Friday, April 24, 2009

Girl Scout Camping Take 2

Morgan and I spent another camping trip with her Brownie troop. This time we stayed in a cabin and had lots of fun.
Here are some of the girls getting ready for the camp wide 'disco party'.
And this one is on here just because Morgan is making Jeff (Pawpaw's) 'famous pig face'. This is what happens when you ask them to make a silly face.
We tie-dyed shirts- Morgan is the one up higher on her knees in the white bucket hat.
And Morgan and her buddy Kate (Kate's mom is the head troop leader) on a paddle boat before heading out.

I *DO* have some great ones of Kim and Stacie, but I value their friendships- so not putting those up on the blog. ;)

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Proof I'm actually pregnant......

I have been such a slacker about taking belly pictures this time. I just told Josh the other day that I wanted to take some but never got around to it. So......I stole this picture off of Josh's cousin's facebook. This is me and baby #5 at 21 1/2 weeks pregnant. This is mainly for my sisters who haven't really seen my belly this time. That sweet little old lady in the background is Josh's granny- Raelyn's middle name, Margaret, is Granny's first name.

How big do you think I can get??????? ;)

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Easter 2009

More Easter 2009 Pictures (more than you would ever want to see) can be found here:







Thursday, April 2, 2009

Yet another indoor pool swimming adventure.....

Other than the fact that the camera kept fogging up when I tried to take pictures, we had a great time. (as usual)
Gracen actually kept these goggles on for a little while.
Jack 'borrowed' this from Stacie's girls
Raelyn

And here is the foggy camera..........
Jack was such a daredevil- I HAVE to get him swimming

Gracen kept drowning her baby doll. She loved the water, which is good. I look forward to spending most of every day at the pool this summer while we wait for our new little one.
Raelyn playing mommy to Gracen

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Adult Only Vacation 2009

We don't do a lot of big vacations at our house. We're more beach type of people- y'know- just sitting back in a nice chair on the beach all day long. So in a moment of insanity Josh and I booked a cruise (just for the two of us!) 2 weeks before it left. I'm gonna tell you the truth- it was hard to leave my babies. My mom and dad kept them and took great care of them though. I'm sure Klacki and Pop were way more fun than mom and dad. :)
I took this pictures so the kids could see one of the towel animals. Josh probably won't like this picture. We guessed this one was a jackrabbit. It was a lot easier to guess than a few of the others.
Just a nice little picture of where we were hanging out when we were gone
Josh floating in the Bahamian waters
And a view (including my feet!) from where I was sitting
And one of our ship


Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Zoo

On a rare HOT day, we went to the zoo.








Monday, March 2, 2009

March came in like a lion......

I have to admit something.....when hearing of the possibility of snow I was not as excited as everyone else who is under 5' at my house. For them snow is all about the adventure, as it should be for me- but all I could think of were all those wet clothes and the cold little bodies. I might have even complained about the snow to Josh before he left for work this morning.
Luckily, I got over it and happily got everyone out the door, dressed in snow clothes and ready for the fun. My dad even dropped off two sleds and a 'snowboard' on his way to work. :) For those who don't live close by- we got somewhere near 4-5 inches of snow....lots for these parts. The girls ended up saying it was the best day of their lives
Gracie girl hanging out on a sled (while I shoveled the sidewalk that was in the shade all day)

Morgan decided to help out with the shoveling (you can also see Raelyn, our neighbor Aaron and our neighbor Grace in the background)

The girls taking the sleds around to the back of house where there is a small hill

Raelyn going up and Morgan getting ready to go down

Raelyn coming down

Jack walking next to our neighbors Aaron and Noah with the aforementioned snowboard

I LOVE having a boy- he has crazy balancing skills (definitely didn't get those from me) he was riding this snowboard around everywhere. He'd put his feet in the footholds correctly and then would 'shimmy' himself whereever he wanted to go. He'll be ready to hit the slopes next year!

He also ate way more snow that he should have...he kept telling me it tasted really good, so I asked him what it tasted like. His answer......chicken.