Happy Birthday Conor

I can't believe Conor is 5 already!!

First Day 2008

Im a little slow getting this up, but the boys started school Aug 7 (which I think is way too soon). Aiden is in the 5th grade, Brennon is in the 3rd grade, & Conor has started Kindergarden.

They are all loving it, especially Conor. Every morning he askes if he gets to go to school again. Finn on the other hand is having a tough time with his best buddy gone. I guess he'll get used to it in a few weeks.

Linguine with Chicken Thighs

Just wanted to share this recipe with you. I found it on The Pioneer Woman Cooks and it was great! The kids really liked it. I used bow tie pasta and for the fresh basil and parsley I used 1 tsp dried for each.

If you get a chance check out her other recipes, you will like them ;)

ENJOY

Photo ShaZAM

I have signed up to receive news letters from The Sprague Lab A Little Studio of Scrapbook Alchemy, which teaches different photoshop techniques. This week they are also doing a contest so hence the post here on my blog site ;)

Before

After

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After

So as you can see I am having a little fun with photoshop.

The contest runs this weekend if you want to check it out.

Photo ShaZAM

Swim lessons

Since we couldn't take a long road trip this summer, we decided to spend lots of time at the YMCA pool. Our membership included swim lessons that the boys totally loved.

Conor is a self taught swimmer (if his brothers could do it so could he), but in his class he learned the crawl stroke and more floating techniques.Here he is getting ready to jump off the diving board. After looking at all the pictures I took of Aiden and Brennon, I liked these the best. LOL!! All the others with their faces had their eyes closed, so why not just show them swimming ;)
Aiden

Brennon

I just love how the water sparkles around them