Tuesday, August 4, 2009

National Mustard Day

Who knew there was actually a National Mustard Day? Well, we found out when we moved to the Mt., as we boast having the only Mustard Museum in the world! So we went to celebrate....

One of the hosts of the day, with Will, Kaleb and Will's bud.

There were free hotdogs, if you used mustard. If you wanted ketschup, they were $10. Seriously! In front of the famous Oscar Meyer weiner mobile.

This one had nothing to do with mustard day, (although it was after the festivities), but here is Anna and her bestie, Zoe. They were performing Hannah Montana or something equally as riveting. SO CUTE.

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Great America

For the first time, our whole family made a trip to Six Flags Great America. It was a blast! Anna went on her first real roller coaster, so now ALL of us love them. What a great day....




Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Camp Okoboji

This is our second trip to Camp Okoboji in Iowa--a FABULOUS Christian family camp. HIGHLY recommended!! Outstanding family time.
Here we are with our wonderful counselor, Jon, who we loved!
Jon, Kaleb and Will at chapel
On family free day, we went go-carting. Anna with Ted and Kaleb with Jon.

What camp experience is complete without dish duty. Why don't they like this at home?

Family devotion time. But Anna needed a water break.

A HUGE contingent from the Mt goes to Okoboji. The week we went, there were 8 other families from our town.

Visit to Elkhorn

We went to Elkhorn recently and had a great time.

We celebrated "Regliar Yaya's " birthday. She is well loved!
Yaya Jen and Kaleb always have lots to talk about

Of course we needed some time with our friends the Webs and Gs.......


The Gentlemen

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Sum Sum Summatime!

So much going on, so little time to blog, but here's a recap:


We spent Father's Day with two GREAT Dads--mine and my kids!' (At Grampy's)
Look at those cute plaid shorts. What fashion sense my boys have!!
Ted did the very-crazy (in my mind) "Horribly Hilly Hundreds" again--a 100k bike ride around our area. Here he is with two friends from Elkhorn, who also came up to do it. Poor guys, there aren't many hills in their native land!
Here is our biking hero, after the ride, SKIPPING to the car with the kids. He ROCKS these hills, I tell you.

We made a trip down to Elkhorn and had breakfast with our sweet Klug cousins!

What summer visit to Elkhorn is complete without a swim in Uncle Jeff's pool?!!

Here's Ted and Kaleb on a ride at the Mt's "Summer Frolic". No, this isn't amazing photography by me, the ride is stopped.

As a thanks to my Mom for being our super-star child-care-provider while we were in Greece, I took her to a spa. SOOOOO relaxing. Wow, I got Greece and the spa! What a blessed woman!

One of many end-of-the-year field trips....Kaleb in the middle of a forest, writing poetry. Can you feel the tranquility? I love this shot of him...

I also love this shot--this is Anna and Kaleb playing in the lot next to us. Now this could end it, but the usual transition time of having us all together 24/7 has been really good this year!

And finally, the un-official start to summer, Memorial Day weekend at the lake. YEA SUMMMER! Hope yours is off to a GREAT start like ours!!

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Happy 14.....

Yup, that's how old we were when we met. LOVE JA. I tried to scan a wedding pix, but I can't get it to work. I need my tech support...

Monday, June 8, 2009

Happy Birthday, Kaleb!

Happy 9th, Bubba! You have grown into such a sweet, caring guy. I'm glad you still like to hold my hand and sit on my lap. You're a great dancer too. Hope your day is Fantastic. We love you!!