Happy Birthday Song for Nick (a few days late. We recorded it Sunday...)

Bad blogging

So, I really love blogging. I love having a bit of a journal to look back on. I love having a place where friends and family can keep up with us. I am just not awesome at keeping up with it anymore. I want to be awesome guys. I aspire to it. 

In the meantime, you are stuck with out of order summary posts, like this one. Ahem.

We flew to Oregon for the Clayson reunion in July. It was awesome and chilly. (Maybe I need to expand my vocabulary past "awesome")

(Danica still talks about Tayler all the time. She loved her "teenager" cousins!)

After that we discovered that holy cow out summer was almost over. We finished the library reading program

And welcomed Uncle Paul home (yay!!)

Had Birthday Shenanigans:

(The boys birthday cake was decorate-your-own-cupcake. Everyone made some creative creations. Even Brina)

We played in boxes:

And lots with cousins:

And...(drumroll...) started first grade as homeschoolers! I am not going to lie, even with my background it was a hard call. But I am having fun and so are the boys. I have a good feeling about this...

Danica also started taking ballet. She was over the moon. I am afraid.

And we have spent lots and lots of time on the trampoline. Thanks Nana & Grandpa!!

A few more miscellaneous:

Dani in her birthday dress from Grandma Suzy

Schooling with daddy:

Hugs 

I hope everyone else had a fantastic summer too!