First day of 2nd grade for Ethan

Today is the first day of 2nd grade for Ethan. He was very happy boy when he woke up and seemed to want to go. I will see how long that lasts. He wanted me to take a picture of his backpack and I wanted to take a picture of him trying to lift up his backpack full of stuff.

Check back in a few days and see Aidan's pictures from his first day of Pre-K.

Ethan's 2nd grade video

I took some pics of Ethan this morning and he wanted to do a video like last year.. Enjoy!!!

Rhett

We had to put Rhett to sleep yesterday. He was 10 years old. I can remember Matt promising me 10 yrs ago that if we moved to Albion he would get me a dog. So we decided to get a Golden Retriever. We went to this farm and they had 8 puppies running around and we wanted to get a male because I already knew what I was naming him, "Rhett." (after a Buffalo Sabres player). He was this big fur ball running around the yard with a stick in his mouth having all the other puppies chase his. We picked him and the people put all the other puppies back in the pen and he was running around with his mother. When we got ready to leave the mother picked him up and brought him over to our car and she turned around and walked off. I think she approved.

He was such a good dog and when we brought Ethan into the house he licked him and followed him everywhere. Ethan shared his food w/ him and wanted to play with him outside. Even when Aidan came home Rhett was so gentle.

When we had to move to Mass, my family said that they would look after him until we found a bigger place. When he got to the farm he felt right at home and my parents took such great care of him. He became my dad's buddy. He loved to go for rides in the rhino and on the lawn mower.

We will all miss him so much and we couldn't have asked for a better dog in all the world. We love and miss you buddy. RIP!!!

Aidan at mini golf

We took the kids to the putt putt golf in Auburn, MA today. I had to share the video of Aidan w/ everyone. He did ok w/ the 1st 9 holes but the final 9 he was hot and tiredm so he kicked it more than he hit it.