SO excited!
He LOVES school this year and has made a lot of new friends and really likes his teachers. What a fun time for him and a nice break for me. :)Soccer Time!!!
Sully has started to play soccer on a team out of a local park. His team is called the "Strikers" and his coach is our neighbor down the street. He plays with Matthew and Jack on the team and is having a great time! We had an interesting first game with a few tears, but he did great and I think is going to have a blast this season!!! He LOVES wearing his uniform and his cleats! So fun! Here are some soccer pictures.
Go Sully! 
Sully and Matthew--Matt lives 2 houses down and they have truly become best buds. They play almost every afternoon together and play really well...Sully is SO lucky to have a friend like Matthew just 2 houses down and on the same soccer team. :)
Sully was not posing for this picture...he didn't even know I took it...what a pose he was striking! :)Day at Yellow River Game Ranch
We went to the Yellow River Game Ranch one morning a few weeks ago to go check out some animals. The place is so fun because the animals just roam on the property. Some animals are caged, but most are just walking around and you can feed them crackers and carrots. It was SO fun for the kids to be that close to the animals. Here are some pictures from our fun adventure.
It was hard for Ansley not to eat the food herself, but she found a way to share with the deer...she LOVED it when they would come up to her. I had to keep her in the stroller, though, because she liked to wander off into the restricted areas! I would have to go retrieve her and it made me nervous that I was then in the restricted areas as well! I was afraid of animal attacks! haha I did end up getting attacked by a squirrel on the back of my leg that day...I screamed! :)
I bet you can imagine how excited Sully was to be in a place where he was surrounded by animals he could "take care of" like a zoo keeper! He asks weekly to go back...he LOVED it! :)
Is that pig not fat or what? Hilarious!Tugaloo Triathlon
I participated in my first Olympic Triathlon a few weeks ago. It was a 1.5K swim, 40K bike, and 10K run. It was SO fun and I can see myself easily becoming addicted if I had the time to train. In a few years when I am not taking so many trips to animal farms, maybe I will find myself training for more of these a year! I had a great time and actually did really well compared to the rest of the women... 13th overall and 3rd in my age group and 20 minutes under my goal time. I was very excited. :)
Off for a 26 mile ride! It was a really pretty course, so this was my favorite part of the race.
Back from a very hilly run. Ouch! I was glad to be done. :)
Go me! :)Fire truck Party!
One of Sully and Ansley's friend, Elijah, had a really fun birthday party a few weeks ago. He had a fire truck come to his house! The kids got to sit in the truck and they even went for a ride around the neighborhood. It was a really fun morning for the kids. Here are some pictures of the day.
My fireman and firelady...
and my firehubby... :) 
Ansley enjoyed sitting in the truck and pretended to drive! 
Sully wouldn't get in with Ansley, because he wanted to get in with his leading firelady, Malley. They are still best friends! :) Hope you enjoyed the pictures...we will have some more soon...Ansley got her first haircut this past weekend...when I get the pictures uploaded on my computer, I will post them. Have a great weekend!
xxoo Tracy, Brett, Sullivan, and Ansley xxoo
Run!!! 
My sweet Ansley xxoo :)
So much for not getting wet! :)
Ansley liked the ocean, but was really into the sand!
She LOVED being buried!
Had a few face plants into the sand! :)
Enjoyed the beach more than the ocean...
Love this smile...
She even took a nap a few times!!!
Loved swimming out to the sandbar!
Sully met a new friend, C.T., and they played really well together!
Sully spent many hours collecting water and dumping it in the sand or on castles...he loved it!
Swam all by himself out to the sandbar with me and Brett.
We built MANY caves and castles for all of Sully's various animals! Even at the beach, Sully still wants to play with "all the animals" :) :)
Sully could swim across the whole pool by himself! I was SO proud! :)
My silly boys! 
I think Ansley's favorite part of the whole trip was all the times we played in the pool. She would jump in and get out, jump in and get out over and over again. She LOVED it!
xxoo
My kids were without clothes a lot through out the week...Ansley climbed up on the table on the back porch and was dancing. Had to snap a shot before getting her down. :)
I took a whole series of shots of him smiling and laughing one afternoon...this was a favorite...
Both were working very hard on their own masterpieces! :)
Best Buds! 
Well...maybe not! :) :) 
Ansley's sassy little stroll into town...
I discovered them in their "fort" 
Sully and his swim instructor! :) :) (And very proud Mommy!) 
The Palmers! 
Sully ready for all of his friends to arrive. Thanks Zizzie for helping get all the balloons perfectly positioned on the table. :)
My elephant cake. It tasted yummier than it looks! For those of you who know of my lack of artistic ability...this was actually quite creative for me. :)
Sully is very proud to be 4!!
Sully's favorite present was his Noah's Ark we got him...he was SO excited and still plays with it daily. In fact, when we were driving home from the beach last week, he mentioned how excited he was to go home and see his Noah's Ark again! So funny! He is still obsessed with animals! :)
Pwetty and Pip gave Sully his own scooter...he was really excited and got the hang of it pretty quickly. :)
This was a super cute picture of the kids at the zoo for our monthly trip in August...Ansley now loves the zoo just as much as Sully! They always get excited when we make the trip down. :)
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My proud fisherman!