Moving into September.....

September brings in Blake's birthday, Mimi and Badad's anniversary (both on Sept. 7th) and John's birthday on Sept. 12th.

Sept. 7th Blake turned 13! We had a "Family Party" on Saturday up at Fuddruckers.

All the boys had fun with the birthday glasses.

This year Blake decided he wanted to celebrate at a playland down the street from us. On Sunday he had around 14 of his friends come and join him and brothers for an exciting time at the playland.



The boys were so brave and road all of these rides while Steve and I were the responsible parents and safely watched from the ground.

Mimi and Badad celebrated their 66th Wedding Annivesary on Sunday.


And last but not least, John's birthday was Sept. 12th. We took the gang to Adventure Zone. Hard to believe the youngest Filley is already 6!






Whew! The best part is no more birthdays until December!

School starts for the Filley Boys

August 25th was the first day of school. This was the first year that we only have one boy at the school with us.......just John. Austin has transitioned over to public school now. This year his is by himself but next year Austin will be with Jason and Blake at the Middle School.

We've added another boy to the family!

As if we didn't have enough testasterone in the family, we figured we'd add another guy! On May 8, 2008 the cutest lil fur ball was born. In August we were able to pick him up from Kack and Uncle Leigh. They had graciously offered to watch him until we could drive upto Dallas after Vacation.

Let me introduce you to Cannon's Run Forrest Run or as we call him Forrest.

He has been a blessing to our family. The boys love him and he brings the most amazing smiles to their faces. As Steve says, "Every boy needs a dog".

Khaki wasn't quite sure at first, but she has come around and I think actually enjoys having the lil guy to play with.

He loves all sorts of things like playing in the bean bag. But, his favorite thing (besides his squeakie) is water. You can't keep him out of the sprinklers, his pool and especially the MUD.

August brings more exciting times!

On August 12th Sean turned 16! Wow, how time flies!! We thought we'd make his 16th birthday really special.....and no it wasn't a brand new sports car. We rented a limo and went out and had a nice steak dinner. Sean's favorite thing to eat. We invited Kyle, Sean's friend, to go with us.

Now the fun begins with learning to drive!

It's been a long time since I've posted........

Let's see where to begin......

In July we took our family vacation and headed to California. This year we decided to spend almost a whole week at North Island at the Navy Lodge.

We saw the sights, bodysurfed, played a little basketball, saw lots of airplanes (Austin's favorite) and even took in a San Diego Padres baseball game.

After that we headed North to Cayucos and spent a week there with Grammy, Poppo, Uncle B and the Yentes cousins.

We body surfed, played baseball, saw the moooos (elephant seals),

While there, we even celebrated 2 birthdays!

Gillian turned 2 and Uncle B turned.......well more than 2.

The boys kept telling us how this was the best summer they've had which makes it all worth it!