Fun in the Sun

We had a great Father's Day at Grandma and Grandpa Great's. Here are some photos of Eli and AnnaMaria in their red, white and blue outfits Sharon bought them. In one of them their facial expressions look like we caught them doing something they shouldn't. I am sure we will see that face again in the future.

Tuesday I took off work early to take the kids to the doctor and dentist. We packed a picnic and played at parks. The dentist is in Henderson and we had a blast at their water park. It is right on the river. You can see how much Eli loves the water. Issie is very good at the monkey bars. We visited Aunt Ruby Abbey after the dentist. She lives right across the street from the dentist. All the kids got good reports which was nice also. Abbie's teeth are very straight and he does not feel she will need braces. Yippee!

School Is Out

Isabelle graduated from Kindergarden. She was so cute on the stage and I thought this picture was cute when she was setting by this boy. At this age they all come in different shapes and sizes.

Abbie is proud to say she is a 4th grader. I dropped her off at church camp on Sunday. She didn't know anyone but didn't mind. She told me she would make new friends.

I took off work the last day of school and we had fun setting up the pool. Eli loves the water. The water was cold but they begged to get in so I let them and it was worth it. They had so much fun. Days like that make me wish I was home with them everyday. They are all at such fun ages.

Aiden and Mackenzie came over to play one evening while Mary and Adam celebrated their anniversary.

Brian and I celebrated our 15th anniversary on June 5th. Brian was busy in the field so Eli and I took him a Yesterday's cheeseburger and rode with him. How exciting! Eli loves to ride in the tractor.

Opening Day

Saturday was opening day at the ballpark. Abbie is playing softball for the first time. She is really enjoying it. They tied Saturday and tonight they lost but she got two good hits and scored one time. She plays shortstop and really enjoys it. She was so cute when she scored.

Eli has made lots of friends at the ballpark. This is an older sister of one of Abbie's teammates and she makes an excellent babysitter.

Abbie and Eli dressed up in their authenic Kaz dress.

Eli had his 18 month check up today. He is 34" tall (91%) and weighs 26.5 lbs (60%). He is a very healthy boy.

Yum Yum

One of Eli's favorite words is "yum yum". I hate to admit but we have allowed him to do many more things than we would ever have let the girls do. He has had a few DQ orange and vanilla bars. He loves them and eats them down to the stick.

It has been such a blessing having Eli home. He has only been here 3 months but it seems like he has been apart of our life forever. We look forward to many more memories.

Louisville, KY

Isabelle had to have surgery on April 1st and she did a great job. To make it as fun as possible we went over early the day of her pre-op appt and had a Mommy, Daddy, and Issie fun day. It was great to get to spend time just with her. We toured the Louisville Slugger Museum, went to the Children's Museum, and had dinner on the river. I wish we had more time to have these individual special days.

Easter 2008

We had a great Easter. The kids looked so cute in their Easter outfits. We went to Alice's for lunch and my Aunt Belinda's for dinner in Marian. Eli's first Easter was great. He enjoyed hunting for eggs and he had fun seeing all of his cousins. Here he is with his cousing Aiden who is about 2 months younger. I am sure him and Aiden will be good friends. Aiden had to have ear tubes put in yesterday but it sounds like he is doing great. by the look of it AnnaMaria and Eli might end up being friends.

All of mom and dad's grandkids - It is amazing how large our family has grown.

What pretty smiles - Abbie, Lily, and Claire.

This winter Brian had to buy hay for the animals. We all had fun playing in the stalls and helping unload the trailer. Abbie is a great farm hand. She just got her first 4-H sheep and she has been very good about going out every night to feed it. His name is "Turk". She is afraid it is going to jump over the gate and that her daddy will get mad at her. I remember as a little girl I helped my dad when he was working with his sheep. My job was to stand at the entrance to the barn and to not let them get out. One sheep came running towards me and jumped over my head and got out.