Our Day at Soccer...

Not very exciting photos from soccer, Jake was better than last week. (I think he liked the girl instructor, as he was being a goof-off!) So, a couple hours after soccer we get this storm (a very WINDY, RAINY storm that scared the crap out of Jake and Luke). Anna was fascinated (isn't she always). Well, we lost power at 2:57pm, what do you do with 3 kids when there isn't much light and no Dora the Explorer? We tried reading books, playing games, we even fixed the train table back to its original form...which Luke LOVES! Then we decided, it was time for dinner (good ol' McD's!) and by the time we got home Grandpa and Grandma R. were here to rescue our filling crock (as our sump pump was obviously not working!) Yeah for generators! We were the only ones on the block with power! At any rate, the power came back just after 2am, so all is well again. The kids are still talking about living in the dark! (as if!) Hope everyone has a great holiday!

Summer Fun in Our New Pool!

We got out our little plastic pool at the end of the week (last week) and found a big hole in the bottom. (That didn't go over well!) So, we went to Target and found a new pool (inflatable, augh!) Saturday before I left for work we assembled it and the kids got to play for about 2 seconds before it started raining. Sunday was cold, so no playing for that day and these photos are actually from yesterday. Luke is not a fan of water, so I skipped putting his suit on...as you can see, I should have put it on because he decided to be brave and give this pool thing a try. (and liked it too!) Today it was much warmer, so I actually put his suit on and he was not ever close to interested in being in the pool or even using the slide, whatever! The big kids just screech and have a blast! Thank heavens for our third stall driveway we put in! We are also bike riding every morning, Anna is a professional now on her bike in every way! :) Jake is also a pro and ready for the next size up bike, as he has to work twice as hard as the rest of us as keeping up on the rides with such a tiny bike! Tomorrow is our second day of soccer, we shall see if Jake likes it better, last week he was very shy and not really willing to be involved! Hopefully daddy can interest him better than I did last week! Hopefully I remember my camera this time!

Our First VBS of the Summer

Anna and Jake went to vacation bible school this week at one of the area churches. This was our first experience with a closing ceremony not in our church (or grandma's). Let's just say, we aren't going to anymore closing ceremonies! (Hotdog social, long photo slide show, a couple songs, then ice cream social that we didn't let the kids go to because Luke was LOOSING IT!) All in all they had fun!

Yeah! She Can Do IT!!

Finally! We have been trying to teach Anna to ride her bike (minus training wheels) for what seems like forever! Sunday she figured it out and today she went around the block for the first time. She still needs help on the take off part, but we are very proud of her!

Anna's photo shoots

I made an attempt to get some 6 year photos during our vacation. Anna tried very hard to cooperate, the wind stressed her out a little bit, but these are the best ones.

More from Our Adventures in Camping

Another one of the highlights of our trip was going miniature golfing. The big kids did awesome (very well actually) and Jake got a hole in ONE! He was really excited about that!!! The temptation for Luke was the gold cart they left in front of the activities building. He wanted to get on that thing so bad, finally I just let him so I could take a photo! His favorite toy at the playground was the firetruck (that you have to put money in the run), I know from experience with Luke that moving toys are a bad idea (remember Chuck E. Cheese)?

Our Jellystone Adventure Part 1

We camped at Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park this week for our first family vacation of the summer. Uncle Danny, Aunt Noelle and Calli Jo joined us. We used our new camper for the first time and the kids had a blast! Luke got a few injuries during the stay, starting off with a fat lip from falling and biting it! (AUGH). The next day he not only got lost (I was helping Anna take a shower) but also fell in the gravel and got a stone in his forhead. On the bright side, he also really started talking well on this trip. It amazed all of us to watch is vocabulary grow!

Camping Adventures!

The park has a great (very warm) pool and a kiddy pool, which strangely is not warm!! The kids loved the pool and the park! Every morning they do a flag raising and a character comes out so the kids can take photos with them. Luke decided the statue of the ranger was the safest for him! Jake and Anna learned how to make corn with Aunt Noelle, and Calli tried corn for the first time! (more updates to come, I have to leave for work now!)

Happy Father's Day!

I worked all weekend, so we didn't get to travel to any of the "dads" houses. Happy Father's Day! I finally remembered to take a photo of Mike and the kids together today! :)

The Lady Bugs!

We went to our favorite grocery store and the kids got to pick out a cupcake....they wanted these, lady bugs! Jake and Anna (as we figured) wouldn't touch them, but Luke?? Ate the whole thing, and is still pooing blue!!!