Week 34 ~ Catch the Moment

August 20:  It's so hard to get pictures every day when I'm at school all day long! I must get better about sneaking something in when I can. Here's a close up of my favorite bush in our front yard.

August 21:  Hunter was trying to escape the house tonight when I went to get the mail.

August 22:  Typical Tyler with this Kindle at night. I can't say I blame him though, I like to unwind at night using social media.

August 23:  Tyler decided to take one last dip in the pool before Brandon takes it down for the summer. We got a ton of use out of it this summer, but school starts tomorrow and there just won't be time for swimming after that!

August 24:  The first day of school! This big guy is now a 3rd grader and his mamma sure is feeling old!

August 25:  Tyler got his uniform tonight. His team this year will be the Indians.

August 26:  Hunter was obsessed with my feet tonight. I'm not sure why, but I'm not going to complain about the extra attention either!

Week 33 ~ Catch the Moment

August 13:  There's nothing like a little brother to drive a girl crazy! Here Bailey, have a plastic orange slice.

August 14:  Again with the little brother. Hunter got his little hands on Bailey's Lego masterpiece. It didn't survive his not so gentle toddler touch and she wasn't a happy camper about it. Mean while, mom stood by with her camera to document the entire dismantling process.

August 15:  I think she's shooting at me for not keeping Hunter from destroying her castle yesterday!

August 16:  A boy and his blankie.

August 17:  Hunter was outside trying to keep up with the big boys who were playing catch. Their basketball was almost as big as he is!

August 18:  Tyler's first baseball practice! Hunter and Bailey were playing in the dirt of course.

August 19:  This is my Mom's dog Maya. She made for a great subject tonight. They're staying with us to help me attempt to get my classroom in order!

Week 32 ~ Catch the Moment

August 6:  You can't tell by the adorable yawn in this picture, but this little guy is super excited to go on another camping trip this coming weekend!

August 7:  We've arrived at our campground in SC. The kids are having a blast running around in the grass and playing. I caught Bailey in a still moment and got this picture of her adorable chubby cheeks and pretty curls.

August 8:  We took a few hours today to go to the beach. We went to Beach Walker State Park. It's a pretty beach and was perfect for the kids to play on. Tyler loves the ocean and jumped right in when we got there!

August 9:  Our campsite backs up to the owner's cow pasture. Tyler was trying to get the cows to come over to him and Hunter figured he'd help.

August 10:  We're back home already, our weekend camping trips are never long enough! Bailey figured she'd enjoy a late summer dip in the pool.

August 11:  Bailey, Hunter and I went for a quick walk today. She stopped and posed herself on this bridge behind our house. Maybe she'll get the hang of this picture thing after all! Yeah, right!

August 12:  Just a typical night in our house! The kids are always jumping around and acting crazy.

Week 31 ~ Catch the Moment

July 30:  There is nothing sweeter than a baby curled up in their crib ready for bed.

July 31:  The older two are off to Grandma's house for a few days. Hunter and I went out in the yard for a bit and ran into this little guy. God's creatures are amazing.

August 1:  This isn't the best picture, but I couldn't resist this adorable yawn!

August 2:  Hunter loves that he gets to play with his own toys by himself when big bro and sis are away!

August 3:  The duck face continues on! It's even cuter now that you can see his front two teeth through it!

August 4:  Daddy was bringing in the trash can and Hunter wanted to help. I couldn't resist snapping a picture with the sunset in the background.

August 5:  Blankie needed a bath and Hunter wasn't the happiest about it! He really wasn't mad either, but he stood by the washer pointing and talking to blankie through the entire cycle!

Week 30 ~ Catch the Moment

July 23:  We made a trip down to see my parents and of course the kids had to go jump in the lake!

July 24:  We went on a walking tour of the city of Greenville to find all of the mice on Main. If you haven't done this, you need to it's a ton of fun and best of all free! We found this statue at one of the hotels. It said to rub it's nose for good luck!

July 25:  Grandma does a ton of laundry when the kids are at her house. Tyler and Bailey managed to make her wash their outfit all 3 days we were there so they could keep wearing it! This was taken at the Greeville Zoo.

July 26:  We're back at home and getting busy working on scrapbooking after the kids go to bed.

July 27:  The kids had fun making these suncatchers  out of plastic beads. Abby was putting some serious thought into her pieces.

July 28:  One of my most favorite places, The Lazy 5 Ranch! If you like animals and don't mind a little slobber, this place is great!

July 29:  We painted Hunter's feet into butterflies and had a little extra paint. Great-Aunt Lou Jean wanted to let Hunter have a little fun with the left over paint and fun he had! It's a good thing it's non-toxic!

Week 29 ~ Catch the Moment

July 16:  As much as I enjoy summer, it can get a little boring being home most days. Today I decided to break out some leftover plaster animals from a project and school and let the kids have a little fun.

July 17:  Hunter snagged this book from Bailey and decided to read it. He played with that book for an hour!

July 18:  Legos are Hunter's current favorite toy. He can snap them together and take them apart easy peasy! I think the older two were at least 3 before they were able to do this!

July 19:  Because we all put the phone right up to our faces to see what's going on.

July 20:  Zoe is such a water baby! I love this action shot of her even though it isn't as clear as I like.

July 21:  We have some visitors from MI here! The kids had fun playing board games together tonight!

July 22:  Following through with our traditional trip to Reed's Gold Mine.

Week 28 ~ Catch the Moment

School is starting in a few days, baseball practices began this week and summer is coming to an end and I'm in complete shock. Where did the summer go?!?

I'm still a bit behind on editing my pictures, but here is what we were up to in mid-July!

July 9:  I made the kids' favorite, rigatoni tonight. Hunter eats it the exact same way Bailey used to! Each noodle becomes a ring.

July 10:  There's nothing the like the calm, peaceful, silence of the night.

July 11:  What's summer without endless popsicles?

July 12:  Our pool has gotten tons of use this summer! $100 well spent for sure.

July 13:  Such a big boy. He won't let me brush his teeth for him anymore.

July 14:  Every once and a while she lets her inner toddler take over and takes an afternoon nap. I just wish they weren't so few and far between!

July 15:  These two spend most of their days arguing and fighting, but I'm pretty sure they are going to grow up to be the best of friends.