Andy's First Day of Pre-School

Andy has been begging to go to school, so we finally decided to sign him up for the three year old class. He will be going two mornings a week for just a few hours. He loved his first two days! I have been trying to keep Zach very busy so he won't miss Andy too much!

It is so nice to be able to walk him to school!

Summertime comes to an end...

Summer is by far our favorite time of year. Especially in Coronado where "spring comes in summer". We have been bracing ourselves for the "summer comes in fall" part, but so far we have been thrilled with the lack of heat around here. We had a really fun summer. We spent lots of time at the pool with our friends and every Sunday night at the park for the concert. Matt was gone for training for almost a month in August, so we made lots of plans with our friends. Here are some of our favorite pics from the last few weeks in August and early September...

Hanging out at the pool with our friends.

Eating watermelon after some fun in the sprinkler!

A day at the zoo.

Brothers...
they are still given the choice about whether or not they want to match and most of the time they still enjoy wearing the same things! Daddy says I've brainwashed them.

Learning about states with our big floor puzzle. Andy is like a little sponge. He is always asking a million questions and wanting to learn new things. So much fun! Zach wants to do anything that Andy does and is enjoying learning right along side his brother.

Zach, working on making his push-ups a little more challenging.

When Daddy finally made it home we spent a day at Sea World.

We had a lot of fun, the boys just didn't want to smile for the picture!

A day out at Point Loma.

Happy Birthday Daddy!
Celebrating on the upstairs patio with the favorite mint chocolate, cookies and cream, ice cream cake.

Happy 2nd Birthday Zachary David!

It is still hard for me to believe that my baby boy is two years old! Time goes by way too quickly! For Zach's 2nd Birthday we tried our best to do all of the things that he loves the most. The day before his actual birthday we had a party for him at the pool (his favorite place to play). We invited a few of his best little friends. He was very certain that he wanted a fish cake. He told us the same thing each time we asked him. So, I attempted my first major cupcake decorating project and was successful.

The fish are cookies and everything else is icing.















When all of the cupcakes were placed on the stand we had our own little school of fish. Zach was thrilled and I was excited that the project had finally come together!




The kids (and Dads) had a great time playing in the pool. Andy and Zach are doing great in the water, after two sessions of swim lessons.

Playing with Daddy in the pool.

The birthday boy... waiting for his turn to jump in!

Zach found the perfect spot to jump in!

Eating Zach's favorite foods...
pizza, watermelon, grape tomatoes, sugar snap peas, and carrots.

Our sweet group of blondies!

Blowing out the candles.

"All done".

On Zach's actual birthday we did more of his favorite things...

We opened presents from the family and then went to church.


Then we had brunch at The Del.

It was a beautiful day!

So, after brunch we played on the beach and walked home.

Thank you Memaw and Pawpaw for the big Tonka truck!

Thank you Grammy and Grandad for the Thomas playsets!