Just a few random pictures

Liah being cute as usual!



Liah and Elli



Liah and Elli...again!

Kaity doing what she's been doing a lot of!

Zach and Thaniel sporting their summer haircuts!

And here's a treat!

We LOVE Strawberry Days!

Attending Strawberry Days has become a tradition in our family. After Elli's dance class that Saturday, the kids and I went to see what was on display this year.

Elli spotted the wood carver. He had lots of items on display. This horse bench was just one of the beautiful things we saw.

We spotted these miniature horses and carriage. Of course Elli was excited. As they passed us, the driver said "Rides are free!" MUSIC to my ears! The oldest four kids all had rides.

Elli was in her glory when she got to pet them! She was so sad when she had to stop so they could give a ride to her brothers!

Zach and Thaniel enjoying their ride!

Another *FREE* thing we found was face painting! Elli, of course, got a horse! She picked the colors..

Nathaniel chose a lizard!

Here's Liah sporting pig tails!

Elli looked around at everything there was and just HAD to have this unicorn! We stuffed it together and picked out the outfit.


We ate lunch there (pizza!) and ran into some friends. The kids went back later and did a few things with Daddy. The one thing Zach REALLY wanted to do was gem mining. The boys had done it the day before when they'd gone with Grandma and Papa Chuck. I thought the price was pretty high for what you got in return, but Zach really wanted to do that and nothing else. So, when Frank took them back, he let Zach gem mine. Turned out, one of the photographers from the Allied News was there and took a picture of Kaity, Zach and Thaniel while Zach was gem mining...so now they think they're famous!

Summer fun....here we come!

The fun started while the pool was filling...Zach got out the squirt guns!

Elli didn't like getting squirted...with the hose or squirt guns...and the water was COLD!

Liah wasn't sure about the cold water either!

Nathaniel...the golden boy!

Pose for a group picture!

Okay...now a silly one!

Then a little break to 'sun-bathe' and warm up.




Mommy and Liah...self-portrait!

After the break, Elli really got into it!...the pool, that is!

Sweet Zach!

Cute Kaity...posing!

Underwater man!

Group picture!!! : )

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!!!

Here's the 3 oldest ready for the LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!
WOOHOO!
It was actually just a half day of watching movies, taking pictures and making sure desks were emptied! But, it's official now...I have a 5th grader, a 4th grader, a 2nd grader and a kindergartener!!! Can you believe it???

The kids!

Just some pictures of the kids...being kids!

Liah and Kaity

Little Liah ♥

Natalie? or Nathaniel?

Elli!

Zachariah!

Liah is climbing!

Elli trying to get Liah to take a nice picture with her!

Just some general cuteness!

Alliyah discovered her rocking chair! (gotta love that wild hair : ))

One of many pictures we took trying to get a nice one for a Mother's Day project! This was the one they all liked. Although a little fuzzy, we used it!

Elliana after a shower...all ready for bed! (Notice the horse in the background, and yes, those are pictures of horses on her wall!)

This was taken after we went to a Mother-Daughter banquet with Grandma Corbett, Great Grandma Mueller, Aunt Mandy and Annie. (yes, I have a matching one too!)

Nathaniel and Zach during Elli and Kaity's soccer practices..at least 1) they weren't fighting and 2) it wasn't during THEIR soccer practice!

Liah...being her usual cute self!

Pictures of things to come....Elli tried on her dance recital costume!

Can she be any sweeter?

Here she is on her actual birthday! The big ONE YEAR OLD!! ♥

Big brother, Zach reading to Liah : )

The Wedding...

And here's a picture of the kids that I couldn't get to insert anywhere in the last blog entry!

It's JAMMIE TIME!

I used to take lots of pictures of the kids sitting on the couch all ready for bed...haven't for a long time, though. I guess I just forgot about it...until a couple months ago when we were looking at pictures of the kids when they were younger. SO CUTE! So, I thought I would carry on the tradition. I'm pretty sure I don't have any with Alliyah, maybe not Elli either... : ( So, here are some fun pictures of the kids!

Obviously, Alliyah is getting REALLY tired!

FEET! What fun! (They're growing SO fast!!)

They're SOOO sleepy, they fell asleep on each other! ; )

♥Kaity and Liah♥

♥Thaniel, Zach and Elli♥

And a funny one! : )