These days...

Grandma Kay visits!! It was such a treat to have Grandma here this past week - thank you for coming Kay!

Eli brought a butterfly into the house and a flower to keep it on (but of course it didn't stay).

Father's Day! This is Oak's handprint on the card Eli, Otto and Oak made for Brian.

Otto has been enjoying Oak's baby toys almost more than Oak.

Water fun at Iroquois Park.

That iced coffee I brought with me came in handy here...

Otto feeding Meadow. He is just too much sweetness sometimes...

At the Huesteds - always an adventure here! Aleasha holding Oak and Emily holding her pet rooster.

Eli trying to feed the chicken a worm he dug up, with Hannah and her friend looking on. Do you think he ate it??

Oak 3 Months

I love this boy. He is such a sweet baby. Here are a few pictures I took recently. I love all his baby expressions. It is funny how they can go from laughing to crying to smiling again in just seconds.

This was when I pinched him. (Just kidding!!!)

new pictures of the kids

Here are some new pictures of the little ones. Grandma Debby is in a few too!

This one was taken today - just for you Grandma Kay as you requested - we love you!!!

Grandma Debby is here!

The boys are loving their pool. Brian has been joining them once he gets home from work. Fun times.

Otto playing games on my cell phone while swinging in Oak's baby swing. :)

boat season has begun!

We got our boat out for the first time this season. There were a few things we had to work through and do for the first time (I had to back the trailer into the water between other trucks with trailers..... it took a few tries but I got it!). The plan was for Brian to take a few fellows out the first time to work out the kinks, but I was way to excited to wait so we all went. All was well and we did have fun out together. We are storing it by the lake so it will be much easier now to go out.

The kids here got to drink "sparklie" - a big treat we reserve for special occasions.

Oak enjoying a nap in the cuddy.

Tadpoles

We caught some tadpoles a couple weeks ago and have enjoyed watching them grow. Here are a few pictures. We ended up bringing them to a pond nearby to let them go once they started to turn into frogs.

Memorial Weekend in Toccoa, GA

We got a chance to get away for a long weekend with friends down in Toccoa, GA. It was such a wonderful break for us. Shawn and Kristi, good friends from college, have a cabin down there and we stayed with them and their family and also got to get out and see some other friends who still live in Toccoa too.

We did ALL have a cold (both families!). I am pretty sure that was the most people I have ever heard coughing and blowing their noses under one roof at one time. Thankfully no pukes or fevers.

Here are some pictures from our time there and a video at the end.

Packing with an infant can be tricky.

Eli and Hina were the best of friends from the start (as they always are). They are just TOO cute together.

Shawn and Kristi bought our first boat from us!! Here it is - they take it to the lake by their cabin. It is a pretty nice set up for them.

This is Amy and Jeremiah. They are good friends from college. They have a cabin by a lake there too.

Amy preparing the fireworks for the pirate raft. They are fun - the kids and some of the adults decorated a blow up mattress (the Pirate Raft) with beaded necklaces, a pirate flag (that they all painted) and various other decorations. Then we all went down by the lake and launched it. I was dying laughing - I thought for sure it would tip with the people on it (there were three - 2 adults and one kid), but it didn't! They paddled it out to the lake and then shot off some fireworks. It was great.

The cabin from the lake. Amy and Jeremiah pretty much designed and built this thing. It was such a work of art inside.

Kristi holding Oak.

On the boat.

Brian getting to drive his old boat again. He and Shawn are having a "to ya'!" moment.

This is what I did a lot.

Brian water skiing.

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