Let's go defense, let's go!

Last night was the official start to football season! We had our opening pep rally. The boys have a great time painting their hair green and running around on the field. All the cheerleaders get to perform the new cheers they are learning for the season. I always loved the pep rally's in school. It's almost like the kick off to fall. Football games, the leaves changing colors, camp fires, halloween. I love this time of year!

Back to school, back to school.....

Gavin is off to his first day in the 1st grade! I still can't believe he is that old already. He is so excited to spend the whole day at school. All summer long he has been looking forward to getting to eat lunch in the cafeteria. It was nice to catch up with the other parents at the bus stop. Lots of new Kindergarten kids there this year.

I don't start school till Monday so I plan to fully enjoy the next to days to myself!!!

FYI: Grandma helped Gavin pick the backpack. I am not a Jet's fan!

Looking both ways is not optional......

As children our parents were always telling us to look both ways before we crossed the street. Somehow once those same children get a drivers license they forget that rule. If you are going to pull out onto a main street you must look both ways for oncoming traffic. Otherwise this happens.......

Lucky for this girl, Mike saw her coming so she just clipped the tail end of the car. No people were hurt in the making of this accident. Just a busted tail light, a small dent and a bunch of scratches.

The Butterfly Garden....

Toothless grin....

Gavin lost his first tooth last night! He has been waiting for this day forever. Some of his friends started losing teeth over a year ago and he has been asking the dentist why his wont fall out.

He's been wiggling the tooth for days now and last night finally did it. It finally fell out while he was in his room and he got so excited he dropped the tooth on the floor. Let me tell you baby teeth are not easy to find on carpet. So he went to bed last night with the tooth placed carefully under his pillow for the tooth fairy.

Very exciting day for him!

Gonna go out and play some golf.....

So my child apparently feels that he should be a pro golfer after 5 minutes at the driving range. Nothing like standing outside in the 500 degree sun and listening to a child get mad because his golf ball isn't going as far as the men that are hitting it next to him.

The miniature golf was way more fun! That was yesterday's activity. Did some yard work, played some golf and went food shopping.

My dad came over Saturday to help us get rid of the 2 trees that fell. Both trees are on the ground and cut into logs!

Oh and the most exciting thing....My 4 year old dishwasher has decided it no longer wants to clean dishes. I swear I will never buy another Fridgidaire appliance ever again!

So I am off to empty the dishwasher into the sink and handwash everything......

If a tree falls in your yard......

At 4 AM does it make a loud enough sound to scare you out of bed? Hell yes! So last year I thought I was going to be deaf in one ear after a tree outside our bedroom window got struck by lightening. We left the tree and it seemed to be ok except for a few dead limbs.

Well last night we had this really nasty rain storm. Thunder and lightening that sounded like it was on the roof of the house. All of a sudden I head this loud crack! Look out the bedroom window and the lightening tree is coming down!

The wind was so strong it broke the tree right in half and its headed straight for the back deck. There was nothing we could do but hope that it doesnt land right smack in the middle of the new gazebo we just put up. Tree starts to fall but gets stuck on another tree. Thank goodness for that tree! It broke the fall and caused the tree to fall right down the middle of the back yard. Just missed the swingset and the deck. Of course it also broke the whole top of the other tree and now that is hanging in the air and also needs to be cut.

So I have now made a giant pot of coffee in the hopes that it will help my sleep deprivation. Just when you thought you had no big projects for the upcoming weekend.....HA HA HA!

See the branches by the deck railing? Thats how close the stupid thing came to smashing my new tent!
The tree is laying across about 50 feet of my back yard.