First Day of School!!!!!

Trevin is ready for school!

The boys and their backpacks.

Mom and the boys

The bus is here!!!!!!!!

Logan is NOT happy that he can't go with brother!

Back home again...
Brother is glad to see him again!
Sharing an after-school treat

Trip to Hutchinson

Corey had a business trip to Hutchinson and I have relatives there, so we all tagged along. It was fun to spend a few days there in a hotel. It was hot! Here's a sign showing just how hot it was...in the shade, too. :-)

Here's an old Santa Fe caboose at the railyard where Corey was working.

There were LOTS of grain elevators in Hutch. Here's the longest one we saw.

Logan, Austin (both 2) , Trevin, Ethan (both 5) - a fun time with cousins!

...and Haley - practicing her walking!


Having fun at the water park.


...and sacked out after a very long day of playing!

We visited the zoo the next day. Here are the little prairie dogs. :-)


And here they are coming out of their tunnel.


So this is where we get milk?

The butterflies are getting ready to fly!

Well one morning we woke up and checked the butterfly house and there were 6 butterflies that had come out of their chrysalis. We didn't get to watch the actual process, but it must have just happened because their wings were still curled up and limp. Here are a few pictures showing the Black Swallowtails getting ready to fly.

Here's a good shot of the Black Swallowtail chrysalis. It shows the variety of colors that they can be. The dark brown ones look like sticks!

Soccer is over

Well soccer is over for the summer. Trevin played hard and really helped out his team. Here is the team picture. It was a fun experience.

Bathroom update

The color is going on! This of course is not a good representation of the color, but we like it. We got the painting done last night and I worked all day today putting the finishing touches on. I still have to take pictures of the finished job, but they will be coming soon. Yeah, great work, honey!

Butterfly Project

The hot summer days are here, but so are the butterflies. They love the hot weather, too. These are Black Swallowtail caterpillars and I have 15 of them! Two of them have formed a chrysalis already. It has been so fun watching them.

This is the butterfly house mom lent me to keep them in. The chairs brace it from being blown over by the wind.

The caterpillars are at different stages. Here is a small and a big one. The big one is probably ready to form a chrysalis any day now.

Here's a chrysalis attached to the side of the butterfly house. You can see the little silk threads holding it up.

Bathroom Progress

So whatever happened to redoing our bathroom? Well, we are finally back on the project and here is the latest: new countertop and faucet!
We are also working on smoothing the walls and beginning painting. It's about time for some color in here! You should see more progress soon.