It's been about 6 months since I have given updates and so many changes have happened in a short amount of time! Beau turned 5! He has been obsessed with dinosaurs so we took him to a big dinosaur exhibit in Wichita for his birthday. He now owns almost all the dinosaurs and knows all the details about them!

 Beau started Kindergarten Sept 2nd! He was super excited about his teacher too! He really enjoyed the first 3 days of school, but I think he got a little exhausted by Friday.

 This afternoon he lost his first tooth (the real way at least!) He finally let me mess with it and it popped right out! He kind of panicked at first but then thought it was pretty cool.

He also learned to tie his shoes this summer and ride his bike! He is growing up too fast!!!!

We have had a really fun summer! Lots of swimming at the new pool at the Country Club where Jason works. Beau took a few swimming lessons at the beginning of the summer, but it didn't take him long to start swimming like a fish. He was jumping into the deep end without any floaties
in no time!

 

We've also started golfing more. Beau has really enjoyed going so we got him his own set of clubs. He was soooo excited! He asks all the time if we can go golf. It's such a fun thing to do as a family!
We've been able to go camping a few times this summer, but haven't had a whole lot of luck fishing. It's been fun to get away though.

Beau had AWANAS at church last year during school and he graduated Cubbies in May! They get the summer off, but it starts back up this Wednesday. He will be in Sparks this year so he will have to learn even more verses! I have no doubt he will do great, he has a really good memory!

 

 Beau got to ride the combine with his buddy Will, this summer. Will and Beau were in the same preschool class and went to the same daycare. Will is quite the "farmer", so they "worked the fields" all summer at daycare:)

I guess I will just assume that these updates will be me playing catch up. I don't seem to be keeping up like I should, or intend to. We have had a major change in our lives since the last update. We bought a house! We were very blessed to find a house with lots of space, a big backyard, 2 car garage, and other things that we were looking for, all in a reasonable price range. There is some work that needs to be done, but for the most part it was just what we were looking for. We moved the beginning of December, and had great weather to do it in! It is only 5 blocks from where we were so moving was fairly easy.  We have really enjoyed it here. Beau has enjoyed the big backyard, and we were so happy the previous owners agreed to leave the swing set! We have lots of projects on our list to make it our own, but we have been able to do a few things here and there already.  We had the original bright orange carpet replaced in the basement right away. That was the only thing that HAD to be done before we moved in:) 

Since we moved at the beginning of December and the Christmas season, it definitely flew by this year. The tree was one of the first things that went up when we got the keys to the house. It had lights but that was all I had time to do. Beau surprised me as we were moving things, and decorated it with his favorite planes, tools, and toys. It was so darn cute I had to leave it! You can see the picture below.

Work has been slower for Jason, but still going well. I like my department I am working at the hospital and really enjoy the gals I work with. Beau is doing great in Preschool too, and LOVES his teacher. Tomorrow we go to Kindergarten round-up......seriously...... where does time go!

 

Beau was a pilot for Halloween, so fitting with his airplane obsession!

His outfit was given to him for his birthday from Uncle Jay who is in the Navy. We knew what he was going to be for Halloween as soon as he opened it!

 

 Our new place!

Even though our holiday was hectic, Joey the elf still managed to find our new house and have some fun too!:)

 This is Beau's masterpiece!

 

 Sugar cookies were made into one giant one this year!

 

Santa brought Beau a giant RC crane for Christmas since he had asked

him for construction toys! Guess he was a good boy this year.....

 

 We haven't had a lot of snow this season yet, but we did have about 3 inches of fluffy snow to play in. It wasn't good sledding snow, but Beau had fun going down the slide in it!

And just a little taste........