Fair Time

We were able to spend some time up at the LaGrange County Fair before we went to church camp. The kids had a great time. Wesley and Ethan were not satisfied until they saw every animal there, and touched most of them. Elizabeth enjoyed watching them from the stroller, but didn't want to get too close. Hopefully this week we will get to the Noble County Fair since it's just a few blocks away, but we will just have to see what the rest of the week has in store for us.

Here is an attempt at a family picture. Not bad for 3 kids and 6 adults. Too bad the picture is pretty light. Still a good picture. There is always hope! :)

Matt, Steph, Jeff, Ethan, Elizabeth, Wesley, Andrea, Mom, & Dad
at a wedding in June

Let's Try Again

Okay, here's another attempt at keeping up with the blog, but no promises, since we have family camp this week.

Wesley's T-Ball

Okay, here are some pictures from Wesley's T-Ball games and practice. Wesley really enjoys playing. He seems to be left handed, although it depends on what he feels like which hand he bats with. It is pretty fun to watch them play. He seems to have just gotten a bit taller, so that is why it appears that his pants are too big around the waist. (They are.) Oh well, I'm sure he'll fill them out again before too long. Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Ethan!

Our sweet Ethan turned 3 yesterday. It's hard to believe how big he is getting. Now that he is 3 he decided it is okay to be a "big boy" prior to yesterday he wanted no part of this. He insisted that he was a little boy. We are so excited to see how he is learning and growing. He is very sensitive and has a very warm and welcoming smile. We are so blessed to be his parents.

Ethan with his cake. (He wanted red frosting, no matter how much food coloring I used, it still looked pink, but he was happy with it.)

Ethan- 1 day old

Ethan- at the hospital in Mississippi

Happy boy- 4 1/2 months old

Ethan- 1 year old

Ethan- 2 years old

Ethan- 3 years old

2 Posts in 2 Weeks :)

Okay, I don't want anyone to be too shocked, but I am posting a few new pictures. I don't want to raise anyone's expectations. Here are a few pictures from this week. We went down to Indy to celebrate my Dad's birthday with him. We had a great time visiting.

The kids love going down to Nana & Papa's house. Especially when they get to visit, GG, Aunt Stephanie, Uncle Matt, Aunt Carol & play at the playground all in the same visit. I was happy because I got to go shopping all by myself! Jeff was of course excited because he could watch ESPN. Really, it's the little things in life that keep us entertained :)

Making Up For Lost Time

Okay, here are some new pictures. If there is anyone still checking our blogspot. Since it has been so long, I have included quite a few to hopefully make up for some lost time. Enjoy! Hopefully I will get the hang of this sometime soon.

Our attempt to get a picture of all 3 kids dressed up for Easter. Give us a break, Sunday mornings are busy at our house anyway. Then you add in an Easter egg hunt in the morning, we're lucky we got any picture at all that had all 3 of them in it.

Elizabeth says Happy Easter :)Ethan found an egg.

Wesley was pretty excited too.

Elizabeth found the first one, and was content to carry it around proudly while the boys looked for the rest.The kids at the park a few weeks ago. We know Elizabeth has a belly. She gets it from her dad :)We had a great picnic and play time at Bixler Lake Park a while back. The kids had a great time playing and running around outside.

Daddy with his girl.Playing tractors with the boys.Wesley eating Cherrios with chopsticks. We went to Sake
(a Japanese restaurant) in Dayton with our friends the Cougles a few weeks ago. It was great to see them again!Ethan loves to have his picture taken (when he feels like it.)

Okay, since I have been so bad at posting new pictures, here is one of each of the kiddos recently, and I will try and get some others up soon :)

Ethan

Wesley (I know you can't see him well, but it was cute anyway.)

Elizabeth

Fun Times in Indianapolis

Today we went to the Children's Museum in Indianapolis. It was wonderful to spend time as a family outside of the hospital :) Everyone had a great time especially the kids!

Decorating Our Tree

Well, I was doing a pretty good job of keeping up with pictures. Here are some pictures from when we decorated our tree. The kids had a great time and have really enjoyed having the tree in the house. We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas celebrating our Savior's birth!The kids each have a Christmas ornament from Bronner's from the year they were born. They got to put them on the tree first this year. They thought it was pretty neat.

Jeff with the boys after we finished decorating. Elizabeth helped a little and then went to bed while we finished.

They boys helping Jeff put on the lights. They followed him around the tree carrying the lights. It was really cute!