OSU's newest cheerleader

Princess McKailyn

Yes, I even sleep like one!

More cute pics!!

2nd day of cereal! Yummy!


Climbing trees at Ault Park (where Brian and I got engaged)

Family Fun!!

Sweet Addison

Jocelyn's first day of school

Addison's Dedication - 8/17/08

A child dedication is a public statement by parents who desire to
thank God for the child He has given them, give their child back to
the Lord, and to ask His blessing on his or her life. Parents who
dedicate their child to God are acknowledging their role as a loving
steward of the gift of God, and are asking for God's wisdom and
direction as they raise their child. This act is not something that
takes place of water baptism, at which time a believer has the
opportunity to express their own personal faith in Jesus.

Jocelyn is 6!

McKailyn's First Sleepover

McKailyn had her first friend sleepover last night!
Her "twin sister" Rachel invited her to spend the night and they had some serious fun!! After an evening of pizza and ice cream, they got to watch Disney. I just spoke to Rachel's mom and found out that McKailyn didn't go to sleep until 2am! Yikes. It should be a interesting day :-)

Jocelyn & Dad date night

Jocelyn had her first official date tonight, but don't worry....her date was a very attractive, intelligent, chivalrous, and well intentioned young man :-) We had a great time and enjoyed each other thoroughly. Since her birthday is in 2 days, Jocelyn got to call the shots, so, this is what we did:

1. The attractive young man dressed in a tie arrived to pick up Jocelyn and brought flowers!
2. Cashed her check from her Great Grandpa Vince
3. Dinner & Desert at Ci Ci's pizza (and the acquisition of the Billy Bob teeth)


4. Shopping at Kohls to spend Great Grandpa's gift (Hannah Montana's Secret Star Headset)
5. Orange Ice Cream Cones from The Cone

6. Singing Hannah Montana songs in the car
7. Making popcorn
8. Watching "A Secret Garden" while cuddling on the couch

Vacation Bible School

Are you a water filter?

Wednesday night Jill asked me to change the water filter. After one year of use, the filter notifies you that it's time for a new one...so we order the replacement and were anxious to see what the 1 year old filter now looked like. Check out the comparison! Gross!

I heard it said once..."Either you have a water filter or you are a water filter." Thankfully, we decided to let our ESpring filter out all the bad stuff from our water!

Rainy Summer Day

What to do on a rainy day in the middle of the summer?

Stay in your jammies and watch movies with your friends!!!

Scavenger Hunt

Last night the family went on a scavenger hunt organized by the local library. Jocelyn was in charge and did a great job of taking pictures of some of the bronze statues. I thought you might enjoy some of the pics....I think she did great for a five year old!



Guest photographer McKailyn snapped one of me before we left!

Thanks for the camera Grandma!