First Day of Preschool

Walker is officially a preschooler!!

We are so excited about his new school. He is attending a private school that starts pre k-3 through 12th grade. The academy has a total of 760 kids on campus. His teacher, Mrs. Jung seems really great and Walker seems to really like her. We look forward seeing what this year will bring in Walker's life and we can't wait to watch him excel at his new school.

I'm ready Mom!

When we went to "Meet the Teacher" Mrs. Jung had plastic colorful bugs on one of the activity tables. He wanted the bugs first thing when he entered his classroom. He walked right over to Mrs. Jung to ask her what happened to all of the bugs.

When I picked him up today he was so excited to see me. It was very boring today without my sidekick. I think I asked myself ten times, "Well what do I do now". We have been together since May 6th, but all fun things must come to an end:):) We did have a long talk with Walker after school today. He did not share with his friends today and he hit his friends with toys. Let's see how tomorrow goes...keep your fingers crossed:)

Our Trip to KY

At the end of July, Walker and I visited one of our favorite places KY! We had to leave poor Daddy back in NC to work and let me tell you he was one unhappy camper. Walker and I flew to visit Pops, Jules, Beck and to help host a bridal bunch for a dear college friend. We were gone almost a week and boy did we have lots of fun:) It is always such a special visit and we try to make the best of it, because it is so far away.

On Wednesday, Beck (Walker's great-grandmother) came down to spend the night with us. Beck, you are so special to us and we love you so much. Thank you for driving to come see us:):) It's your turn to spend Thanksgiving with us in NC! Beck brought Walker his first "Biscuit Book" and he loves it. Biscuit has made his way into our nightly book rotation.

I didn't take any pictures, but when we landed in Nashville we drove to Murfreesboro to see one of my college roommates. Rachel has a 2 year old handsome little boy and she just had twin boys in May. They are the cutest little things and let me tell you Rachel is SUPERWOMAN!! Rachel, I am so glad we got to see you, John Ingle and to meet little Noah and Grant.

Saying bye to Beck on Thursday morning:(

What's a trip to WKU without visiting Diddle Arena. We stopped in to see the basketball campers and Walker scored his very first WKU practice basketball jersey and a WKU basketball thanks to the DBO, Coach Theo!

We also stopped in to see Mrs. Pam and Mrs. Dixie.

Walker was showing Mrs. Pam how to dribble.

Mrs. Pam also gave Walker these really cool Mickey Mouse flashcards.

What are these Pops.....

walking sticks.....

No, Walker not something to hit people with!

We are still trying to spark his interest in learning how to peddle.

Not happening....

Jules and Pops have a fabulous pool in their neighborhood.

We literally spent ALL of our time there and it was a BLAST. We went in the mornings for about 2hrs then lunch and back to the pool in the afternoon. Lets just say with no nap and visiting the pool twice a day it was very easy to fall asleep.

Pops documenting Walker's height.

He has grown so much since December 2010.

We forgot to measure him when we were there in April.

We will try to make a better effort to not forget next time we visit.

On Saturday we hosted a bridal brunch on the lawn for one of my dearest friends. Emily and I have been friends since we were Sophomore's at WKU. Six of us hosted a shower for her and it was so much fun and so great to see friends!!

I almost forgot on our way back to the airport we stopped in Nashville to see The Hauser's. They are actually some of our friends in MB who just had a sweet beautiful baby girl. It was so great to see them and to meet beautiful Presley. I can't wait to visit them in MB soon.

Thanks to Pops and Jules for making our visit one to remember!

We love you both so much and can't wait for you to visit us in September!

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

WONDERFUL WORDLESS WEDNESDAY:)

Saturday morning on the beach!

Another beautiful Saturday morning playing on the beach!

Walker loves the beach so much!

The water this morning was absolutely beautiful almost crystal clear.

He loves jumping the waves with Daddy.

He will say, "No Mommy, only Daddy can do it":) Mommy is not as fun, I guess. See how pretty the water looks. A beautiful morning at the beach spent with my two loves = absolutely PERFECT!!

Cousin LOVE!

We have so much fun when we get to visit my family on the farm. Walker loves being there so much and especially visiting his cousin Logan. Walker absolutely adores his cousin Logan. He loves seeing his Uncle Ben and Aunt Mandy too:) He talks about them all the time. At least once a day he picks up his cell phone and says, "Mommy lets call Uncle Ben, Aunt Mandy and Logan". We have visited them twice this summer and now its time for them to visit us in our new city:) I can't forget Moppy and Papa too:) They are a big part of the visit too:)

As soon as we got to the farm Walker asked Uncle Ben to take him to check on the animals.

I love being on the farm and I love how excited Walker gets to go visit.

We checked on the baby calves.

We checked on the chickens.

This is the first time Walker's seen the chickens this big. He wasn't quite sure why they were so big (check out his facial expression when Uncle Ben opened the chicken house door). He has only seen them as cute yellow baby chicks...not full nasty adults...yuck!

We checked to make sure the chickens had enough feed.

Logan taught Walker how to check the feed.

Logan loves to show Walker around "his" farm.

He's fierce driving the gator!!

He needed a little push up the hill from cousin!

Check out the farm equipment in the back ground. Another one of Walker's favorite places to hang out on the farm:) I didn't take a picture of him in the hay barn eating hay...yes, another one of his favorite places to hangout:)

Time for a little lunch.

Let's rest for 5.2 seconds cousin and then get back to work.

It's not all work on the farm.....

a little

fun in the water!

We have too cool off some how....

And what better way than the slippin' slide:)

We love you guys so much! Wish we could play hard like this with you all the time. We can't wait for you to come visit us in NC!

What do you do when it's 100 Degrees.....

YOU GO TO THE BEACH!!

We had such a great morning at the beach.

So much fun that Walker cried when we left.

The ocean breeze felt absolutely fabulous and the water felt just like bath water.

Helping Daddy build a sandcastle.

Do you see we also had to bring 2 of his big excavators:)

Look Mommy...Do you see my Seahorse?

And he's off......

Poor seagull, probably scared to death!

Love........

My two sweet boys!!

Jumping the waves with Daddy!

He told me I couldn't do it right:)

Playing and splashing in the waves.

We are so lucky to be able to spend our hot days on the beach!