Brianna's first day of preschool!

Last week Brianna started preschool! So far she seems to really enjoy it! It's so different sending her to school! She just looks so little walking out of the classroom! Evan is in her class along with a few other siblings of kids that were in Brayden's class last year. Here's a picture of her leaving the classroom (Mrs. Bland is wearing yellow). A picture of me and Bri before school started!

Allen County Fair - Ohio

A couple weeks ago we went to Ohio to celebrate Gary's mom's retirement. All the kids and grandkids were there. Here is a picture of Gary with his mom (and the blanket we had made for her): All the grandkids at the Allen County Fair left to right: Brayden, Kostas, Sam, Grace, Logan, Grant, Brianna, Helen, Landon. We all slept in the same house together - and we all managed to survive (and even have fun)!

Brianna's first trip to the dentist!

Sneak preview of Halloween costumes...
Brayden as Dracula (homemade;) Brianna as her favorite - Cinderella!

Brianna went to the dentist for the first time a few weeks ago... She did great! (Who would have thought she would ever let anyone touch her mouth! As a baby she would scream if we touched any part of her face/head!)

Zoo with Polleys and Kecks

Today we got to take just Brianna to the zoo with the Polleys (Heather, Evan, Isaac) and the Kecks (Andrea and Chloe). It was fun just having the younger kids for a change. Here are Chloe and Brianna playing the Splash Park! Brianna says Chloe is her girl - her best girl;) Chloe, Evan, Brianna - the 3 2nd children! Could this picture be any cuter! Where did all this blonde hair come from???

Evan and Brianna! (When Brianna saw this picture she said that Evan was mad!) She's had a lot of fun playing with him lately! They will be in the same preschool class this year!

State Fair and Small Group Retreat

This past weekend we had our small group retreat at Hostetler's house! It was cool because Gary baptized Andy Schamerloh! Here is a random picture of us in the pool: I tried to get pictures of everyone - but definitely missed a few... Here are Nick and Heather Polley:

Ellen and Scott Clodfelter:

Joyce and Juan Paz:

Jason and Emily Hostetler:

Heather and Kristol (not sure where Dave was at)!

I got off of work early on saturday so we went to the State Fair. Here is a picture of the kids riding the $5.00 horse ride (Brianna was really having way more fun than this picture shows;)

Cute picture!

One of our friends was helping the kids with their lunches on the first day of school and she took this picture of Brayden! Too cute! He seems to be enjoying his first week so far!

Brayden goes to Kindergarten!!!

Today was a big day at the Gogis'! Brayden got on a school bus and went to his first day of Kindergarten (full day with Miss Lubs). The kids on the street were all so cute this morning waiting for the bus. Afterwards, we went over to the school for a Boo Hoo breakfast and were able to watch the kids go into the school - once again SO CUTE! When Brayden came home he was tired but he said he'd had a good day! I have to say - it hit me harder this afternoon when Brayden was still gone! I'm really gonna miss having him around but I'm excited for who he is going to become!
We also were able to meet Brianna's teacher today - Mrs. Bland. There are several kids who will be in her class that are siblings of the kids that had been in Brayden's classes in the past. Should be a good year for her!
Here is a picture of Evan and you can see Mrs. Seacat in blue (helper) and Mrs. Bland in what looks like a white shirt (although I think it was yellow): Brianna making herself right at home:

After school, Mary Anne stopped by for a nice suprise visit to see how Brayden's first day of school went. (She started babysitting for them probably about a year ago and the kids really like her!)

Sophi, Brayden, Brayden, and Evan: (the pics with Cameron and Sean didn't turn out so well)

Brayden getting off of the bus (I know - these pics are always out of order)!

Brayden going into the school:

Before school:

Do I really have to let my baby go???

After his special doughnut with sprinkles!

Here is a rough video of Brayden getting on the bus. So cute - the 2 Brayden's sitting next to each other in the front row! Brings back tons of wonderful memories (back to baby days):)