Allison home still

Sleeping Sue will still be home for one more year....

and I think that's probably a good thing! After church on Sunday, following a little fit, she fell asleep on the floor. Sweet thing. She will go back to pre-school at Mrs. Talley's on September 15th.























All ready for Church! Our friends passed along some darling clothes for Allison. Which, in turn, we got to pass along things to one of our friends.

First Day of School 2008

We have TWO
Corey Cubs this year:

Connor and Tanner

Connor is in Mrs. Dowd's class. He got to pick where he sits for the first week. Mrs. Dowd lets them choose where to sit for the last week of school, too.

Tanner's teacher, Ms. Schrader, is a true-blue Cowgirl. She has tamed wild horses.

Bulldog Quinn!!!!!!

Quinn started Junior High on Monday, Aug. 25th. When I dropped him off the first day, he never looked back. He's walked to school the rest of this week....he caught up with Lane one morning, and this morning, he walked with John. He's only misplaced (well, he's just not for sure where it is) a public library book at school and forgotten his math book at school. On the plus side, he has handled all this newness quite well!

End of Summer 2008
Now that the summer comes to a close, I look back at for a second......

Quinn turned the big 1-2. He is getting quite responsible. He worried about all his school supplies this year. He found what he could around the house and we went and bought the rest. By the way, his lunch is all packed and in the fridge ready for his first day at Junior High!
Connor can ride his bike without any hands. He also can keep going when he wants to stop......When we were at Burger's Lake this summer, Connor and I started swimming to reach some diving boards in the middle of the lake. We soon realized it was too far. We couldn't turn back. He started to panic (I did too.) He wanted to quit and to hold on to me. I was waving my arm trying to get a lifeguard's attention. I didn't know for sure how serious of a situation I was in. I should've started yelling. I knew I couldn't swim with him holding onto me, so I had to keep encouraging him. He was amazing. I can think about him when I am running and am wanting to give up! Connor is my hero. Oh, and he doesn't complain when he has to do his kitchen job now. That's cool, too.
Tanner. That little guy rides his bike without his hands, too! He actually did it before Connor. Connor wants to know he can do something before he tries. Tanner, he just tries! I want to always remember that this was the summer he got so bored he taught himself how to play the piano. Speaking of those kitchen jobs, he whined like crazy tonight about sweeping, so maybe next summer?
Allison? Well, she has accomplished the task of getting to hold baby Maira, finally. Scott's cousin, Melissa Richey has been living here the past year and was pregnant most of it. Now, Tim, Melissa, and Kade are off to Abilene and took baby Maira, too! At least Allison got her for an evening. She's glad Maira left a pacifier behind.
School starts tomorrow..... I will miss those boys!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Connor received his Bear! Grrrr.

Connor got his braces off on August 4th....He got a big bag of candy, too!
We think they look so nice.

Boys! Boys! Boys!
So handsome, strong and fun!

Rachel and Allison = Pepper and Salt
Amy fixed the girls' hair.
They're wearing the dresses from my wedding!
Two crazy cousins...
Allison and Rachel = Salt and Pepper

Allison can swim

Allison can swim! Andrea and I took our kids (and Jacob and Justin) to swim at Randol Mill. I told Allison I'd buy her a doll if she'd quit plugging her nose with her fingers and swim.....She has a new doll.

Lyle, Scott's youngest brother and his bride, Zaret, got married in Utah at the beginning of August. We had a good time being together with family. It was an experience that doesn't happen too often.....to have all 9 brothers, wives and parents all together at once. Very memorable!