Happy 4th!

Busy 4th! Mulitple parades, lunch at Whitney and BJ's (yum!), fireworks, and lots of fun!

 

 Live entertainment since everyone is just back from camps we get lots of camp songs and skits.

Lots of silly play!

 Can you tell Bill has a migraine? He was a good sport about getting pictures taken but he really didn't feel well.

 Lindy painted flags on her nails!

 Evening Parade, all the girls wanted to be a part of the dance float.

A Happy Fourth

I am getting ready to start a huge blog post catch up. We have been so busy I have not had time to post pictures for weeks. We had a nice and relaxing July 4th weekend. Kyle and Bill got home from camp that Saturday and we had company for the weekend. Ethan was a bit under the weather so he missed some of the activities which he was pretty disappointed but he hung in there for the parade. Aunt Cyndi brought really cool, huge sparklers with her and the kids had a great time with those. The highlight of the weekend was having our cousins stay with us. It was one huge sleepover everynight!

Our dear family friend, Rachel, joined us at the parade. The heat didn't bother her a bit, she had a great time catching candy. Please pray for Rachel's mama, she is very, very, ill with cancer.

Paige still covers her ears from the fire truck sirens, I have pictures of her like this when she was two!

Alec is so serious about his candy!

I love this picture of Kyle and Lindy.

Ethan missed the Bexley parade so he missed our annual picture, not quite the same without him.

Happy New Year From All of Us!

We had a great New Year's Eve celebrating in our newly finished basement. The kids helped make the menu for the evening which was appetizers. Nachos, potato skins, spinach artichoke dip, chicken tenders, Korean beef, guacamole, and brownies. Not too junky, I was impressed!

Daddy said a great prayer for the new year and the

kids all said what things they were thankful for this year.

Top on the list: New friends, vacation, my surgery,

our family, being together.

Ethan can't get enough caffeine!

Paige can party all night but when the

ball dropped she was out like a light

within a minute!

We played games, watched movies, and just hung out together.

Kyle and Lindy get ready for movie night!

Bill is so excited that all of his equipment

is up, running, and working! Thanks for

all of your hard work in making this our

favorite family spot.

Erin is snuggy in her new robe!

We were not sure that Lindy would make it -

she did, kept going strong until 12:30!

Oh, big brothers to wrestle with!

Catching Up on Thanksgiving

Since I am just starting this whole blog thing I wanted to put the start of our holiday season in. Our Thanksgiving was probably the best yet! We all pitched in and cooked. Bill and I spent the day working side by side on all of our special side dishes. Erin and Paige made the corn souffle, Kyle made his traditional apple pie, Lindy helped Bill make bread, and Ethan worked on the Turkey prep with Bill.
Our annual tradition of giving everyone an ornament for their Christmas tree was a huge hit this year! The girls make dough ornaments of everyone's faces down to hair and eye color. We then painted them and coated them in modge podge, hot glued a ribbon and used them as extra place cards.
Our tables were beautiful! The desserts were wonderful! Another memory filled day!

Our dough ornaments.

The kids put themselves in the dining room with

Whitney and BJ. Kyle was promoted to the adult

table!

Aunt Gretchen proudly wears her jingle bell

earrings that the girls made. They were busting

to give their gifts as soon as people walked in

the door.

A post meal reading session, these 3 really are

a lot alike!

Paige with her Grommy.