Off to Kindergarten!

Here are some blurry iPhone photos of Emma all dressed in uniform before heading off for her first day of kindergarten! She is still all kinds of excited and had no trouble whatsoever with me leaving her there. I knew it would be no trouble with Little Miss Independent!

Summer

Nothing too exciting has happened this summer. My mom came down for a visit a few weeks ago, but it was too hot to do anything outdoors and we didn't have any money, so there you go. She did get a few cute pictures of the kids while she was here though. 

Here we have Emma and Abby looking like they actually get along...

And here Emma and Abby are carrying Ian by his arms and legs, which apparently in the funniest thing ever. They also did it to Owen and he LOVED it.  Poor baby...

Little Adam, almost 5 months old, loves his thumb!

This is a really goo picture of all 5 of them together and almost looking at the camera and pretty much smiling. What more could you ask for??

On Tuesday we'll send a kid off to school for the very first time! That's right, Emma is starting kindergarten! She is very excited about it. I know she'll do great! I'll be back then with some pictures of her all ready for school.

What to Read...

So I just finished the last Harry Potter book. Yeah, I'm just a bit behind on the Harry Potter scene! Of course they were all really good and I got through them all in around 3 months so that's not too bad. Now I don't know what to read though. I hate picking things to read! I was going to read Under the Dome by Stephen King, but Scott let his dad borrow it so now I have to wait for that one. I don't even know what kind of book I want to read. Just something good I guess! 

So...What do YOU think I should read??

 Here are just a couple pictures from our trip to the zoo last weekend where they have a pretty good dinosaur exhibit set up for the summer. And in case you didn't know, our kids LOVE dinosaurs!

Mammoth Cave

This past Saturday we took a trip to Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. It was pretty cool although next time we decide to go in a cave we'll make sure none of our kids are in the toddler stage. The 3 big kids did fine and seemed to enjoy it, but I couldn't let Owen walk around in there so Scott had to carry him the whole time. We had to get through some tight areas and it just wasn't a good set up.

We walked down a little trail before our cave tour began and the kids were very excited to see a chipmunk up close.

I also learned that taking pictures inside a cave is pretty tricky so most of them didn't turn out especially since I didn't have any extra attention to devote to changing the settings on my camera.

Our one family shot of the day turned out pretty bad. Nobody was looking, Owen was crying, and Adam passed out. So we only gave it one try.

New Haircut

It has been about 2 years since I've had a haircut! I was pregnant with Owen for the last one and he's 19 months now so, there you go. This is definitely the longest my hair has ever been. So here is my before picture:

And here is the after:

Much better. I don't really mind having long hair, but I don't miss it either. I know it was time for a change and I'm glad I had enough to donate. :)

Family Photo

I got really lucky and using the timer on my camera I was able to get a pretty decent picture of all of us together. At least everyone is looking at the camera and smiling. What more could I ask for?

Adam's Baptism

Adam was baptized yesterday! Luckily our friend Jessie was able to make it and got some pictures for us. 

Here is all of our family with the Godparents and their four children. This turned out to surprisingly well considering how many little ones we had to get looking at the camera.

  

And here is one of just us, but it didn't turn out quite as nice. Not too bad though...

Adam in his baptism outfit minus the hat which wouldn't fit.

This is a good one of the "big" kids. Emma is 5 now. Abby is 4 and Ian is 3. So cute!

This would make a great family picture if only Adam was in it!