Our Traditional Fall trip to Apple Hill... Eating the "Walking Pie" from Kids, Inc. farm...

The kids had a great time! We packed a picnic, shopped, and played with animals, tractors and rope swings. We came home with 40 pounds of apples and ate them all week!! Apple pie, Apple crisp, homemade applesauce, sliced apples with caramel dip, pork and apples in the crockpot, apple/snickers/coolwhip salad...Tired of apples you think? Not this family!

Trip to NYC

Mike suprised me with a much needed trip to NYC.
Although it was hard- really hard- to leave Baby Addison, it was fun and a nice break for both of us. We stopped at the Manhatten Temple...

At the top of the Empire State Building...


Central Park...

Saw Wicked (LOVED IT!), Hairspray, and Mary Poppins on Broadway...

Ate New York Style Pizza (every day!) Funny thing was that the cheese pizza was the favorite!

Ground Zero...

Here we are in Times Square...

Mike at the NY Stock Exchange...



We wondered, "Why does everyone gather over at that end of the bull? OH! Where in the world is people's minds?" What kind of sick society do we live in? ha ha

At the Metropolitin Museum of Art, the guard had Mike take a picture of me in front of a famous piece of modern art- and the above picture is what we ended up with... Below Mike stands in front of the modern art that is worth more than most things in the museum... CRAZY! I think I could do that!

My Knight in Shining Armour( I know- sappy!!) in the Arms and Armor displays at the Met...

We had a great time, and the kids did too at home with the YOUNGS... THANK you so much to them and Karyn and SuAnne for the help with the kids. If we had to leave them with anyone, these were wonderful choices! Thanks again for taking such good care of the kids.

Thanks Terri and Morgan! We are forever grateful!!

Bradley's Cross Country...

Bradley is cutting time off his Cross Country running. This is his first year, and is doing well.

Like Mother, Like Daughter...

I guess it's true what they say about kids learning everything by copying everyone around them. I looked over on the couch and saw Addie talking on the phone. Listen close to the end of the video to hear her say very clearly, "Hi". BE VERY CAREFUL WHAT this baby sees you do, she's likely to imitate it!!

Mopping fun...

Mopping Fun with the girls! We got a new mop, and the girls started "slip slidin' away" on the wet floor.

McKenzie's First High School Jazz Band Concert

McKenzie was excited for her first concert for Jazz Band. They let her in with the flute, and she loves it!! She played solos in 3 out of the 4 songs, and was very excited!! Way to go McKenzie!

Sydney as Raggedy Ann

Sydney wanted a rag doll so bad, so Grandma, being the grandma she is, made it happen. She gave her a Raggedy Ann and Syd found a costume in the dress up box to match. FUN! Thanks Grandma!

My girl is growing up!

Addison standing. She's not walking yet, but has taken her first step at 10 months!! CRAZY!

The Boogie Monster! (not scary)

Addison started dancing- even without music. It's hilarious! Enjoy!

Summer Slide Show- Finally Catching up our blog!

Pictures from our trip to Utah

I had the guts to take the kids to Utah by myself, and it was fun!! We went for a flute festival, but had some fun along the way with family and friends.


At Erika's--Addy and Ashlyn



Syd and Addison at Korin's cabin



Korin invited us up to her cabin. She was there with 4 of her kids. We joked that it was a Mom's night out (well- with 9 kids!!) It was really fun. The kids rode 40-wheelers, did the high swing between the trees and played games, had adventures in the mountains, and ate good food. Thanks Korin!! We had a blast!! Korin and I even got some good chatting time until 1am!!














Celebrating Nathan's 6th Birthday with the cousins--



McKenzie at the flute Festival. She learned a lot!!





At the car show with the Rat Fink Festival...





Seeing Great Grandfather's home:

Graduation, promotion 2008

Pictures from Bradley's 5th grade promotion and McKenzie's 8th grade graduation. What a busy day!!