Letter from new teacher

The boys got their letter from their new preschool teacher, Mrs. Douglas. They are so excited for the new year of school to begin!

Daddy Saturday's

Saturday morning cartoons with Daddy.

Finley's first swim

I finally decided to be brave enough to take all three boys swimming by myself. Well, not really by myself...as my friend Jen and her twin girls also went with us! I couldn't have done it without her support and extra set of eyes though! And she lent me a little baby floater for Finley to sit in, which he absolutely loved. (unfortunately I didn't get any pics of him in it though!)

Here's Finley all dressed up and ready to go!

Big brother Collin with Finley:

Finley with his big brothers:

Brotherly love

The boys have started to have more of an interest in holding Finley lately. And trying to pick him up....which of course I have been trying to deter. They certainly cannot be left alone with him!

I think these pictures of them holding Finn are so funny because he looks about half their size already!

Big brother Brenny:

Big brother Collin:

Swimming lessons

The boys did a week of swim lessons this week. It started out a little rocky, but by the end of the week they were much more comfortable with the water and getting braver. Their teacher was amazing. She was so patient with them and a really great teacher. They went from afraid to get their face wet at all, to going under the water to retrieve a ring from the bottom of the pool! Amazing! She also worked with them on arm strokes, kicking, floating, holding their breath under the water, etc. I'm so glad that we started them this year to make them more comfortable and then hopefully next summer we can start early and get some of the skills mastered!

Here they are with their instructor:

Collin practicing kicks and blowing bubbles:

More of Collin practicing:

Teaching them how to hold a "bubble" in their mouth for swimming under the water:

Brendan swimming with his face in the water!

Collin practicing more:

Brendan swimming with face in the water again! So proud!

Trying to get Collin to put his face in! :)

Collin jumping in:

Brendan about to jump in:

Four Months Old

Finley is now FOUR months old! I can't believe how fast time is flying by! I thought this summer would be loooong without the boys and school and with a new baby. But, it has flown by. We have mangaged to stay very busy!


He is such a happy and easy going baby...just perfect! He now rolls over and loves to sleep on his tummy. He also loves to grab onto to everything and put it in his mouth. :) At his 4 month well baby visit, he weighed 15lbs even and 25 inches long. Here are his monthly pictures in his chair next to his bear.





Let's compare from 2 months old to now:

All dressed up

Mike's cousin, Chad, got married in Vegas and then had a reception here for everyone. The reception theme was "Vegas" and they had personalized card decks and poker chips on the table for everyone...a really cute idea! He and Jessica are such a cute couple and it was fun to get dressed up and do something out of the ordinary!

Brotherly love:

I'm thankful for technology in these circumstances. It was past their bedtime and they were fidgety, but Dad's phone kept their attention.

Grandma Atok enjoying some time with Finley:

Collin, myself and Brendan:

Collin, Mike and Brendan: