Happy Anniversary Uncle Charles & Aunt Tanya!!

11 years! Wow!! We hope you have a wonderful day =)

Say cheese!

I think we took a million of the 3 together and this was the only one where they're all looking and smiling (well, except Meri of course)

~We had fun taking their pics until the mosquitoes found us.

~I'm not sure if I'll use all of them for their yearly pics, I took some of Emily a few weeks ago that I really like.
~We're getting organized for starting homeschooling, next week is the planned start date for us! Jake=1st grade & Emily =Kindergarten. Meri=Trouble? Hopefully she'll be okay, I'll probably sit her down with coloring books or maybe even start her on some basic stuff, colors, shapes, etc.

~I can't believe summer is about done! We're looking forward to convention next month! I've got about 5 lists started already for things to bring/pack/buy....

~I went through the kids fall/winter clothes and am slowly working my way through the mounds of laundry from that.

~Trying to get all of my maternity clothes hung up and other clothes taken down and packed up for a while. I've come to the conclusion there are TOO many clothes being moved around/sorted through...I think I need to get serious about getting rid of stuff I haven't worn in a few years. Space is more important nowadays than saving something I might wear in the future.

Happy Birthday!!

Happy Birthday Grampa Rowe!!
Hope you have a great day--wish we could be there to celebrate with you!!

We love you & miss you!!

Bike & owies, but not together thankfully

Jake riding his new bike at Grandpa & Grandma's. He has two speeds, not riding and FAST. And most of the time when there's a bike around, he is riding it! The girls were zooming around the driveway with the dump trucks.

Oh, they had terrible owies. Good thing there were a lot of band-aid stickers available.

Her new fascination is a band-aid for every bump, scratch & bruise. She was in her glory, putting band-aid stickers on all her "owies" =)

Meri wearing a dress I wore when I was little =) Yup, same dress my mom had saved it all these years!