First Day of School 2015!

It's time to kick off another school year already!

This year these big kids are going to be in 1st, 

 Of course they wanted to do a "silly picture". 

(I don't know if you can tell from the picture, but Thad has his eyelid turned inside out. He recently learned that trick and does it any chance he gets.)

Thad with his teacher, Mrs. Pyles.

Rhett with his teacher, Mrs. Moore

 and this girl has moved up to the MIDDLE SCHOOL year.

I can't believe it. 

She didn't want us to walk her in, which I understand, so I had to snap a few quick pics in the drop off line.

 I'm praying they have another great year! They've always enjoyed school and had great teachers and done such a great job at school. We're praying that this year is no different!

A Day at the Nature Center

Sunday afternnon we took the kids and our neighbor friends, Alyssa and Drew,  to the Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center.

It is just right up the road from our house and a really cool place for the kids.

 This was a fishing simulation the boys had fun with.

 On Sunday afternoons they feed one of the snakes a rat and let the kids watch. They all thought that was pretty awesome, but I failed to get a picture:)

 They have a big spider web, climbing rope thing the kids enjoy. I was just snapping a few pictures of them playing and look at these gems of Rhett I got.

 Of course the archery hour was a hit. 

Birthday Boys

Rhett turned NINE this week. 

He is getting so grown up and we are so proud of him!

We decided we weren't doing big birthday parties this year, but he did get to have a friend come over and play for the day.

I forgot to take of pic of them that day, but here he is with Bryson one day at the ball fields.

 Rhett got to choose where we went to eat that night and he chose Hibachi.  This is a terrible picture, but here he is at the Hibachi grill.

When we got home, he got to open his presents.

 After showers, we ate Rhett's birthday cupcakes that Hollace had made for him.

(She is loving to bake these days.)

Happy 9th Birthday to our sweet Rhett!!!

We LOVE you!!

We didn't forget Brent the next day on his birthday.  We made him a yummy ice cream pie!:)

WE LOVE you too!!!

Just Peachy!

As summer was wrapping up, we took a day and went with our friends, the Keeps, to Peach Pickin' Paradise. It is an orchard near Clarksville, AR. We tasted (they said we could sample all we want) and picked lots of peaches. Then we went to a little hamburger shack for some lunch, then cooled off at a little water park in town. It was a peachy day!