back to school

this year we all were starting back to school. andy started last thursday, with his second year in nursing school. he is scheduled to graduate in late april or early may with his rn degree! pam decided to go back to school full time also, being out of work at the time. jacob started seventh (yes seventh) grade yesterday. this is his second year in middle school. sam started preschool at daycare. he was very excited to see his friends and be with the "big kids" at school. ben went back into his same room at daycare with his buddies and had a great day.

everyone had great first days back to school. now let's just hope we all don't have too much homework! hope it's a great school year!

a few more pics here.

feeding ducks and park playing

this was one of those afternoons that Ben was not going to take a nap. and it was really nice outside, so we thought why not head to the park. we stopped and got a whole loaf of bread to feed the ducks with and headed to Rochester Park. the kids really like this park, lots of room to run and run and two play areas to play at! and of course lots of ducks to feed! Ben thought the ducks were cute at first, then there was just too many and he got a little scared of them. so we feed them standing on a park bench. after the park we stopped at one of Andy's favorite restaurants, Lapuma's for some hot dogs and fries. we took a nice walk around downtown Rochester and ended the evening with some ice cream from Dairy Queen. according to Sam, "this was the best day ever!" (he always says that when he has a really good day!)

more pictures here! and a video here!