We had a fun visit with Owen and Henry today! They came all the way from Iowa to see us. Well, us and all their granparents. :) Mommy and their mom, Danielle, have so many memories, like trying to break Dani's toe in order to avoid work, crying at the window hoping that our freshman homecoming dates would stand us up so we wouldn't have to go, and convincing all of our college friends that we were trying out for cheerleading (and practicing for hours and hours to avoid studying), just to name a few. Now it's time for our kids to start making memories!

Heavy construction

Funny faces

Playing hide and seek

Grandma's Birthday Party

Grandma sure knows how to throw a party...

This is after Elsa went kayaking with Aunt Katy and Uncle Joe, and after Mom and I went crabbing with Grandpa.

We had crab and hot dogs for dinner. Roasted on the firepit and eaten on the beach.

I got avocado.

This is the only picture Mom could get of us swimming. We were running around and jumping into and out of the pool so much that all the other pictures were a blur!
A calmer, gentler pool time.
Happy birthday, Grandma! Thanks for throwing such a great party!

Meeting a New Friend

There isn't much better than getting together with old friends... except when you can meet a new one, too! We got to meet Johanna today. She is just as cute as her pictures! Mommy had fun visiting with Johanna's parents, too, while Evan swam in the lake, played on the beach, and explored every inch of the playground. The last time she saw Jenny and Jonathan, Evan was approximately Nathan's age!

Jonathan thought this looked like we were taking a picture of baby stages. Here is 9-week old Johanna, 6 month old Nathan, and 2 1/2 year old Evan.

Welcome Back, Old Friend

February 24, 2008July 18, 2010

Loving Lady Gaga

(From Nathan to Daddy) Thanks for introducing me to Lady Gaga while webcamming this morning, Daddy! I love it! Seriously, I fell asleep dancing on the second go-around of this song tonight. We aren't as good of dancers as you, but we aren't that bad.

For our fans, here's a link to our new favorite video, too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPs4bTcyfFI

Fountain Fun

Perfect place for a picnic

Meet the Babies V

Meet the Babies weekend! This is always one of Mom's favorite weekends. This year was our fifth. Can you believe that Abby and Elsa were only 3 months old at MTB I?

Elsa and I are on our way to our first activity--swimming!

What fun!

Kate was the youngest baby. She's 2 1/2 months old.

We had a 4th of July parade complete with flags, balloons, and instruments!

We started out the next morning with a walk along the river.

Lovely day!

Later we had a picnic (on the softball field named for Abby's grandma) and had fun with bubbles.

The new babies--Holden (5 mos.), Kate (2 1/2 mos.), and Nathan (5 1/2 mos.). Three new babies was a tie for the record (tied with MTB I when we introduced our 2005/2006 babies). Don't you love their proud mamas?

One last swim before we went home. Mom loves that we were somewhere that we could swim comfortably in an outdoor pool at 9:00 AM!

This is what Mommy found when she got out of the shower this morning. Yes, that's a previously unopened container of frosting with not one, but TWO spoons in it next to the eggs. We had scrambled eggs for breakfast.