little late

I am a couple games behind, but here are some of Graci's soccer pictures. She is loving playing, she seems to get hurt a lot but unfortunately that runs in her genes and coordination doesn't. Despite all that she is a pretty good player, she runs hard and is catching on that herd ball gets here nowhere but knocked over and kicked.

Graci and Maddux are loving school and we are all finally get used to the routine of it all. Stay tuned Maddux is soon to be a little less neon!

School's In

Which leg has the cast on it?

Nice Penguin, Maddux's favorite ice cream scoop.

Both kids have just started school. Graci started First grade on Tuesday, her first time being in class 5 days a week for full days. Graci is all excited about her new couture, even if it is solid earth tone polyesters. It sure is quiet around the house. Maddux started his preschool classes on Wednesday. He'll go M/W/F for half days. He seems to really like it. However, when I picked him up after his first day he was really excited, got in the car and told me he had a "great" day. Minutes later I looked back at him and he had his small animal board book with him and he was sobbing. When I questioned what was wrong, he was upset because he thought that since he was going to school now he would be able to read his animal books on his own. Poor Guy, and recess is kind of tough on him too. It builds character right. Graci is Graci, ready to take her SAT's.

The kids first fishing trip!

Graci, Maddux's first fishing trip at Grandpa's. This is as close as the two of them
would get to the fish.

Daddy actually did most of Maddux's fishing for him.

The kids in front of the lake at Grandma's and Grandpa's in Chicago.

It has been awhile...

Sorry to all that keep up with us through our blog, things have been a bit crazy around the Younce house lately. Since our last post we have officially gotten on the waiting list for our kids. The average time on the list for siblings is one year, but it could be more or less before we find out all about our new additions! In the meantime we will be working hard to finish most of the renovations to the house. Our hope is to have most of them done before traveling to get the kids.
In our last post we reported that Maddux had broken his leg. He is still in a cast, but last week he got a new one. The removal of the old cast was a bit dramatic, but all was well when he found out he got to pick the color for the new cast (which happened to be highlighter yellow, not my first choice). His new cast is waterproof though, and stays on for four more weeks. After they remove this cast he will wear a brace that keeps his leg straight for another four weeks. Looks like we will be cast free by Halloween, and really that's all that matters to him.
This week is a big first week, Graci's first soccer game, her first day of first grade, and Maddux's first day of pre-school, so we will have some new pictures soon.