This is my Nix!

when he was 4 :)

Funny Kid!

First Day of School

He wanted to ride his bike to school.

First day of School in 1st grade with little brothers

Nix entering his 1st grade class room with his new teach Ms. Davis

Rose Ceremony

First day of school was a cinch.  It was a half day.  The second day I'm a little concerned about.  7 hours.  I hope it's a good day for him.  7 hours seems too long for me.  :(

The lazy days of summer...

I'm definitely done with the summer heat.  But I will miss the time that I get to be with my Nix all day, every day.  Here is a quick recap of a few things we did.

Camping San Mateo

San Diego, Coronado Island

San Diego Trolley

San Diego, Little Italy... Gelato!!

San Diego, Mormon Battalion

Panning for Gold

Coronado Island Ferry

Lots of hugs and kisses!

A happy Praying Mantis living in our mint plant

Camping San Elijo

Making corn on the cob the way it should be...
BBQ it or throw it in the hot coals of a fire pit, protected by foil.
Spread mayo on it, coat it with parmesan cheese, sprinkle chili powder,
black pepper and salt on it, then eat it up!  SOOO GOOD!

Beach days

Pulling out a tooth in church, why not?

Park days, Scooter days

Brett's trip to Moto GP

Flying kites

Beach day with my cousins

My trip to the Grand Canyon with my dad and bro and lots of young men...

A couple bee sting on the bottom of the foot days for Tino.

Our San Diego trip ended with chocolate mustache pics

Lots of skateboarding down the path in front of our home.

Holding a butterfly, very fun day indeed!

Many pool days!

This one is going to miss all these pool days, but it's not over, we have a few more hot days ahead, I know it!

More to come.

Camping- first of the summer

Camping at Seven Oaks Resort.  I love the name of it.  It was a fun family campground.  I have about 10 mosquito bites.  I think they preferred me with insect repellent over the children.  We came up on the Fourth of July and stayed for 3 nights.  My mom came up for one night.  Brett's friend invited us and he had lots of fun toys to play with... motorcycles, golf cart, dead fish.

Earthworm

Our campsite!  Dave set us up with tiki torches, a light rope that wound around the sites, a garbage can full of fire wood, an umbrella nailed to the table, and carpet for the front of our tent.

The fish he caught. Happy Camper!!

Tino caught his first fish.  (truth be told it was a dead fish that they put on the hook, so he thinks he caught his first fish.  Don't ask what I think, he was very excited about it.  We didn't eat it by the way.)

This is the Bear trail down to the campground.  Brett saw the bear 2 times!!

Corbin touched the pipe on this sucker and had a little burn on his hand.  He didn't complain about it for too long.  I enjoyed taking care of him with ice.  He loves his Mama!