Austin's First Day of School

Austin started school on Monday and what a bittersweet day for mom. He's been in preschool, but it's just not the same. He was so excited and is loving school. I on the other hand, just can't believe he's this old. Brendan took it worst of all. Poor kid asked to go get Austin every 20 minutes that first day. The second day was actually much harder for me. He wanted to take the bus. Let me tell you putting him on that bus and watching him go away was tough. It was much easier for me to walk him into his classroom the first day. Anyway, he's loving school and his teacher is awesome. She does a lot of neat things with the kids and Austin adores her.
Here's a few pics from the first day:

We're back

We made it back from Idaho. What a fun trip. We got to hang out and relax. We went to the zoo and of course, camping. Brendan was quite taken with it. He tells everyone "camping dar, sleep outside--FUN". They loved sleeping outside and swimming in the lake. Unfortunately with the bad Idaho fires, we weren't allowed to have a campfire, which was kind of sad. Right in our campsite we saw two foxes and tons of squirrels and chipmunks. There was rumored to be a bear in the area too. Oh and when we were driving, we saw a deer. Here are a few of my favorite shots: