys are ready for bed! Whew... what a day! A wonderfully perfect and amazing day! The boys were so happy to sleep in the tent with Nick!