I Love Fall

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Raven and Luke celebrated Carson's birthday with him on Saturday. It was only about 80 degrees, but they swam like little fish! There was also a big bouncy that all of the kids had a lot of fun jumping on. The girls with Raven are Amanda (her friend from school) and Alex (Carson's little sis). Luke's enjoying his cake and sundae with Carson! It was a good day :)

Labor Day Apple & Pear Hike

JB & Ben did a big hike Labor Day weekend in the Wichitas to Apple and Pear. Notice JB's size in reference to the bolders. He was not photo-shopped in - that's actual size.

Good Catch & Just Missed

Raven, Luke, Daddy & Papa played catch out front last weekend in Frederick. Raven did pretty good with her catches. Luke never gave up! (not that all of the tosses were that good either) He eventually caught the ball, but I had stopped taking pictures by then :)

Couldn't be happier!

Raven had just done a great front flip off of the diving board at the Frederick Country Club pool. She was very happy and proud of herself.
See the YouTube link for the video of her flip.

Raven & Luke getting along

The kids were looking at a catalog of birthday party stuff. There was not a tugging match of which page to look at, no yelling about anything. Amazing. I had to get a picture of it!
I just love their little eyelashes and smiles.

1st day on the Bus

Luke was soooooo excited to get to ride the bus to school for the 1st time today. It picks up at the end of our street & they can get on w/ Tahlor (our neighbor & she's also in Luke's class!) They are having some bus issues, hopefully they'll get the kinks worked out sooner rather than later.

Big Day!

Luke's 1st day of 1st grade was a success! He knew 4 kids in his class - 2 girls & 2 boys - He's such a stickler for structure and rules, he's going to do great in 1st grade! He likes eating in the Cafeteria too. I can't believe he's growing up so fast!

2nd Grader Raven

Raven had a very good 1st day of 2nd grade. We really like her teacher. Raven said that she has twins in her class - she thinks that's pretty cool.

Sarah & Matt's wedding

Saturday Sarah & Matt got married at the Festival Market Place. Sarah was beautiful & the event was very nice. It rained, but little wind. The kids had fun w/ bubbles and in the rain.

New School Year

Raven and Luke got to meet their new teachers today!!

Giga Ball

Raven chose a GigaBall to order for her birthday present. We let her order from Amazon the things that she really wanted and this was one of them. They and the neighbor kids are having a blast with it!

beautiful girl

Pretty Raven - yes I am bias - just before starting 2nd grade

some of the animals

Zoo Day '07

I took Raven & Luke to the Zoo for "Way Back Wednesday". We got there at 7:30 AM to see the animals getting fed and it was nice and cool for about the 1st hour. We saw the animals playing and being active. JB was able to meet us there for a while to go through the Oklahoma Trails and the Pachyderm & Lion areas. We had a great day!

Hunter S JB Pimp Daddy Akin

We came up with a number of names that JB fit into with these peepers - Dr Peepers, that is.
Sent us yours . . .

Pals

JB, Ben & Kent (not pictured) hiked Elk Mountain on Saturday. It was Kent's 1st adventure with the boys - he survived & seems to have really enjoyed him self.
I believe a few lessons were learned this weekend - but I will let JB list those.

Sleepover Makeover

Raven, Erica, Mack & Amanda did makeovers on each other before popcorn & movie time. These girls were the best! No fussing or fighting, just fun and playing. They watched High School Musical & were asleep by 11:30.

Birthday Party!!

Pirate swim party, pizza, cake, ice cream & games! The kids had a good time. I make up a treasure hunt with clues all around the yard that 2 teams had to navigate. I didn't sent any of them in circles, which was good.