"Fairy" houses

Our friend Missy introduced our kids to
making "fairy" houses. They really
enjoyed building them and using their
imaginations.

Out of town guests

Hunter, Ethan, Ava, Andres, Jonas, Alea and Isabel


We got to catch up with some "old"
friends over the weekend. This is
a photo of all kids. They had a
great time....fishing, climbing
trees, swimming, making smores,
and jumping on the trampoline.

Butterflies and Slugs

Hunter at the Butterfly house


Ethan showing me the slug he found

Tween Camp

Boys cabin-took this pic before
I left them for 2 nights

Here they are after returning home...
proudly wearing their t-shirts with
Daniel and Becca....they had a blast!

Horse show

Izzy won three 1st places and
one 2nd place this last Sunday
Horsemanship

Showmanship

More B-day pics

Opening her gifts from Mom and Dad
on the morning of her birthday

Proud brothers got her Webkinz clothes

Thanking Aunt Sue for her gift

Isabel's Birthday party

We had a party to celebrate Isabel's 6th birthday...
She wanted to wear her outfit that matched her
bitty twins for the occasion

Oreo ice cream cake has become a regular birthday request


The evening entertainment provided by a rather interesting
rock band...hmm--some of those band members are familiar

Outdoor fun...Random stuff

Izzy just loves my sister's dog, Annie

Ethan finally caught the BIG bass

Kids spend hours outside riding their bikes

Izzy won the trophy!

Izzy posing with her 1st place trophy
that she won recently at a horse show

Swimming lessons

Spent the last two weeks doing swim lessons...
very stressful for Izzy. She did great though.
Hunter and Ethan enjoyed showing off their
flips from the diving board at the end of each
lesson.

Truckin' with Grandpa

Each of the boys got to spend a day with
their Grandpa riding in the semi. It was
quite educational and memorable for them
watching the pigs getting unloaded at
the "market". Grandpa also introduced them
to country music that day.