1st Tumbling Class

not really sure about what to think...

I was so excited to get N into a few classes this fall, here's a few shots from our morning class with cousin Inger. All class shots taken by E!

the 4 of us

balance

obstacle course

roll!

rope

stamps!

the starting star

ta-da!

1/2 Dozen

I think at this point my mom has more shots of her grandbabies than she does of my sister, brother and me. She never misses and opportunity to line 'em all up and have them beam toward the camera's...tho come to think of it, maybe it's just a ploy to see her grown 30-something children act like complete idiots behind the camera to fulfill her never ending requests for this tiny generation to "SMILE!"

Father's Day, Day

Me and my dad

I had the pleasure of inviting my family over for a Father's Day dinner. Albeit, my husband wasn't there, my sister's family had plans, and my brother (father of 2 girlies) was in New Jersey for his initial Coast Gaurd training. But we made the best of it, and celebrated with chicken skewers, quinoa salad, green beans with toasted pine nuts, fruit and cocnut cake! The kids are all getting older and playing so well together. Here they are after a rousing bout of chase:

Inger, Atalie, E, and N - yes his pants are on backwards....and he's only wearing one sock

And after everyone went home, and the kids had a nice bath E thought it was a good oppertunity to introduce her brother to Twister...hilarious! Thankfully I was nominated as "spinner person."

Vashon Island

My dad's sister lives a 20 minute ferry ride away on Vashon Island. It's beautiful, and it didn't rain yesterday! We piled all the cousins onto the boat and headed over for a fun filled visit. I'm talkin' filled! We ascended on their beautiful property just after lunch like a swarm of ants, and didn't leave them in peace until 7pm. Thank you so much Aunt Olivia and Uncle John, what a totally fun field trip!

I know mom would have loved a picture with all her grand babies together, but we were lucky to just know where all 6 were simultaneously...we joked about getting t-shirts made up with large numbers printed on them for a quick count-off.

Ferry Ride

Feeding 'Slick'

Gus, their new lab puppy

His favorite toy

Hammock

Atalie was a little sad yesterday

Hot tub

Inger

Aunt Olivia introducing Slick

The 'other' puppy

pole

pond

shoes

teeter totter

Axel

Tug-o-war

Dinner bell

Cousin Reel

I think I'm going to start an ongoing cousin reel here. Fairly often they all end up at my mom's house and it'd be fun to see how everyone changes. So here is the first 3, same kids, same couch, same order, on second thought, we'll just throw them up there and see if we can just get one where all 6 are in focus:

(October 2009)

(January 2010)

(May 2010)

Sun Out, Must Play

It was fantastic out today. Mandatory picnic lunch on the lawn with cousin Inger.

Cousins

This is Halarious!

I took this series of photo's and didn't realize the true extent of their hilarity until I looked at them in sequence!

Cousins

We went over to my brother's house for a little cousin playdate and a walk to a near by park this afternoon.

(the brood)

(girl time)

(loves the swing)

(always happy)

(Dino)

(these 2 are only 3 1/2 months apart)

(Buds)