It's great to be back home. The boys and Mommy are happy to have me back. Jake & Tyler are getting excited for Halloween. They've made a couple trips to the pumpkin patch and so far we have 10 pumpkins to carve!

  A neighbor bought a golf cart and gave the boys a ride.

Tyler's school trip the pumpkin patch.

  Grandma Sharon sent Halloween treats.

  Dad is back so the garage barber shop is back in business.

Jake has been asking to ride his bike to school so he, Tyler and I rode them on Friday. We got some sad news that our good friends the Dawson's are moving this November. We had them over Saturday evening for a BBQ and a dip in the pool. The boys are going to miss the Dawson girls : (

 I'm off to Maryland again tomorrow for another 2 week vacation... I mean business trip.

My little helper on a Home Depot run.

 

 

Not sure what to say on this one other than he is Kristin's child.

No rest for the weary, back from travel for work and now I'm demoing our bathroom getting ready for the house re-pipe/bath re-model. I took Jake to get some professional batting lessons from former MLB player Chris Richard. We got some great tips. Tyler has been doing much better with both his behavior and assignments at school. He is cute but it doesn't always get him out of trouble.

 Jake did a little riding Saturday. He is ready for a bigger motorcycle. Hopefully he is good enough for Santa to bring one, so far it's looking iffy. Jake had a ball game Sunday. Tyler and I cheered him on. Jake got two hits and fielded a fast grounder to make the out at second. He was awarded the game ball. It was in the high 90's so we cooled off in our little pool afterwards.

It's good to be home again, if only for a couple weeks. Jake was sitting outside waiting for me to get home when the airport shuttle dropped me off. It's amazing how much Tyler's speech has come in three weeks.  Jake lost his first tooth. It might be a while before his next tooth grows in since at his last dentist appointment the dentist told us that tooth has experienced some "trauma".

Jake is playing fall baseball on the Dodgers. It's a lot different swinging at pitches, but he has been getting some good hits. Tyler is off the training wheels for good. He needs a little help to get going but after that he's gone.

I head to Maryland again tomorrow for a few weeks. Luckily I was able to be here the whole weekend. It was pretty warm all weekend and our little pool has been great to cool off in. Friday was the country fair at Jake's School. The boys had a blast, but poor Kristin volunteered to work the corn-hole toss game the whole time. This morning I took Jake to a baseball clinic. He starts fall-ball next weekend. I took Tyler's training wheels off his bike for the first time. He got it immediately and was zipping around the cul-de-sac with no problem. I'll have to put them back on for a few more months just because his little legs can't quite reach the ground even with the seat as low as it is.

  Boat race. Jake had the advantage with his slight height advantage and all the hot air he's full of.

McDonalds with Kyle after baseball practice.

 Go Tyler Go!

Fun Labor Day weekend. I had off Friday so Ty and I grabbed a cake-pop and milk before pre-school. Friday we went to Red Robin for my birthday dinner. Saturday I took the boys to Home Depot. Ty made an airplane and Jake made a bug catcher... look out bugs! Saturday afternoon the boys went to a little neighbor friend's birthday/pool party. Sunday I took Jake to the track for a few hours to ride. Sunday night we had neighbor friends over for a bbq. Today we relaxed around the house in the morning, then I took the boys to Pump-it-up to burn up a little energy. It wore Tyler out and Jake didn't put up much of a fight going to bed.

 Happy 42

  

 Tyler just pushed Jake in!

 Guess who was first in line to get a piece of cake!

(also, Kristin made the cake)

 Jake jumped in from the ledge.

 Tyler kept trying but never quite made it all the way.

"A" for effort thought!

 At Pump-it-up

 Building a fort

Tuckered out after a long fun weekend!