Sabreena... and ice cream!

We went to mexican for dinner one night and Tim thought it would be fun to have the kids try the fried ice cream. We got two to share and they loved it. Especially Sabreena. We couldn't keep her out!

** 4th of July!! **

The Fourth of July was spent the same as every year... our family gets together for a talent show, games, dessert and fireworks. I think this is one of my very favorite holidays!

Tim and Ean lighting fireworks together... :)

Landon and Daddy... buddies

Each family took turns lighting their fireworks together. This made it a lot easier to watch all the kids and keep the fireworks going off in an orderly fashion. We had about 20 kids there so this was the way to go! There are 17 kiddos in my family, then we had a few other families join us this year too!

Daddy and Sabreena... she's a bit sleepy, if you can't tell.

Our family!

Hope everyone had a great holiday!!

Swinging Sabreena

Sabreena LOVES to swing. And her big brothers enjoy pushing her too. She laughs and laughs... it's SO adorable. My parents even got her her own swing for our backyard and she just loves it!

Isn't she just the cutest!! SERIOUSLY!!

Frog O' Fair FUN

Going to the Frog O' Fair in June is something we look forward to every year. The boys favorite activity is the building area. There is a huge pile of scrap wood and hammers and nails and you build what you want to. This year this was one of the only things they wanted to do, so we went really early and did this first. The pile of wood was huge and there were already tons of people there. So, we got started. Here is what they built...

Ean built an airplane which he wants to sand and paint later.

Zackary also built an airplane that he wants to sand and paint later too.

Jeremy built a sword... not suprised by this one.

Landon built a box that he wants to plant something in at home and he also built a sword.

We had lots of fun doing a few other activities also, but this one is by far their favorite!

End of the school year...

The school year ended with a play day! What fun... to go to school and play games with your friends for a couple hours.

Ean and his friend Tobias...

Zackary and cousin Alyssa...

Ean and cousin Berklee rock climbing... Ean loves this and is actually pretty good at it.

Jeremy and cousin Dylan... and Ryan... after playing noodle tag!

My sisters, cousins and I love that our kids get to go to school together. And the fact that there are so many of them so close. Next year there will be 9 kiddos at Lincoln... then the next year, 3 more!

Sabreena

I bought this little sprinkler/pool for Sabreena last summer for $1.00! Crazy price... and SO worth it because she loves it! It took her a little while to get used to it. I had to turn off the sprinkler parts of it for her to be able to sit down, then slowly turned them on and she was ok. We got Millie to come play and they had a blast! Wish I knew how to post videos on here. I've got some cute ones!

Loving her in this strawberry swimsuit!

Yankees!

Jeremy's baseball team this season was the Yankees! We were pretty excited, being Yankee fans and all. His cousin Spencer was also on his team, which is just fun! Coach Brian is a great coach and does a fabulous job with the boys. They learned so much with him.

Who doesn't love getting a trophy!

Such a ham! He posed for SO many pictures!

I think he's pretty cute!

We are the CHAMPIONS!!

Zackary's soccer team made it to the championship game again this season. They did AWESOME!! It was a very fun couple of games to watch. We only one each game 1-0. And the one goal, in both games, was scored in the last couple minutes of the game. Needless to say, they were pretty intense games. Which, in my opinion, makes them alot more fun to watch! Way to go champs!!

Zackary and Coach Chris... we love this guy!

Coach takes a few minutes alone with the team to tell them how proud he is and how great they did... sentimental guy!

Sabreena turns 1...

Sabreena's First Birthday!!

Every year on someone's birthday, we have donuts for breakfast... a tradition started when my oldest turned 1. Have to say, it's a fun tradition and pretty much the only time we get donuts for breakfast. It makes it so much more special that way I think.

Sabreena was unsure at first, but when she got a taste of the chocolate, well, you can see what happened next!

Her birthday tutu, made by my sister Holly... milliesbowtique.com

Sabreena saw this little chair at Fred Meyer and LOVED it... every time we went to the store, she had to sit in it. Then was sad when she had to get out and go. I just couldn't help but get her one.

She absolutely loved everything that she got. She actually hugged her presents. It was pretty cute.

This little dog was one of her favorites... among others!

The ball popper is a new fav also. VERY cute toy actually.

Singing Happy Birthday... she was pretty unsure about the whole thing.

Wouldn't even touch her cake for the longest time. We eventually got her a fork and she was then ok and started to eat. She didn't want to get messy! Such a girl... :)

First birthdays are SO fun!!

Christmas 2009

I know this is a bit late, but better late then never, right?! So here are a few pictures from our family Christmas...

Zackary thinks we did a great job on the tree this year!

We decorate gingerbread houses every year and this year each of the boys got to decorate their own "Snoopy's Dog House" They had lots of fun. We got together at my parents house Sunday afternoon with my sisters and their families.

Suprised at what Santa brought this year!

Christmas morning... in all it's glory!

The boys like shopping and buying gifts for each other and this year Zackary got Ean a velociraptur. Needless to say he LOVED it!

All Zackary asked Santa for this year was some Star Wars legos... I think they were a hit!

All the boys got Bakugons this year... not sure what all you can do with them, but they are a BIG hit with my boys!

Sabreena had fun with her stuff too! Loving her huge smile!!

Landon had SO much fun opening this year! He loved everything and loved giving his gifts he picked out and bought away too!

Sabreena all snuggled up with mommy at the Christmas tree lot... she too cute!

She thought the tree was pretty interesting...

Each year the boys look forward to who is going to put the top on the tree. Well, this year it was Landon's turn and he was overjoyed!!

Decorating the tree. They did a wonderful job I think! There are always a few ornaments on one branch that eventually have to be relocated due to their heaviness, but the boys really did a good job and had so much fun... then we made cookies!!