Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Little Soccer Champ

I can't believe this is the only picture I got of Avery playing soccer this summer!!! Bad Mama! Well she went from being the girl picking dandelions last year to being a TOTAL soccer champ this year!! She was unbelievable! So much fun to watch!

The New Zoo

Jason had a bachelor party one Saturday night so the kids and I let him sleep in on Sunday while we headed to the New Zoo.

Carter wearing his beloved Lion hat! Rrrrroar!
They are BOTH LOOKING!!! Doesn't happen very often to take it all in! : )






4th of July

This 4th of July our princess Avery was sick. So while she and Carter hung out with Mema and Papa, Daddy and I went out on the boat with Mitch and Erin. We spent most of the time out in the middle of Lake Shawano on a sand bar along with a ton of other boats. We played football, paddleball and just hung out. It was gorgeous! We all took turns tubing also. Although with my fear of deep water they were nice enough not to go too fast (10-15 mph!!! haha!!!).















Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Abel

My nephew Tyler married his long time Girlfriend Sarah on June 27th. It couldn't have been a more gorgeous day!

The Bride and her bridesmaids....hair done!


Hannah, Sarah and I watching the guests walk into the church.


Time for some fun on the Party Bus!!!



The weding party minus the bride and groom goofing around at Lake Michigan























































The Grand March: Tyler took after his Papa Herbie and is a Fireman. So for the grand march we all donned fire helmets and sprayed the crowd with squirt guns!

























Sunset Beach

My FAVORITE hot summer day spot in the area has to be Sunset Beach in Kimberly! It's a man-made pond with a sandy beach. The water is always so clean and we have so much fun playing in the sand and water! Here's just a few pics of the kiddies.






Our Anniversary

This year marked Jason and my 4 year anniversary! Can't believe it's been 4 years already! We went out for dinner at Koreana's....YUMMMM! Jason's been wanting to eat there for YEARS and he finally talked me into it. It was DELICIOUS!!! Afterwards we met The A-Rad's (Angela and Adam Radix) out for some fun at a bar in Kaukauna. Adam knew the band and got to show us his talents! We had so much fun! Wish our lives weren't too busy that we could hang out all the time!
Adam playing with the band and the COUGAR! haha!
Jason and I

The A-RAD's!


1970's Adam! : )





Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Big Shoes to Fill

Enough said.....


Pamperin Park and Green Bay Botanical Gardens

I was lucky enough to be able to go on Avery's last kindergarten field trip to Pamperin Park and Green Bay Botanical Gardens a few weeks ago. We had so much fun! Avery has such a nice classs! So well behaved! I only had to take 4 asprins afterwards instead of 6! haha! No, we really had a great time! First we stopped at Pamperin Park for lunch and to let the kids play on their awesome playground. Then off to the Botanical Gardens! It was just beautiful and really got me in the mood to plant this year! Here's some of my favorite pics....

Avery's class checking out the mama ducks and her ducklings in the ravine beside Pamperin Park.
Avery's whole class with Mrs. Rinne




Halle, Ella, Avery and Quincy



The Botanical Garden

















The kids outside the "Kids" garden
















Coolest kaliedescope I've ever seen!





























































Daddy's softball league

Jason is on a softball team that plays every Sunday night this year. Here's the kids watching his team whoop the opposing team 8-2!

Happy "Belated" Birthdays Avery and Carter!

I've been such a slacker lately with taking pictures and loading them onto our blog!!! Here's a few pics from Avery and Carter's birthday week. Carter turned 2 on May 3rd and Avery turned 6 on May 8th! I can't believe how fast time flies! It seems like just yesterday that Avery was born and our lives changed forever! This year Jason and I bought them a sand box and other smaller things for their birthdays. I need to get some pictures of them actually playing in it though! Nana and Papa got them new sand toys and they have an absolute blast digging and building sand castles! We had our families over for a joint party this year again and had a chilly day for it. So once again we were stuck in the house!

The cakes....yep, Avery's still stuck on High School Musical
Carter opening one of his gifts from us....more matchbox cars!!!
Avery with her new camera from us!

Once again Mema and Papa outdid themselves! This year the kids got a Playhouse! It's the most adorable thing I have ever seen! I need to get more pictures of that too! Here's just a few from right after they got it