Allison's New Haircut

On Saturday August 18th Allison decided it was time for a change and she got her haircut. As you can see from this picture it is much shorter now and layered. She is stil learning how to take care of it, but she really seems to like it! Doesn't she look like such a big girl now? Daddy was a bit nervous when she left to go to the spa, but he absolutely loved it! I bet all of you will too!

Rodeo Weekend 2007!

The rodeo was in town August 16th through 18th, and what a great time we had! We were busy from the beginning to the end with the big parade, kiddie parade, working in the Church Tent, riding rides, eating junk food and of course...watching the rodeo! We had family in town from Minnesota (Rhonda, Cory and Madison) and there was never a dull moment! Here is a snapshot of Allison and Jacob from Thursday night, before there were all wore out!

Young Family Gathering - August of 2007

The second weekend of August we took a road trip to my sisters house in Gallipoils Ohio. Allison and Jacob had so much fun getting to see Uncle Matt and Aunt Heather, cousins Nathaniel and Lindsey, Aunt Boo Boo and Uncle Jeremy, Uncle Brad and of course Grandpa Gary!

Here are some pictures we took during the "1st Annual Young Cup" hosted by Heather and Matt. http://picasaweb.google.com/youngericn/GallipolisAugust2007

We all competed in various events and these are just a few of the pictures Melissa and I took that day. We have many more, these are just a few of our favorites. If someone from the group wants something specific from that day, email us and let us know what you are looking for, hopefully we can find it in the 200+ pictures we took that weekend!

Our New Yard!

This past spring we had a landscaper come in and do a ton of work to our yard, the web album linked below shows the results of his hard work. We have a few more things to add next spring to get things all ready for the new pool, but this is a quick peek at how much better things look today!

http://picasaweb.google.com/youngericn/OurNewYard2007

First Day Of School

Allison and Jacob started school today, wow the summer sure did fly by! Allison is going into 3rd Grade, while Jacob is starting Kindergarten. From conversations after school today, it sounds like Allison is going to be a great big sister, she seems to think it is pretty cool to have her little brother at her school now, we will see how long that lasts!

Here is a picture of the two of them at the bus stop on their first day, have you ever seen two kids look any happier to be going to school?

Look Out Kindergarten, Here Comes Jacob!

Today was Jacob's first day of Kindergarten, and wow was he excited! He came home with lot's of fun stories, it was everything he had hoped for and more. (It sounds like playing on the play ground is his favorite part of school at this point! Hot Dogs for lunch in the cateteria seemed to rank up there as well!)

Here are are a couple of pictures from this week, the one with him in blue was Monday night before we had our first visit to his room. The other one is of him getting on the bus today! (Riding the bus was another exciting event for Jacob, he just thinks he is big stuff now!)