First Day of 2nd Grade

She's getting so big!! Our sweet Ashlynn is loving school, as always! She started riding the bus this year and she feels like such a big kid! This momma is having a hardtime adjusting to this!! But New York seems to not make it easy to just pick up your kid. There is no car line....at all! On the flipslip it has been nice to have her picked up and dropped off by the house! 

She likes her new teacher and shes making great friends. Its a pretty small school compared to her last school but she seems to be adjusting well. She is known as the new girl. There isn't a lot of new people that move around here. Even though shes the new girl everyone seems to be treating her nicely and eager to meet her. 

Here to another year :)

Apple Orchard Fun

We had such a good time apple picking! We can't pick apples down south! The girls had a blast and we probably picked 25-30 lbs of apples! They would of kept on going if we'd let them! It was a beautiful day! Super yummy fresh apple cider, apple donuts, and carmel apples! 

I've had to be creative with what to do with all these apples!!! I've made apple butter, apple coffee cake, apple sauce, and we eat an apple almost every day!! I'm finally running low on them! It was such a fun experience! 🍎

NYC Pictures - Part 2

Times Square

Double Decker Bus. Ashlynn wanted to sit on the top deck and in the very front. We had a great view. Plus we got to witness how many accidents almost happened...eek!!

The girls loved M&M world! 

Brookie decided she did not want to take a picture with me. Little stinker!

Our drive through Manhattan....we had to drive drive straight through it to get to our hotel. I think we lost a few years off our life doing this, hehe. Tip: be on alert for anything and everything. Also everyone thinks the few inch gap btwn you and the car in front of you is enough space for them to merge... 

The ball is much smaller than we expected! 

NYC Pictures - Part 1

Ashlynn at the Empire State Building

At the top of the Empire State Building

On top of the One World Observatory. Tallest Building in the Western Hemisphere. 

9/11 museum- Ashlynn soaked up this day. She was fascinated to hear what happened. She was also deeply saddened. She wanted to know everything! 

9/11 museum

The Statue of Liberty was her favorite day!

Ashlynn's holding up New York 😜

Summer

Brett finished his first summer session! It was quite intense taking 6 classes. So far he's doing quite well in his classes! We are very proud of him! From what we've heard the first summer is the hardest. He just started a two week break which he will thoroughly enjoy taking a brain break! The girls are excited that he will be home everyday!

We decided to take a trip to NYC while he is on his break! Brett has been to the city but I have never been. We are going to hit all the highlights! Looking forward to the sights and taking lots of pictures! 

Ashlynn still has a month until school starts! This is a long summer for her! She's been enjoying making new friends, play dates, VBS, and the exploring the house and our big yard. 

Brookie has been her sisters shadow all summer! They seem glued at the hip a lot! We are searching for a pre-school for her up here. Hopefully we will find a good fit soon. 

The weather has been beautiful this summer! It's pleasant to spend the day outside!  Lovely 70s and 80s. We've had a couple 90* days but not many. We are happy we are missing the 100*+ heat! My parents said it was 106* the other day at their house! 

We sure do miss our family and friends in Texas but we are enjoying and thankful for the opportunities and journey God has us on! 

Amy

Spontaneous Fun

Sorry we haven't posted in a few weeks.  The girls and I have been down in Florida for the past few weeks visiting family.  We had a wonderful time! The girls took swim lessons and made huge improvements this summer!  

After flying back home we decided to stop by Niagara Falls since we were already in the area.  The girls and I were quite tired after getting up at 4:30am to make our flight, but the adventure sounded fun!

I remember visiting the Falls back when I was little (maybe 5 or 6....somewhere around there :) )

I have a few memories of that visit and it was neat to see what I was remembering!

The girls thought the falls were so cool!  Since we went unprepared we didn't have our passports with us to go over to the Canadian side.  The Canadian side is much more impressive.  Nonetheless we got wet looking at the top of the falls and the girls thought that was fun!  When we go back prepared next time we'd like to do the Maid of the Mist and the other fun activities.

We only spent a short amount of time here b/c the kiddos began to get quite cranky...nothing like having a time out spot at Niagara Falls! But it was a nice side trip before getting in the car and driving home.

-Amy

All about our new house!

All the bedrooms are upstairs.   I  don't  really like that because I like to be next to mommy and daddy on the same floor when it is my bedtime.  We have a big back yard but a small kitchen.   I would like it better if we had a big kitchen and a big back yard.  Our house is on a hill.  We have a four story house a basement, first floor, second floor, and a walk up attic.

-Ashlynn