They've taken flight!

My sister gave Connor 5 live caterpillars for his birthday. We have watched them crawl around, slow and cocoon, wait while they changed, hatched, gained their color over days and days, fed them and are now watching all 5 fly all over the cage. We let 2 go tonight, Connor was sobbing because he would miss them so much, and they stayed in the yard long enough for us to follow them around and take pictures before venturing off. Amazing gift Knutsons!! Thank you so much :)

We're adjusting to the schedule of school. I posted some 'first day of school' pics. Connor is settling in and Liam and Novak are enjoying the individual time with me.
Our quick trip to Omaha was fabulous. We said our sad goodbyes to my best friend, and Connor's godmother, Erin who will be leaving for Afghanistan in a few weeks. We will miss her terribly! We also spent tons of time snuggling our newest neice Claire. Connor was a big helper; feeding her, holding her, watching diaper changes...hope this babe in belly is a girl bc it looks like I'll have a helper :) We also went bowling and played arcade games, attended the "loud, Jesus church" as the boys called it, shopped for clothes, and spent time with the cousins. Dan won the tourney he was playing in with my dad. The long drive home(we got home at 4am on Sunday night) was tough but worth every minute!! Can't wait to go back :)

CHEERS!

Heres to our best summer to date!! We had so much fun laughing, splashing, chasing, tickling, tubing, golfing with, sunning, pitching to, traveling with and making sweet memories with our three boys this summer. Their willingness to try new things made each new adventure that much more enjoyable. They are becoming the best of friends and its amazing to think in a few months we will be blessed with another giggling bundle of Doyleness! A few pics from the past few weeks of summer: