block party

The Block Party!
Wow...we had a ton of people show up for this. I was so excited that at least 20 houses come to the party, (which was over 65 people). I thought this was great for our first year. We had everyone bring their own meat to grill and a dish to pass. We had lots of food. Everyone seemed really excited about the party and wanted to do it next year...maybe we'll have a pig roast and some inflatibles!



Here are the cooks! Too bad we(the clarks) ran out of gas! Nice timing!

The adults getting ready for the 3 legged race...guess who won! We did! Juan and his daughter won the first heat, and we won the 2nd...luckily in the "race-off" Juan and his daughter fell...so you could say we won..but only be default..they completely had us beat! But everyone was okay..just couple scraps from the rope.

Here are the kids lined up for their turn at the 3 legged race!

this video gets a little blurry..but you can get a feel for some of the fun! The first heat was a pretty close race.


Here are some of the boys...lining up their cars.

Overall it was a lot of fun! Can't wait for next year!

Pictures of the kids

Madi loves to hold Elliot! They snuggle all the time!



This guy is rolling all over everywhere. Yesterday he went from one edge of the basement to the other. He loves to just play on the floor. He just his first tooth about a week and a half ago! More are coming...I think this explains what wakes him up a lot most nights. But I got a nice break last night where he got up once for a quick pacifer in 12 hours. I love those nights! Too back with these teeth coming in I only get that 1-2 times a week. But this will pass...I remember Madi getting a ton of teeth really early too!

Strawberry Pickin

We went strawberry picking with the neighbors. Afterwards we came home to make some Jam! Yum, Yum! That was the first time I made Jam. I was really surprised at how easy it was.

Swimming at Grandma's

On Madi's birthday we went swimming at Grandma Clarks. Madi thought this was the best way to spend her birthday..in the pool! We also got lunch and frosty's at Wendy's! Another all time favorite!








Nice pipes!! Growing more everyday! Do we need to state the obvious...yikes!


Brianne & Madi!

The cottage

Here are some pictures from our visit to the cottage.





Isaac and his stick.







Feeding time...as you can tell it was a little cold.




The girls on the way up! They were buds the whole weekend.




Just hangin out










Very "casual" family picture!

Easton Update

I wanted to thank you all for your prayers. We have wonderful news. Angie got a call last Friday and they said the x-ray came back normal on Easton's head. So it looks like there is no sign of the skull fusing together. This is so encouraging! Praise God! I really appreciate all your prayers in this. Thanks for taking the time to lift up my family!

Easton

Hello everyone.
I’m writing to all of you to ask you to pray for my nephew Easton.

For those of you who may not know the whole story, I’ll fill you in a little. I’ll try and recap(as best I can) all that has gone on the last few months so you can better pray for Easton and his family.

My sister Angie’s son (Easton) was diagnosed with torticollis at 2 months. Right now Easton is just about 4 months old (2 weeks behind Elliot). This is a condition in a baby’s neck where the muscles are underdeveloped. Therapy is needed to strengthen these muscles. They are currently working with a therapist on this and he seems to be really improving. The other condition he was born with it Plagiocephaly. This is a condition that affects how the skull forms. A lot of babies have misshapen heads with flat spots and have to wear a helmet 23 hrs a day. Last week Wednesday they took Easton to get his head scanned to see if his condition needed a helmet. It does. They say on a scale of 1-5 (one is good and five is the worst case) he was a 5. So took a mold of his head to fit him for a helmet. He is scheduled to get the helmet on July 3 and needs to wear it basically all day (23hrs). Angie(my sister) received a call today from the people who make the helmet. The noticed something on his head scan that they wanted to talk to Angie and Kevin about before they made his helmet. Basically what they wondered about is if Easton was given an x-ray to see if he has Craniosynostosis. He had not so they sent him right away to get an x-ray this afternoon. We won’t know the results of this scan for 3-5 days. What they are now looking into is to see if parts of his skull have grown (fused) together prematurely. Most babies skulls are meant to not grow completely together till later to give the brain room to grow. That’s why babies have these soft spots on their heads. Well Easton’s soft spot is really not there. If the skull has fused together too much they will need to go in and separate it. Hopefully the scan will come back negative and they can go back to treating the other 2 conditions and not have more to deal with. This has been a lot for Angie and Kevin to take in for right now. Easton also has a cyst on his forehead that was scheduled to be removed in August. This is unrelated to the other issues but the cyst would be under the helmet and if they remove it, it might be hard for it to heal with the helmet over it. So they need to discuss this further with their doctors.

If you could all pray for Easton and his family that would be wonderful. It seems like every time Angie goes to the doctor they find something new wrong with him and that has been discouraging to her and Kevin. Hopefully this will be the last of that kind of news and they can just move forward to get him treatment for all of this.

If you would like to keep track of things, Angie is updating her website as well. http://www.millerfamilyoffour.blogspot.com/.

Thanks in advance. I appreciate you all taking the time to pray for my family.

Love Kelly

Some new ones of Elliot

Grandma & Carson, Papa & Elliot

4 months!

Holding his own bottle.

He's gotten so big lately. He rolls over both ways now, loves his exersaucer and is now sporting his first tooth! It's all happening too fast!

Lake Michigan

Our small group spent the day at the De Vries cottage. We had such a good time. The kids especially loved the water!






All the kids!

Carson & Madi

Madi & Micah

It's cold!



the boys playing ball

the girls diggin in the sand

Madi's Birthday - Peuler Style!

So for this party Madi wanted a cinderella cake...here was my attempt! Not too bad for my first time using fondant.

Opening gifts

Swimming in Aunt Dana's pool! She loves that she can just go in and swim by herself.

Loving her cake!

We celebrated Mason & Papa's birthday too! Mason had a cool nemo cake! Great job Dana!

Madi's Birthday - Clark Style

Here we are celebrating Madi's birthday (& Dad Clark's). I made Madi some princess wands for this party. Pink & Purple of course!

New sparkley choses & headband!

Little ballerina!

Her new jumprope

playing ball with her pink bat, pink glove and pink ball! You think she likes pink?

a new bike

Grandma & Papa took Madi out for a special night for her birthday. They went to Cracker Barrel to eat pancakes (Madi's choice). After dinner they went to go buy her a bike for her 5th birthday! She's very excited. We are leaving the training wheels on for some time till she gets readjusted to the larger size bike.

Madi & Grandma


Pancakes with Peach topping

Yum

Playing Papa in checkers...

the new bike