This year, TCS (Alex’s school) decided to add a JV soccer team. Alex has been getting a lot of playing time on the JV team and today even got an assist! He has also been playing some on the Varsity squad and had a kick on goal last week. Each year he is getting better and better!

I went into the boys bathroom the other day after Sam had taken a bath and realized that he had left all of his dinosaurs in the bathtub. Even though Sam is getting to be a big boy, there is still a part of him that likes to play with his toys in the tub!

Since Rod will be in Atlanta this week, we decided to open one of Alex’s birthday presents early. Uncle Les and Aunt Laurie sent their presents early so we already had them. Lis fixed Tacos for the boys tonight, one of their favorites and then we opened the presents. Alex now understands the meaning of brain teasers… 🙂

Alex and Sam got a new haircut for school. School for them starts in just a couple of days – Monday, August 13.

This is what happens when you leave Sam and Farley home alone for just a few minutes…

While Sam and Alex were at Camp Waynesboro last month, Mom took the opportunity to fix up Sam’s room with a new color scheme a new bookcase and some cool new night lights. We also re-arranged the room a little and he now has more space to build all of his Legos.

Today we put in a doggie door in the laundry room so Farley can go outside on the deck when we are gone for the day. After some quick training with a hot dog – he was set and ready to go.