WOW - I'm a slacker!!!

I know it has been awhile since I have updated, but man a whole year - wow I feel horrible! I have gone back and posted some of the things we have done the past year and hope to do a better job of posting.

If you would like to see any of the pics, just click on them and they will enlarge. There are several new posts down below.

Here is a recent pic of our family!

Volleyball Season

This year was the first year as a head coach for volleyball. It was a fun season, but I missed the kids soo much! Thankfully Lee, Grandma and Papa brought them to several games so I could see them in the stands cheering for mommy's girls! Katelyn really likes some of the girls and even Cameron will say "Volleyball!"

Halloween

This year Katelyn was old enough to really pick what she wanted to be for Halloween, so when she said "witch" you could imagine my reaction. I tried and tried to talk her out of it, but she was set on being a witch. Thankfully Grandma found her a really cute witch costume and she loved it. To make the costume complete she added a broom and Hello Kitty (every witch has a black cat) bucket. We also let Katelyn help pick out Cameron's costume and she chose a fireman's outfit. He picked out his Elmo bucket to match! The firman costume was another good choice and a hit at the houses we visited. We made our trip to Holcomb, did our neighborhood and then went over to Grandma and Papa's. This year was the first year Katelyn was truly able to enjoy Halloween as the past two years she was either in hiding preparing for her surgery or last year she had a cold during Halloween. So it was neat to see her get so excited over something and enjoy it! Below is a video clip of pics from that FUN night!!

Another First

Thanks to some wonderful people that mommy has met out at Holcomb the Ackerman and Barrett families were able to go pick their own pumpkins from a real pumpkin patch for the first time this year! We all had a blast - even had a cool rain shower in the middle of gathering our pumpkins and loading them into Papa's truck, but there was a neat rainbow afterwards. The shower didn't last long so of course Katelyn insisted we "get more pumpkins" after it was over - I think Grandma was in on that one too! We both went home with more than enough pumpkins, but what an experience! Thank you to the Roth family for making the evening possible!!!

A New Adventure

This summer we attended the fair as we have in the past, and the kids loved seeing the animals. However this year, Katelyn discovered how much fun a Carnival could be. The first night we just did a walk through, the second night we went down and she rode the Carousel with her dad, the next day she begged us to go back and there was no stopping her!! She did ride after ride after ride. We were there for over three hours and not once did she have to wait in line. Katelyn rode the Carousel (that was old hat now), the Strawberries, a Train ride, Rocking Boat, Motorcycles, an Airplane ride, the Ferris Wheel (with daddy) and a Dragon Roller Coaster SEVERAL times - all by herself!! She has been begging us to take her again ever since! What a fun evening! Here are a few pictures from the fair and I will add a video of pictures from the Carnival soon!

Meeting at the Gazeebo...

For the past three years, I think, every summer our family has gathered at a gazeebo down by the zoo to take pictures together. Every year we have done something different, this year everyone was to wear either a blue or green shirt. Although it is tough as our family has grown to get a "good" picture with everyone looking at the camera and smiling I think this year was still a success at capturing our growing family!

All Because Two People Fell In Love:

Mother's Day 2010!!

After church and a nice lunch out, where every mom received a potted Daisy. When we got home we decided to take some pictures on the front yard of our two angels.

Gotta love Mother's Day!

Family Tradition

Every year my mom and I get together and plant Geraniums in the spring, just like we used to do with my Grandma Frakes(my mom's mom). So now the past two years Katelyn has gotten to join the crowd - it is so nice to have three generations working on our beautiful flowers again! I really think Katelyn just likes to get DIRTY!! :)

Katelyn's 3rd Birthday

Katelyn had a "big girl" birthday party this year at a playground by the zoo. She invited several of her friends and we had cake, ice cream, a pinata (Katelyn's favorite) and lots of fun! Thanks to all that came and made the day for much fun for Katelyn!