September is here?!??! Yes September has arrived, Samantha is back in school and likes all of her teachers. She was heavily recruited to be the softball team manager again this year and accepted the position. Will make for a rather full fall but she will enjoy herself I am sure.

Nolan has turned 7 months old this weekend. He is a wonderful baby and is getting better about being out and about during the dinner hour - thank goodness. He has a laugh that can bring a smile to even the grumpiest of grumpies. He is ready to start crawling if only he could get his belly off of the ground. Mom and Dad tried to assist him today and that resulted in a laughing baby whose face was on the carpet. Go figure. Also exciting in Nolan's world today was the wonderful 5/8 crushed rock shower his brother bestoed upon him. I was outside planting mums with the boys, slightly distracted but keeping an eye on them. Liam was playing in the rocks and Nolan was hanging out in the good ole Bumbo chair (Katie - he still likes sitting in it) and I turned to find Liam dumping rocks over Nolan. Nolan thought it was pretty fun and no tears were shed but I did explain to Liam that we don't put rocks on people's heads. All of these rules.

Though the rain on Saturday morning put an end our hopes to go to the Mukilteo Lighthouse festival, we found a close second and took the kids to the mall... the play area there is good for at least an hour and I think all three kiddos enjoyed themselves. Later that day, Mom, Liam and Nolan hung out at home and David & Samantha went dream shopping for RVs. Later Samantha accompanied her Dad to the Drive In - though it is reported Samantha didn't see more than 20 minutes of each movie.

We are looking forward to a relaxing fall and some cooler weather. Stay tuned. http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8AaM2jJs1cM2Qg A few recent photos....