Brandon's first soccer game!

Today was opening day. Brandon got to play in his first soccer game and he loved it. Aside from turning a few cartwheels and forgetting that he can't pick up the ball when it comes to him, and taking a kick to the nose, he had a blast!! Ashlyn's game got cancelled when a quick lightening storm got a bit close and they had to clear the fields due to all those darn metal light poles! 

New lens

I am so thrilled with a new lens I got for my camera!! I am taking tons of pictures and just loving the effect.  Here are some shots I like- notice all the veggies from our garden! We have an amazing crop of Crookneck Squash, Zuccini, and green apples.  We also have some jalapeño peppers, bell peppers, green onions, etc.  I found two nice pears on the pear tree today and we have more apples than we can possibly eat! So fun to grow our own food!!

This one was done with a self timer- Brandon pushed the button and then jumped in the shot!!

Ashlyn's horseback riding lesson

For Ashlyn's 9th birthday I promised to take her horseback riding. She has anxiously awaited the day and it finally happened. This is Ashlyn at Elvenstar, riding Cinnamon. She did great and loved it!

He was Ashlyn's cheerleader!

WATERMELON SUCCESS!

Look what our garden grew!! Delicious!

Hayley's 4th and Tyler's 18th

Lots of August birthdays in the Holt family, and we got to celebrate Hayley's 4th at the park and Tyler's 18th at our house later that night. Had a great time at both!

First Day of School!

The big day arrived too soon!  Ashlyn started the 4th grade at MATES, Alyssa started middle school (6th grade!) at Redwood, and Amy began her final year at Redwood as an 8th grader! Wow! Aly was especially happy to be dressed in new clothes instead of a uniform, and they all had a great first day! Brandon was happy to stay home with a new computer game to keep him busy. Kindergarten starts September 12th for him!

Amy- 8th grade

Alyssa - 6th grade

Ashlyn 4th grade

My beautiful girls!

Last Lake Trip of the Summer

We took one final trip to Lake San Antonio- it was the best one yet!! Jake, Dez, Dane and Addison, Jeff, Hayley, and Brayden, Tyler, Paige, and Tucker, and Mike and Brent Dubin came along and it was awesome! All the kids skiied and tubed, and Amy learned to wakeboard,wake surf, and kneeboard this trip. Aly, Ash, and Brandon learned to kneeboard, and Ash got up on a wake surf board with her new pal Brent! Dad got in some ski runs, as well as wake surfing, even with Brandon sharing the board! Ty celebrated his 18th birthday with us at the lake too. What a great way to end the summer!