Kid quotes

1. Owen, what high school sports would you like to do someday? 

Humm, an announcer! And then each day I will play tee ball one day, then baseball, then basketball. 

2. Katie and how about you? I want to play tee ball and maybe be a cheerleader. 

3. Owen also told me that he wanted to practice basketball everyday and get good until he is old...like when he is 13. 

4. And we also told Owen tonight, please stop licking arm. Really?? I can't believe we said that sentence to our kids. 

IF

we were trying to arrange a marriage...we'd love to have Evy become a Hime!

A few weeks ago at church the kids were standing up on the chairs singing together during worship.  As I looked back Evy and Owen were holding hands and looking SOOOOooooo cute.  Excuse the phone photo, but I just had to post this.  These little moments steal my heart.

Then at a previous workday at church, the two olders were off playing and 'trying' to help as the little worked away!  Hunter and Justin said that it was a bit of choas with all 4 kids outside helping.  But with just the two littles, it was perfect!  I think again it goes to show that Evy and Owen might be meant to be. :D

Visiting

Looky, Looky who came to visit!  We LOVED it.  There is nothing better then having family come to visit.  Seriously!  Thanks Nana, Aunt Brandi and Si for spending the money and time to come and visit us.  Come AGAIN SOON!!

PS--Aunt Brandi...I didn't get a photo with you on our girl time. :(  Next time we will because it was a great time of conversations/fun and I loved it!

Nana and Aunt Brandi got to see Katie's classroom since it was meet the teacher day when they were here.  

Plenty of outtakes :)

Who doesn't love taking photos of an adorable baby?!

I SO love that Owen added the stuffies to the photo for Silas to have. :)  Sweet, Sweet cousin!

Nana, your face is priceless.  :)

 love you guys!

Friday Night Football

Friday night football is great. Honestly, that is one thing that will be fun when the kids make it to high school. :) And if we were in Lawrence we wouldn't miss one of Uncle Drews games! It's his senior year! We check the ljworld every saturday morning to see what happened in the game. We are with the Lawrence Lions in spirit! 

It's also fun to hear the announcer as we miss hearing my dad call the game from the booth up top. He's been the announcer in Eudora since we were in school-that's a long time!!

One last thing-Owen was listening to the star spangled banner. We asked him to put his hand over his heart or where his pocket is on his shirt. He quickly put his hand in his shorts pockets. Then after we helped him put it over his heart, he put it in his shirt pocket. Finally he placed his hand correctly! So sweet. :)

Dude.

Owen, 

You are amazing!  Thanks for trying on this fun jacket & hat while we were shopping for a new 'first day' shirt for Katie.  You look good, dude!  Love you little man.

Wordless Wednesday, Cousins

Dancing cousins

We Love you, Pax!

You don't fit quite like Katie's baby dolls, do you?!  :)

We LOVE you, Silas!

Katie's First Day of Kindergarten

It was a success.  You loved it!  The first thing you told us was that you couldn't wait for tomorrow to go back to school.  You said you have the best teachers in the whole wide world.  :)  A few things from today.  You love sitting next to your new friend, Daisy, that we have played with a few times this summer. Your favorite subject today was music and you enjoyed bringing in your stuffed bunny, Libby, for show n tell.  You had a yummy quesadilla for lunch with some cucumbers (you requested at least 10 slices of cucumbers tomorrow because you love them), powerberries and trail mix.

School starts at 9:30 each day and ends at 1:30.  We are so thankful for only a 1/2 day Kindergarten. I am thankful to get to pick you up and still allow you some time to play and run off your energy.  Daddy will also be picking you up one or two afternoons which has excited you a lot.  After you got home today, you and Owen even played in your rooms together for two hours!  I think that shows how close your relationship is and hopefully it will grow better be in every season.

Great job big girl at your first day!  We hope you love school, make some wonderful friends, grow in your understanding of God and make special memories throughout these next 180 days.
WE LOVE YOU!

PS.  Katie, we tried a new product in your hair last night that made it silky soft.  Unfortunately, it was too soft and your curls didn't hold.  I'll do better at helping you do your hair tomorrow! :)

Good Morning!

There's nothing better then milk and bubble bread for breakfast!

 Your first kindergarten friend, Daisy.

 Owen sure is proud of you, his big sister!

 You and Mrs. Streit

 You and Mrs. Ferrell

 Getting started on your morning work.

 Happy first day sweet girl!

Chapter 5...Wrapping Up Maine!

What a blessing to celebrate 40 yrs of marriage with my parents!  

One day during our trip we hired a photographer to capture some shots of our family and we loved it.  Below is our family and we LOVE you all!

Maine...Chapter 4, Lobstering!

One of the fun things my parents took the crew on was a coast tour complete with lobstering!  It was a great warm day to be out on the water and it was really neat to learn about lobsters.  We loved our tour!

We learned it is difficult to get a licensee to fish for lobster...that there are many stipulations on what size of lobster can be kept-not to big or small, female or male...and that there used to be so many lobsters that prisoners were fed them for breakfast, lunch and dinner!  

Here's our tour!