Highlights of the Summer

I found some cute pictures today of some things we've done over the last few months. I had forgotten I had put some pictures on our other computer. My pictures are so disorganized it is not even funny! Anyways I thought I would post some of them.

September

Ryan's 9th Birthday party ~ roller skating!

Megan loved to skate, although the skates weighed more than her! I couldn't get Nathan to hold still for a picture!

In July we also tried camping this summer...in a TENT!! It went well other than Megan having bad reactions to mosquitoes...and getting a bite near her eye!

Ryan preferred the sand, swimming, diving...action stuff...over fishing.

Megan's first time fishing...she actually sat still for a little bit.

In August Todd, Nathan and Todd's Dad all went Charter fishing! Nice catch of salmon and trout :)

Grandpa and Nathan

Halloween

Just in case you can't figure it out...Nathan is an alien, Ryan is from Pirates of the Caribbean, and Megan is a princess. Megan did not like Nathans costume and was not happy about taking a picture with him.

Getting Pumpkins

One of my favorite activities with the kids is apple and pumpkin picking. Unfortunately it seemed like when ever we had time this fall we had bad weather. So I ended up just taking Nathan and Megan one day up to a nearby farm just to get already picked pumkins. Not as fun as picking them ourselves! Todd was at school and Ryan was at a friends house...which made it not as fun too:) But Megan and Nate had fun together and loved playing in the hay!

wind blown hair :)

A Fall Day in Cedarburg

Cedarburg is a cute town about 20 minutes away. It has beautiful scenery, cute gift shops and several ice cream and candy shops that the kids like to visit( Todd & I too)! We went there on a warm fall day to walk around! It was really pretty!! I wish every fall day was like this one! Unfortunately the leaves fall, it gets cold, and eventually the snow comes :( Oh well....something to look forward to every year I guess!

Brotherly Love!

Megan's Photo shoot :)

I have never had professional pictures taken of Megan(on my To Do list). So ocassionally I attempt to take some descent pictures of her outdoors. So these pictures are the results of that attempt. I thought they turned out cute. Some funny ones too :) These were done in August I believe!

Cooperating.....


Cooperating......


Still Cooperating.......



"hey...you watch out with that camera....I got sticks !!! "

I did not ask for that pose by the way...

The End!

Highlights of our California Vacation in April

Sorry I am so behind with blogging! I am not sure where all the time goes. I hope there are some of you out there who still check in! Please leave a comment and say Hi if you visit! Just click on the word comment at the end of each post to leave a message! If you do not have a Google account it does not show your name so please make sure you sign your message:)

We went to California at the end of April and had a great trip! Todd had a conference so he worked a couple days while we hung out in the hotel pool. The people who hosted the conference also kindly arranged some free sightseeing for us too. We went on a private tour of Warner Brothers Studios, went to Disneyland and experienced Rodeo Drive and dinner in Beverly Hills.

The kids did amazingly well flying! Only one melt down in the airport at the very end, not bad considering how many things can go wrong when you travel, let alone with 3 kids!

So the next several posts are of our trip...hopefully I will stay a bit more up to date in the next months!!

Santa Monica

overlooking the beach
Santa Monica Pier....Notice the HUGE ferris wheel!! Looks harmless, right? How bad can a ferris wheel really be, especially one with such a beautiful view! Didn't notice until I saw this picture that the ferris wheel is actually taller than the roller coaster.

Ok...let me explain the next 2 pictures. First of all, I will start by saying between Todd and I , I am the more daring one with rides and Ryan takes after me and Nathan takes after Todd. I love roller coasters and am usually not afraid of heights. So I willingly offered to go on the giant ferris wheel at the Santa Monica pier with Ryan....who was so desperately wanting to ride it! Let me just say I renamed it afterwards: "The Wheel of Terror" It literally makes you feel like you are dangling over the ocean. Not to mention there were 50mph winds at the top...and they stopped us at the top twice! UUHHG! It was so scary....I could not let go of the side....as you will notice in the picture below.
Yes, that is me gripping the side while I attempt to get a picture for Todd..who is on the ground!
Ryan and I dangling over the ocean! We sat at the top for a while before I managed to open my eyes and quick snap a picture!

Newport Beach

We spent one day in the Newport Beach area. I think it was called Balboa point(may have that wrong ). Any ways it was a beautiful beach and we had great weather that day! Big waves though for us northerners :) I always feel so insignificant at the ocean and it also reminds me how BIG God is!

Underneath the pier.

Megan wanted nothing to do with the water, but loved the sand!

3 little blessings!

The water was COLD!

Disneyland

Our last day in California was Disneyland. Busy does not begin to describe the crowd. Nothing like when we went to Disneyworld last year. Most of the rides were close to a 2 hour wait this year! :( Didn't take too many pictures either...too busy trying to navigate through the park or find a place to stand!

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