Summer ends ~

And school begins.. for Trenton at least. We have started the 8th grade and so far... the first 2 weeks are going well! Ryan is getting ready to track out.. so basically finishing up his first 9 weeks... both boys are learning alot and we are adjusting to a double dose of nightly homework... ughhh!!!

Work is getting very busy for me... and for Chris at the same time. This leads to alot of juggling on our part, but busy is good and it keeps up going. I went to training last week in Ann Arbor, Michigan and had a good week.... it was beautiful weather, a great little city and lots of fun.

We are looking forward to the long holiday weekend... nothing major planned but its one of the first long holiday weekends that we actually get to have the boys. We are looking forward to some down time and some time just spent hanging out....

Soccer has started for both boys and its keeping life quite busy... in the month of September we have soccer games, a wedding to go to, and a baby shower as we get ready for baby Megan Martin! Lots of fun in the making...

August fun

Lots of things happening in the next couple of months... soccer just started for both boys. We have a bridal shower for some friends, their wedding and also a baby shower for some friends all within the next month. Add into that two boys with soccer practices, and games, me traveling to Michigan for work and Chris starts bowling again.. and you have a very busy couple of months!

Not much to report on... things are well in our world and we are planning on going to the wedding show this weekend to start getting some ideas....

Surgery is a success!

Surgery went very well this morning and as an added bonus... we get to keep the rod! Trenton asked the nurses, the anasthesiologist and then finally the DR. So we got to keep it. He is resting peacefully on the couch... letting all the drugs get out of his system...
This was the last step in getting him all fixed... a few more weeks of recovery and we won't have to see our orthopedic guy again for quite some time....

Trenton - more surgery

Tomorrow morning my little boy goes back into surgery again... this time to remove the rod from his arm. The rod has been there for 4 months now and its time to come out. His surgery should be shorter, he shouldn't have as much pain and his recovery time should be minimal... that is the hope at least.
Pray for a smooth surgery and a quick recovery!

Concerts ~

I love going to concerts ~
I love live music ~
I love the atmosphere, the energy and the FUN!!!

So far this year, Chris and I have been to the Brad Paisley concert, we took the boys with us to the Toby Keith concert (it was Ryan's first real concert) and then I have also gone to the Kid Rock/Lynrd Skynrd concert. All were fantastic times and just great music! The energy and the fun make it so worth while.
We have tix to go to Rascal Flatts tomorrow night and will have to see what the weather is going to do..... and in another month or so... bring on Kenney Chesney... he is one artist I have never seen before, so I am very excited about that.

Soccer Camp

Was a success !

We went down to UNCW this morning to pick Trenton up from soccer camp. His team won the 11 v 11 games and he was pretty excited about that. Overall he had lots of fun, made some new friends and wants to go back next year!

After some closing ceremonies and getting him out of his dorm, we went and hit the beach for about 2 hours... I got red of course.. even using 30 sunscreen I still seem to get red... oh well, just means more tan lines for me!! At least I am using sun screen right...?

After lunch at the Oceanic (had to get their crab dip) we headed back home... Trenton is extremely tired and in need of a good nights sleep in his own bed.

Back to work tomorrow to finish the end of the week and then a weekend of relaxing with the boys and the nieces!!

July..

We must not enjoy very much downtime because just as the sports were ending... the boys got recruited to the swim team... funny how that tends to work for us.
Its been great exercise for the both of them and they have really enjoyed it. It has also given them great opportunity to meet other neighborhood kids which is great especially now that Ryan is here more.

Both boys are growing... and how! Ryan is 'filling out' alot like Trenton did.. but he started a little younger I believe.... definitely no slim jeans for him anymore... his 10's fit nicely though... he is both tall and thick... should be interesting to see how that ends up! Trenton on the other hand was 118 pounds in February and by June was down to 111.2... he had lost a little over 7 pounds and has grown a good 3 inches or so. Needless to say he is looking alot thinner than we have seen him in YEARS!!!!

Ryan has started back to school and so far 3rd grade is going well... Trenton is off at soccer camp at UNCW and will return tomorrow... we are going to spend the day at the beach just for some afternoon fun after we pick him up at the closing ceremony.

Katie and Kellie have joined us this week and both of them are sharing in Chris' addiction to Batman Legos... I haven't watched tv on the big screen in dayssss!!!

All in all we are having fun and hoping to maybe get the kids pictures taken this weekend per maw-maws request!