Apple Picking!

Here are some cute pics of our apple picking trip with Ruthanne, Addi, and Brinsley!  I just LOVE fall and the change of seasons!



So proud of my boys :)

I can't believe it but Tanner had his first day of school the other day! He actually did really well (better than me!) and he can't wait to go back so I hope it stays that way :) so far so good! He was a little hesitant the first day and the second day he ran up to his teacher and gave her a big hug! I'm so proud of him!

I am also so proud of Blake, I decided to break the binkey habit and he has done amazing! I am so impressed with how well he is handling it! He hardly cries when he goes to bed and that was really the only time that he really wanted it anyway:) It feels good to have that dreaded chore behind me! And I feel really lucky that he handled it so well!

Tanner turns 3!

I can't even believe it but we just celebrated Tanner's 3rd birthday!  He is such a joy to have in our lives and he suprises us every day with how smart he is!
He knows his abc's, and recognizes all of his uppercase letters and knows the sounds and what starts with them! He can spell his name, and he just learned how to ride a bike without training wheels!  These are just a few things that I can think of :)
  He has a heart of gold and is such a sweetheart!  I am so proud of the young person he is becoming and I can't wait to continue to watch him grow!
 We had a party with our family at Chuck E. Cheese and it was a riot!  It was nice for me too because I didn't have to worry about 12 crazy kids in my house! :) Anyway Happy birthday Tanner We love you, and we are so proud of you :)



More summer fun!

We have been soo busy this summer and I havn't had much time to catch up on my updates so I'm going to try and remember everything and I'm hoping that my pictures will help tell my story :)  We have spent a ton of time up north at one of our favorite places in the whole world..Harper lake!  We started out with a pop-up camper that we bought when Tanner was a baby and finally upgraded this year and are now staying in luxury! haha okay it's a pretty old trailer but we don't have to pop it up every time and its a lot bigger than our old one :)  It works perfect for us!

this is was our old camper...

Over Ross and Blake's birthday's we stayed up north with the Huizenga's for a couple days.  The weather couln't have been nicer!  Great times with great friends :)

Over the 4th of July the boys and I stayed up there for about a week and a half along with Gail, Heather and her kiddo's, and Sarah was up there too so that was a super fun week!  (and we all got super tan!)

My cousin's Jenn and Jeff came to visit from Minnesota for a couple days and that was sooo much fun!  I miss them already!! I hardly ever get to see them so it was really nice to catch up!  We spent a lot of time at the beach, we went to the fair and watched the off-road derby, and we had a fun dinner at Crazy Horse one of the nights.



We also took our annual kyaking trip in the beginning of August with EVERYONE this time because nobody was pregnant for once! We had a total of 4 couples and we had soo much fun!  It was really nice to have a weekend of fun away from the kids!  I love them dearly but I didn't realize how much I needed a break until I got one :)  I still missed them but I enjoyed myself :) 
Marcy and I also took a trip to the zoo!  From what I remembered the Jhon Ball Zoo was kinda lame but my kids really enjoyed it this time and we had a blast!  They must be at a good age where they understand what's going on now :)  Anyway it was a PERFECT day!