Eric fishing with Dad up in New York

Eric got one of the most exciting trips of all times with Dad. Dad was there to preach a conference, but during the day, they'd do all sorts of fun things. This last day, they chartered a fishing guide and went out on Lake Ontario. Eric caught 3 fish...two King salmon and one carp.

Our first broken arm.

Matthew is our first....broken arm that is. He snapped the bone right above his wrist when he fell off the monkey bars a couple weeks ago. The doctor required that he be put to sleep when they set it, so here he is right before the doctors came in to wheel him away.

He wasn't too thrilled about this "shower cap" they asked him to wear. ;-)

He came home to lots of delicious things and plenty of attention.

Eric is taking Jacob for a spin in Abby's babydoll stroller.

Jacob is simply super cute. I could smooch those cheeks forever. In fact I will...right now.....

Miss Abby in her newest dress. I think she feels like every Sunday is a "new dress" day. These are super easy to make, and most of them only take 1 yard or less of material.

My friend, Erika Cronin, made this adorable onsie for Jacob. It's supposed to look like he's a football.

Yup, he's mine....all mine. I do rent out his cheeks. ;-)

This is her favorite dress so far. It's red with tiny white spots, and thus her favorite.

A trip to Marble Falls!

I took the boys and Abby (minus Jack who was at camp) down to visit cousins in Marble Falls, Texas. They live near the river, so we spent two solid days in the water. Jumping in, finding treasures at the bottom of the river, or just soaking in the cool water.

This is Abby, Tyler, and Candice.

Tyler getting up the courage to jump off the 10 feet wall.

Abby about to push him off of the 10 foot wall!

Another section of the river that was much narrower. The boys found a rope swing on the opposite bank, but they had to climb a rickety rope ladder to reach it! They didn't seem to mind.

Candice and Jacob.

Candice, Tyler, and Abby.

And he jumped!

Abby had no fear of the 10 foot jump.

Matthew in the deflating inner tube.

July pictures

Jacob sitting still is pretty rare, so to capture this was fun.

Jacob is taking the culinary world by storm....and to the nervous nellies, no, I don't put him up there when we cook.

Matthew's second front tooth FINALLY fell out.

And here she is, 3 years old, and chugging down her birthday cake! ;-)

Abby turned 3 this week.

It's hard to believe she's 3 already. It seems just a few days ago that she was this tiny and squishy. Without pink, she looks like her brothers, but three years later, that is all changed.

A few months bigger and pounds larger. She took lots of naps with her Daddy.