Gooooooo Dawgs!

We watched UGA win at the Chappell's house on Saturday!! During half time we celebrated Luke's 3rd birthday ( birthday post will come tomorrow )! Mom, Dad, Grammy and Gramma came from Hiawassee, and Andrew stopped by during his lunch break at work. Thanks for coming :)!

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Lauren, Sarah, Luke, Tyler

Tyler, Lauren, Sarah, Luke, Mark

Rain

Today it rained and poured - I loved it! We haven't had much rain all summer, and you can tell by looking at our grass and flowers. Today Tropical Storm Fay dropped some much needed rain on us! Luke and Kendall ran out in the front yard, and were drenched, but they had a great time.

They were much more wet than this after a few more trips out

Sarah has really been enjoying school. She is excited to go each morning, and comes home with so much new knowledge and exciting things to tell me about from her day. Last night was open house, so Brian and I got to sit in her classroom and listen to her teachers explain what they will do for the year. It was neat to look around and see her artwork, photographs taken of her, centers, all the fun stuff of Kindergarten! I have eaten lunch with her once a week, and she loves spending that 30 mins. eating with Luke and me.

Luke is doing much better without Sarah around. The first week he was bored crazy, and didnt want me to play with him at all. Now he is much easier to play with..he only asks 4 times a day "When is Sarah coming back" versus the 30 times the first week!

Sarah's First Day of Kindergarten!

Yesterday was the long awaited day - Sarah started Kindergarten. She wore one of her two new dresses that Grammy bought her for school...& picked out her hairbow to match.


We drove to the Wiley's & walked Sarah & Mason to school. They were so excited, laughing, & talking during our walk! They are not in the same class, but I am sure they'll see each other around school some.





It is crazy because I remember both of them being so little - Amber & I were new moms ... seems like yesterday - but now it has almost been 6 years since they were born!

Mason & Sarah

Feb. 2003

Amber made cute signs for Kendall & Luke to hold for Mason & Sarah when they got off the bus!! It was so sweet. They definitly enjoyed their first day of school. Sarah talked my ear off for about 45 mins. after we got home, all about her day. I am so proud of her!

They did it!!!

Wedding Pictures

Gramma & Grampa Bauer

Grammy & Grandpa Smith
Mom & Dad :)
Katie & Brian

I was just looking through some pictures and ran across these. I thought they were worth posting :)!

Summer Beach Days

Sandy Hand Mosaics

Before leaving for the beach I got an issue of Family Fun in the mail. One of the crafts was "sandy hand mosaics" - so one afternoon we worked on them, and they turned out great!

Pressing hand prints in the sand

Adding beach treasures and beads

Waiting for the plaster of paris to dry
The next day...finished products!

I sent the pictures into Family Fun, so let's see if we get published soon! Thanks Mom for the magazine :)

Madeira Beach, Florida

We had a great week at the beach. Our trip started with a night at Pete and Dea's house on Saturday. Lots of fun was had there ( Thank you!! ), then we met up at the beach condo for the week with Brian's sister and her family. Brian's parents showed up on Thursday morning and stayed til Friday night. The grandchildren LOVED having their Grandparents at the beach with them...many fun memories were made!!

Here are some pictures. I will post more throughout the week, I am sure!

Cousins...

Grammy, Poppa and GrandkidsRamsey's Daddy and his sweeties!
Mommy and her sweeties!