Just a few pics!

Emily at her soccer party! This was her first season playing soccer and she did great.

Austin at the Pinewood Derby.

Owen's Preschool Promotion

We went camping over Memorial Day. We had a blast! This is Aaron posing on a stump.

Emily's 10!

Emily's 10! She is trying to decide wether to call herself "ten" or a "Ten-ager". It's been quite a hot debate in our house.

Emily's favorite shirt and her blowing out the candles.

Emily is sugar and spice and everything nice. She is loving and helpful but also very spice-y. I guess that's necessary to hold her own with all her brothers. She is very smart and is doing very well in school. She loves to play outside, play with friends, ride her bike and scooter, play in the rain, hold babies, read and have her nails painted. She loves to play games and is really good at five crowns. She also loves animals and hopes to be a veterinarian some day. We love her so mush and are so glad she came to our family.

Weekend fun

This weekend was a little slower! We didn't have anywhere we had to be so we caught up on some projects around the house and watched college football!

Emily had to do a project for school over the weekend. She had to paint her pumpkin to look like the main character from a book. This is Judy Moody.

Here is Casey, jumping for joy after Auburn won! He was also thrilled that they are #1 in the BCS.

Aaron was pretty excited too!

Austin was thrilled also!

It was so nice to have an "at home" weekend. We just wish it was longer!

Tyler's football game and our little rock star!

Owen, Claire and Emily put on a "rock concert" for our benefit. It was hilarious. They sang, "Twinkle, twinkle Little Star" and "ABC...". Owen was hilarious. I didn't get a video but I will work on getting it from those who did. It was so adorable. They are all Rock Stars!









This weekend we went to Alabama to watch our nephew, Tyler, play in a football game. We all had a great time cheering him on. Uncle Craig gave Emily a sweatshirt for the Wetumpka Indians and she was thrilled! I think she has worn it every day since she got it!

Here's Emily and I before the game.

After the game the kids went out on the field. They were really excited to see Tyler in his uniform and wear his helmet. They also saw him score a touchdown! Go Tyler!

Here's Aaron. He didn't watch the game so much. He played and played and played. He tried to sneak his way over the section of cheering middle school kids. He made it once. He thought he was just a big as all of them. In this picture he was supposed to be using a shaker but the shaker is out of the picture. It ends up that he kind of likes to lick the shakers. He didn't have them for too long...

He was fun.

We are so glad we got to go to Tyler's game, he is a senior so this is probably the last time we will get to see him play. He did awesome!

Baseball and Horses!

As promised here are some more pictures. The first; Austin batting. He is doing really well in baseball this fall. He usually plays first base. Last night he got all of the out's in one inning! Go Austin!






















Next is Owen running the bases. He loves playing baseball and is doing well. This age of kids is really funny to watch as they play in the dirt most of the game.

Next, we went to our wards "Octoberfest". Why they call it that, I don't know but we had a lot of fun. It's always at the Hartz Farm (or as Casey says it, the Fartz Harm) and the kids love this activity. We eat food, ride horses, have a hay ride, bon fire, music and lots of friends around. We had a blast this year, Thanks to all of those in charge!

Yes! We are still alive!

If you are still reading my blog, Thank you! I know I haven't posted in a year but life is busy!

So, summer was fun filled but over too soon. Here are the kids 1st day of school pictures.


Austin started 3rd grade with Mrs. Wagner. He was so excited and he is doing wonderful! He is getting good grades and has excellent behavior at school. He is also playing fall baseball, hopefully I will get some pictures up soon.















Emily started 4th grade. I think she likes it for the most part except that she has a lot of homework. She is doing a running program again and is training to run a 5K later in the fall. She is a great help around the house too!

So, Casey won a trip to Asheville, NC at work. YEAH CASEY! So, Casey and I got to go to Asheville to the Biltmore Estate for 4 days and 3 nights. It was nice little break and we had a fabulous time. Thanks to grandmother and Pop who took care of the kids during our getaway.

Right before school starts we always try to cram as much as we can into the last week of summer vacation. This year we went to Clingmans Dome in the Great Smokey mountains one day. It was beautiful!

Again, thanks for checking my blog after me not posting for a year! Hopefully, I will do more post this year.

Fall Happenings

Emily's Glasses!At the beginning of school, Emily told me she couldn't read the whiteboard... this is the end result! She is nearsighted, just like me!

AUSTIN & FLAG FOOTBALL
Austin wanted to do something active so we signed him up for flag football. He likes it a lot and he is really fast. All but one of his games has been rained out so far... hopefully this Saturday he will get to play!


EMILY CHEERLEADING!

We decided to sign Emily up for cheerleading. We figured we were going to be at the field anyway and she would be able to cheer for her brother. She is reallly cute and she has a lot of fun!

TOGETHER

OWEN
This seems to be Owen's expression of choice when we take pictures. He is such a funny little guy.

AARON
Aaron stole Austin's apple and carried it around for about 30 minutes munching on it. Anytime Austin tried to get it back, Aaron would cry. Aaron and Austin seem to be forming a pretty good bond lately. Austin can usually cheer Aaron up when he is down. They are pretty fun to watch.