What a difference a year makes....

Ashton was right into the game this year! It was so much more fun to watch! He was running, chasing that ball and kicking it!!! We heard, "I love games!!!" Last year Ashton didn't like games because he was not going to kick the ball unless it came to him. Therefore, he did not kick that ball very many time! Today, he was in there going after that ball and kicking it!!! I was so proud and happy for him!

Our new trick...

He has the confidence to ride down the alley now!!! The last two nights we have taken Ashton down the alley to McDonald's for ice cream! He loves being a big kid and riding his bike up and down the alley! I am still amazed that he is riding the two wheeler completely by himself. His goal was to ride it so when we go camping again, he can take it and ride it around and to places!

So Fortunate...

We went camping for the weekend! Call us crazy but we went with 6 families for a total of 13 kids, 10 were girls and 11 adults! Needless to say it was a blast!!! We are already planning the next one!

Beach House!!!

We stayed here this summer and loved it! We hope to go back one day!!!

http://web.me.com/jorgeannecarpenter/Site/House.html

If you are interested, it is friends' of our from church who own this beach condo!!! It is awesome to have the pool and the beach within walking distance!

1st Bus Ride & Birthday!!!

Ashton turned 5 officially today!!!

Ashton rode the bus for his second day of school!!!! Yes, I cried all the way to work!

First Day of School!!!

There's "Squinty" on his first day of school with his teacher Ms. Futch!!! He had a great first day, but he gets the next two off thanks to TS/Hurricane Fay!!!! Thursday will be the bus!!!!

(I would have seen that squint, that is Daddy's photography!!! Mommy had to be unloading her Pre-Kers this morning!)

We miss you Tsugumi!!!

Our final day with Tsugu!!! Church, grocery store, relax at home and Flying Tigers baseball game!!!! An end to whirlwind ten days! We enjoyed every minute of her and we already miss her!!! Thanks for staying with us and come back anytime!!!

Fort DeSoto Beach

Ashton's 5th B-Day Party!!!

Ashton celebrates his 5th birthdays, which is Wednesday with friends and family!

Rock-Paper-Scissors & Oragami

Mayor Ochi from Imabari Japan came to visiit Lakeland. Ashton had the chance to play "rock, paper, scissor" with him for a bike! He also watched some Japenese students make oragami animals out of towels! What a fun experience!

Tsugumi, is our student and she is pictured with Lakeland Mayor, Buddy Fletcher!

We have not dropped off the face of the Earth...

I am just back in the working world a week early!!!

I have a new position with the school board as a Resource Teacher for Headstart. I will be going between two schools and have 7 classes of 18 students to work with and 2 teachers in each class of 3 & 4 year olds!!! I am so excited to be doing something new and working with the little ones to prepare them for Kindergarten!!!

Ashton had Five Day of Fun Sports Camp at church that he had a blast at!!! He starts Kindergarten in less than two week and will be 5 in two weeks!!!!

Serioulsy, someone pleace tell me where the last five years have gone?!?!? I cannot believe that I am the mom of a kindergartner!!!

A day on the lake...

Backyard Adventures

What a fun morning! Parents can even get in on the action and play too! It is much harder than it looks!!!