Tyson and Charlie

I am always trying to get pictures of the boys together.  It is really impossible to get a picture of both of them looking at the camera and smiling at the same time.  Impossible.  Well, yesterday I had success.  Look at those dimples!

1st Grade

Today is the first day of school for us.  Tyson was so excited he could not even fall asleep last night.  He was so ready to go back to school.  Just like last year I thought it was going to be nothing.  As I laid awake last night at 3am I could not stop worrying.  I worry so much about that kid.  He has a new teacher, a new class, a new classroom, so many changes.  I worry about how he will adjust.  But if I learned anything from last year, he is going to be fine, right.  So why do I keep worrying?  Truthfully my biggest fear is that he is not going to have any friends.  I can't move past it and I am not sure why.  So my hope for this year, again, is that everyone will love Tyson for who he is.  Appreciate all of his "little things".  Treat him as an equal.  Be his friend.

His chipmunks are waiting by the door for him to get home from school!

     

Charlie

OK I lied, one more...

The Lundstrom Summer

I was so excited for summer to get here.  At one point this winter I swore it was never going to warm up enough to wear flip flops again.  I am not a fan of the cold weather!  Well, summer flew by regardless of how hard I tried to make it slow down.  Here is a quick update of how our summer went.

Tyson went to a camp this summer that was Monday thru Friday from 8:30 to 3:30, so basically he had no summer.  I had a hard time with the decision to make him go to camp all day all summer, but I now know it was the best decision for him.  Camp ended and for the last two weeks he has enjoyed a "real" summer break.  Suprisingly he really is not a fan of the summer break.  He is bored to tears and talks about school 24 hours a day.  Where did this kid come from?  I LOVED summer breaks, watching TV all day was all I needed to keep me entertained.  The camp was amazing and much more than we ever expected.  I am not sure how to describe it but he grew up so much.  It is so awesome to see the changes in him.  Makes this mommy proud!

We went on the boat a whopping 3 times this summer.  It rained all of July so everything flooded and we couldn't get our boat on the lake.  Once we did get out we realized that Charlie is a boat kind of kid.  He is normally very naughty, but once he gets on the boat he is actually really good.  Crazy, but very encouraging.

Typical  brotherly love!

So Sweet!

So realizing that our summer is coming to a quick end we decided to try and do some things we have talked about doing all summer.  Like going to ride the "real" train in Abeliene, KS.  The boys really liked it last year so we wanted to do it again.  We started our day by riding the really awesome, really old, wooden carousel.  Both boys HATED it!  Tyson wouldn't even ride it and Charlie rode it crying the whole time.  Luckily the train ride was a bigger success.  The only bad thing was my camera died after the ride so we didn't get any happy pictures!

Maybe . . .

NOPE!

OK I think I have bored you enough for today.  More summer fun to come ...

Walk Update

I just wanted to update that we actually raised $4295 for the walk!  Thank you all so much for your generosity.  It was an amazing day!  I also wanted to share what our Team Tyson & Charlie shirts said so here are some close up pictures of them.  Joel designed them and I think they turned out pretty good.  We will definitely be doing the walk next year for anyone who wants to join us or donate to us, so mark your calendar!

Sorry for the boring post but I had to do it!