September Recap

What would better recap the month of September...

 than a bunch of photos...

I worked full time this month

(including my weekends)

and on top of that I had something to do almost every single night for

the Rychlinski & Thompson Wedding.

Therefore, my Mom spent many days with my children...
(I didn't have a recent pic of my Mom with my kids,
but this one of her and Dad is so stinkin' cute)

and Ash spent many nights & weekends being a single parent.

I got to spend lots of time with my sisters...

as the wedding neared...

we got a few pedicures... 

I also spent time with my brother...

... and Caitlyn enjoyed dancing with her brother...

... and with Gram at sunset...

 ... She also danced with one of her besties

as they practiced for their future 'lighted box' debut...

... and I spent a tiny bit of time celebrating one of my besties big 3-0.

♥

Caitlyn experienced some wild hair days...

(seriously this pic makes me laugh,

if only you could've seen how darn cute she was walking down the hallway that morning...

she is so tiny with such big hair... LOVE her!)

 ...and we cut off most of Ashton's curls.
(I hope they grow back... LOVE him too!)

All in all,

it was a month to remember.

Although busy and stressful at times,

I truly enjoyed all the time spent with all of my favorite people. 

A huge thanks to my Mom for helping out with my family

and to my hubby for being the best hubby out there.

I am so blessed.

Ksavera & Jason's Preview

Here's just a preview of the pictures to come.

These were taken by Tasha Owen Photography.

Who I might add... Did a FANTASTIC job!

Bacchelorette Party

The last fling before her ring.

Hooray for Sadie, Hooray for Sadie.

Friday night we celebrated in style. 

We painted T-town red in our huge party bus.

Twenty-some girls got together to celebrate

Ksavera and her engagement to Jason.

We stopped by a few of her old favorite hot spots.

Few pictures were taken in the beginning of the evening.

Enjoy.

Grandparents Day

In honor of Grandparent's Day (September 12, 2010),

Caitlyn got to take her grandparent's to school.

Everyone was able to make it (Pappy met them at the school).

She is so incredibly LOVED!

Out of Towners

One of my favorite friends came to visit from Idaho. We used to work together... and by work together... I mean we used to carpool, pass meds, break, check blood sugars, go on candy runs, break, work doubles, train new emplyees, wander in the courtyard, and take breaks together.

She came in from Idaho and our other old work friend came in from Hawaii.  We all met up and spent an entire day together at the zoo, then at cold stone, then at the Tai Bistro.  It was so super nice to see an old friend.

Click on the pic of Caitlyn's hair as she slid down the slide... Priceless.

1st Day of Preschool

Caitlyn Leigh's 1st day of Preschool.

She attends a Lutheran school

2 days a week (Tuesday and Thursday)

She's in a class of 9 children.

Her and Audrey are the only girls,

3 out of the 7 boys are named Elijah.

Sept 30th-I'm in charge of snacks.

We took over a hundred pictures of her on her 1st day.

I will post only 5 so I don't bore you.  

Above is a picture of the proud parents and brother of a preschooler.

This one was taken in the parking lot when we arrived, I'm pretty sure she was giving me two thumbs up... reassuring me that everything would be alright.

I had to get one more right before she entered the classroom.

The night before, I felt a little anxiety as I realized that other children and teachers would influence her life now.  I felt a sudden need to remind her of how to behave... I reminded her to say please and thank-you, and to share her toys, and to be nice to all the other children.  The conversation ended with her telling me,

'Mommy, Me do yat... me do all of yat.'

That's when I knew she was ready.

When we picked her up, all the parents stood in the lobby and the teacher would call downstairs to the teacher's assistant who's parent's had arrived to pick up the children. It felt like graduation...

The teacher called Caitlyn's name and she climbed the stairs along with the other children all of them with their oversized back packs, carrying her lovely art work.

I was SO PROUD!

♥

Ash took this picture and I absolutely had to put it on the blog.

It reminded me of line from one of Mine and Caitlyn's FAVORITE books,

Someday.

Someday I will stand on this porch and watch your arms waving to me 

until I no longer see you.

Lake Trask 2010

Labor day was spent with Ash's family at their lake property.

Lots of fun and laughter... and spiders!

The kiddos LOVE it there!

Meet & Greet

We met with Caitlyn's preschool teacher and all her tiny preschool friends.

I cried twice... Ash and I were holding hands watching Caitlyn run and play with her new friends, he looked at me, squeezed my hand, and asked if I was ok. I nodded because I knew if I tried to speak, I'd cry.  I watched her as she played on a merry-go round type toy and she waved to me and asked, 'Mommy, you go bye bye now?' It took everything I had to tell her (without crying) that I was staying for this night and next time I'd leave her all alone... without my supervision... under the influence of all the other preschoolers and teacher Julie where she'd just begin her preschool years which, I know, will help her grow and develop into a beautiful young woman who will- with just a blink of an eye- be heading off to college soon.