Gavin's first day of school

Here are some older school pictures from Gavin's 1st day of kindergarten and 1st grade. Notice the difference in his height from k-2nd!! Wow!

First day of 1st grade
1st day of Kindergarten

Today was Gavin's first day of school. I can't believe my little boy is in 2nd grade. I cried of course, because I am a softy. He was so excited, and a little nervous, though he wouldn't admit it. Here are a couple pics from the exciting morning.

Gavin with his friend Jolie to his right.

She has sat next to him every year so far.
Tyler, Gavin's best friend.

Valleyfair

The car ride to Minneapolis. There just preparing to ride.

Gavin and Casadi on the Mild thing ride.

Gavin pumped up to go on rides
Casadi
Ciara

Valleyfair Trip

The weekend of 8/16/08 Gavin, Devin, Casadi, Ciara, and I took a trip to Minneapolis We went to the mega mall to go to Underwater adventures and also Valleyfair.

Looks like jaws, huh!

Gavin, always the comedian.

Lake Melissa 2008

Gavin preparing to make his sandcastle

Jumping on trampoline with Max (Maria's brother)

More sandcastle fun!!





The weekend of 8/9/08 we went to Devin's uncle Roger's lake. Gavin enjoyed building castles in the sand, looking for clams, swimming and jumping on the trampoline. It was a beautiful weekend at the lakes and we had a great time.

Minneapolis-Duluth Trip

Devin and I took a little trip to mpls and Duluth. We went to see a Tom Petty concert, went to Glenshein Mansion, and checked out everything else Duluth had to offer.

Downtown Duluth from hotel view

Tom Petty, rocked!!!

Lake superior view from hotel