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Sunday, July 18, 2010

Catching up.........

Well I had good intentions of posting and keeping this blog up to date, but.......these days time has a way of slipping away so fast! Here are a few things that we have been up to these last few months.

April & May were full of Baseball, Cub Scouts and birthdays!!

Here is Ethan playing T-ball.

Ethan & his best buddy Matthew

Ethan with his fabulous coaches!

Ryan in his first year of T-ball with NYS.

Ryan with his coaches!

Cub Scouts has turned out to really be alot of fun! We do alot of things as a family and it has been a great time for all of us. In April we had the pinewood Derby. They had a sibling race, so Ethan and Ryan were able to enter cars and race too! What alot of work for Chris! : )

Logan's Den.

3rd Place!!!

Logan & his best buddy Frank.

Ethan won for the sibling race! He can't wait to be a Tiger Cub next year!

Hours of Hard Work!! Nice job Chris!

In April, we also went to Family Scout Camp. Here are a few pictures from the weekend.

We also had "Cross-Over" at the beginning of May. This is when a Cub Scout has completed his acheivements and moves up to the next level. Logan did so great and earned many belt loops! He was promoted to the Bears. Ethan is so excited to start Cub Scouts next year as a Tiger.

And Ryan already thinks he is a scout! : )

Logan's 9th Birthday...we celebrated his birthday with dinner at his favorite restaurant.....Buffalo Wild Wings!

Then, because we are such great parents, we planned a big sleep-over party with his friends. Chris spent a ton of time and created this amazing Indiana Jones Treasure Hunt. It was so cool! The boys followed a map and found clues. It was complete with screaming trunks, skeletons, and popping snakes! They loved it!

After the treaure hunt, the kids swam and ate pizza and cupcakes. Then they all watched Indiana Jones and eventually fell asleep.

We ended May with the final days of school. Ryan finished his 1st year of Preschool, Ethan graduated from Kindergarten, and Logan is done with 2nd grade!

Ryan with his teacher- Mrs. Eager.

Ethan with his teacher- Mrs. Miller.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Our Summer

Summer Days......filled with days of swimming, BBQs, camping and family! What more could we ask for!

Camping at Canyon Creek. We played in the creek, had a campfire, cooked dinner in the rain, and visited the fish hatchery.

Logan and Ethan both were on swim team this year. They swam at Cactus Pool and had lots of fun! Here are some pictures from their swim meet and end-of-season party.

Chris & Ryan watching the swim meet

Ryan & I watching the swim meet!

Gotta love Ethan's Dive! : )

Ethan with his coach Doug

Logan with his coach Charlie

In June, Logan and Chris went to Cub Scout Camp near Christopher Creek. They stayed 4 nights and did lots of fun activites: BB guns at the rifle range, wood-working, leather crafting, fishing (for crawdads), horseback riding, archery, etc. They had lots of fun!

July 4th

We had some of the family over for a BBQ and swimming. In the evening, Chris took the boys with Jim, Rochelle, Karyssa, Cory, AJ, Bob, & Sally to a restaurant near the Peoria Sports Complex. They had dinner outside on the patio and watched the fireworks. I was not able to go, as I was at work being Relief Charge and taking care of sick children! (I really do love my job- but I love fireworks more!)