Some fun pics that I had taken.

K is taking E for a ride in a wagon......









K with her friends at FMG on a VERY hot day. we had a picnic lunch together then went and played in a tree house, played in a log cabin and played at the Great lakes exhibit...what fun...









....must hug frog while I sleep....










...trapped...E found her way in and I have no idea how she did it without tipping the chair on her....I had the darnest time trying to get her out...she kept giggling while I was trying to take the chair off of her.











K being silly......











E being just as silly....this is an toy that got deflated and we came up with a new way to use it.....

1st Day of Preschool

We had a VERY excited girl this morning. We had gotten everything ready the night before and when she woke up this morning....she was ready to go...I had to convince her that she needed to eat breakfast before she went...





Here she is in the van....(yes folks...we own a van..how crazy is that)










Here she is hanging up her back pack ....
















Here she is holding her school supplies....she was soooo excited to go shopping for them.....







Here is her teacher and teacher's aide....from left to right.......

E...K....Mrs. S.....Mrs. V.....





When asked if she had a great time at preschool...she said yes...when asked what she did the response was...."I don't know"...hmmm...the answer that I will probably get on a regular basis..

Back to XC

D just started XC (Cross Country) practice this past monday at FHC. He is now coaching the girls team as well as the guys team. He has about 35-40 runners all together. He has an assistant coach that helps him out which has been great! He goes back to school soon and K will definitely be sad that she won't have dad around during the day. She is looking forward to going to the XC meets this fall....E loves to be outside so she should have a grand time as well...

Grandma came to visit

Grandma came to visit us for a week and K was VERY excited. For a couple of weeks we we asked every day when Grandma was coming...we went and did lots of different activities.




we went to the Children's museum......














I thought this was a cool picture........






E...liked the mirrors...she was hilarious..she kept looking at herself and cracking up laughing...she played in this tunnel for a long time...K just loved playing with the play bank that is there..







we also went to FM Garden's to the children's area as well.......








..us being silly at the Gardens....









...and to the zoo with her friend B....B and his family just moved back to the area and she is soooooo excited to have him around......




We definitely kept Grandma busy and we played and had a blast...thanks Grandma for coming to visit...we hope that she had a great time....well...we are off and keeping busy with other things.

BBQ Birthday Bash

Thanks to Mr. K and Puppet J for singing songs and doing a little show for all the kids (and adults).





A little BBQ Bash for the kids to celebrate their birthdays...we celebrated E's 1st birthday and K's half birthday...K was very excited about having Mr. K and J come to do their thing....







Mr. K and Puppet J doing their thing.










K and her cousin D watching Mr. K









K and cousin D singing the "I Love Chocolate Milk" song.









Everyone enjoying the show.














S doing the motions to a song.











N pointing to Mr. K and puppet J.








The girls had a blast! Thanks to all that were able to come...

Happy 1st Birthday E

Her first cake experience....












not quite sure if she should eat it....I would say that she really wasn't interested in cake...or rice dream ice cream.....










presents......how fun.....









Little People....more people for me to crawl around with in my two hands...can't...let...go....








A pig that makes noise????






All in all E had a blast on her 1st birthday...and K thought all the toys were hers....

Time with My High School Girlfriends

Here is V, P and A...we had a great time with all the families.











What a great group of kids.....they are all there except E...she was sleeping.








We had gone to the Cleveland Zoo and had a great time....we were sad that my friend V couldn't stay with her family...she was greatly missed.





K is being a Kangeroo here and seeing what it is like to hear like they do.











K is such a ham..here she is having fun with one of the kids! The kids played so well together and had such a blast.....We hope to get together again sometime.....

Vacation in WV

Here is K in the swimming pool on vacation....one day she stayed in the pool with my cousins for about 4 hours....her lips were blue but she kept saying that she wasn't cold.







Grandma with two of her grandkids.









K feeding the goats...well not so much...she was a little afraid of them.









K seeing if she had wings what her wing span would be against a bald eagle.








...Some of my cousins.....










Grandpa and K feeding the birds....little did K know that a bird would poop on her hands later.....yuck...









look at these crazy monkeys






We had a lot of fun at our family reunion...It was great to see everyone...See you all in 2 years!!

Pics from our visit to PA

Ok...here are some pictures from our latest trip....we went back to PA where we used to live and visited some friends....Almost every house that we visited had a kitty and K had the best time with them...she said that she loved kitty's and can she have one...hmmm....can't happen since D and I are allergic to them..







Here she is talking with my friend B about her kitty.

update on D

D is doing better....it's been hard for him to just sit and not do anything. He is bored, bored, bored! His abdomen area has been bloated from the air that they blew in during the surgery. He also said that it had been hard to get up and down with out using his abs. For a couple of days he had been walking or shuffling from place to place. He did go to practice the next day after he got home from the hospital. The kids and I drove him and played at a park while he sat at practice. Every day is getting better and better...he tires out easily but a nap a day revives him. K and E miss having dad hold them and play with them but soon enough he'll be back to normal.

a few ounces less

D got his appendix out yesterday. It was a little bit of a surprise. His stomach had been hurting and he wasn't feeling the greatest on Saturday...although he felt well enough to go running in the morning and a 40 min bike ride in the afternoon. By Sunday morning it was starting to hurt really bad. He finally went to the ER and they said he had classic symptoms of appendicitis. So they scheduled him for surgery. He had a laparoscopy instead of an incision...he has 3 little marks where they went in. He was feeling fine after the surgery and is coming home shortly from the hospital...Recovery time should be short and he has to wait 72 hours before he can run again.

Got Milk?

Our vacation

We had a blast up North in TC....we went and stayed at a Hampton Inn in TC. We were right across the road from the State park beach..the hotel had a pool which K loved! We had a very relaxing time..this was the first vacation that we have taken as just our family...I think we would like to do this again next year.





Dad and K making a sand Castle........









.....and here it is.....








....and there it goes.....We would build and she would destroy it.









E and her first visit to the beach











Dad and E enjoying the sun







K playing with the ducks










"where did my feet go, mom?"








"my...what big feet you have..."

Locks of Love

Ok...not the greatest picture but I had grown my hair so that I was able to donate it to Locks of Love. Locks of Love is an organization that takes hair donations and makes wigs for children who have cancer. I actually got it cut Mother's Day weekend but haven't wanted to post a picture of me. I had exactly 10 inches which is what you are supposed to have. Did you know that it takes 7 donations to make 1 wig for someone? It was great to have a "new do" I would encourage all of you if you have the patience to grow your hair...it is definitely worth it.

School is Out!

D is done with school and looking forward to having the summer at home. K is VERY excited that her dad will be home when she gets up. D does have practice with the XC team starting on Wed. morning. Which will be good since the mornings is our running around time. We have several fun things happening this summer, so keep your eyes out for our fun adventures to come.