Random Photo Post

I was looking through some of my pictures and thought that I would post just some random ones.


Gotta have some bath time pictures! :)

Isaac and Joanna

One of Joanna's friends, Naomi, was over playing so I had to take some pictures.
Such cute little 3 year olds!

Notice Joanna's swimsuit. :)

Naomi - cute little red head!

Joanna - big smiles, fun times!

Isaac asleep with his beloved pocket knife.

One evening when I was out for a girl's night, Daniel took the kids to a park. They love going to the park! Some seesaw time.

Hannah and Isaac

Joanna and Hannah

Joanna

Now to some swings.

Joanna

Old style merry go round.

Hannah and Joanna

weeeeeeeeeee

There is a big dirt hill there and the kids loved playing on it.

Hannah, Joanna, and Isaac

Oh yeah, a boy's dreamland.

You just can't go near a drinking fountain and NOT take a drink!


Here's a mixture of girl toys and boy toys:

Abigail and Isaac playing together.

Pollies and Lincoln Logs

Fishing in Missouri with Grandpa.

Daddy, Hannah, and Joanna fishing together.

Abby's catch!

I told Isaac to smile for the camera and he did this goofy boy routine. Check out all the faces! :)

Daddy joining in! Silly boys! :)

Labor Day Weekend

We had so much fun over the weekend, that we forgot to take pictures. I only have about 6! :) So, mostly words will have to do.

One of the main reasons for this get together, besides great family time, was for all of us to meet Rebecca's new man, Jon. We all like him very much! He adores Rebecca and the feeling is definitely mutual. We will all continue to pray for God's clear direction and guidance. I am so happy and excited for her!!

I didn't think to get a picture of them until the night before they were leaving. So, this is it and they were pretty tired. I think they were operating on only about 4hrs of sleep at night. You know what it's like to be in love! ;)

Rebecca and Jon

Emily & Jason, Rebecca & Jon, Daniel, me, Hannah, and Abigail all went on a float down the Black River, Saturday. Also, Em and Jason's dog Benny came, too. It was a lot of fun! I said it was like marriage counseling trying to communicate and make the canoe do what you wanted it to do!! We were busy having so much fun, that we only snapped 2 pictures. We even brought our new underwater camera we bought for our trip to Hawaii. Oh well.

Stopped to play some Ultimate Frisbee in the water. It's quite difficult to move quickly in the water and on a rocky bottom to boot!

We did have a couple canoe tips, but only one casualty. Jason lost some nice sunglasses. :(

The girls had a blast! They moved around from canoe to canoe and everyone got a chance to experience the float with a curious little one who doesn't always help keep the boat "balanced and generally upright.". ;) Though I don't think the girls were responsible for any of the actual tippings.

Abby in her life jacket.

Daniel brought his snorkeling stuff to practice and attempt to teach me some before Hawaii. He found a quick little turtle and chased it around then caught it to bring back for Isaac to see. He absolutely loved it! He would carry it around all day if we let him. Here he is holding it.

Isaac with the turtle. He didn't want to let it go, even to eat. In fact, at one point the kids were having a donut for a snack and he really wanted one, but was so conflicted about having to put the turtle down first and wash his hands. You could see him standing there trying to decide what to do. So, his compassionate mommy offered to feed him the donut while he held onto the turtle. He thought that was a great idea!

See the joy!

He and all the kids liked it so much that we decided to bring it home and put it in Daniel's old frog tank. So, now we have a pet turtle named Genny. In honor of Gen and Waylon. (You know, the one that caught the lizard!) :)

Labor Day Weekend

I am hoping to post soon. We had a great family weekend in Missouri over Labor Day and I do have some pictures to post, too. So, hopefully soon. We are back into the school routine and life's "busy as usual." :)

The Lake

We had some donuts for breakfast and notice they are already in their swimsuits. Right when they woke up they immediately asked when they could go in the lake. :)

We had them eat first and put sunscreen on, then we got in the lake around 9am.

We got life jackets and goggles and they had such fun splashing around.

A bit more serious here.

Relaxing on the beach and playing in the sand.

Pure joy!

Here's a sequence of pictures that Daniel took of Abigail running through the water to the beach. Mixed in the sand in the lake was this clay type stuff that stuck together really well and was fun to build with.

Abby - our little fish!

We were working on the backstroke a little bit.

There was a bit of activity on the lake, too. We saw some boats with tubers(?), jet skis, fishing boats, and more.

Watching some wave runners.

Serious swimmer

It took Isaac a little bit to get comfortable in the water. The waves were a new experience, but he soon figured it out! :) You can see how far away from me he is in this picture.

Joanna started to get a bit tired of being in the water all day long and spent some time relaxing in a chair watching everyone splash around.

Tired girl!

We didn't leave the lake until about 3:00pm or so. We did stop for a lunch break and told them they needed to rest for 1/2 an hour or so during the hottest part of the afternoon. It was seriously like 101 degrees or something. Not really recommended camping weather! We reapplied the sunscreen, but still got some sunburn. Ow!

We're looking forward to our next camping experience, this time with Hannah along. Maybe in September.....