First Day of Kindergarten

So, I'm cathing up on my blog with a few entries at once. Abby started Kindergarten this week. She was so excited and I was excited for her. I didn't think I would be sad but I did have a twinge of sadness as I left her in her classroom on the first day. She loves school! We went school clothes shopping a couple of weeks ago so each night she has fun picking out her outfit for the next day.

Fun at the Fair!

The Lynden Fair was a couple of weeks ago. Lisa, JT and Maddie were still here so we all went one night. We all had a great time and even found Matt's bench.

Diamond Club

We get to go once a year to a Diamond Club game at Safeco Field. It is so much fun! Our seats are in the 8th row right above the visitors dugout. Here is a picture of us. The Mariner's are so bad this year but we actually got to see them win this game. I look forward to the Diamond Club game all year long.

Visits from Family!

This month we have had fun with visits from two of Matt's sisters. They came on back to back weeks and overlapped each other by one day. When they were both here we got some great pictures of Nana and Grandpa with all five of their grandchildren. Abby had a great time playing with Ashtyn and seeing Maddie again. I think Maddie was glad that she is not the youngest cousin anymore. :) Both Amy and Lisa got to meet Sam. Okay, Sara, you're next.




What a good looking bunch. Nana and Grandpa, you look way to young to have that many grandchildren!!

Sam's Baptism

Sam was baptised on Sunday, August 3. After church we had the whole family over for a lunch at our house. Here are some pictures from the day.

This is everyone at the table right before lunch.



The two grandpa's outside in the yard.




Our family.

Sam Talking

Here is a video of Sam that I took this morning. I started it in mid sneeze. Sorry for the backgroud noise....The Price Is Right was on TV.

Back to work

This was my first week back at work. It was a strange week. Tuesday was my first day so I dropped Sam off at his daycare. He is going to a daycare one day a week. I had over 800 e-mails when I got there so I spent all morning deleting most of those. I checked on Sam quite a bit throughout the day and was kind of feeling out of place at work, like I didn't really belong there. But, that afternoon after a meeting with my boss all of my tasks from before I left were given back to me and I all of a sudden had plenty to do. Wednesday and Thursday were much better. Not only did I feel like I was being productive at work but Sam was with a Grandma each of those days (Loon on Wednesday and Nana on Thursday) which was great! Thanks to you both for taking a day each week with him. I am so thankful that I am only working three days a week instead of four which is what I was doing before he was born. We have had a good morning together today!