Picture Day

We took the kiddos out for some pictures at Millenium...here are some of my favorites!

Hope's Birthday Party.

Hope invited us to her birthday party at Millenium Park! What a great way to end summer. We hadn't made it there yet this year so it was a perfect time to go party with some friends. Here are some highlights!

Look at those smiles!



Madi & the birthday girl!

Swimming

Climbing...

Up high!

First Sleepover

So Isaac has been asking for a sleepover...Madi has done it many times with Brittyn so he wanted his turn. Ethan & his parents were so nice to let him spend the night! I think the boys had a great time...they loved staying up late to play with legos!

Building their own home

The kids are too cute! They spent some time one afternoon drawing up the plans to their house. They were so excited to go outside and start building it! Drawings...I wonder where they get this stuff!!! They actually thought they were going to use daddy's real tools and wood to build a big house. So we had to talk to them about actually how long it takes to build a house and how dangerous real tools are...

so they settled for some cardboard and play tools.

Whitecaps!

Here we are at the ball park catching a Whitecaps game! I don't know how much the kids actually saw of the game..but they had fun with their cousins!!!

Playing catch with G

Grandma & Madi! Too cute!


Getting an autograph

Best buds!

Watching warmups!

Yard Fest 2009!

So lets just say this years yard fest was a workout! Holy cow! Angie & Kevin did a great job hosting and organizing the games. They started us off easy with at bucket bonanza...but by the end most of us were catching our breath after the obstacle course! Didn't know I needed to train all year long to be ready for this years games! But it was so much fun!!!

Here is where Chad misses the short jumper in the playoff for first! Too funny!

A little homerun derby!

and this video says it all! Angie & Kevin almost had this event wrapped up until...

Can't wait to see what the Conklins do next year!

Block Party

Block Party 2009! Wow! Unbelievable! We had so many neighbors show up to this years block party! It was so exciting. What was most amazing was how God answered our prayers. The forecast for Friday night was not good...they were predicting 90% chance of rain...so I had the kids pray with us that it wouldn't rain from 5-9. Well the sprinkles started at 10:00! Amazing! What was really cool was to use this to show the kids God does answer prayer. Even the other day we were at the table and Isaac was telling about that time God answered our prayer..he remembered what happened at the block party! So cool!

To start the night we had a bike parade. We split the kiddos into 3 age groups. Here is the oldest group.

The middle group...

The youngins!

Here is the fire truck arriving!

Madi, Brittyn & Spencer won prizes for their decorated bikes!

Here is Ethan, Alex, & Adrianna winning for the youngest group.

Here is Delinda, Jacob & Emily winning in the oldest age bracket.

All the kids! Wow...there are a lot!

Elliot hanging on the tent.

The long food line...

The inflatable! Kids loved this!

Isaac won a prize for his sidewalk chalk drawing!

The girls

the boys...

Elliot & his "friend" :)

Overall it was a great time. We got a lot of businesses to donate some great giveaways and overall had over 40 prizes to hand out! Can't wait for next year!

Angies Birthday

Here we are all together celebrating Angie's Birthday...

Proud Papa with the boys!

Playing Syd's new game!

Other Fun Summer Stuff!

One Saturday the girls had a blast "babysitting!" Instead of playing "dolls", they loaded their cousins into the strollers and took care of them all afternoon. These babies were so content to just be pushed around all day. Too cute!

Cousins! Playing legos together!

The girls love playing house outside with their dolls so I helped them design a "kitchen" to use outside. Usually they set up a house somewhere in the yard and 5 mins later they are moving to a new location. I have no idea where they get that from! Just because we've moved so many times doesn't necessarily mean they think thats normal!

Snack in the pool - too cold for swimming...

Me & my boys

Visting the Great Grands!

So here we are visiting the Great Grandparents! Elliot had fun just snuggling with Grandma! When we went to leave Isaac gave Grandma the longest hug ever...he just didn't want to let go! Guess they were missed!

Lemonade Stand

So one of the things the kids wanted to do before summer was over was have a lemonade stand! So Madi had it all planned out where the signs would go (even wanted one out at K-zoo to bring in more traffic!). So we took an afternoon and made the signs and after dinner we headed out and prayed it didn't rain. The boys even set up their own table next to the girls to sell cookies! You can see the clouds looming in the background...but "somehow" they just skirted all around us! The kids had fun! Thanks to all the neighbors who bought!

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