Two Heros and a Cowgirl

Mr. and Mrs. Potato Pumpkins (with Brittany who was here to visit with Brad)

Pre- trick or treating party

Jessie (from Toy Story)

Batbaby

Trick or Treating

Duke (GI Joe)

Dance Party

For Lindley's third birthday, we partied in the USA!!!

6, 3, 1

It has been birthday season at the Schrib household (and still is...2 more to go). We did the annual photo shoot...

Nearing the End...

As summer is coming to an end, I have been thinking about the great times we have had this summer!

We went to Canyon for the fourth of July. It literally rained on our parade and the fireworks were cancelled, but we still had a great time with the fam.

We also got to go to Great Wolf Lodge. It was a total blast, and Ben keeps asking when we will get to go back! He could have stayed there a whole additional day, but the rest of us were wiped out!

I also did some interviewing over the summer and have accepted a new position within my company. I will be working from home starting September 7. I am excited and nervous about the new job.

Lanny and I celebrated our 8th anniversary and had an awesome date night while some super sweet friends kept the kiddos.

And, we went to the circus...Zing, Zang, Zoom!! I still hear those 'magic' words all the time!

Brandt'ler' as we call him, turned 1 year old...so hard to believe! We had a small get together to celebrate the little guy! His doctor visit went well, but we have confirmed that he has food allergies. I am still trying to figure that all out, but for now, I know that he is allergic to dairy, egg, and peanut. And, possibly wheat, sesame seed, corn, and soy. We will hopefully meet with the allergist soon.

As the summer comes to a close, a big chapter in our life is over and a new one is beginning. Ben starts kindergarten next week. We found out this week who his teacher will be, and we have Meet the Teacher night tomorrow night. He couldn't be more excited! I, on the other hand, am barely holding it together!!

Dance Party

I am so delinquent on so many posts from this month, but I had to pop in and share this:

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Family Circus, Volume 4

Ben:

Ben lost his first tooth! It was hanging on by a thread for a few days. I tried to pull it myself, but I chickened out. Lanny and I were both too scared to pull it for fear that it would hurt and Ben would have a bad experience with the first tooth. I also kind of got the heebie jeebies when I went in to pull it :)

So, thank goodness for a friend who grew up in rural Mississippi. She came over, saw the loose tooth, and just yanked that thing right out! I think she is used to that kind of thing ;) (Just kidding, Melissa!! And, yes, Melissa does have all of her teeth!!! :) )

He had a really hard time letting go of the tooth. The first night, he didn't want to let the tooth fairy come and get it because he wanted to keep the tooth. So, we told him he could keep it until he was ready to give it to the tooth fairy. He put it under his pillow the next night ;)

Ben also finished up another t-ball season. This season was SO much better than last year. We all enjoyed it so much more!

Lindley:

Lindley talks, sings, and dances, and talks and sings! Everything is a song. Here is what I heard in the back seat one day:

To the tune of "Are you sleeping"

"I want a snow cone, I want a snow cone, I want a snow cone! I want a snow cone!"

She is loving hats these days:

And, everything is "ferfect!"

I also get much encouragement from her when I use the bathroom, "Good job, Mommy!"

She is quite the boss (hmm, wonder where she gets that?)!!

I promise I do have many more pictures of her; it just seems like she is filthy in all of them!! I do NOT have a girlie girl!!

Brandt:

Brandt is all over the place now that he is mobile! He LOVES Ben's room, possibly because it is a forbidden place due to all of the toys with choke-able parts.

Lanny recently cut his hair, which was much needed! I was amazed at how much hair he had!

Before:

During:

After:

He is loving the finger foods, which is awesome. At first, he choked and gagged on anything that he put in his mouth. But, he loves it all now!

Lanny:

Here is Lanny on Father's Day with all of his kiddos! He is such a great dad!!

It has begun...

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Summer's Here!

The Graduate!

Ben graduated from Pre-K last week. I can't believe our baby is growing up so fast. There is no doubt that I am going to be a mess on the first day of Kindergarten. I could barely make it through graduation!! And, truth be told, I did tear up a little.

Here is the video of the walk across the "stage." Sorry it is way jumpy, I was busy waving, etc. at Ben!

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