My Handsome Spencer!

Spencer went back to school today after being out for two weeks. He was excited to go back. I love this picture. It is his giggle face.

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WAKE UP JEFF!!!

Lynden loves the Wiggles. Thankfully he has never been a big fan of Barney like Spencer was. That is a nice break. A girl can only stand so much of anything that involves Baby Bop (man, she is obnoxious). Anyway, he love the Wiggles. He is constantly doing this "wake up Jeff" bit. It does not matter where we are or what he is doing. You will notice when he starts counting. He will say " two, two, wake up Jeff" & start shaking as if he is biting down really hard. It is about precious. Notice though, he was not about to put his cars down. Sometimes he will be standing up & he will just close his little eyes & lay his little cheek over on his little hand & start counting. It is priceless.

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This us Lyndens favorite toy when we are outside. I know, a car, that's weird!

Spencer loves water more than anything else on the planet. He prefers to swim but will take whatever he can get that involves water.

So big & so nosey!

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So this was Lyndens new obsession (or Boo Boo is what he called it) for a few days.

He got this new mole & he showed it to me non stop one day & kept pointing to it saying boo boo!

He tried to scratch it off. It was very entertaining to his old mom!

Spencer starts kindergarten!

Rise & shine, its the first day of the rest of your life.

And it begins...yes, Spencer started Kindergarten on Monday. I have dreaded this day for 6 years (that is not a typo)! I can't believe my baby is in school. I am not going to write a whole lot about this for fear that my tears might spark something in the keyboard. OK, it is not quite that bad. It helps that I have had a few days to let it sink in. I am so proud of Spencer in so many ways, & in ways that a lot of parents don't have to think about, having not had the opportunity to experience the blessings of having a special needs child. Spencer has done nothing but progressed in his struggles in the last several years. He has already worked so hard & studied so hard to learn what he needs. I can't imagine kindergarten being a whole lot different (for him) than what he has been used to. I know that this is where he should be as we have prayed many many hours to make the right decision about school. I love the idea of home schooling my kids & probably will at some point in the future but with Spencer we just didn't feel that he could get the amount of therapy & one on one learning time that he needs right now, from me. He seems to like his class & teacher & I am allowed to pick him up just before school lets out to avoid the car rider stress. I am very thankful for that, I am sure the boys are, too.

He was so handsome going to school & he was excited. He kept saying he wanted to go to school a couple weeks prior. He did say that he wanted the blue camera at the red school. There must have been one at the Little Red Schoolhouse. That is his memory for ya. Anyway, I did ok. As we had a prayer for breakfast I asked Heavenly Father to bless Spencer to have a good day at school & to bless him to have the Spirit with him & to know that his teachers & family love him. I lost it some where in there & had to wrap it up but, I think he felt that cause he had a great first day. I thanked God almost all the way home from picking him up. When I dropped him off I didn't stay long & there was a little girl in there crying, I felt so sad for her & her parents. I was so glad Spencer didn't get sad. As soon as I turned to go out the door I just started crying (I don't think anyone seen me, which is good, it was not pretty) & cried most of the way home but once I got home I was fine. I am just going to miss him being home all the time. He has not had any problems yet, other that the fact that he is not totally immunized & has to stay home until I can get an immunization exemption passed. You can only do that through Little Rock & I didn't realize that. I had been told that it was not that big of a deal, you just had to sign a waiver or some form. I assumed it was done at the school but no. That is ok, it is nice having him back home for a few days. It is not going to affect him with the school. He is so big & I love him so much. I am so lucky to be his mom. I don't think he will ever know just how much I love him & how proud of him we are.

Nana & Papa Coffman spent the weekend in Branson & could not resit these shirts. They are so adorable, thanks guys.

Hey Mommy, who is that cute kid looking at me!

Lynden was cracking me up the other night. He & I were brushing his teeth on the bathroom counter & he was just getting so tickled at himself. I could not resit this one. I took way more pictures, but these were the best. What a doll!

This is Lynden's stare out bit.

Just because he is so cute !

This is a small glimpse of just how nosey & determined Lynden is.

Farewell, Uncle Jason!

Jason is leaving on Friday to move to Las Vegas. It is sad, but we are happy for him. There must certainly be a good reason the Lord is moving him there. We are all going to miss him so much!

Happy 55th Birthday, Dad!


We celebrated Dads birthday last Saturday at his house. We got him a grill & then grilled hot dogs. Lisa brought her big blow up water slide & the kids played on that for a good 2 hours. They all got a little carried away. Dylan & Olivia were not there, and Lynden wasn't too impressed by the slide. He preferred to walk around the house playing with his trucks. I love this picture below of Dad.

This is Lyndens face when he is mad (sometimes sad, but mostly mad) he will challenge us to a stare out. It is hard not to smile because he is so cute.

The kids also got to play a little in the stream that runs across the road in front of Dads house!
Spencer did not get to play right here, I just took the picture before he had to move. I know, it has snakes written all over it.

City Pool!

The weekend before that Wabash rented the city pool for kids & grandkids of the employees. That was really nice of them. The kids had a great time. Bella's pool is what Spencer calls the city pool. That is all he has talked about all summer.

Dalton & Grandma Joyce

Lynden just wanted to run around at his free will as usual.

Spencer is so cute in his goggles. The two are almost inseparable!

Amy & Devin came over two Fridays ago & we ( by we I mean Amy ) canned 26 quarts of green beans. We were so excited. Amy had just got her canner before she came over.