Sam's camera smile, during a picnic near the river.


Elsie in front of the Lynx, a replica of a Civil War ship.

The big anchor is always hit when visiting this spot!

Sweetness...

Father's Day

Checking out the aquarium with Daddy, Father's Day morning.

Looking out at the lake.

Pointing out the windmills.

"Daddy" and his three on Father's Day.

Roasting Marshmallows with Dad.

Mmmm, smores...

I just love these picture of the kids enjoying their smores in the evening sunshine.

Sticky, messy fun!

Make megaphones. Thanks Aunt Sara!

We hope all the Father's had a wonderful Father's Day!

We went to the island Wednesday morning for Elsie's end of the year preschool field trip, and ended up stay for the afternoon. Here's Sam enjoying one of the playgrounds and flashing his "camera smile". :)

" Sam the tree". He thought he was pretty hilarious...haha.

Sam, have you been eating sand??

Denying it...

The "bug girl" and a green beetle.

Careful Elsie, looks like that slide stopped a bit short!

Nap time! Aww... :)

Yeah, so we decided it was time to cut Sam's hair...

Another "before" shot.

All done. Ta da! ;)

The other day we had a very fun visit with cousins! Margie, Elsie and Emmy wanted to look more like the princesses that they are. :)

Margie said "Take a picture of me and baby Jacob." :)

Emmy just LOVED holding the real Jacob. She did this for a long time.

Anticipating Emmy's kisses!

Exercising...

Josie's turn! Jacob loved all the attention.

Samuel had just turned one of the girls into a frog...

Margie's turn.

I went to snap another picture (the first was a little blurry), but she was DONE and already handing him back...haha. He probably weighs more than her!

I couldn't resist! :)

I attempted a rhubarb custard pie, and we all hoped it would taste better than it looked...lol. Good news, it did!

Nice Weather At Last!

Elsie wanted me to take a picture of her holding her toy fish. She settled on this one after a couple failed attempts at petting her REAL pet goldfish. Actually, I take that back... She DID manage to get finger on it once, and YES it's ok. :)

Elsie is doing so much better at riding her bike this year (with training wheels), and Sam... he's trying!

Cousin Georgia will make a great babysitter someday soon! She loves holding babies, and Jacob doesn't mind the attention one bit! Georgia, are you free this Friday?? ;)

The kids got to hold one of the chicks over at Aunt Jenny's and Uncle Brad's. We are looking forward to getting ours next spring, once we move. :)

Margie Sue asked me to take a picture of her holding her dog. Check out those BLUE eyes! :)

We were getting ready to go to the park one evening, and Sammy said, "I'm ready to go Mom, I have my pirate's hat on!" *Also, notice his jeans are on backwards... He dressed himself and I didn't have the heart to correct him! :)

Elsie and her pink snake. The other day she was asking for an Anaconda as a pet!! This girl LOVES bugs and animals. She certainly isn't satisfied with a goldfish for the time being like we were hoping. Haha...

The other day at the park Samuel thought he was WAY up high while standing on this stump. He called out, "Look at me mom, I'm up high!" :)

Playground? What playground? I have a little caterpillar to keep me occupied!

Don't let go Dad!

The mighty river!