I gave up on getting school pictures done at the school a long time ago. They are hardly ever good and they cost way to much for only a few pictures. I have been taking the kids to JC Penny. We love our photographer and I feel like I get a great "school" type picture every time. Here are our growing boys. Austin and Taylor in 3rd grade and Caden in 1st.
Austin
Well, here we go. I am going to have to apologize now for the lack of writing. There is just to much to post and I think most people would rather see pictures anyway. So here you go!
Is that a tornado? Well Taylor thought is was. He loves tornados and every time there is a thunderstorm or dark skies he wishes he could see one. This was a neat cloud and he was positive it was going to be a tornado. (it wasn't)
I love how Haley is looking at her Grandma. Haley had such a fun time getting to know her a little more!
We went down to Nashville, IN for the 4th of July (the day after I guess) and walked along the same lake we walked in the fall.
Happy Anniversary to me!! Dave stripped my kitchen floor. If I remember right it took him almost 4 hours. It was BAD!! Gross hua? I couldn't think of a better gift! Thanks sweetie!
Austin and Taylor's 9th birthday. We let the boys choose what they wanted to do, have a party with friends or go up to Lake Michigan and the beach. They chose the beach. Grandma was still in town and some close family friends came with us to help celebrate. The boys LOVED it!!
Caden turned 6 this year and wanted to go to Incredible Pizza. It is kinda like Chuck E Cheese for bigger kids. They have go-karts, bumper cars , mini golf, mini bowling and of course all the arcade games...plus a buffet.
Haley is one!! I can't believe we have had this sweet girl in our family for over a year now! She brings us so much joy. I love her more and more every day! Haley wasn't sure about what was going on, but she had fun opening her prizes and eventually ate some of her cupcake.
The first day of school at a new school. The boys all get to go to the same school this year. Austin and Taylor are in 3rd grade and Caden is in 1st. They seem to like their teachers and their new friends!
A bunch of dental families rented a pontoon boat and spent the day out on Monroe lake a couple weekends ago. We had such a fun time!
Our family went on a new adventure to Turkey Run State Park. The kids loved it. There is a suspended bridge that they thought was the bridge in Indiana Jones. They loved climbing on all the rocks and seeing how high they could get. Taylor turned out to be very brave and surprised me at some of the things he was doing and rock he was climbing. 
Another new adventure was to Catarac falls. The falls weren't really falling because it has been a l o n g time since Indiana has had rain. The boys all loved it just the same. Climbing, expolring, and getting a little wet, being with great friends doesn't hurt either!!
You may have caught a glimpse of this already, but here is a better picture. Caden had to get glasses. He was blinking hard, a lot, then he started moving his head to the side when he blinked. He also said his eyes hurt. We took him in and he has Amblyopia (basically lazy eye). You can't tell by looking at his eyes, it is something that is happening behind his eye that is causing it. So he got glasses, and he actually likes them. It is still hard for me to look at him sometimes and not see his cute little boy face anymore. He looks to smart and grown up now!
He is a goofy guy, this is he best smile I could get from him!
Haley in her birthday outfit from Grandma. It is finally getting a little cooler so she can wear it. Never mind the squirt bottle, every time I tried to take it away for a picture she cried, but look...she actually left her bow in for more than 15 seconds!
Haley in the tub. These are her first tub pictures. I don't know why, I love tub pictures!
This is just last night, so now you are completely up to date. Hope you enjoyed it!!
So here is the thing. For those of you who still actually look at my blog, I think you are nice. For those of you who have told me to get my act together and post again, I hear you! The thing is we lost our camera, then found our camera with some great pictures on it. So now I need to organize the pictures from both cameras and then I can post again. It is on my weekly list of things to do. So hopefully by the end of the week you will have some great pictures to see!
Ok, so I came across this fun web site through a friend who was doing a give away, but thought it was good enough to pass onto all you creative ones!! They have super cute family stickers. Hope you enjoy!!http://www.hobbynobby.com
The very early morning after Dave got home from Brazil I left for Girl's camp. I had such a fantastic time. The girls were fantastic and we had a lot of fun. I was with the fourth years and they get to go repelling. Let me tell you, I am terrified of heights, nothing about repelling felt natural to me, and I didn't love it, but I did it. At least I can say that much! I have a lot of feelings and thoughts about camp but none I really want to post here. Just know it was an amazing experience, one I hope I get to do again!!
The girls hugging me after they got soaked playing water games!
Our fantastic group, love these girls!!!
Me, Meranda, Megan, Chamae, Jennifer, Reanne, Sariah, Amy, Amber,
Becca, Noelle, Jordan, Lauren, Lara.
Back on the 19th of June Dave left to go to Brazil for 10 days with a small group from the dental school. They worked for 4 days (it was supposed to be 5, but because of the World Cup they closed on the last day...everything shuts down for a soccer game.) He had a great time and was very well taken care of by his host family. On Saturday the group got on a bus and headed for the Iguazu falls. Dave said it was incredible! I'm glad he could go and have this fun experience.
