Beautiful new niece!

I am so proud, I have to share the good news. Tara and Kurt welcomed baby Jenna to their family last night. She weighed 4 lbs 12 oz. She came out crying! She is in the NICU as a precaution but she is breathing room air. Tara is recovering well. Jenna is beautiful and sweet. The doctors are shocked by how well she is doing. I will leave posting pics up to the parents. That is their privilege!!

One last summer hoorah!

We don't go camping much but when we do the kids always have a blast. We decided fall is fast approaching so we better get a trip in.

I think the kids favorite part was playing with fire and sharp sticks. They love s'mores!

There was even some water nearby to play in. The kids got soaking wet.

Cross Country Meet

We heard that the high school cross country meet was open to elementary and middle school students so we took Kaydee and Anders to enter. They did so well!! They were way excited about the whole thing. We were so proud of them.

Keaton and Alyssa watched them run then they enjoyed the park!

Keaton the Kindergartener

Keaton finally gets to go to kindergarten!! YEA! He is so excited. He just told me he knows a kid who didn't go to preschool. I let him know that preschool is optional. He got very irritated and said"What? You put me in preschool for two years! I could have been in second grade by now!" He is such a cutie! When I was laying out his clothes I asked him if he felt like wearing long pants or shorts. He answered "What do the popular kids wear?" I can't believe he even knows the word popular!

First Day of School

Kaydee and Anders had their first day of school!! ( Keaton starts next week) They were so excited. They had a great summer but they were anxious to get back into the swing of things.

Annual Back -to- School Fashion Show

Anders turns nine!!!

Another month, another birthday. . . The six of us have our birthdays one per month for six consecutive months ( July-Dec.) August is Anders' month! He got a metal detector because he likes to explore and dig in the dirt. He also got some lego and bakugan.

This is his four layer cake, just seconds before Freddy knocked the cooler and a can of pepsi on top of it. It was funny. It ended up being chocolate-vanilla-pepsi cake!

He was so grateful for everything he got. Anders is such a great kid. He has a big heart and he is very protective and considerate of his siblings. He does great in school and he is a friend to everyone. We love you, buddy.