August Update

What I remember most about August was out trip to Nevada. We drove all night to get there and met up with my parents who were on a motorcycle ride. My dad's whole family was getting together for the first time since any of us can remember to celebrate my uncle's birthday, which is normally an unremarkable thing and not worthy of calling all the family together. But Randy has been diagnosed with cancer and was not given very good odds, so it was time for a reunion of sorts. This picture is my parents and my dad's parents with Tyler, Van and I. The next pictue is just one I took of him in the yard where we were staying.
I finally got a decent picture of Van's Famous Tough Guy pose that I wanted to share with you. (forgive the red-eyes, I was too lazy to fix them at this point. Besides, it kind of adds to the intimidation, right?) He has been doing this since he was 9 months old, and it never gets dull! We tell him to show us though guy and this is what he does. He flexes so hard his whole little body shakes, he holds it for a few seconds than crack s up with us! Love it!
We finally moved into our house- the day before school started! (more on that later, it gets it's own post) One day I went into Van's room and found him in our chair reading stories to himself! I can't believe how big he is getting. He grows more independent every day and he is constantly learning new things. I never knew motherhood would be so emotional!