Back Yard Bible Club

8/5/10

This year our church did something different for bible school. Each neighborhood held its own bible school locally. We conducted ours in the park just across the street. About 75 children from around the neighborhood attended. Each day had games, songs and a brief lesson.

Zach enjoying singing.
Ellie and Paige singing.
Zach and Alaina jumping in a jump house that we got for the final day.

Best Friends

8/3/10

I just love watching the kids play together. They really are becoming great friends. They spent a long time snuggling and wrestling on this bean bag this morning, so I just had to get a picture.

Fun at Grandpa and Grandma's House

7/30/10

We always have so much fun going to Grandpa Bob and Grandma Jan's house. The kids love playing outside with the bikes, but they especially love getting to drive Grandpa's lawnmower! Grandpa has a zero-turn-radius lawnmower, so the kids have a blast driving it around and around in circles! They are all very crazy drivers!

Zach was especially giddy when he drove the lawnmower.

Later, we got to go for a hike. I just love this picture of the kids walking with Grandma.

Summer

7/18/10

We have spent many summer afternoons playing hard in our backyard this year. This has been a pretty common scene this summer...relaxing around the table and sipping lemonade as we take a much needed break.

First Race

7/17/10

Hannah got to run her first road race this summer. She was so excited to run in the Solon Beef Days One Mile Run. She did a great job! She thought it was especially neat to get a t-shirt after the race.

7/6/10

We went to the St Louis Zoo this summer. The weather was great and the kids loved it.

At the end of the day Hannah, Ellie and Zach each picked out a stuffed animal. Hannah picked a giraffe, Ellie picked an elephant and Zach picked a zebra.

I think that Zach's favorite thing about the zoo was the train ride. He and the girls yelled hi to everyone we rode by.
The kids took a break from the heat by playing in a waterfall. Zach and Hannah jumped right in, Ellie took a bit of convincing.

Running

6/30/10

Hannah recently started running with me in the mornings, and she is really loving it! After just about a week, she was already running about a mile each day! It has been a lot of fun to be able to spend that time one-on-one with her each morning!