A day of friends

On Tuesday, we had some friends come over and hang out. It rained the entire morning so we spent the time inside. Then finally, the older boys were able to hit the pool in the after noon.

Lizzie and friends, K and N

Cheese!

I lost him for just a minute and found him standing on my bed watching the big boys swim!

Jacob with his typical smile while in the water!

And Lizzie discovered her love for Lincoln Logs!

Father's Day 2010

Father's Day 2010

Brian had to work so we spent the day playing around the house and swimming. When he got home, he swam with us and then headed in for some snacks and his Father's Day presents.

Brian and the kids - still wet after the pool.

Jake and Lizzie

Don't let the smiles fool you - soon after this, they were fighting over the raft!!

Music Machine

Jacob was in a Musical Performance at church called Music Machine. Here are a few pics.

Jacob looks like he is meditating.

The conductor and the Music Machine.

Conductor Jeff

The kids and their kazoos

Singing

Crossover Work

Jake went to basketball camp and has been working on his cross-overs. He says they are hard, but he is doing a good job with them.

Practice makes perfect.

Lizzie the cheerleader.

Lizzie The Cheerleader

While Zach is shooting for 25K, Lizzie is cheering him on. She is one confused cheerleader. She wears her IU cheerleader outfit, carries her Illinois pom-poms and alternates between, "Go IU," "Go Illinois," and "Go Zachary!" And she has to stop and put on her lipstick and sunglasses periodically as well!

Water Water Everywhere

The kids have been enjoying having the pool up this summer. I am going to try to talk Brian into a permanent one. Wish me luck on that one!

Playing around

Look, mom, I can touch. NOT

Zach's friend, Zach, Jacob and Lizzie

My Jacob

And then there is the rain. It has been coming down in buckets. Good old fashioned summer pop up showers PLUS torrential downpours!

Wanna golf? The third tee is pretty well covered.

And the third fairway is now a river!

Going Private

Ok, our family blog will be going private soon. I want you all to continue to read and keep up to date. However, I do not want the blog crawlers and those who are using it just to be nosy to keep reading. So, I will try to send out an invitation to you all. If you do not get one, let me know and I will approve you!

Just one of 25K

Getting ready . . .

It's up . . .

It's in . . .

And good!

Who is out there?

Just curious as to who is reading the blog. If you read it, post a comment.

Sleepover Pics

Here are some pictures from Lizzie's sleepover with her "bestest" friend. They had a ball!!

Brushing teeth and getting ready for bed. Good girls! Lizzie even has her "flossers" out.

One last hug before settling down.

All snuggled down for a movie in their favorite blankets. Their rockin' daycare provider gave them to the everyone for Christmas a few years ago and they LOVE them.

The next morning - jammin' to Hannah Montana.

School's Out for Summer

It is our tradition to celebrate the end the school year by going out to dinner and hitting the bookstore to buy a book to start off our summer reading. So, last night, we headed out to dinner and to Barnes and Noble to celebrate.

Lizzie found a comfortable place to sit and read.

Trying to decide just which books they wanted.

Jacob was really into his book and has been ever since.

This year, the kids chose to eat at BW3's.

Here they are - my former 6th and 2nd graders and my soon to be 7th , 3rd, and kindergarten students.