Friday, June 26, 2009

Guess what...We have a four-legged friend with a tail!

Yes, we have added to our organized chaos and extended our love and patience to an Airedale. He was very hard to choose from the litter as they were all so cute. There were two litters this spring and he was the runt from the first litter and they wanted him to grow. His two-week younger siblings looked very different as they had lots of Teddy hair, so I had an extremely hard time choosing as I went alone. We should have got a sitter and both went, but that would have been too smart! Anyway, home from Woodstock I brought him. He's very mild tempered and the first few days were lots of fun. The kids still have bundles of excitement and each day he does something new, they help out all day long as we got him the day after school ended - I kind of call it Father's Day for Adam. What a gift! Initially I wanted a Lakeland, and probably still do as I love his stage and sixze right now, but Adam really wanted the larger version adn that led us to "Rusty". It's so cute to hear Cadence say it. She's actually been quite rough with him, and today I ehard his first growl. But he's a great sleeper and very mild temperment, so we're lucky. Oh yes, would you like to see some photos?








Monday, June 15, 2009

Footy Mad!

Yes, I have to admit I love their accents, and I'm positive Uncle Paul laughs at mine. I always try to repeat what he says and I wreck it. Every Tuesday we play ball with the little tots, but the dads all started one for themselves on Sunday mornings last year. We enjoyed watching Uncle Pauls "Magic Feet" this past Sunday. Here are a few moments of the big boys and some video as well.





The entire two weeks Caleb played ball with Uncle Paul as much as he could and will always remember his teachings and technique. Thanks Uncle for always being ready to play. We miss you! You had lots of patience for our noisy group and we think you're AWSOME! See you next summer...

Mmmmm...Carrot Cake...

Amy turned 32 this past weekend and we were fortunate enough to spend it all together at the Lake. It was a beautiful day with lots of yummy food.

Cousins Devin and Logan came too with lots of family and friends. Happy Birthday Aunt Amy!







Cassia and Kianna love taking pics now, so here's a few shots of Cassia's... Yes they are of hers and very good might I add. She took a bunch and now is requesting a camera for her 8th birthday. I can't believe she'll be 6 this month. Great job Cassia.


Loveable and Cuddly!


Cousin Lilah with Corinne.


Grampa's twin, Aunt Wendy.


Crazy Cousin Devin - 4 years old


Little Logan - who just turned one.

Thanks everyone for coming. Too bad we didn't get a family or group photo.

Cousin Lilah & Madalayne

The summer began early for us as Family arrived from England. We have been anticipating it for a while now and it has been wonderful! We were able to see our new cousin Lilah that was born at Christmas time.



Adam and I have still been keeping busy with our mini soccer league adn has grown to about 30 regular kids. Our family enjoys it as our crazy daddy always starts us off with funny drills.





We'll keep you posted with our fantastic fireworks for July 1st!

It's Fire!

Shortly after the Aerials reunion was Victoria's holiday. Fireworks with cousins is always fun. This year we did it again at Uncle Damon's and Auntie Bev & Uncle Johns house.





It was a cold night, so we were looking forward to warmer weather, which has now finally arrived.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

MAY/JUNE BLUR

I call this a blur because I can't imagine time going by faster than this. There are so many places to be, dinners to make, parties to bake for, and on and on. I love life, and wish that most dayas I pause longer to just ponder our many blessings. The children are happy right now and we look forward to a summer of fond memories. I'm trying to plan how I will balance the FUN with the things I think I need to get done. Wish me luck.

Spring Concert News!
Can you Blast Off and use you Imagination? That's what our spring concert was about. They did a fantastic job, and we have it on tape, but here's some moments.






We have loved our year at College Park Elementary! The kids this month were fortunate enough to be a part of the ACROKIDS, which is a program facilitated by the highschool gymnastics team. They loved it, everyone but Cadence participated, here are some candid moments of their performance day!



The funniest for us was watching Kalyssa's painful sommersaults. Watch this...


Shortly after that program, there was Kingsway College's 25th reunion of Aerials. It was nice to see so many supporters with fond memories. Adam, Ryan and Tyler were all a part of this during their Kinsway years. Adam joined the reunion show and only moaned in pain for a week after! We stayed to watch the show and it ended at 12:00 AM - yes, I told my kids to say Happy New Year, as thats the latest they ever stayed up, and yes, we did pay for it the next day!







We loved our Aerials reunion because it brought the perkins family from the South up to see us. We love visiting with them, especially Luke )same age as Caleb) and Eden (same age as Cadence). I loved the time and wish it lasted longer. Can't wait to see you soon!