Our new friends Hailey and Brandon
The presidential candidate also made time in his busy schedule to pose for a few photos, particularly with a certain reporter from the Jackson County Pilot ...
... and he left with a hard-to-resist invitation to vote John McCain as the United States' next president ...
... so what are you waiting for? Go VOTE!
Hello, I am Clara the hungry bear in Auntie Jenni and Uncle Jason's garden
In the pepper patch!
Me and my "puppy" Chevy!
"Go like this Clara!"
My Clara on the move as she has been since mid-July!
Our family summer photo-Clara loved it-I mean screamed her head off!
Aren't we proud!
Lots of summer fun!
Here is Juleah's companions of the past few weeks -Auntie Ang and Uncle Marc at our new home!
Here are her other buddies -Ryan's cousins son Jacob who lives 20 min. away and Robbie-Auntie Paula's foster son-many good times these three!
I had to show off my two nieces-aren't they adorable! Twin girls-6 months old! Miley (bottom) and Carley
Hi Zach! How was hokcey practice? Got any moves to teach me?
This is when I realize that not doing daycare anymore may be challenging too! Juleah is anxiously waiting for Levi and Isaiah to arrive-still in her night gown!
Our day at Grimes Farm-Nature Center...can you believe there were 4 babies that didn't even make it into the photo! We were 5 busy moms keeping them together and safe!
Clara and Ava are just one week apart!
Clara's gone country on us!
And how about our turtle swim suits-imagine that!
I am lovin' it!
Here is my little DIVA! Juleah was sure that Ryan was in one of those race cars and she was cheering "Go daddy!" It was too cute, I just let her believe it! When he came to hug her she said "Good job daddy!"
So we have officially become tourist of Marshalltown, seeing all the cites we managed to not have time for in the past three years. I guess somethings are more fun when you have two little girls with you.
Just me and my daddy. That is presicly how Juleah perfers it to be! Clara on the other hand is still a mommies girl-I wonder why?
Here is our annual famliy hand picture. This year Clara's hand was added and Juleah's hand is not longer in action! I realize now that I maybe didn't pick the best picture to show you, but we got a few more. We decided the stone represents the year because our family is working to build our home on the Rock of Christ.
Juleah cannot eat bread herself,but she is enjoying giving some to the ducks. For those of you that don't know we are moving soon, 
Which lead us to take Juleah to Taylor's Maid Rite. It is the original of the branch. It is what put Marshalltown on the map for us Minnesotans.
For those of you who are unfamiliar: here is the typical meal. A malt served in a water glass with a straw and a ground burger on a bun. The meat is so loose that you need a spoon. The works consists of: ground onions, mustards and pickles. As you can see there is ketchup, but only a year ago that would not have been there. It is a controversial topic in town.
Then we were off to the Iowa Veterans home for a kite flying adventure. It was a perfect day for the flying kites. However, we learned that 2 year olds don't appreciate and get into kite flying as much as their parents-maybe next year! We only have one more thing on our list-the waterpark!
