Before and after

We updated our tv and entertainment center....what a difference it has made to our family room!  Saying we love it is an understatement.  We had a contractor build us a new "built in" entertainment center to house our new tv and all its fixings.  I was thrilled about the built in and Steve about the tv, but now that it is said and done, I think I love the tv as much as he does!  We had an original built in book case in the family room, but once we put the new stone and mantle on the fireplace a few years ago, I started thinking that that bookshelf and monster floor tv needed to go.  Our family room looks much bigger which is a huge bonus.  Out with the old and in with the new....

BEFORE

AFTER

Fun Run

Emerson participated in her elementary schools fun run in August....what a blast!  It was a hot morning (poor pregnant mama!), but my girl did so well!  All the kindie's marched on the field with their classes and her class was Ms. Cornelius' cheetahs....so they all had cheetah sunglasses.  Adorable!  And let me tell you, in the mile that Emerson ran...those glasses never came off!  The kickoff song was, "Who let the dogs out"... I was rolling and now Wyatt can't stop singing it.

getting sprayed with water

so cute!

Emmy with a few classmates and her awesome teacher, Ms. Cornelius!

Wyatt goes to preschool!

Wy is such a big boy!  He attends preschool two mornings a week and stays for lunch bunch on Tuesdays after school.  He loves it.  Everything from wearing his backpack to carrying his Lightning McQueen lunchbox!  On his first day he walked right in and would not look back at me....even for a kiss to say good bye.  I just showed myself to the door....that's how I would prefer it anyway.  Nothing beats an independent little one.  He is the cutest and can not wait to be a big brother!!!

Soccer STUD

My little Wyatt is playing on a mini-mite soccer team this fall, and it is the cutest thing!  He loves it, except when someone takes the ball from him and then he pouts (and runs over to Steve and I on the sidelines).   He is such a boy and just enjoys anything outdoors and sports.  He is thrilled its Bronco season....little man can throw a football too.

Kindergarten

Its official, Emerson is now in kindergarten!  I really can't believe it, we have a 5 year old in "real" school.  How did this happen?  She was a little nervous and timid, but very excited.  Steve was able to come to school with us to drop her off on her first day which was so nice.  She lined up with her class outside and once all students were there, they marched single file into the school.  No parents allowed inside the first day....she's so grown up!  She waived goodbye and that was it.  My tears came, Steve gave me a smile and off we went.  She is in part time kindie, but at her school that means all day Monday, Wednesday and a half day Friday morning.  So she had snacks and lunch in the cafeteria yesterday.  I was so excited to pick her up and hear all about her day!  She absolutely loved it, and told me it was not a long day at all!  7 hours for me was long!  Her biggest upset was that she was not riding the bus!  Luckily her good friend Brooke is in her class, so they were able to eat and play at recess together.  Her favorite part of the day was going to the computer lab....my how things have changed in the last 30 years!

my beautiful Emerson Kate

Ms. Cornelius and Emerson

two wheeling....

What a great, crazy busy summer this has been!  Between 2 kids running everywhere...parks, pools and now bike riding!  Emerson learned to ride a 2 wheeler this summer...so awesome to see!  We were riding bikes in our driveway on a Monday evening and she told Steve, "I want you to take my training wheels off".  Of course, he immediately said no!  I told him of a great park that has astroturf....I heard it was a good surface to teach little ones to ride a bike on.  If you fall...no worries!  So that night after dinner we headed over to the park and within 5 minutes she was cruising!  She had a lot of confidence on the turf because falling was no big deal.  We went back there a few more times for practice and now she's got it down.  She can ride all over our driveway and around a neighborhood path.  We don't have sidewalks here, so we have not let her ride in the street yet when we are out for an evening walk, but I think we are close.  So, so proud of this girl.

Estes Park

We had a weeks vacation up in Estes this summer with the Buser family....so fun!  Steve's dad and Kathy rented a beautiful home for us all to stay in.  The kids had a blast with their cousin Logan and it was great to have Kathy's daughter, Patricia and her family of 4 there too.  Papa Ron kept us busy for a week with hiking, mini golf, a tram ride, bumper boats, go carting, trail ridge road, boating in Grand Lake, a movie and lots of time spent at the YMCA.  Great memories!

Emmy is my daredevil!

grandma Kathy

Tyler, Patricia, Keith and Thomas

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