First Day of Preschool

 Weeks of preparation led up to this moment.....

We toured the school to see if we liked it....

 We loved it...so we signed him up and instead of mailing the application in, we hand delivered it so he could get to know his teacher a little better.

They clicked and we "met" her again for the third time when we went to Preschool Orientation last Sunday.

All this planning and preparation still didn't prevent the teacher from having to peel him off Jorge's legs when he dropped him off this morning.

When i picked him up 2 1/2 hours later he was all smiles and had several stories to tell.  I thought all was well until he told me he was all done with preschool and he will just start 1st grade when he is much much bigger.....huhmmmm.....OR..... you'll go back to Preschool on Thursday :)

Summer Super Heroes

 J.R.....becuase every super hero needs a sidekick

 Hulk Hands

 in action

Super Heroes always have more fun together.

Since we've moved home

 Grandma and Grandpa were eagerly awaiting our return home in early June.  We stayed with them while we waited (18 days) for our furniture to arrive from New Mexico.   They had this welcome home gift ready to roll for Jorgito when we arrived. 

After we got all our boxes unpacked and settled, we started to watch baby Maisey while her parents (our good friends Abby and Kevin) worked during the day.  Ito loves little Maisey and calls himself her big brother. 

 They get along exceptionally well.  Ito loves to "teach her skills" and Maisey just loves to watch Ito play.

Luckily Jorge was home all summer since he doesn't start teaching at Creighton until classes start in the fall so he was our personal lifeguard and an extra set of eyes when we went on play dates like pictured here at Mahoney State Park Pool with the Bultman gang.

 We enjoyed time at my parent's pond.  Here with Tucker.

 Ito learned how to ride a bike without training wheels. Here at the start of the Waverly 4th of July kids bike parade.

 Ito refined his swimming skills he began to learn in New Mexico at our friend's pool.

We grew a small garden this year since we moved home after prime planting season.

I hosted a dinner party for my parent's 40th Anniversary on August 5th.