Raking

The other day it was so beautiful! Our little neighbor girl was outside raking her yard all by herself so the kids and I grabbed all the rakes we could and went and helped her! She was so excited she wanted an after picture too :)

Covered Bridge

With plans to take pictures of a family from church the next day, we decided to drive through covered bridge and scope out the potential they had! It was beautiful! Here are a few photos that the kids allowed me to take of them! It was not easy getting them to sit for the camera! Too much area to run around in! ;)

Grady spotted a bird and could not control himself ;)

Grandparent's Day

Another year of Grandparents day at Ozaukee Christian School and many more to come! Mianna always lights up when she gets to spend the afternoon with her grandparents! What a honor to be able to be there this year and watch it :)

Trick or Treat

Trick or Treat! Is Halloween out of control? This year may be our last year of trick or treating! I enjoy the cute dressing up of the kids and seeing them light up when they get candy, but as Halloween is seeming to get uglier and uglier, Andy and I are debating whether we will contribute next year. We never participate in the the ugly's of Halloween, but no matter how much we try to stay away from it, theres no staying away from it when you leave the house. From creepy costumes to scary decorations... it is everywhere! We don't want Satan to get any glory by us participating in Halloween! I'm sure he gets enough by the people around us!
Our thoughts instead are to do something at our house such as carve our pumpkins or play a game and hand out candy. But are going to buy candy from a magazine that says Jesus Loves You or has a verse on it or something! Giving Jesus the Glory!

Here are some pictures of this years Halloween:

Minocqua

Staying busy this summer

We've definitely been staying busy this summer and heres a few photos to prove that:

A lot of water play - especially lately with the hot weather

Made a water slide and it was FAST

Beep beep

Fish day

Mianna and dad played water soccer at Fish day

She did so amazing and they had so much fun!

Learning some dance moves from our neighbor, Kaylee

Washing the car

Strawberry picking or in Grady's case tasting

Grady holding me hostage in the house with the water hose

No more baby

My baby is no longer a baby :(

Trying out his new bed

Just woke up

Hadley and Mia in their beds! Hadley got a new bed(handed down) since she gave her bed to Grady!

7 year anniversary

Andy and I celebrated our 7 year anniversary last wkd and it was amazing! Just what we needed!

Mike and Kim came saturday afternoon to watch the kids for us! We started our afternoon with a quiet session of glaze. We decided to paint a few fun items for our front flower bed. Andy painted a frog and I painted a turtle. It was so incredibly relaxing, peaceful, and quiet! It was perfect! Definitely a stress reliever! After a few hours of painting, we headed over to the melting pot for a slow quiet dinner. Again, just what we needed! After all that, we bummed the mall a bit looking for a pair of sandals for Andy(for his bday) and finally we found some! :) Then we headed back home and watched a movie with Mike and Kim!

The day was perfect! I feel like life is a huge crazy rush and this was just the opposite! Thank you Mike and Kim for the gift of watching our children so we could do this! And thank you to our friends who gave us money to make this possible! We really appreciate it!