Dinosaur Head

Broc is planning to go to the Indianapolis race next weekend. In preparation for this, he is "tuning up" the bus that will make the trip. Every year a group of guys go to this race. The bus is named "The Boar's Nest". You can use your imaginations.
The kids wanted to see in the bus, and they found this "dinosaur head bones". Broc showed them and they really weren't afraid. He then explained that it was really pig head bones.

Snapshots

On Sunday after church, we just took a few snapshots. There were a few that turned out pretty good. (I am a little biased.)
Here is one that I did a little playing with. Enjoy.

Hole in One

Saturday evening, Broc and Caden went mini golfing with Brandy and Tye. Just a boys night out.
They went mini golfing and had tons of fun. This is the first time Caden has mini golfed.
On hole 5, they all hit their balls, and they had to go down a hill. When they went to retrieve their ball to putt again, Caden couldn't find his ball. It turns out he had a hole in one! Way to go buddy!
After golfing, they went to Buffalo Wild Wings. Broc always orders spicy, and Caden was begging him to try - so he did - but pulled a terrible face (he didn't like it)! Thanks to daddy for taking the pictures!

Gettin' Digi

Okay, all you digital scrappers - you know who you are!
I am looking for a little advise.
This is one of the first pages that I have actually dared to post -or at least gotten to the point that I am somewhat happy with it. (Usually I get 1/2 way into the page, and I just close it all out and delete because I get frustrated!)
Thanks Candi for the one on one tutoring session at Easter, which got me started digital scrapping, (and a class at a local photo studio).

I am looking for a little help on this one to get it completed. - on the photo frame, it looks like I can put the picture in the lower layers to make it look stacked. Any tips on how to do that? Any other ideas for the page are welcome too.

The products I used are from DSO Scrap Journal kit.

Happy 4th Birthday Eli!

Last night, Allyson and I went to Eli's 4th birthday party. Caden and dad stayed home due to not feeling well. We had pizza and then cake and ice cream! It was a camouflage theme.

































This picture is a "Kyle Pile" as we call it.
Somehow Uncle Dan is usually the instigator of these, but the kids love them.
Here we have Kyle, Dan, Carly, Eli, and Allyson in on the fun!





























Congratulations Kyle and Jess on your engagement!














(I want to appologize for some of my pictures being a little blurry - I had my camera set on a different setting - and didn't realize it until after the night was over.)

Gifts from China

When Grandpa Rick was in China, he got the kids each a t-shirt for the upcoming Olympics to be held in Bejing. Here are a few pics of the kids modeling them. I thought since the Olympics will be starting in less than a month, it was about time to post them.



















This is the back of the shirt, the front of the shirt, and the bottom right corner of the shirt respectively.

Thanks Grandpa Rick for the great shirts!

4th of July weekend

We went camping for the 4th of July with the Kessel's and the Noyes'. We had a great time. Friday, July 4th, we spent most of the day at the beach, as it was beautiful. We cleaned up in the early evening, had a great supper, and then watched fireworks. Saturday was really windy, but warm, so in the morning, Caden and dad went home to mow, and Ally and mom did a little second hand store shopping. We went to the beach in the afternoon. Sunday was extremely humid - (okay, I may be exagerating a little, but that is because we have had very few humid days until now). We skipped breakfast and went straight to the beach for awhile and then at noon, cleaned up, grilled burgers and packed up to go home.
We hope everyone had a great Independence Day and took a moment to remember those that worked so hard to give our nation it's freedom.


















































Caden and Allyson loved playing in the lake with the inflatable boat. They did a great job of taking turns pulling each other. They were occupied for hours.


















Allyson and Tyler K. watching fireworks. We were driving to town to see the fireworks, and they started, so we pulled off on a gravel road and watched them. We didn't want to miss them all. It wasn't quite the same, but we had fun.






One of our favorite things about camping is eating strawberry pancakes. This is a treat we only have when camping.

Happy Birthday Grandma Mary!

We wanted to wish you a belated "Happy Birthday" on July 5.
We love you so much! Thanks for being such a wonderful Grandma!




This is one of my favorite pictures of the kids with Grandma Mary. This was taken when they were 5 months old. They stayed the day at Grandma Mary's when she lived in Ida Grove.

Camping with Grandpa and Grandma

Last week Tuesday and Wednesday, we camped with Grandpa Rick and Grandma Kay. We had a blast sleeping in their camper. We enjoyed going on the boat. Caden and Allyson rode in the tube behind the boat all by themselves. It only lasted a couple minutes, and then Allyson wanted to get out, but I am so proud of them for trying it by themselves. Then Caden and I rode on the tube for awhile. He loved it! Caden even got to help Grandpa Rick drive the boat.

It's Raining, It's Pouring

Last week it was rainy one day when we were leaving for work, and the kids wanted to wear their raincoats.