The 3rd graders of Sunset had a little concert. So fun to watch. Ronan is not a fan of singing as you can see in the videos. The picture above is with his two best buddies. 
A little weekend trip to see the fish ladder and dam on the Columbia River.
Spooky...
Supposed to be Elvis...
Elvis had really bad hair. It was super cold, so I quickly sewed fake fir on a hat and hairsprayed it. Frankenstein wore a painted milk jug covered in fur. They had a great night!
A Ronan mobile
A Chuck mobile. Still loving their tinker toys!
Greg's catch with a fly! Sadly no fish dinner for us, this one was a native, so we put it back.
View from my chair...nice!
Happy, muddy boys. 
Local wildlife.
He sat so patiently waiting for me to see him being a squirrel.
This river was full of huge salmon, they just never like what we bring to feed them.
Yep, lost another one!
Another day of fishing...the boys were afraid of these huge geese, so a little guard rail made it safer?
The boy begs to go fishing!
And this one likes to fish, but likes the worms better.
Doesn't he look so grown up with those big teeth?
Ronan spotted this guy...have you ever seen a crawdad this big...small lobster size and mean. Boys named him Stanley? We took him home. I have no idea why. He lived in the backyard in a bucket for 2 days eating worms, then the boys released him in a stream by the house.
He gets dirtier with each passing year. Charley had pumpkin on his hands. Ronan had pumpkin on his hands, arms, shirt, pants, hair, shoes, porch, face. He still eats like this too. At least I don't pick him up from school with his lunch still on his face like last year.
The real reason we own 3 scooters.
It's been wiggly since July...and just fell out! Ronan didn't lose teeth until 2nd grade, so this seems early to me. He is so happy to be toothless!? I have also never seen a kid lose the top teeth before the bottom. The bottom ones came in first.
Doesn't it look like he has lost 3 teeth? The other front tooth is dangling as well and has moved into the center of his mouth!
Just look at the cute little indian reading on his own!
"Your not listening to Patty Cat, put the camera down."
3rd grade and 1st grade...here we come. Hey look at that, Ronan's shirt matches the front door. Yikes. Need to paint that door, trim and steps. I would like to keep the house color the same. Any suggestions on trim and door color...black, red???
Nearly impossible to get 2 boys to look and a camera and smile nicely.
Charley is not so sure. Ronan is motivated!
First kid in the class. He's ready.
He won't stand beside the teacher...too cool for that, but that's Mr. Johnston in the background. No hugs or kisses either...all touching is off limits...someone might see and care.
Charley has Mrs. Miller, same teacher as Ronan had last year. We love her. He is very excited about eating lunch at school. He says he won't miss me at all. I feel super unloved...after all I have done for you!!
His spot. So much stuff, where is he supposed to work? Both boys are doing great in school. Well parent/teacher conferences are next week, so I may be wrong. But they love it.
